Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Passed.
10 points.

Here's how it went:

Took a cab down to BBDC as i was running late. Warm-up time was 1325 but i was not even on the bus at 1300. Waited for the bus for 20 mins. Reached there at 1310 and the driver cheated me of 20cents. Whatever. Went to print my slip and waited in the waiting room. Was SO DAMN nervous. Tried to calm myself down. Then 1325 came. Went to look for my car 57.

During the warm-up, i made mistakes i shouldn't have made. My car was not straight after doing vertical parking and directional change. Didn't signal and check blind spot when going out of parallel parking lot. Did the circuit at a fast speed. I guess i wasn't used to the car yet. Couldn't get the biting point. Speed was way too fast. The instructor had to tell me many times to slow down.

Half an hour had passed so fast. I was still not used to the car yet and was feeling quite nervous, though not as before. OMG.

And then, i had about 45 mins to relax and wait for my turn. Kept reassuring myself i can do it and don't be nervous. Then, cynthia came. Was shocked. But anyway, thanks for accompanying! =) although it sort of increased my stress level.. (she got 6 points only by the way!!!)

Waited and waited. It was 1455. My test was delayed by 10 mins already. Then, Ng Li Yin Vivian! OMG. Nervous nervous! Went down with my tester. Got Test route 2. Phew. The tester was FIERCE and strict la! Showed me such a stern look even before i started the car. Added stress. After the circuit, i thought i did okay for the circuit. Cause he didnt write or type anything, though he said that i must look behind when reversing for directional change. Next came the road driving. Wah sian. My lane change is not very good, though there weren't many cars. My car sort of veered off course. OUCH. Whatever. Just remain calm and don't talk back. And the worse part came(at least i thought it was quite bad). I almost completed my test route and was going back to the centre. At this traffic light junction, i slowed down (cause when approaching any junction, you are expected to slow down in case the lights turn amber). Junctions usually have 3 arrows leading up. Then at the second arrow, the lights turned amber. My speed was about 40km/h, gear 3. So i E braked. And then, i heard the screeching of tyres of the car behind. He had to E brake too. WOAH! At that particular moment, i thought it was my fault. I shouldn't have E braked. The tester also laughed and asked me, "HAHA! You know where the sound came from?" So i replied, "From behind." WTH. That made me so damn scared. And the worse thing was the car behind was from BBDC too and i saw the instructor showing habd signals to me. WTH. Nice way to treat fellow trainees. Anyway, I thought i failed. Seriously. So after parking the car, i went up with him for the result. He told me, "Your driving overall is okay. BUT, do you know your lane change is quite weak? There's a car on your right just now when you are doing lane change, but you almost went into his lane. Do you know that? It was very dangerous. Did you check your blind spot properly?" SIAN. I thought confirm fail. And i thought my fatal mistake was that E braking, yet he didnt mention anything about that. Then, he continued, "You passed." =.=

But i was still shocked over that E braking and didnt believe i passed. Didnt feel that much happiness i thought i would. SO i asked my colleagues whether my E braking was right. Firstly, from what i have learnt, only when your speed is too fast to E brake and when you are at the first arrow, then you can pass the amber light. Secondly, the car behind was obviously tailgating. (but it was my fault too. I should have used intermittent braking to warn him) Phew. Luckily it wasn't totally my fault. If i were to fail because of that, I'm SO GONNA.........!!!! ARGH! REASON BEING, i was already finishing my test and such a thing happened.

Anyway, i passed! Certainly need more practice, but just wanna get the licence first. HAHA! Practice makes perfect. Wait til i get my own car. =) SHIOK!!!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

15th JUNE, TOMORROW.
1325: Warm-up
1445: Test

GOOD LUCK! =)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

7 more days to my test!

AHH. I'm feeling so confused. Not sure if i have made the right choice or not. Things are starting to change drastically.