Yesterday I got email from myself (through milist), entitled "I NEED HELP URGENTLY", saying that I am in London and having trouble...blah..blah..blah...then finally asking for money.
Riiiiiiiiiggghhht.....!
It is such a rubbish, dude. First of all, I don't write in English that well. Second of all, if I were in London... Oh, who am I kidding. It could be a possibility, but not at this moment.
Anyway, this e-jacking is annoying. Like someone breaks in to your house and mess up with your stuffs. Good thing I had cleared things up with some friends who got my "fake e-mail" and renew my password.
Intermezzo.
Last Saturday, August 9, 2008, I took IELTS test in Raffles International Christian School, Pondok Indah. It began at 09.30 a.m and ended at 12.00 p.m for the written test (listening, reading and writing), then continued by speaking test conducted by native speaker. My turn was at 04.00 p.m. Yeah, I waited pretty long for fiveteen minutes of speaking test. I haven't known the result yet. Hopefully I don't get a lousy score coz it cost me $ 150. Yeah, for that amount of money, you don't want to have low score, right? Hehe.
You know, it was my first time taking IELTS and also first to know the kind of questions. Man, it drove me nuts coz it's different with TOEFL, which I was familiar with, so in the first of five minutes each part I was just staring at the question sheets and went like "Okay...what am I doing here?" Then when the timer said "You've got twenty minutes more", I yelled in my heart "What, are you kidding me?! I havent' finished reading the the first text yet!" Waaarrrrggghhh...!"
A little thing I remember about IELTS (I took academic IELTS).
Listening. Usually in TOEFL, for all sections, it's multiple choices, whether you choose A, B, C or D. In IELTS, there are multiple choices and filling the blank with words. So if your ears are off for a while, you'll be lost.
Reading. There are some types: matching main idea to the paragraphs, matching statement to character or items, filling the blank with words. The first two using set alphabet.
Writing. Therea are two sections. First section is analyzing chart/graphic/picture. Second one is giving opinion about something.
Speaking. There are three sections. First one is introducing yourself. Second one, talking about a topic the native speaker gives you. Third one is giving opinion of further questions given by the native speaker.
The IELTS score, if I am not mistaken, range from 1.0 to 9.0. Or does it start from 0? Well... I guess I have to check that out first.
Only talking about it gives me a little headache (I am kidding. I have headache coz I had luch quite late so my brain hurt).
Okay, I have to go now.
Oh, almost forget. In that very day, Si Cantik was born at about 09.00 a.m. Yaaaay!
Now, I'll see you again, dude.
