Thursday, January 13, 2005
I finally passed my driving!!
phew.. no more dreaded trips to paya lebar.. no more circuits.. no more naggings and suanings from my driving instructor.. and most importantly, no further spending on driving lessons.
the test was a smooth and enjoyable one.. credit to the tester mr sng, cos he didnt once stop talking to me once we got on the car..
some of the things he said:
that he will tell me ahead the route so that i can plan ahead.. he said driving is about taking preventive measures.. and that the test is not to trick us but to show the tester that we are competent drivers..
then somewhere he asked me what i am doing now.. and that started the whole comparison of driving to medicine, physiology and what not.. "driving and medicine are the same.. u start with a problem.. u make a diagnosis then u give the prescription.." "driving is preventive medicine, u must plan ahead and take preventive measures before the thing happens.."
the most funny thing was that he started to analyse my personality.. asked me what i intended to do after my 5 yr course.. i told him i havent given it much thought.. but he insisted that i would have some interests somewhere.. so i just said general practice and anesthesiology and maybe surgery.. guess what he said," u know i can actually tell what field of medicine u are going into by looking at the way u drive.. u are the kind of person who does not plan ahead, does not like to think too much so that is why u chose easier specialties like gp and anesthesiology.." okay fair enough.. not a pretty good comment but still, i was quite amused.. then.. " are you the first son in your family?" "yes.. how do you know?" "i can tell.. (forgot what he said)" "it is a coincidence la.. haha." "no.. it is not.." really forgotten how he had derived that..
talked about loads of other things too.. he is a christian too, so he told me about his ministries, his missionary trips.. talked about the education system, politics..
i think he talked to me so much that i was not fully focussed on my driving.. but it calmed me down a lot and i was able to drive normally..
and yes, my internet is up and running again.. has been down for a couple of weeks cos of some stupid bug that crept into my system.. so i cannot blog, cannot use msn messenger, cannot check mail.. irritiating..
school has started again after a 4 week hiatus.. more like a study break for me.. anyway sem 2 is real short.. 6 to 7 wks i guess.. and we will be preparing for yr 3.. time does fly rite?
i'll worship You, my God; 5:16 AM
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