i baRely had enough sleep the night befoRe...
woke up yesteRday moRning feeling veRy anxious and woRRied.. was shocked when i passed out gReen stools.. GREEN? OMG. i thought i was THAT neRvous.. anyway, i just Realised it must be caused by the iRon supplements i've been taking daily afteR the blood donation.. =x
left home feeling veRy fidgety... my heaRt sank when i saw the daRk clouds looming above while i was in the moRning.. i was singing "Rain, Rain, go away, come again anotheR day" silently in my heaRt.. it always woRk when i sang that in kindeRgaRten.. then it staRted to pouR Really heavily.. i have neveR dRove in the ciRcuit when it's Raining!! but luckily, it Reduced to a dRizzle when my waRm up session staRted..
the waRm up session was fabulous! it was my best dRiving lesson eveR.. i made no mistakes! and if u didn't RemembeR, i was just mounting keRb and knocking down poles the day befoRe..
picked Route numbeR 2 foR my test.. and was quite disappointed and woRRied when i Realised that it's the Route i've only dRiven twice in the whole past yeaR that i've leaRnt dRiving.. my instRuctoR appaRently doesn't make me dRive that Route.. daRn.. i don't like that Route eitheR!!
i was Really neRvous.. and anyone can tell.. i couldn't even get the engine staRted.. =x fiRst attempt, the key wouldn't even tuRn.. second attempt, i staRted a stalled engine.. the examineR had to tell me to staRt it up a thiRd time befoRe i was successful.. =x i moved out of the paRking lot.. foRgotting to signal befoRe i tuRn.. think he didn't Realise that.. lol..
fiRst went to the slope.. gReat! like what uncle david taught me, i had to climb up the Right, then filteR to the left.. i RemembeRed uncle david's nagging to check blind spot befoRe filteRing.. =)
3 point tuRn next.. it was quite good... at least, i
thought so...
did paRallel paRking at the aRea beside the slope.. the most hated aRea foR paRallel paRking.. cos it's veRy squeezy theRe.. paRked fiRst lot (i have neveR eveR paRked that lot befoRe), and was suRpRised that the lot seems a little biggeR than the otheRs which i used to paRk.. hence, i was able to paRk the caR stRaighteR than usual.. =)
veRtical paRking... he chose the fiRst lot again.. also the lot i hated most.. had to stop at the stop line then advance foRwaRd, then ReveRse again.. so tRoublesome.. but anyway, i did a nice job.. =p duRing the waRm up session eaRlieR, i witnessed 4 exam caRs hit/mount keRb duRing veRtical paRking.. at least i didn't!! =p
S couRse next.. it was again, gReat!! =)
oveRtook some caRs as instRuctued, then went foR the cRank couRse.. was happy that theRe was a lot of caRs going in the cRank couRse that had a little slope in the middle.. so i got to do the easieR cRank couRse.. =x gReat too!
just befoRe exiting ciRcuit, he made me do E-bRake.. daRn.. uncle david told me it's Rainy day, flooR's wet, so they will not test that.. so i was totally not pRepaRed.. and got deducted 2 points foR wRong technique.. =x
left the ciRcuit and hit the Roads.. on the Roads, he staRted nagging at me.. check the caRs beside.. check blind spot.. he sounded RatheR pissed.. and my heaRt sank, sank, sank.. had to do the Right tuRn i hated most (theRe's no Right tuRn pocket at that big junction.. i can't tuRn pRopeRly!).. and i foRgot bus lane houRs was oveR.. luckily, i Realised befoRe it was too late and quickly changed to the left lane.. and he nagged at me foR changing lanes too late.. what he didn't know was i actually foRgot and just RemembeRed only.. =p
didn't check blind spot while eRm.. moving to the side on one lane.. theRe was only one lane.. so i thought didn't have to check.. in the end kena nagged at again... anotheR Right tuRn.. it was a 2 lanes tuRn into 3 lanes.. i kept thinking of tuRning into the left most lane since i was in the left most lane.. halfway thRough the tuRn, i suddenly Realised that i was supposed to tuRn into the centRe lane.. and quickly steeR back.. hahaha.. he thought i did a wide tuRn.. didn't know i actually tuRned into wRong lane at fiRst..
he skipped the U-tuRn that my Route was supposed to have.. and we headed back school... just tuRning Right into the school, theRe was an L plate oncoming caR that moved and stoped and moved and stoped.. i didn't daRe to pRoceed foR feaR that caR will suddenly speed up.. but he was too impatient.. oRdeRed me to tuRn in.. i hesistate a little, pRotest a little, but decided to follow anyway.. didn't want to fail on the spot.. supposed to tuRn into the yellow box.. then he nagged at me again foR not doing a nice tuRn.. and by the time i got off the caR, i was a depRessed giRl..
followed him up the staiRs into the Room.. we both sat down.. and befoRe he said anything, i saw Right on the fiRst page, a tick on the "stRike keRb" foR 3 point tuRn.. DID i!?!?!?!?!?!? how come i didn't know?!?! how could i have not known?!?!?!?! =( it was a 10 points deduction.. foR those who aRe unawaRe, a 20 points = FAIL. and well done, i have a 10 points deduction in the fiRst Row out of 3 pages.
theRe was anotheR 2 points deduction foR tuRning the steeRing wheel while the caR was stationaRy duRing paRallel paRking.. this, uncle david has told me befoRe.. uncle david told me just let them deduct and he neveR taught me how to not tuRn while the caR is stationaRy... so theRe..
he flipped the page, and theRe weRe many moRe ticks.. i was getting moRe and moRe depRessed.. theRe was anotheR 2 points foR the E-bRake thingy..
a tick foR not using appRopRiate geaR.. 2 ticks foR a wide tuRn.. 2 ticks foR not checking blind spot.. but veRy luckily.. wide tuRn has a chance box (meaning: a tick in a chance box does not cost any points), while blind spot has 2 chance boxes..
I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST on fiRst attempt!!! i've a gRand total of 18 points, a boRedeRline pass!!!! =) =) =) woohoo!!!!!!!!!
who caRes whetheR it's 0 points oR 18 points, i'm gonna get my license anyway!! =) and i've saved myself a good 5-600 bucks if i had to take a Retest~
in total, i spent about
1.2k to get this stupid license.. cost includes Right fRom the fiRst theRoy tests, tRial tests, about 10 ciRcuit lessons, 2 times PDL application, caR Rental foR test date, dRiving test cost, up till application foR license.. not too bad eh?
went foR ouR dental appointment afteR the test.. and it was.. expensive.. =x
just a few houRs lateR, i was happily dRiving aRound the multi-stoRey caRpaRk neaR my house.. leaRnt packing without poles.. it was fun! but tiRing and scaRy.. heh.. auto caR moves fasteR than the manual! and it's so slack!!! i asked to dRive myself home (which is just a Road away into anotheR caRpaRk) and he agReed! =p but i wasn't quite used to the steeRing wheel which was so haRd to tuRn.. so i dRove RatheR slowly lah.. but well, i used to dRive at 60km/hR duRing my lesson days!
i was sooooooooooooooooooo Relieved to pass.. cos the whole lab knows i was going foR my test.. and hehe.. i went aRound today telling the whole lab i passed.. =p mR chin offeRed to sell me his caR at 20k.. haRz.. but i don't even have 20k! =x
today sux lah... i had a knee fluid afteR office houRs.. and 10 uRine to Run and Read micRoscopically.. and many many blood samples to Run.. and the snake king and gong king doesn't help me at all.. sianz......................................
anyway, 人逢喜事精神爽! =)