i failed.

i'm fine though..surprisingly.

so yea..i didn't think i did badly.
ok here's how the test went.

1:45pm - reported for the warm up session. had a really nice instructor who was patient and offered lots of tips. i was surprised to find that the car i was assigned to wasn't the usual one i drove. i mean it was the same model but the test car i got..was a newer version so everything that mattered felt different. the pressure of the step pedals were different..the engine sounded different..even the seats were different!

2:20 - 2:40
nerve wrecking waiting period of 20 mins..it felt SO much longer.

2:45 - test time!
reported at this room where we were randomly assigned a test route and a tester.
i was quite pleased to find out i was given test route 6..the same one my warm-up session instructor picked.
so soon after..i got back to my car..waited for the instructor and my test officially started when we belted up and instructed me to go.

we started rounding the circuit first.
i started out ok..did the 'S' course fine. my vertical parking which had been quite a headache for me turn out acceptable too! so did my parallel parking. i was quite pleased. i cleared the crank course as well as directional change. i even nailed the emergency brake!! i was worried abt that =l that i may not be alert enough & hit the accelerator instead! that actually happened once!
BUT
the one that killed me..that moment when i knew i wouldn't make it..
was at the slope. i never had problems with it..only at the beginning when i was still inexperienced but what happened today at the slope..it was insane!
i drove up..hit the brake..pulled the handbrake..released my brake and was glad that my car didn't slide. at the point i thought 'yay'
the next thing i had to do was hit the clutch & accelerator until the biting pt then once you get that & release the handbrake..your car is supposed to slowly move forward..BUT NOOooooooOOOOooo
i thought i got it right..but my car stalled!!!! and started sliding back!!!!
i was like "CRAP DIE LIAO"
i hit the brakes..pulled the handbrake & tried again.
BUT
THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED.
i couldn't believe it.
TWICE.
so yaa..by then i knew.

on the third try..i made it. it was shakey but i made it.

so after rounding the circuit..we moved out on to the roads.
then within 10mins or so we were back.
had to follow my tester back to the 'evaluation' room. where he told me some of my mistakes and implied i had low iq just coz i asked him for directions when i was on a lane that was for turning left. -_- he seems to forget that when people are on a test..they tend to be nervous and silly things can happen. he such a meanie!

by 3:30..i was done. so was my sis..we went for the test together. she didn't make it either. *big hugs to cyn* it was unfair for her case too.
so frustrating. coz after looking through my 'score card' there were some mistakes where he penalised me that i felt was not fair. like mistakes that i don't even remember committing! oh well..i guess it's like that. they're just horribly critical when it comes to first timers. i can't help but think it's all an evil money making ploy to suck us dry of our money and toying around with us for a couple of times before they finally decide to throw us our license.

so yaa..that's about it.
i'm still abit pissed that i have to spend more money booking another test and paying for my revision lessons and waiting for another 2 months or so but well..there's no way i'm gonna give up!

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