I'm going to borrow a quote from my Big Bad Buddy Ben (Munday) and say that I still have a major lack in confidence of the Japanese language. Even when "not sober" =P it's difficult to string sentences together and make sure that the particles are all in the correct place of the sentence, doing what they are supposed to.

However, one positive thing is that I keep getting praised for my pronunciation. The Japanese people that I'm speaking to are surprised to hear that I've only studied Japanese for 2 years. When I'm talking about things that I've talked about many times before they think that I'm really good and respond with the most complicated sentences. Then they realise that I'm a complete moron and don't understand a word of what they just said so they have to simplify it. But hey, my 発音 (hatsu on, pronunciation) kicks ass :) Maybe it's time to study the chapter on how to humbly accept praise from others from the chapter in the Shinnihongo book hahaha