* WARNING!
This post is going to be rather long. Well, I think all my posts are so long! If you get sick about me ranting on about my driving lesson, then don't bother reading on.

I have a mean instructor!! And he has a ego! Sometimes, I even wonder if he is a guy. He nags a lot and is quite AUNTIE!! He is also fickleminded! Argh! I just had a terrible lesson with him today.

Ok...most of it was my fault. But he seriously said and did a lot of things which made me vomit blood. I just felt irritated with him.

The morning started off well with Shuzzie msging me to tell me that I got CI's car! Woots! Thanks lots girl! And then I met her (and her friend) at the CDC. We then went for our lesson and I met this girl, Valarie (from TK, 4D. Dawn, you know her!). She just started learning Auto car. Her car was parked beside mine! And we just stood there chatting while waiting for our instructors to come.

Everyone else's car left and I was still waiting under the hot sun (and I was wearing black!!)! I waited 5 mins for CI! But I didn't complain since he always extended my lesson by 5 mins. He gave me choice of choosing what I wanted to do today. Well, I really wanted to do parking! And going out onto the roads! But I just told him, "sui bian lah!" (Anything). Then he also said he anything. So, he said he would teach me "anything". He is just so crappy in the morning! And he said,"Looking at your attandance pattern, aiya...Looks like it would be me, the best instructor in the driving centre, for the rest of the lessons already!" Well, I know inside him, he is thinking, "Darns...another 3 months with this girl..."

So, we just went round the circuit looking for something to do. We couldn't do much because there were simply too many cars in the circuit and many were taking their test! We settled for directional change and we did that like at least 20 times today! It was really tiring as the reverse gear was so tight and I had to keep turning my head over my shoulder. And sometimes I could do it, yet when I had to repeat it, it was all wrong. CI was patient but I could see he was already beginning to fume.

Then we went to do parallel parking. Ok...this was bad. Really bad! And I am beginning to hate it!
I forgot what I was supposed to do and CI didn't want to help me! My mind was really blank and all he did was just to look around instead of helping me!! I was very frustrated already and what he said really made me go hopping mad!

CI: OH! Look outside! Look at the birds! They are finding breakfast!
Me: Oh no! I forgot how to park! Help me please!

And no...he didn't help me. He just continued looking at the birds while I was freaking out at that darn parking lot! Well, I sorta got some revenge. I knocked down 2 poles at the back because I reversed too much! He did say judge on my own! And I didn't know how to judge and he didn't want to help me!! And so, while I was freaking out there after the pole got knocked down, he said he would go out and pick it up. Then he came back in after picking the poles and he told me to go forward. OOPS! I knocked down another pole. This time, I was giggling inside actually. I was trying my very best not to laugh at all!! But it was really funny! And the other cars were laughing at me too! I think CI was really embarrassed! OopS! I didn't want that to happen! He came back into the car and scolded me for turning too late, turning too slowly etc...And I was really stressed already. He kept wanting me to do again and again! But I was really too stressed to do already. I said under my breath I didn't want to do already and he actually heard me! Nothing escapes his ears...

But he said, "Practice makes perfect! I want you do it again! And you are going to do it alone!" He was really fierce and I didn't dare make a mistake. But, there was still some car placement problem. I really tried!! And I even wanted to break down while doing // parking...It's really hard!

After doing //parking, we went up the slope and did that a few times. It was quite easy...well, I suppose practice does make perfect. I used to dislike that too, just as I hated S and crank course.

Then we went to do more directional change. CI asked me, "Eh! You want to see your distant cousin? He is on the slope now! We can go there and say hi!"
Me: Erm...don't want lah...I no mood to go and say hi...
CI: Huh? Why no mood? Aiya...don't be sad lah...knock down pole only mah! Not a big problem!
Me: Aiya..made you lose face. And I don't remember how to park le...
CI: Practice loh...We going again.

Darns...I just hated that. He consoled me and yet, made me feel even more stressed. Anyways, I didn't meet my distant cousin. Apparently, CI has asked and told my distant cousin, S, about me. And S does know my existence. But CI told him some embarrasing things I did during the lessons. There goes my face...

CI got me even more pissed when he couldn't make up his mind in the circuit. He didn't know whether to turn left or right. Or whether to make me do some highly skilled turning into some section. He thinks I am good. At the traffic light, he changed his mind 3 times! It was red btw. So, he said, " Ok, we are going to turn left. Oh no! Wait! Turn right. Maybe we should go straight, change lane to the right and immediately turn into that place. Oh no! We should just turn left."

He made me change signals 4 times before deciding to go where he originally wanted to go! The car behind me must be confused. But luckily we were at the traffic light and I had time to react. If he suddenly tell me all this while we are moving, I would just smack his brains out of his head! He is worse than an old lady!!!

We finally went out of circuit! Test route today was great! We went to the Eunos Link there towards the Eunos MRT where I had to do 3 freaking change lanes. And U turn. It went well probably coz I was relaxed and wasn't freaking out. I only forgot to check blindspot. Other than that, it was fun!

Oh! But I got horned like for a really long, long, long time because this darn taxi just didn't know the situation in front. Good thing CI told me it's not my fault and these taxis are really mean. And he went on talking about taxis all the way back to the circuit.

I really enjoyed myself outside circuit and was reluctant to go back to the circuit because I knew I would be doing parking and directional change again. My worst fears came true...

Directional change was ok le. But // parking was still bad. I knocked down a pole at the back again. And then CI got out to pick it up. He didn't get back into the car instead, shouted from outside instructions and told me to do it again. I think he knew that I was going to hit another pole in the front. Well, he was right, I went forward, and BANG! PLONG! The left front pole went down.

CI told me to redo and this time on my own. But I really couldn't do it on my own. When he shouted from outside, I could tell he was really mad already...

When he got back into the car, and we changed over, he told me I should just write down all that we did. He went through the steps and all but I still couldn't remember. This is bad...I shall recall bit by bit.

But what he said at the end of the lesson was really sweet. And probably the nicest thing he said today.

CI: Well, you got to keep practicing and remember all that we have learnt. You practiced so hard already and if you give up now, and not work on it, then what's the point of learning. Now, all the mistakes you have made is ok. You got to remember it hard and learning from the wrongs you committed. (Me: I am so sorry about today...) It's ok that the poles got knocked down and I had to go out to pick them up. It's no big deal! Everyone would go through that! What matters is that you do well for the test and get that license! JIA YOU OK! (And he gave me that big grin.)

Ok...I was rather touched at his closing statements. And felt that I really need the practice. But the next lesson would be next Thurs! 8 fringing days...

* Well, I did warn that this post would be long! Thanks for being so nice to read on till the end! :)

OH YES! I forgot! TKCHOIR GOT GOLD WITH HONOURS FOR SYF! Well done juniors! :)

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Replies to tags:

Shuzzie!: I am sorry that my instructor was so mean! But really, he meant well! Jia you girl and don't stress ya! I am so going to miss the days we had at the CDC!! It was really fun going for driving lessons with you! :)

clc: Nope! Didn't get them. There were 3 other groups going in at 1130am too! So, they may have been in a different group.

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~pInKdELiGhTs~ Tired...