got up at around 6.40. showered and prepared. decided to wear something comfortable. something that wont hinder my movements. wore a white top. jeans and my shoes that i have always been wearing for lessons. not feelin
g nervous at all. but wasnt confident too. im just hoping that i be lucky enough to pass. but im already prepared that im going to fail the first time round. pessimistic huh? cos i believe the higher the hope. the more the disappointment if i were to fail.i set off with hopes. took the train to eunos and met my instructor minutes after 8. went into the circuit at 8.30. not perfect yet. started to feel a lil tense. at 10. i was asked to park the car at the car park some distance away from the circuit entrance. instructor explained to me what i have to do and where to drive. then he brought me to the seats outside the balloting room. waited for 15mins outside the room before i went in. my instructor told my some important points to remember. the balloting starts. was hoping that i would get test route 3 cos the testers are nice. unfortunately i got the MOST DIFFICULT route. my favourite number 7. not my favourite this time round.i went out of the room and called my instructor cos i was having problems trying to message with the motorola handphone. i saw someone i never want to see. but well that wasnt important. i told my instructor my test route and tester. he reminded me to check my blind spots. i place my hand on my face which is tilted up and went "aiya! this time die already. its test route 7!" after i hung up. i realised a couple of testers were outside the room and they actually heard and saw me doing that. embarrassed! but seriously the nervousness in me had overcome the embarassment. i went back to the room looking cool cos the rest of the students were inside. just when i was about to check the turn at the exit for my test route. my tester had called my name. i went out and led him to the car.i sat on the driver's seat. adjusted it again and again although i was the last to drive the car and the seat wasnt adjusted since then. i check my rear mirror. turned on the engine. the car suddenly jerked forward and stalled. GREAT! the instructor went "woah!" immediately i said "sorry sorry!" i hoped he didnt penalised me for that. was wondering if i should wind up the windows. i looked to my side where a student was driving the car into the circuit. decided to wind up the windows. the tester told me to drive on. but the car beside me was moving off. so i waited till it went off before i drove out. he told me that if he hit on the front board. i would have to do an emergency brake which mr lim has already explained to me.there was this barrier which is lifted up. its actually tilted and i was entering through the lower part of it. was hesitating to change lane cos i didnt know if the car would hit the barrier if i drove through. then the tester said go. only then. i stepped on the accelerator. i didnt dare to change to gear 2 so most of the time i was using gear 1. the slope was fine. parking was fine. crank course was fine and the S-course was also fine. but i did drove into the wrong lane at one turning. each time i make i check my blind spot. im practically turning my head all the time although sometimes it was just for show.i proceeded out and continued with my test route. i was driving on the left lane. there was a lil jam. all the cars stopped on the left lane. then the tester told me to turn right which means i would have to leave the lane and drive to the right-most lane. i looked behind. road seems cleared. i moved out and suddenly i see cars coming from behind. FANTASTIC! i knew i was penalised. shit! i managed to drive to the left lane and continued driving. finally i arrived at the crucial point. i prayed hard that the traffic light wouldnt change to red before i crossed. lucky enough. it was green when i past the traffic light. i looked into the rear mirror. the road is cleared for me to change lane. as expected. i was asked to u-turn. the u-turn was fine. i made my way back to the centre with the tester's instructor. my instructor was there waiting when i came back. the tester told me to follow him. i stepped out of the car. my legs feeling weak. my instructor didnt show much expression on his face. i smiled at him and he told me to follow the tester upstairs. he then told me my mistakes. was hoping he would pass me. then he went on to tick the tester's paper. the moment i saw him ticking on 3 boxes on the first page. i knew i was most probably gone. indeed i failed. felt angry and sad. for one moment. i had the feeling that im gonna cry. i took a deep breath and walked out. saw my instructor downstairs. he asked me "why like that?" i showed him my paper. thereafter he told me he would call me after he booked my test date.i walked out of the centre. realised that keong was supposed to meet me at the centre. called him to tell him i failed and that i was waiting outside. was looking at my mistakes trying to analyse it. minutes later he called me. was so fedup i raised my voice and repeated "outside" thrice. he gave me a hug when we met and assured me that everything was fine. i told him not to say anything more. i'll only cry if someone is gonna ask me lotsa questions or console me. we walked to the bus stop and took the bus to the mrt station. took the train to novena to get his stuff. he promised me ice cream so we had bens and jerry ice cream. yums! the table look so cute.
walking out from novena mrt
cherry garcia, chocolate fudge brownie and strawberry
love the table.. so cute~
thereafter we went to his place to get his passport and bank book. took pictures while walking home.
walked to the bank to get a replacement for his card. then to sakae near his place for a battle. anyway he lost. =p yay yay! haha. so you owe me 3 more.
after lunch. we went to popular book store and bought an album. then we went to develop some of our pictures. our last stop. the supermarket. we bought ingredients for my favourite chicken stew. its been a long long time since i went over his place. as usual we watched tv. sang. later in the day. we cooked dinn. i helped to cut the ingredients while he do the cooking for his chicken stew. he was satisfied with the finished dish cos the standard remained. after dinn. we sorted out the stuff that we want to put inside the album. after we were finally done. i changed and he sent me downstairs to take a cab home.
a great day spent together regardless i failed my tp.
