It seems that this whole week can be summarised under the motto “endings”.
My soroban teacher has more or less uninvited me from his classes which I have visited now twice a week for about 1.5 years. He has now much more students at the time I was usually going, and the new kids need more attention (and maybe also a bit more space) than at the time when I started. It is coming at a bad time now (psychologically) because on Sunday, there is the next test, but there’s not much I can do about it.
I am still very grateful that he organised the visa for me last year and to let me study soroban with him. It was very nice as long as I could go to school there, but from now on I will have to do my own studying. I still want to try one or two more levels of tests, but I am not sure I can manage without the motivation of exercises in class. At the very least, it will take much longer…
Before you ask: No, it is very unlikely that I will pass the test this weekend – I am still too slow. However, I think I mentioned that I mainly want to take it to see how the test is conducted on a larger scale. This I will certainly manage. I am curious…
The final ending of this week and of this post is a positive one: My ear and hearing are much better now! Although I still have some tinnitus in the right ear, the annoying pressure is gone completely. Sometimes, it will reemerge when I put on my headset or use the phone, but this is just temporary and subsides quickly. It’s something…