Friday, February 12, 2010

I PASSED MY DRIVING. OMG YAY. PHEW. 2nd try. I was SO afraid. =X I was like on freaking tenterhooks before the test, it was insane. I think my tenterhooks were on tenterhooks. HAHA. I slept early last night, went for driving in the morning. Forgot to draw money to pay the instructor, so after doing the circuit, drove out and went to a POSB to draw cash. Then suddenly this van parked behind us and we were stuck so my instructor had to reverse out allllll the way down the narrow 2 lane carpark. Drove back, paid him and went to the waiting room.

Inside I went half-insane from freaking out. It was my second try but that did not make it any easier. Staked on the next half an hour were nearly 2 thousand dollars worth of lessons and tests and probably well over 48 hours worth of driving, and practice and mugging. My mind was going into overdrive. Also, to -ahem- the second try would be a bit...well, I don't have anything against it, one of my friend passed his third time, but most guys manage it on the second.

My name was second to be called. I said good morning to the TP, something I didn't get the chance to do the first time. I was also dressed in a shirt and jeans. Something my friend said was if you dress nicely, they'll have a good impression because it shows respect for them. My first test was in t-shirt and berms. Basically the only thing that'll get me into a shirt is a) job interviews b) work c) grand/formal occasions d) TP. LOL.

Went through circuit. At the beginning I freaked out a bit cos I was still suffering the anxiety earlier. I kept noting him tap his tablet PC. Jeez I tell you, every time I heard him tap it, my balls shrank a bit. And there was a lot of tapping involved. I nearly went crazy from worry. However this TP seemed to be much nicer than the first one, he spoke to me nicely.

Went on the road. I left a junction and noted a hiss and a tap. -Cringe- Went through a little road, and back to the centre. USING THE CORRECT LANE. Now I know where to enter. (Expensive lesson I won't ever forget.) Parked the car and followed him to the office. I was a little expecting the worst. Went in, sat down and waited for him to print out the results.

"What's that little piece of paper, I've never seen it before. Does it mean this time is different?" "Oh, that looks like the result. OMG why does it seem to have so many lines on it? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG-"

He motioned for me to come over so I did. I was almost afraid to find out-"Your second time is it?"

"Er. Ya."

"Ok, good, take this paper, get your queue number and apply for a license on the counter."

-Looks-OMG PASS. 10 points! 3 mistakes!"Ok, thank you very much."

I left the office and went to get my queue number. Sat down and waited. Took a photo with my iPhone to MMS but my hands were shaking with relief/joy/happiness/released stress/whatever. =D FINALLY. Got called, submitted my documents, then went to wait outside and msg people before watching the safety video before collecting back my stuff. The safety video was both cool and gruesome. Cool because you get to see those grainy surveillance videos of cars in horrific accidents. In Singapore! Gruesome because well, it's horrific accidents. In Singapore!

So, went back home, and yeah. That's it. Going shopping at vivo later. ^^

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