Monday, December 31, 2007
Happy new year!! hahaa... 3 hours in advance ya! coz later i going out ma... no internet to blog... haha i figured like my previous years... on new year eve i will type out a super long tribute of the year that has just passed... 2006's NYE post was like super long with many many pictures which i guess is justifiable as it was one of my important years that i completed every man's work.. national service... then again 2007 aint that uninteresting either... with admission into NUS.. being a student all over again... making new friends notably from my OG and then my usual meet ups with my great frenz from secondary school up till army years....
hmmm... how should i start... up from january till june... most of my life was revolving around starhub... come to think of it.. it was one hella long time man! hahaa... if i recall i quit in may... arh yes i did... though i dont fancy going back there to work again.. i never regretted working in starhub... all thanks to Green Team!! haha even my mom commented on how we only know each other barely for a year yet we seem to meet up so much more often than my other friends... what can i say.. i think we were born to work together and have fun together!! be it outings... movies... parties and stayovers... as long as theres booze! we OWN the place!! i dare say we never shared a single boring moment... slowly seeing more intra-green team couples popping out already... who knows? maybe we'll have another couple popping out soon? =D green team forever!!
at work
at birthdays
even outings... Most onz bunch of frenz!!
not forgetting the canoes!! though most of us are now busy with university and all... we had the time to go down together to macrithcie to paddle.. to go for birthdays and parties.... then of coz our usual movie outings with the hougang sengkang grp like marcus weiliang daren and li hua~~ in canoeing... i cried the hardest... jumped for joy the happiest.. and made the most reliable teammates ever... cheers to SRJC Canoeing!
ONLY THE TOUGHEST FITS!!
this year saw alot of development from my classmates of 2S04.. people like alvin, donghai, weixiong got attached and left the bachelors club.... maturing of mind... making of new friends... nowadays i find it saddening at times to see that some of us have placed our class behind those of their new frenz in uni or steadys... its saddeninig and demoralising no doubt... but when i look at our few photos we took this year.. be it my PICE.... my birthday... our few outings together... i still smile to myself and tell myself: i want my class to be close always.... till the day we start attending weddings of our classmates i shall hold on to that hope and persevere to bring them together... fight on!
happy times together... will they last as long as i hope?
then theres my newest batch of friends.. the Survivors!! i still remember how i thought to myself during the first day of SOW07... "Oh mans.... This group of people is going to be hard to befriend..." thankfully my worst fears were unrealized as we had a hela lot fun in SOW and also thanks to them.. we have lecture mates to go with and have fun.... outings and regular OG lunches make us possibly the most well bonded OG from SOW07 even after it was over... Rock on!!! Every Tuesday! OG Lunch!! All the way till we graduate! dont forget!! =D
survivors huat ar!!
well we dont take much photos.. we dont go about suanning each other... we dont outdrnk each other.. we go for night cyclings... but we do love each other... thats my family for you!! my parents been supportive of my transition to studies as my brother and sis-in-law always make the efort to meet up... even offering for me to borrow his car when i need it! dont ever forget... your family is the greatest gift to us... every year... everyday.. every second... thank you!!
of coz there are also my 1st 3 months classmates.. my army frenz... my misc uni frenz from tutorial and lecture groups... my SRJC canoeing juniors... my sotong family!! though i must admit from the lack of photos that we didnt really meet up much this year... as much as i want to meet everyone i found many times this year when i got so tired of being an organiser... that people always take it as a given i will organise something.. but when i do.. the lack of enthusiasm really burns me alot... this time i choose to select my time carefully and who to spend it with... hope it doesnt burn me out anymore next year!!
hmm what did i achieve in 2007? well i didnt quite achieve one of my sidelines of finding a suitable girlfriend... maybe my standards are too high... but most of the time im afraid... i dont wanna have that feeling of trying so hard and having to give up even before i had the chance to try... it hurts so much that i think doubly hard... how much must i sacrifice.. am i willing to accept her as a whole.. will she love me back in return... haha maybe its good to not think too much before courting someone.. but i guess its just me...
then again... i managed to save quite abit thanks to work in starhub... i got my driving license in dec which im particularly proud of... i survivied a semester in NUS without cutting my wrist.. hahaa... i cerebrated my 21st birthday very well with gathering of all my fren i wanted to see... went overseas for the first time with my pals weiliang and marcus to melbourne!!! 2007 is really a beautiful year!!
and with that i have to end it with resolutions.. heres a quote from last years resolutions...
Quote:
"yeap here it is.. 3 more hours to 2007! hahaz.. well.. i really gotta thank someone for this great 2006 that has passed.. but who do i thank? i always believed that everyone's god had a place in the heavens... theres no superior or inferior gods.. all gods who watch over me and anyone in the world should always be thanked.. my parents.. never felt so touched by them than this year.. they are the very reason why i exist~ then theres all my friends and acquaintances who touched me and my life somehow or another... not much of a resolution isit? but well it actually is.. coz all these people all form a part in me as i take my step into 2007.. for my wish is to bring joy if not happiness to all these people as much as i can and in how small a way i can.. and with that.. happy 2007 everyone!!"
my desire remains unchanged.. still i want to do my best to enrich my friends and loved ones lives as much as i can no matter how insignificant to them.... i want to bless them as how they bless me by being my friends and family... this year i'm going to write a list of my new year resolutions... and going to pin it up in my room.. includes my studies.. my love life.... and other concrete targets like advancing my hobby of photography and love for canoeing.... dont forget to write down your resolutions people!
well thats it.. with this i say a very fond farewell to 2007... and 2008 please be kind to me ya? hahaa.. lets all have a another bash of a time... with my juniors 21st coming up... building up of SRJC canoeing alumni... myself likely to join a CCA in NUS... im sure life aint gonna be that boring either!! hope 2008 will be an adventure and memorable year... Happy New Year!!!
dEminG
with loVe
My mind's unweaving/ 8:59 PM
Saturday, December 29, 2007
woots... it feels like i barely had 8hrs of sleep over 3 days... hahaa yet though i feel really tired, probably coz i have passed the threshold point and have so many things to do that i cant find myself the reason to retire for the day.. concurrently im also uploading my PICE (II) pictures on multiply yups! hmmm to simplify matters i shall just talk about friday!!
in the morning i woke up at 530am... first time in a longgg time... went about preparing the slides and final amendments to the alumni meeting and gathering slides to inform them on changes and progressment of the alumni... sadly the attendance was far from expected as many people excused themselves last min... nonetheless i still plan to meet the batches that missed the session separately... though it'l eat up even more of my time... its important to make these sacrifices now or i fear the alumni will find itself in a stalemate again... then again its good to see the enthusiasm of those present for the meeting... pumping ideas and debating on our plans....
I've never been into any alumni organisation actively except for my SRJC canoeing alumni so most of my ideas are just out of my mind and have nothing to base or compare against... childish as it sounds... i felt that one day our alumni will be so strong and bonded that at age 30 plus we still come down for our annual dinners... even go around attending each others wedings... but still sharing our common love for canoeing.. no doubt the passion may have burnt out due to the lack of trainigs or outings... we hope that with this injection of new activities and coordination plans that i can see my dream come true... our very own SRJC Canoeing Alumni we can all be proud of... FIGHT ON!!!
SRJC Canoeing Alumni... Slowly but SURELY!!
after that it ended a little later than expected so i rushed down to bugis to meet up with my OG survivors for high class OG lunch... ate at this restaurant called Indulgez... the food wasnt too bad as i had the butterfish steak (also known as the butterfly fish) that was really nice... and was unique with mango pieces... but then with any other posh restaurants, hte servings were prety small so i bet jackie would have brought the house down with complains if he came... loLX! later on we went bugis to shop ard when the rest of the OG learnt of the lecture grp A2 not-so-secretive secret.. hahaaa.. i had nothing to do with it either k!! >.< but was fun hanging out with them as usual and i packeted tori q and decided to head home alittle earlier in anticipation for the night... =D
Survivors Indulging in Indulgez!!
after eating my favouritest dinner, i took an 2hrs nap before preparing my bike and water bag... then as the sun begun to set i saw dark clouds that translated to crimson red skies that got me really worried... finally it was 11pm so off i went to our traditional start point for all our Pan Island Cycling Expedition (PICE).. where it all begun... SRJC School gates! the original party from PICE (I) returned with the exception of kai kian... with new 1st timers Ruishan and Evelyn... so the 8 of us all warmed up and ready for some cycling action took a pic and off we went!!
all ready!!
Presenting PICE(II) Adventurers!
Yong Shen e Speedster and Jun Kok the (In)Camera-man
the hybrid man~ Alvin!!
new-comer Ruishan~ demonstrating even aunty bicycles can go for expeditions!
thE nightingale of PICE(II)~ kiat loonG!
newcomer Evelyn~ Progress Awardee!
always behind to look after everyone~ Donghai!!
SLR Cameraman cum Enthu CYclist Dewei!!
not forgetting the Organiser/Cameraman/Casualty of PICE (II)~ Deming~
we started alittle slow as evelyn was pretty uncomfortable with her bike and we went to old tampines road where the slopes got her going 'wah!! fun!' hahaa... so we went to sun plaza park where we started on the PCN (park connectors network) advertised on the papers... we then headed to bedok reservoir park where overhead bridges became the "in" thing... then somewhere along the bedok park connector i suffered deep cuts on my right thigh... hahaa it happened so fast... i recall i was talking to kl as he was messaging at like 2am... then i lost concentration and my bike shifted towards the right into the canal.. when i turned back i panicked and hit the brakes and instinctively put my legs down... the bad response resulted in an abrupt stop as my gear teeth dug deep and took a chunk of meat out of my right thigh..
overhead bridges literally take the toll on us!
i knew it was bleeding but only took a close look when we stopped for supper at block 85 bedok... was abit shocked with myself as i usually am the one applying first aid to people... turned out that overconfidence has a price to pay... one of the incision was deeper and brought back memories of my night cycling with my oG when hazel got injured too.. thankfully it wasnt that deep and didnt expose any bones... so thanks to dewei and our medic kiatloong they patched me up and after bak chor mee supper we continued on!!
Shaken but the expedition must go on!! BAK CHOR MEE!!
we went through siglap park connectors with plenty more canals, overhead bridges and his particular ridge that was damn fun that we could have went damn fast... but in favour of ensuring the safety of the 1st timers i told them to try not to overtake or so... didnt want another incident to happen.. after awhile we got to east coast park where we enjoyed the night breeze at bedok jetty and headed back... along the way the merging of my bike and ys on alvins bike resulted in ys's bike losing control and i was shocked as i saw him jumped as the bike dropped... the tyre came out but most importantly i was glad ys didnt suffer anything serious.. after fixing the bike back we then went to ECP mac for breakfast before heading home!!
SRJC OWNS this jetty now!
completion photo!!
all in all PICE (II) didnt go exactly as planned as i was not as familar with the new route and we didnt get to explore the changi beach and the airport connector which the guys enthusiastically called for PICE(III)... though my wound is still hurting and bleeding alittle after changing 3 dressings i still didnt regret going night cycling... the weather was fantastic.. supportive company.... and though my bike did something grievous to me... i still love my wife!!! *hugs*
dEminG
lets just hope i recover soon!!
My mind's unweaving/ 11:25 PM
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
haha has been so many days of fun and all that i barely had the time to relax and type out my blog.. lemme see... ok first thing after the last post was on dong zhi jie.. saturday i think... when i drove my mom to the temple near balestier road... after awhile i got pretty used to the acceleration and brakes of my brothers car and was alot smoother and comfortable (partly coz i wore shoes instead of slippers the previous night).. was abit stress on the highway when there was a jam that made me brake like a 100 times... was kinda cool now that i could drive my aunt and cousin back too as well... was also talking to my grandparents at the temple that i can drive already... im sure they're pretty happy to hear that in heaven =]
me behind the wheels!
then the next bestest thing was on sunday! the green team stayover christmas party!! i really love hanging out with them man.. the fun just never dies out! and this party only took 3-4 days to plan with still a huge turnover rate!! thanks to them too, my worst fears of a home alone christmas was gone... so we met at vivocity where we bought mixers and more snacks and i bought a log cake from bakerzin ($50!!) before heading to caelan (the generous host of the event!!) house!! we first started off with the fast and the furious before heading to the nearby canadian pizza for dinner!!
our log cake!! nice eh?
after that we went back and watched abit of soccer and abit of movies before we started to bring out the booze! first came weiling's merlot 2003 as appetizers with a toast from our da ge!! frenz always!! then they started playing the game Bang! not wanting to burn too much brain cells i lingered on watching mr and mrs smith.. soon the bulk arrived then i opened the second item of the day dedicated to the green team! Johnny Walkers GREEN label... 15 years lei dont pray play... but sadly my fears came true as the green team gui hua they wanted to try out mixed terribly with the JW and spoilt my drink... damnit...
once consultants.... always pals~! love you guys!!
then we started our primary objective of the day.. to get lewis WASTED.. (yeah alycia it was the general consensus... i cant resist!!) so at first was just caelan lewis wilson and me as we played in between and daidee but lewis was darn lucky with the 3 of us drinking and him laughing at our futile attempts to down him.. haha when aly leave though... lady luck left him too the 2nd reinforcements who were still 100% sober came around and downed lewis with a bang! haaa.. too bad he was gone by 1/4 of the 3rd bottle = Absolute Apeach...
before...
halfway through
after! mission accomplished! woohoo~~
= culprit.. Green Team ought to drink Green Label only!
so we took turns to take care of him as we started watching more movies as they continued playing Bang! watched infernal affairs which was prety darn cool then my sassy girl until the break of dawn... (not our dawn ya!!) tired but having a fulfilling night and stayover we all went home with dopey eyes but tonnes of fun photos and blackmail material... haha!! Credits go to our organisers Roger and Gary as well as our heartfelt gratitude to caelan for hosting us so graciously!! with 1/2 of Absolut apeach filled and david having to bring home his absolut i smell another session coming up soon! *coughs* huimin's return! *coughs* hez... i wonder whos next~~ lalalaaa...
after that i spent most of my christmas eve napping till evening time when i went over to my brothers house with my parents to have our christmas dinner.. my mom and sis-in-law cooked up a nice western meal with pork chop fries mushroom soup salad and all~! was a huge feast!! after that we went onto the mahjong table i have forgotten for 6 months.. but i caught on well enough and zi mou 1 time! hahaa... then i left about 11pm and rushed down to grapevine after ys jio me out last min... it was alot of trouble and was rushing against time so i decided to rush a cab down...
usually my xmas eve is spent with my jc pals but seemingly until ys asked us out i thought that our 'brotherhood' had pretty much dissolved into their own interest groups with uni frenz and some bastards with gfs who disappeared completely... so i was pleasantly surprised when ys, donghai, kl, jk, caleb and alvin gan met up so we had a beer or two and chated like old times... the pub was pretty quiet and i didnt have my watch so there was no countdown! damn! hahaa... then after more crap and fun chatting caleb drove us back and i slept about 2am!! Christmas really aint the same without your besties! =D
chilling at grapevine!!
woke up in the afternoon again and went over to my brothers plac again to play games and mahjong before having dinner at yishun seafood with my fraternal relatives before reaching home.. arh.. so my christmas this year isnt that bad after all!! though i had hoped it would be alittle different with asking someone out for dinner with me.. but i guess i aint ready for it yup! no point rushing ya? though this year i only received two presents, (my moms K850i and my brother and sis-in-law tank top~) i feel no less blessed with all these cerebrations with family, frenz and besties alike.... thank you santa! (if you prepared all this for me ya *winks*)
dEminG
a unromantic christmas... but a fun-filled one no doubt!
My mind's unweaving/ 8:50 PM
Saturday, December 22, 2007
haiz... sadly now i still havent 100% recover from my flu/cough/cold yet... thankfully it aint as bad as before.. guess that cycling in the rain really took its toll on me... food all tastes so bland and coughing to badly i felt like puking... but after taking medicine and sleeping most of today i guess im already on my road to recovery...
yesterday went out with raf, pam, weishan and sheenyee in town to do some christmas shopping... i went to my aunts house earlier to collect my cousin's probation plates for the car before rushing to town in the mad mess of orchard... we went to isetan, far east, tangs, lucky plaza, paragon, taka and wisma.... we had dinner at vil'age at heeren and had a nice sumptous meal as ever with rosti and pork steak.. yummy!!
the 5 tired shoppers having good food!
too bad didnt get anything though i saw some really nice stuff at armani exchange and guess.. however the value did not justify the price so i didnt get them... top on my list of things to get is still a pair of shoes as i find myself pretty much restricted to 2 pairs for school...think i'll probably get one after the xmas season when they are clearing stock! hehz...
when i got home my cough got worst so i took medicine and went to sleep... woke up today feeling all groggy and still under the weather so all i could do was stare out of my windows in awe of the wonderful and sunny weather... when my lunch turned out stale (last nights leftover) i decided to eat out... when i saw my bike there was dust on it... so i was horrified and decided to clean it from dust... by riding it out! hahaa... too bad i couldnt find any sk kaikis to have lunch with so i cycled around aimlessly then decided to cycle to fernvale.. had a bak chor mee there which i could tell was spicy but had zero taste thanks to my illness.. even the teh peng tastes like plain water... darn...
my wife after 'de-dusting' under the glorious bright sun~
after that went home and sleep moe after medication and played games till just now ard 11pm plus my brother drove over and i took over the wheels to drive my parents and bro and sis in law to their pungol home before driving back... unlike my usual driving lessons there was so much restrictions i felt that driving was a chore... but it cant be helped... it aint my car.. aint my money.. its natural for them to be this worried (just like yong shen said)... but it kinda sux how they treat you like a kid after all that hardwork in earning a license... guess after tml's errand i wont ever drive anyone's car until i can buy my own.... then it'll be my rules and my car.. well.. theres a man's ego in all guys.... its ugly but its mine...
dEMinG
Rent, Buy or Steal a car...
My mind's unweaving/ 12:43 AM
Thursday, December 20, 2007
hmm i didnt exactly memorise was it Park Connector Network, Park Cycling Network or what... but i know its PCN!! haha... if you dont know whats that you are either 1. a bumer who doesnt read the papers or 2. you aint a cycling enthusiast! yup its about 42km of parks and connectors including places like east coast park and changi beach park... cant wait to try out the full distance!!
yesterday i went to ECP to meet the greenies for another ECP outing! the last time we met was in october when we went bugis i think.. haha but as always they are a great bunch of frenz to hang out with... never a single boring moment! when i left home the clouds were far away...after my 1hr ride from sk to ecp the drizzle was here! omg.. i reached mac at about 1.50pm with the bulk arriving at 3pm or so... (meeting time 1.45pm) hahaa lucky i havent had lunch so can slowly dine there while waiting for our VLP (very late persons) like chih seng... lolx
before......
after 2seconds... (i hope roger has insurance!!)
off we go!
three wise (and slow) Magi~
now thats skill!
once everyone reached we went to rent our bikes since the rain receded... then cycled eastwards towards fort road.. before we hit it, it started drizzling then heavy rain! omg.. so we stopped at the flyover there awhile.. once it receded again we headed to kallang indoor stadium under light rain.... we took a pic at the wedding bridge and then we heading to tanjong rhu that side and the guys played soccer in the rain... not wanting to risk myself to a worst flu than i already have.. i was branded a pussy and sheltered myself in the umbrella.. lolx! it kept raining and stopping raining and stopping.. felt alittle like my usual pulau ubin cycling trip!
woot! we are cold and hot!!
no amount of rain can depress the GREEN TEAM!
squat under umbrella club
who needs an umbrella! im a MAN!
it aint good being a celebrity
soccer with the CBD in background!
wet.. tired. but happy!
with that done we cycled back to ECP then eastwards all the way to NSRCC where we filtered to the new PCN route... the coastal park connector between changi beach and ecp... the air there was like super fresh though ulu... then we cycled down the 7km straight stretch parallel to the changi airport with me going crazy at times trying to chase the planes that took off.. was a darn long road with no end in sight man! haha.. by the time we reach changi beach park was around 7.30pm already... so we took a break while i went to enjoy the sea breeze and shouted "ORD LOH!!" in the direction of pulau tekong... but then again.. i shouldnt have said that.. i should have said "Zao zao jiu ORD LOH!!" =p
chilL!
peeping tom!
the air's so fresh we go crazy!
the long long long road...
BP at Changi Beach Park
after that we switched bikes abit and cycled back in the cold night with light drizzle again.. but this time we went all out and reached ecp food court about 8.30pm... was funny how our two greenie couples david and lewis were so panicky that their better half reached already and we were stil at changi beach so they each took a bike and cycled for their lives back first... now thats commitment! hahaa... when we arrived we had our usual feast of BBQ seafood! stingray.. sotong.. kangkong.. bbq chicken wings.. omg! i love it! so after that we cycled back and home we went! i reached home like around 12.30pm... zzz... i wish i had a car man.. hahaa...
P.S: In case you all ever go ECP food court.. be careful of this woman con-ster who goes about making people buy her tissue paper and make you thank her a zillion times... BEWARE!! (refer to pic below)
the tissue aunty and the not so blind old man... hahaa!!
dEminG
rock on!
My mind's unweaving/ 12:25 PM
Monday, December 17, 2007
hmm.... jia lat man... nowadays my wallet getting thicker and thicker.... not with cash though.. just cards.... now my headache is... where to put my driving license?? woohoo!! YESH!! I DID IT!!! woohoO~~ i passed my TP on first attempt!! totally YAY-NESS!!! hahaa... ok lar.. i got 14 points which aint that fantastic (some egoistic males may wish to comment on this) but all in all i passed which is the most important thing!! wow.. i was soooo on top of the world... here's Lee Deming reporting:
it started off as a half sunny half cloudy morning... dazed and sleepy from the lack of quality sleep.. (i woke up 3 times the night before from nightmares and oversaturation of what will happen during the test) before i left i burned some joss sticks and prayed for 3 things.... 1. For weather to stay this good 2. For a lenient and kind instructor and most importantly 3. For courage. with that i departed to kampong ubi driving centre and reached at 11.30am as advised by my instructor (be there 1hr in advance)
when i went to the counter the man asked me what time my warm up.. i told him 12.30pm.. then he asked me to come back at 12.30pm..ouch! hahaa.. ok lar.. took the time to have lunch with a churning stomach full of butterflies... the nasi lemak was terrible though.. so i barely ate it to save myself from diarrhoea halfway through the test... after much time observing other cars and reading all the encouragement smses from my friend.. the 1hr passed quickly so i headed to the waiting room... after submitting the documents i went for my warm up...
my warm up car
the instructor was really relaxed and we did one station each... like my last 2nd run in the circuit it was PERFECT... everything was done beautifully and the test route was quite empty so was like super smooth... it really boosted by my confidence since my last practise was actually really bad... i was like the last warm up car to depart and 1st to return... haaa... think my warm up instructor is tooo relaxed le... booo...
then was another waiting game... so i went to the cafeteria again and bought another can of carrot juice to boost my beta carotene level.. hahaa.. eagle vision... *zhing* lolx.. another hour of waiting i went to toilet for umpteen times as well as try to sms ppl to chat to prevent myself from getting too tensed up... even chat with this malaysian old man who is taking the test too... hahaa... then he pointed out in mandarin 'zhao le... ken ding hui xia da yu le' and true to it... it started to rain at 1.35pm... 20min before my test!! and the clouds stretched to as far as my eyes can see... looks like a sunny day for test is impossible already.... oh noss...
then we did the balloting... i saw 2 malay testers name and kept hoping i get them as my instructor mentioned they were the best testers who help the student to pass.. i was the first to draw but the draw was for the next person... hahaa.. i was in disbelief when the one i drew was the malay tester! oh noss... in the end i got a tester called Chong... hahaa... when he came to call me he looked so stern and anti social i could barely speak to him...
so the test commenced and first station was direction change... no problem.... then we did perpendicular parking.. was hard to see through all the water droplets on the rear windscreen but it went in really nicely! woohoo... then next did S-course.. easy... then we did the slope... was my 2nd most worried station and i over reved abit... but there was no rollback so no demerit points! phew... then went to do parallel parking.. OMG! was sooo close to the pole when going in that i took evasive action so the side mirror just nice siam the pole but in the end i strike kerb... oh nos.. the parking was slanted too.. then the testers face blackened... sh*t
he grumpily then said ok go out... AGAIN i strike the kerb as i reversed.. but i went really really slow so i initially couldnt tell i did strike the kerb.. when he pointed out to me i said 'really?' haha then he got pissed! haaa... then he commented about something 'you cant keep doing this!' oh nos.. at first i thought i already accumulated 20points.. 10 points per kerb strike... so i thought i was done for... my spirits dropped but i still hung on to the little hope that my road will be perfect as my other circuits were perfect too... so we turned out to do test route 2...
i knew it was the one with slope and was alittle worried with the rain that it will be harder on the slope... but halfway through my tester made me do a shortcut and turned back to the centre much much earlier.. my heart dropped.. i recall once my instructor say that some testers if the student fails already in circuit they wont waste time doing the test route.. so i kept a solemn face as i drove back into the test centre and parked at the side.. i was the 1st car back.. and was prepared to renew my PDL and all... then he just hurriedly passed me my score sheet and said the words i yearned to hear all day 'don't need to follow me already! go and watch your video'
i was in shock as i alighted when the tester ran off the other way without waiting for me to say anything... then a comfort instructor came over to take over the car.. he saw my score sheet and said 'oh you got the sheet already? means you pass lor'... 'how could you tell?'... 'look behind lor!' and i saw the big big nice tick... PASSED!!!
OMG OMG!! i was sooooooooooo happy i almost hopped!! i was so devastated earlier as i wondered how was i going to break the bad news to all my friends and loved ones who encouraged me... so the twist was unexpectedly wonderful! woohoo... as i went up the steps i saw weiling who just happened to finish her lesson and was the first to congratulate me!! wahsss!! i got 14demerit points and as i analyzed the grading i realised the tester didnt go light on me and penalised me on many things... but thankfully strike kerb was only 4 points so that incident clot up only 8 points...
so i happily collected my documents.. watched the video then collected my temporary driving license from the TP office on the 2nd floor.. sadly barely half of my batch of testees passed but those who did happily chatted and shared our experiences.. the feeling is really wonderful!! the wait was long but i got my receipt and i went home... first thing i did was to burn joss sticks again and thanked my gods for looking after me... maybe 1 and 2 were not fulfilled... but courage was the one that brought me through... really must thank my gods and for all the prayers my friends and family made for me!! with that settled i finally showered and took a nice nap in the cold weather...
My brother's Toyota Vios!
dEminG
waking up to a man's dream
My mind's unweaving/ 8:53 PM
Boat Shoe from Timberland
Green Scarf from Hermes