Picture this. You're a 17 year old kid who just got his drivers license. You're waiting for offers from universities, hoping that some university somewhere is interested in enrolling you. Better yet, maybe you'll get a local scholarship with your average-poor results. You're leaving for a foreign country in less than two weeks, and you'll be staying there for about a couple of months. Hence, you'd have to turn down any offers that require you to start within the time span of your absence. Fine. That's all well and good. However, not making the cut for something that you actually applied for is different. Especially since all of your good friends did. It doesn't matter if the course starts while your away, it's having the choice to accept or decline that counts. The feeling of actually receiving an offer. It doesn't help that your Facebook news feed is full of people you know revealing where they've all been accepted to either. So you try to convince yourself that it's alright. That even if you got the offer in the first place, you wouldn't be able to accept it anyway. It makes no difference. Sadly, that's not the truth. There's a big difference. It's not about seeing your glass as half full or half empty. It's not being pessimistic. It's just the truth. Getting an offer and declining it, and not getting an offer at all are worlds apart. Unfortunately in your case, you relate to the latter. Have a nice day.
-Sh4by1-
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Driving Test
I sat in the passengers seat of my mom's car coolly listening to some Daughtry. It was the 8th of April, and I was on the way to the driving academy where I would soon take the driving test for my license. I tried to shake off my nerves by listening to music, however that plan failed terribly. As soon as my mom parked her car to drop me off, I couldn't help but to notice the crowd of people.
Wow. I imagined that the test would take about ten minutes, twenty tops, then I could go home. But with this many people, I reckoned it'd take at least an hour. Sadly, I was right. I sat there waiting for my turn for the first test. Basically, the first test consists of the hill start, parallel parking, and the three point turn. I was especially afraid of failing the hill start. I ALWAYS messed that up during practice.
After about one and a half hours since I arrived, my turn finally came. I casually walked over to the crappy Kancil, got in, started the engine, and waited for the car in front of me to finish the hill start. Before long, he was on the other side of the hill, and I found myself on the way up. This was it. Right, so first step, stop car with front tyres in yellow line. I looked out my window to check. Cool. Just nice. I thought to myself that was as far as I'd get. My car was bound to stall.
Miraculously, I made it over the hill! Rather enthralled by what I thought to be an amazing achievement, I proceeded extremely coolly as if I had already passed. I completed the parallel parking without any problems, then went on to the three point turn. Long story short, I somehow failed that, which meant that I'd have to repeat all three of those things all over again. Not to mention the rather handsome fee of RM100 to retake the test. Feeling somewhat angry with myself for failing, I waited for about half an hour before it was time to take the second test, which was the road test.
Surprisingly, it didn't go at all bad. The evaluator was rather friendly, and I finished the test with a score of 17/20, 16/20 being the passing mark. So I went home after filling the form to repeat the test which would be in two weeks. That brings us to today. Two weeks later. Since I passed the road test, I only had to repeat the first part. This time, there weren't as many people, which came to me as a relief. So as usual, I waited for my turn to come, feeling like there's no way I'd pass the test. EVER. So when it was my turn, I kind of floated through the whole thing. It felt pretty good.
I completed the hill start and parallel parking without any problems, and now it was time for the dreaded three point turn. I couldn't understand. The hill start was always the problem during practice. Anyway, I made sure I went in REAAAALLY SLOOWLY. Made the first turn, the second turn, then out I went! I passed! xD Wheeeee! Can't wait to get my license! Haha, that's all for now. Till next time!
-Sh4by1-
Wow. I imagined that the test would take about ten minutes, twenty tops, then I could go home. But with this many people, I reckoned it'd take at least an hour. Sadly, I was right. I sat there waiting for my turn for the first test. Basically, the first test consists of the hill start, parallel parking, and the three point turn. I was especially afraid of failing the hill start. I ALWAYS messed that up during practice.
After about one and a half hours since I arrived, my turn finally came. I casually walked over to the crappy Kancil, got in, started the engine, and waited for the car in front of me to finish the hill start. Before long, he was on the other side of the hill, and I found myself on the way up. This was it. Right, so first step, stop car with front tyres in yellow line. I looked out my window to check. Cool. Just nice. I thought to myself that was as far as I'd get. My car was bound to stall.
Miraculously, I made it over the hill! Rather enthralled by what I thought to be an amazing achievement, I proceeded extremely coolly as if I had already passed. I completed the parallel parking without any problems, then went on to the three point turn. Long story short, I somehow failed that, which meant that I'd have to repeat all three of those things all over again. Not to mention the rather handsome fee of RM100 to retake the test. Feeling somewhat angry with myself for failing, I waited for about half an hour before it was time to take the second test, which was the road test.
Surprisingly, it didn't go at all bad. The evaluator was rather friendly, and I finished the test with a score of 17/20, 16/20 being the passing mark. So I went home after filling the form to repeat the test which would be in two weeks. That brings us to today. Two weeks later. Since I passed the road test, I only had to repeat the first part. This time, there weren't as many people, which came to me as a relief. So as usual, I waited for my turn to come, feeling like there's no way I'd pass the test. EVER. So when it was my turn, I kind of floated through the whole thing. It felt pretty good.
I completed the hill start and parallel parking without any problems, and now it was time for the dreaded three point turn. I couldn't understand. The hill start was always the problem during practice. Anyway, I made sure I went in REAAAALLY SLOOWLY. Made the first turn, the second turn, then out I went! I passed! xD Wheeeee! Can't wait to get my license! Haha, that's all for now. Till next time!
-Sh4by1-
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