I have been in Israel for all of two days, but I have been taking care of business, like always. The first day or so was devoted to unpacking and shopping for groceries, and few random room accessories, and the like. Today, I am on to bigger and better things: Ulpan. As I will be in Ulpan, a Hebrew immersion program, for the next five months, it is quite important that I get accepted and placed into the proper class.
For the past several months, I have been in touch with a specific program. I was told that upon arriving in Israel, I would have to take an hour-long placement test and have an interview. I was given a time to arrive and told what to bring. It was Wednesday at 12:15 and I was fifteen minutes early for my test, thus leaving the perfect amount of time for my interview. It wasn't until I arrived, though, that I found out that I had been misinformed. The test was already over. It was so Israeli when I was told to sit down anyways and in lieu of a one-hour test, I was asked to write three sentences on the back of a piece of scratch paper. From those three sentences, I was accepted into the program and placed into a class. On Sunday, I will see if the three sentences were really sufficient in placing me.
Aside from Ulpan placement tests, I have been reacquainting myself with Jerusalem, seeing friends old and new, and getting to know my roommate. I am renting a charming apartment in a great location near the center of the city. It makes for a great place to meet up and hang out. Things have been going pretty smoothly, and I only hope they stay that way.
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