I took the JSDA Series 2 on Monday...for those of you who don't know what it is, its a regulatory test that anyone in finance in Japan has to take and pass. Thats all hunky dory if the test wasn't written with the worst grammar ever seen on the face of the earth with the mere excuse on the front of the test saying "Please do not complain about the English version, this test is meant to be taken in Japanese and wherever there are errors in the English translation the Japanese version will prevail". A little xenophobic are we not Japan? Are we forgetting that foreigners own more than half the value of your stockmarket?
Anyway, it was a nightmare...lucky I can read Japanese and I went back and deciphered some stuff but overall it was a disaster. I studied 4 hours everyday for 2 weeks...that meant leaving work around midnight every night. When I returned to the office the white look on my face conveyed the "that test went horribly badly" look. Worse, is if you fail you have to wait a month to take it again. Being in sales that means I can't talk to clients for a whole month, basically making me redundant...so I went home and repacked my suitcase anticipating the worst. It turns out I passed which is a miracle in itself...must be something to do with it being Passover and me being Jewish...it must!
So where to from here you may ask? Get on the blower and sell some Japanese equity! Am I ready you may ask? I sure as hell better be.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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well done elad
ReplyDeleteleaving at midnight? thats early
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