TPPT, Round 2

I passed I passed! :D

Seriously I thought I couldn't make this time round again. During the revision on Thurs night, I started to commit all kinds of mistakes in the circuit which I shouldn't be making by then, like kept forgetting to shift to reverse gear for my parking/directional change, failed to look out for some of the points when doing the courses, incorrect positioning... And because it's only my 2nd time driving the new car, I couldn't master the half-clutch and the engine stalled time & again (I couldn't feel the very little vibration & when I really feel it, it's near stalling). I was also very restless.. eg. when waiting to turn out (from the school) to the road, my mind was so occupied that I didn't realise the car in front had moved off long ago. Only when my instructor, who was busy writing then, discovered & asked me whether I was dreaming!

Then the warm-up session just before the test was even worse. Not only did I stall the engine for several times & make the same mistakes like the previous night, I also nearly hit the pole when doing my parallel parking (I'd never ever knocked or even touched one throughout my lessons). If the warm-up instructor didn't stop me in time, he'd have to go & pick it up. I guess he must be thinking "wa siao liao.. this testee cannot make it leh" as he said "now don't think so much already lah, since you already booked the test... just think that you are taking uncle out for a ride lor." Ya man.. if only it is as easy as it sounds. The warm-up instructors do monitor who pass the test. When I was waiting in the room for my warm-up session, one instructor came in & announced "one passed!".. then the rest said "ok 4 more to go..". They also talked about some funny/strange cases of the testees. Made me even more nervous.

I can't describe how disheartened I was by my own performance & I prayed to God.

After the "lucky" draw (of testers) & other stuff.. the test started. Very amazingly, again I wasn't nervous (like during my 1st test), thank God! The engine stalled once, when I was about to do my 1st course in the circuit, & the tester let out a big sigh. What a start. But still I was calm enough. This uncle was very nice.. though he liked to say "go lah go lah / what you waiting for? / can go already still don't want to go!?..." And I would go "sorry sir sorry sir". Tactics taught by my instructor. He reminded me again & again, not to talk back.. whatever it was, just say sorry sir & tolerate for 30mins. Hehe.

After the 30mins test, I followed him to the TP room upstairs. He asked me a few questions, like whether it's my 2nd attempt & why I failed the 1st time. I was trying to guess would he pass me or would it like the 1st time (when I thought I did rather well too). Then he told me I did quite ok in the circuit and what I did wrong. Next I saw him ticked some boxes in the checklist (mistakes committed) & finally in the PASS box. Wow! At that moment I felt like screaming! And I couldn't thank him enough. Got 10 points - 6 in the circuit & 4 on the road.