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Monday, August 20, 2007

congratulations CAREN,
this time round,
you PASS the traffic police practical test.. ;]
muahaha...
gonna get my license in 2 wks time... =P

today's test was realli so much better than the previous one...
haha..
gained more experience and learnt frm my mistakes frm my previous TP...
no mounting or striking of curbs,
no wide turns,
no nt checking of blind spots (according to the checklist tt the tester assessed me on),
and no knocking down of poles..
overall, i felt tt it was well done..

had a warm up session before the TP..
the instructor was giving me an "encouraging" conversation...
he told me nt to be nervous,
and to treat this like a Singapore Idol competition..
haha..
have confidence in yourself and be thick skinned..
so he actually asked me to turn into 16 when there is a "no right turn" sign..
at this pt, 1 test car actually right turned into 16..
so my instructor was like hand signalling "die liao" to the instructor of another car..
this kinda affected me a little cos the tester was rather jian to set a trap for the candidate..
actually 106 told me of this trap before and he told me nt to believe everything tt the examiner says..
he says we have to be alert as a qualified driver...
and the tester is testing us on the basic theory...
how can we drive on the roads without even knowing the meanings behind the road signs?
so i guessed tt candidate should be game over le..
after tt did all the circuit stuff and still nt bad lah..
jus like wat they all like to say,
slow down the speed but movement faster..
haha..
on the road, it was rather okay,
and thankfully it wasnt raining heavily..

my 1st TP was on the 05.06.07...
nice date..
haha..
den today it was 20.08.2007...
haha..
another nice date..
can go buy toto le...

did test route 3 today..
quite good..
everything was so perfect...
i did my checking properly..
adjusted the mirrors ( fakingly) cos i adjusted earlier on le..
haha..
but did it again jus for the sake of doin it..
after tt adjusted my seat and SET OFF...
on my way to face the CHALLENGE...
earlier on, a senior tester told us tt the biggest obstacle tt we face in the TP is nt the test routes,
but our psychological barrier..
i SO SO SO agreed...
becos of wat he and the previous instructor said,
i was OPTIMISTIC bout the test..
haha..
already half the battle won with my attitude..

i was the 2nd testee to be called out..
did everything nicely in the circuit..
somehow most testers liked to do 17A for directional change..
the first station tt i had..
luckily did nt die at the spot again..
haha...
so happy tt i cleared it..
den both my parallel and vertical parking were okay..
did E brake..
the proudest tt i ever done..
i tin if 111 saw it, he will be so happy tt i finally did it..
haha..
when the tester slammed the car board,
i jammed the brake so hard tt i can feel myself goin front and hitting back at the seat..
haha..
even the tester's file dropped..
haha..
solid brake sia..
after tt went out on the road..
no beating of traffic lights =P
U turn was okay,
but there was 1 sickening taxi..
always taxi de..
ARGH...!
i was waiting to turn right
and there was this taxi at the opposite lane,
somehow nt sure if wan to turn right or go straight..
so in the end i jus turned right,
and the tester was like looking at me, "you didnt see the taxi ah?"..
so i was like "i tot he was turning right"...
in the end when we went into the test debrief rm,
kanna said by him...
he says luckily the taxi was slowing moving,
otherwise he will give me immediate failure...
didnt realli wish to argue with him,
cos i will surely lose de,
so i jus kept quiet...
in the end he gave me back the TP checklist,
and i PASSED..
jus PASS..
haha...
if nt for the taxi, den i tin i will have the lowest score ever for all my other assessment..
and before i went up to the debrief rm, saw 106..
he was signalling to me "how was the test?"
so i was like telling him "dunno"..

after i got the results,
i immediately went to look for him..
i was at the waiting area
and when i saw him, i told him the good news..
he shook my hand and congratulated me..
den i whined to him bout the examiner and wat i did...
haha..
wanted to thank 111 too, but cant find him..
after tt saw him le but he was in the car,
so cant go thank him personally..
i tin he went back to teaching manual again...
haha..

anyway, they made those tt passed the TP to watch a video..
a real life video on drink driving and the responsibilities of car drivers..
the video was rather depressing...
saw those badly dented cars, bloody bodies and real life examples of accidents..
they knew tt new drivers will be rather dangerous on the roads,
either they create danger for others or others will be a danger to them..
anyway, the video has sort of an effect on me le..
haha..
driving is realli rather dangerous..
esp driving in town areas..

after settling everything, met my lao er for lunch..
haha...
somehow she's always the one to accompany me de..
so good sia...
as usual, when i saw her, grumbled everything to her..
haha...

for this driving, spent a total of $2595.15...
my money lah..
hai yo..
but thankfully i had quite a few revision lessons this time round..
PRACTICE DO MAKE IT PERFECT..!
and i realli realli want to thank 111 and 106,
instructors k.s tan and alfred lim... :]
haha...
if nt for them, i wonder when i can get my license...
but now the thing is i dun have the car to drive..
haha..
i tin i can onli drive HONDA CIVICS VTI car..
haha...

for the past 2 days, also had weekend driving..
it was all worth it..
on sat, even went shopping with em..
haha..
of cos spend money again..
bought 2 pairs of slippers frm charles and keith..
haha..
most imptly,
HAPPY BELATED BDAY TO MOON,
frm both master caren and asst master em.. ;]



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-I miss the past/}
8/20/2007 04:27:00 PM