Ah, dommage. Mais selon ma connaissance très limitée de la langue française, tu la parles (ou bien, l'écris) assez bien. Est-ce qu'il faut que tu marches loin *littéralement* pour ton diplôme ou comme une figure de style?
Ce que m'a aidée apprendre des autres langues est (ou "sont?") des magazines et des DVDs avec sous-titres. J'ai apprendi des mots du japonais avec "gray-market" DVDs d'"anime" -- pas comme les écrire bien sûr, mais au moins comment ils sonnent, le choix propre des mots, et de la "prosodie."
(Mille mercis au Google Translate, le bon ange des écrivaines polyglottes...)
Phew! That's about all the French I can recall now! Except to recommend the really awesome online comics of the French artist Boulet, who offers them both in the original French and his (sometimes shaky but always charming) English translations. They are often about sci-fi, fantasy, and science fact, which appeals to my geek side. And they're great for learning slang and informal/regional speech.
http://english.bouletcorp.com/
Nah, not a figure of speech, if that's what you said- my brains all blagh I might've misunderstood- I just walked like, a million miles (maybe only 2-3km) to a printer. It didn't print right. But was NOT walking all the way back to the art school and spend hours trying to fix it, then walk back up the hill across the city, pray it printed correctly, and then drag myself back to the waterfront to submit it before 5pm. It's 3.30 now, so I'm actually ahead of schedule for the first time ever!!!
One French web comic I read was Nuclear Winter, which was short and cute ;3
Actually crazy how many people here want that! Most of my friends upped and left for universities and/or work in the mainland, for the same reason. It's been my goal ever since I was old enough to see what was going on here >.> Finally going to happen, next year!<3
Yup, Grindelwald (a previous owner of the Elder wand in HP, yes, and also insinuated, though not outright stated, as the instigator of WWII). Which was built by Roelf Vos after(?) he sold his grocery business to Woolworths, based on a place of the same name (I think) in Switzerland. It's a really really nice place, buuuut.... that's not where I was staying, haha.
I actually wish I hadn't gone swimming, haha, I'm feeling all the side effects now >.> (I'm, though not allergic, sensitive to chlorine and other chemicals in pools. I'm all sluggish now, eurgh.)
Also, congrats on getting through your French exam! I hate performance examinations of any sort, myself >.> My hands shake and I feel sick, usually. Horrible memories in music class. I play piano, so that messed up several of my exams >.>
I also recommend Boulet! He's what got me onto webcomics, actually. I was a firm believer in manga and Korean webtoons before that (practically the only webcomics I'd seen were stuff like the Order of the Stick, etc.). I still like manga (and manwha and manhua) and webtoons, but I see immense value in webcomics, too, now 
As much as I love living here- the land, weather etc- it kills my soul that there's not a lot for our generations future, unless you like chopping wood or becoming a baby factory to earn money :/
If I was going to leave, I'd leave the whole country- the mainland is too hot and the people are weirdly disconnected from nature and where things come from. Mass consumers in cities. (No offense Echo and SecludedMan!) Me no likey.
so somewhere cold and green = yeah!!
Hee, I know how you feel about jittery nerves! When I did piano at school, and had to play for assessment, my hands shook so much I was lucky to hit notes in the right octave ;P and then when I walked away from the piano and sat down, I would totally forget that I'd even played....it was weird.
When I'm playing music or singing by myself though I'm completely fine, but if I even think about doing it near people the shakes set in :/ Haha it also happens when I
watch people play O___O it's like being possessed! But on a small scale
(bad pun totally intended)
