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one month ago..i called a driving school to take a few of driving lesson so i can take the driving test and drive at melbourne legally and "safely". This is specially required by my parents, although i have a full malaysian license but i still havto take the driving lesson because my dad said that melbourne traffic is totally different with kb’s.for ur information, my 2 sisters were driving in melbourne before and they need not to take the driving test..well..now u can understand how doubtful my parents felt about my driving skill..

At the first driving lesson..the driving instructor, Grace ask me whether i wanto take the test at burwood which is around my uni area…thousand miles away from the city…or in the city…which is 24/7 packed with ppls and cars and trams and bicycles!hahaha…i really overestimated myself..i said :" sure in the city!"..and because i live in the city..it’s more convenient for me!!at the very first day..i started to regret d..when i drove into lygon street, the pedestrians were just simply rushed out to the street and on their faces u can see the i-have-9-lives-and-u-can’t-knock-me-down-to-death looks!!well..being a driver..u have to be patient..so i still wave to them indicate that they can go 1st..with a smile on my face still…overall..everything still goes on smoothly..Grace even tell me..don worry..u’ll sure pass!

ok..when come to my 2nd last lesson which is 1 week before my driving exam..Grace was late for 10 mins..and she told me that 1 of her student was taking the exam before..and she failed!ok..and Grace wasn’t seems in a good mood..ok..tell u wat..in the following 90 mins is the hardest time in my life…she was totally acting like a b|tch..she kept on asking me to speed up..for common sense..if u wanto speed up sure u will step on accelerator..at the next second she’ll ask u…"y ur foot is always on the accelerator..ur foot should be on the break always!!!"..ok..at that time my right foot is so confused and keep on wandering between the accelerator and break..ok..later on shesaid wana bring me to somewhere new..she  told me:" at the next street..turn left"then i thought i need to turn at the next traffic light because there’s only the left turn i could see..and before i could reach the traffic light..she suddenly turn my wheel…AND HA!guess wat..my face was more pale than the albino Silas’ skin in the movie– The Da Vinci Code…and i was shock till duno wat to say..tears were already in my eyes..but manage to keep it back…Grace was almost yelling at me..but at the next second when u’re going to react she was back to normal and talk sth nice to u..wao…she’s really good at this!!throughout the whole driving lesson i was totally losing my confidence..and i thought..i m gonna fail the exam on next week…

I called home to tell my parents about this…my mom was saying: don care about her..juz drive the way u like..juz ignore her.." and my dad was shouting at the back of my mom said:" bi bi!!change driving school!!" haha..they din know how warm they make me feel..when u r facing some troubles..and turn out u knew there was someone standing behind u backing u up..like my parents..and the feeling is just amazing..and they just keep on encourage u till u found the confidence again..at the second day my elder sis and bro-in-law called me because they heard dat news from my parents..the most amazing thing about my elder sis is when u hate that person very much..she will feel the same way either..maybe she will hate that person even more..and help u to curse and swear…!!hahaha…that helps!haha..my bro-in-law will juz make the whole thing turns out in the funny way..and my 2nd sis will juz say..i’ll help u to change driving school if u fail!hahaha…as ying ying said…driving instructor are meant to be mean and irritating…so u have the determination to pass the exam and not to see them again!

finally today i havto take my driving exam..in the morning i still have the very last 90 mins driving lesson with Grace before the exam..the night before i couldn’t really sleep..cause i was thinking wat should i do after i fail..erm i think if i fail..then i m gonna drive crazily back to vicroad(which is like jpj in malaysia)…should i retake the exam if i fail or should i stick with public transport for the rest of my life??ah watever..ok back to the driving lesson..i drive as good as i could and try to ignore Grace in case she say sth bad to smash my confidence…but today she was acting like an angel and said she’d pray for me before she came out this morning n bla bla bla..and in case i fail she won give up on me n take this as an experience these sort of things..she even said if i drive like this in the exam i will get full mark..oh dat’s very kind of u grace!!

We went to viroad to register and i finally meet my tester..he’s about 50++ years old..looks like really strict..but grace said he’s a really nice guy…after check my eye sight…and done the pre-test..off we go!the whole exam went on quite smoothly…UNTIL!! until i do the reverse parking..i m not sure wat was wrong with me..i juz couldn’t fit the car into that space!!oh my god..i started to panic and kept on thingking i m gonna fail i m gonna fail.. i turned to the tester whom sitting at the back..asked him whether i can do it again ..he said i hav 4 chances..so i try to calm my mind n redo it..and TA DANG!finally the car fit into dat parking space!hahahah…after that we went back to vicroad..turn off the engine..the tester told me..U R SAFE!!hahahahah…and i was really lucky to score 90++% in the exam..abit taken aback..watever~as long as i pass..after taking the photo my license is ready..and i m still under probation license because i m under 21..and the probation period expire in year 2008..sigh..2 more years to go..just get rid of the P in malaysia now havto carry it with me again..Whatever!!i’m now carrying a victoria driving license and i can drive in melb d!!MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH…i’d make a vow that i m not now going to sit for the third driving exam in my life again!!