Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Oh.. i was so engrossed in with my evaluation of the pros and cons of being a temporary massboy that i clean forgotten to fill in on my two lessons of driving today at 1440h and 1640h. so coincidentally, both lessons were conducted by fatty bom bom instructor even though i was scheduled different numbered vehicles at the 2 different timings..(vehicle no. 22 and no. 117) heh! :D

i love to hv him teach me. i'd chat and joke with him so often. However, he'll still manage to teach me with plenty of patience, expertise, professionalism and knowledge no matter how badly i do. at least he'll listen to my opinions on why i made that mistake then correct me accordingly. lao ah pek instructors juz think they noe-it-all and refuse to listen and analyse my opinions.

Another big plus point of hving him as my instructor is that i can speed. whooooo.... wheeeee.... i drove at high speed thru out my first lesson out on the roads. 45km/h is the minimum most of the time. on yio chu kang road, he kinda encourages me to drive up to 70 km/h. saying that i should test the car.. haha.. he used to work in a car rental company and he often tells me about his previous job. he used to drive very fast too..

today's lessons are on lane changing on heavy traffic roads. he brought me thru a few test routes and i must say i didn't do very well. i'm not using this as an excuse but that vehicle 22 juz cannot make it. the accelerator has a freeplay that is veri tricky to handle. its brakes are not veri effective either. i engine stall many times thru out the lesson..

i got vehicle 117 for my parallel parking lesson. this is his usual vehicle. i like his vehicle. the clutch and accelerator pedals juz seemed so new to me. new as in brand new. though it's a vti model but i like it. however, for parking lessons, a lao-ah-pek instructor once told me that vti ain't realli suitable for parking lessons coz they are too powerful and a bit bigger in size.

he tried to test me on the s-course and crank course while giving me a break from doing the parallel parking. that gave me so much confidence. coz i'm doing them at a veri high speed now. heh.. it's pretty easy i find. i think i'm pretty good going forward but lousy when reversing. no confidence. uncomfortable with turning my head/body and checking on the distance from the guiding poles behind.

hmmm... i should just brace myself up. gear up my confidence. And don't panick when i've just made a mistake. Learn to recover from traumatic mistakes better. Aiz.. there is this instance where i hv to turn right. due to me being a learner driver, there were many safety breaches which i cannot commit. thus delaying my right turning chance after chance.

However, it was right to wait. even if must wait till tomolo says fatty bom bom. but i panicked somehow when i knew i must be the hinderance to those 'lao-jiao' taxi drivers who'll get so impatient with me being so law and rule abiding. the cab behind me reverse a lil' then made a lane change then a right turn. overtaking and cutting right into the lane of my stationary vehicle from the left.

fatty bom bom analyzed me correctly. he told me that my mistakes committed at that junction was due to something in my mind after i've seen the cab's actions. how true.. hmmm... i wanna improve.. i will improve.. mind over body.. i can do it.. come on.. after the lesson, i really felt like giving him a treat. hope i get his lessons more often. hee ;) hmmm how abt starting from tomolo 0835h? lesson on stage 3 evaluation.
Blabbered bean @ 20:49 //