TP!
YES! i finally passed my TP today! haha i was so worried that i couldnt eat lunch. the first shock of the day came when my instructor told me that his car met with an accident yesterday, and the car door was dented. :/ the mirror was also not working that well. when the TP started, i was so nervous that i almost didnt see a car driving past when i was exiting my parking lot.
after the shaky start, i went into the circuit. my first station was parallel parking, and that was at the lots which i hated (the narrow confined space parallel parking lots). if u go CDC, ull know what im talking about. there r 2 versions of parking lots for both parallel and perpendicular parking. one version is the easier one with more space, and the other one is the harder one where you only have a narrow space to manoeuver.
i was so scared that i would strike kerb for the parallel parking, cos i didnt dare to stick to the left hand kerb (due to my faulty left side mirror), so when i was turning into the lot, my wheel was soooo close to striking the kerb. BUT THANKFULLY, i managed to perform the parallel parking smoothly.
next up was slope, which went pretty fine. then, it was directional change lot. once again, i was afraid i wouldnt be able to judge properly due to the faulty left side mirror, but thankfully i was able to clear that too. then i went through perpendicular parking, S course and finally i reached my most feared station - crank course. i was steering extra slowly through the course this time, and heaved a sigh of relief when i left the course without striking kerb. after that, i exited the test centre, and went driving outside. the test route i got was pretty easy, so i was pretty confident i would do well this time.
crossing my fingers, i entered the tester's room, where he pointed out my mistakes one by one, before finally saying, "YOU PASSED." OMG! i was so excited at that moment. after that, i waited for the safety video (which was a half hour wait). parts of the safety video were quite gross, showing the various gruesome accident scenes.
after the video, i went to get a queue number for my license. i was horrified to see like around 40-50 people in front of me. then there was this sneaky guy who actually took lots of queue numbers during the half hour wait for the safety video. what a typical kiasu singaporean! he was probably afraid that his number got skipped so he took a bunch of numbers. i was so frustrated when several numbers were announced but noone came forward (because of all the numbers he had taken). then the counter switched back to PDL application mode and i resumed waiting. after a 1+ hour wait, i finally got to submit my license application! immediately after that, i went to get my P-plates before going home. the entire duration took about 1.5-2 hours OMG! but it was worth it! (: i am now a qualified driver!
consilio et animis
8/11/2008 09:47:00 PM
