One resolution down!

I passed my driving test :)

I almost did not make it......

I was almost late for my warm-up session at 9.15am this morning due to a little incident.

I reached there and the instructor on duty at the counter specifically informed me that where my no.46 car is parked. It seems that I was the only one who fixed the car for the test.

A young, good-lookin' malay instructor was my warm-up instructor. He must have sensed my nervousness, he tried to make me feel better.

"Do you know something good?"

"What?"

"Your car number is same as your address! So lucky!"

I was stumped for a moment.

You see, my hse postal code is 460046.

".....of coz lah! I specifically booked the car but not because of the number, its because I ve been using this car for training."

The warm up session was ok and I did route 10. He commented that route 10 is a easy route.

Soon, the warm up session is over. I got to the 2nd floor for the balloting of routes and assigning of testers.

To my surprise, I was given test route 10!

But my happiness was shortlived and nervousness once again took hold of me, as my tester was the last one to come into the room.

I followed him to the car and he looked friendly in the 1st impression but, alas, when he was in the car, he became serious.

At the beginning, in the circuit, all was well... then I hit a kerb during parallel parking.

I felt as if the whole world has collapsed on me. To make things worse, the tester scolded me...

"Did you know you hit kerb?! I can't let this off...tsk tsk..." he shook his head and started marking on the paper.

Trying to keep myself calm, I remembered the advice from ms Cactus. I asked for permission to re-do the parking. Re-did the parking but not as good.

My morale was low and thru' out the circuit, the tester nagged me on checking before turning....

When I was about to turn right to the centre's gate to go out for route 10, the tester slapped his hand on the dashboard....

I was caught unaware and did the emergency brake too slow. He said it was too slow and done improperly.

I felt like crying then.

Out the roads I went with a very heavy heart. I did quite ok for the roads and got no problem in changing gears up and down. But along the way, the tester nagged me on my late safety checks a couple of times.

I thought I was a gone-case liao...

After the test, I went up with him to the room.

He started lecturing me. Tears welled up in my eyes, as I looked at my so-many-ticks paper.

I heard him mumbled a number but I could not hear him properly. He pushed the paper towards me and I tried to see my score but tears has blurred my vision then. I tried not to blink in the fear that my tears flow, then....I saw the tester smile.

It was then I know I passed :)