Lately on Fridays, after the tests are done, I have been going out with 3 or 4 classmates, all of which are women married to Japanese guys, and usually a few other classmates tag along. Today we went out to a Singaporean (?) restaurant, last week a Taiwanese place. I like hanging out with them, because their level of Japanese is not too much better than mine, so it is a challenge, but I can keep up. Plus they are pretty cultured and smart. One is Taiwanese, one is Chinese, and one is from Myanmar. It's interesting to see people's faces on the train, as we babble away in Japanese.
Today we had our Kanji final exam. I didn't study too hard, but I did okay, I think. I have to write yet another speech, but I haven't decided on a theme. Or rather, I have decided on 2 themes so far, then decided against them after playing around with them a while.
This semester was a bit of a break for me, I really need to do some reading, writing, and preparation for the next semester, there will be a lot more writing. I don't know natural writing style in Japanese, so it's very time consuming, and I tend to put it off because it's so hard.