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Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:00 pm  |
I am sorry, but I am SUCH a proud (and shocked) wife, I just HAVE to brag to the entire world.
My husband took the TOEIC test a couple weeks ago and just got his results.. he scored 975 out of a possible 990. I am floored. I was literally speechless when he told me (trust me, that is rare.. I just kept saying "no way, no WAY, NO WAY"  )
He scored 100% in his reading and got 480/495 for his listening. The top score of 990 is basically native speaker level. OMG I am married to a genius.
For those who are wondering what on earth TOEIC is, it is a Test of English for International Communication. It is used mostly by companies for recruiting, placements, promotions, training selections, etc. The other big test that is conducted for English is TOEFL, but this is more for judging English levels for academic purposes.
Ah, I feel better after that rave... |
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:31 pm |
| Outstanding!! LOL - I am a native in English and probably wouldn't do as well... |
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:56 pm |
| That's really excellent! He deserves some really special goodies from EDS now . |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:09 am |
well, my cart is already filled with stuff for him.. spoiled brat!
I asked him what he wanted to do for dinner to celebrate...he wanted a Brooklyn Lager (the best beer in the world according to him) and a Ku Aina burger (hawaiian chain). Doable in Tokyo, but just not today.. though since there is a Dean and DeLuca near his office, he can get the Brooklyn Lager there and bring home some deli goods for din din!
And Candy, I hear ya girl! You know what he told me? "You should take the test now and see if you can beat me!" |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:25 am |
| tiger_tim wrote: |
well, my cart is already filled with stuff for him.. spoiled brat!
I asked him what he wanted to do for dinner to celebrate...he wanted a Brooklyn Lager (the best beer in the world according to him) and a Ku Aina burger (hawaiian chain). Doable in Tokyo, but just not today.. though since there is a Dean and DeLuca near his office, he can get the Brooklyn Lager there and bring home some deli goods for din din!
And Candy, I hear ya girl! You know what he told me? "You should take the test now and see if you can beat me!" |
Ok - well until he improves his taste in beer I don't think I'll be as terribly impressed as I was before
Well - you gonna take him up on his challenge?
"got 480/495 for his listening" ?? You can use this against him for future 'discussions'  |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:04 am |
| Wow, that is really something! I'm an ESL person and have lived in Aus for ages but I *very* much doubt that I would be able to get anything near that... |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:58 am |
| Wow, that's great!! So, pardon me for asking, but then I assume your husband is Japanese? Do you guys speak Japanese or English at home? |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:09 am |
Ya, DH is Japanese... but he lived in Nu Yawk for almost 8 years, so when I first met him he had this real Brooklyn drawl... nuttin like someone offering you some cawfee...
We use English at home. That's probably the secret. I remember a military bloke (married to a Japanese woman) I knew here once who told me that when they were based in Japan, their home language was English, but when they were based back in the US, they used only Japanese in the home. I thought that was very smart. |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:08 am |
Wow!
Thats great! |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:00 am |
| tiger_tim wrote: |
well, my cart is already filled with stuff for him.. spoiled brat!
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Tiger, Did you finish your paragraph? I thought you missed your ending statement. LOL!!! Still can not get over with your elephant story!! 
Congratulations!!! I have been living in the States for 25 years but still speak /write lousy English!! |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:21 pm |
That's seriously impressive!  |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:24 pm |
Good for him  I'm sure he would put me to shame  |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:35 pm |
| Candy8865 is right, next time he pretends/ignores you, offer to retest his listening~~~ |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:48 pm |
 yea, I am SO going to use the listening score for the future - because it is true! He does not listen!! On the other side, at least now I know that when he has not listened it is that he REALLY has not listened (I was always soft because I thought, oh well, maybe he did not quite understand what I meant.. ) Not anymore, ladies, not any more.
Oh and he is like, "Damn, I could have gotten the perfect score. As soon as it was finished I knew which two listening questions I got wrong." |
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:56 pm |
Dear Tiger_tim, I am so happy for you .... 
Totally understand what it means to be proud and happy for the one you love - more than achievement by yourself ... put me to tears every time it happens (my sister becoming a pastor ... my daughter getting the first place in her form ... husband getting promotion ... not much achievement by myself though  )... Congratulations !!!! |
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:06 pm |
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| yea, I am SO going to use the listening score for the future - because it is true! He does not listen!! |
Now now, your husband listens he just sub-consciously edits before it hits the long term memory   |
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:08 pm |
| That's so cool!! You must be so proud of him ...that's really impressive. |
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:26 pm |
Tiger_tim,
Congratulations to you for choosing such a smart man to be with...and congrats to him for being one ! |
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:58 pm |
OK, allow me to share another story, which will truly demonstrate his "genius" (oh, how he would kill me for sharing this...  )
So, yesterday he had been asked to do an overnight shift (5pm - 10am). I go off to work thinking in the back of my mind that the work trousers hanging on the closet door are the last clean pair and I will need to do some handwashing the next day... I come home from work and notice the trousers still on the closet. I figured he must have worn jeans (which I thought odd, as I understood that was not allowed).
When he got home this morning I was in the shower and by the time I got out he had changed, so I asked him what he wore. He told me "my green chinos" (very faded, scruffy looking things) "well, I couldn't wear short pants or jeans, and I was lucky to find them." he continued. I must have had a VERY puzzled look as he then said "why, what was I supposed to wear?" and I said "the brown trousers on the closet door". The eyes popped open and he bolts to the bedroom and said "hey, they weren't here yesterday!!" He had spent 20 min in a mad panic searching the house for something to wear (any other time he would be on the phone to me asking for help).. and they were RIGHT in front of his eyes.
He might speaka-de-English good, but he has a very bad case of "domestic blindness"* Husbands, gotta love them! 
*Domestic blindness: an insidious disease affecting a large percentage of the male population. It affects ones ability to see things that are right in front of ones eyes. |
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