First Driving Lesson : 13/1
It wasn't my first time sitting on the driver seat, not my first time starting the car and also not my first time stepping on the brake and oil pedal. But it's my first time, to really drive a car, with the car moving on the road, you know.
Few hours before my lesson, I felt really nervous, couldn't even have my breakfast. But at the same time, there's a little bit of excitement. =D I couldn't settle down, so I chatted with Chou Tong and Kah Man through Facebook. Kah Man helped a lot though, by comforting me saying that there's no need to be nervous, that I should be excited to be able to drive and all. Thanks to them, I calmed down a little bit and finally, it's time! Oh My Gosh.
I sat at the front passenger seat at first, then uncle stopped the car on the road to 5/6. He taught me some of the RSM which I couldn't answer his questions ( XD ), then I started driving. Learnt u-turn and practiced for quite a lot of times before I could drive on the road. Finally, I was determined to go out, out of my housing area, to the main road. Then we went to the driving circuit nearby my house, and I learnt reversing. My neck hurts and sometimes my vision becomes blurry when I turned my neck for too long.
On the road, I drove with the speed of 20 km/h, it was really slow. Uncle asked me to maintain there and there's one time I unconsciously sped up to over 20, just a little bit, uncle said : "Aiyo, you drive so fast ah." xD And while driving, I made the car stalled for a few times, like thrice? I don't really know. Heheh.
Maybe I skipped my breakfast, maybe I was lack of sleep, but I saw the car moving a little bit backward at the traffic light. I told uncle and he said it was not moving. Then he said I have anemia because I was hallucinating. -.- Couldn't argue with him anymore, I gave in and told my dad about it after I reached home. Dad asked me to step on the brake harder or maybe see the tyres of the other cars, whether they are moving or not.
After the first lesson, I gained the courage to drive, to step on the oil tank, enabling the car to move. Remember back then, I was even nervous when I was lining up for bumper car. xD
Second Driving Lesson : 20/1
It's my second lesson and yet, I still feel kind of nervous. But compared to the first time, it was better. Couldn't have my breakfast as usual, dad passed me a banana and after eating, I went to the toilet, twice! =.=
This time, I was straight away on the driver seat, and I drove all the way to Skem Driving Academy at Gombak, with the speed of 30 km/h. But before going, I drove to the JPJ at Setapak and stopped there for awhile, for uncle to settle some things. I jokingly said he used my time and he calculated the correct time for me. xD All the way to Skem, he was really talkative and talked to me about a lot of things, at first about science and all, why the sun becomes hot and why there's wind during CNY, then about 2012 world's end and 1990s' end of world ( a ball heading towards our earth, human shooting arrows to the ball, at last the ball was only slightly beside the earth and passed by ). @@
While waiting for uncle.
At Skem, I learnt side parking ( using P3 and P4 ) and T-parking. T-parking was like reversing parking, not as complicated as I'd imagined. It's just a three point turn. xD But my parking sucks man, I couldn't remember which direction I should turn the stereng lol. I am ruined. T^T ( I asked uncle to confirm how, then he replied "You say leh?". =.= Not only that, he was reading newspaper and novel using his smartphone. Urgh! ) Uncle told me to go to the 'kotak kuning', I totally have no idea what he's talking about, so I said it's to park car. xD Then only I realised it's the petak kuning that we aren't suppose to stop in it. Sigh.
After a few times of practice, it's time to go back. I couldn't drive back home because he need to fetch another student back from KPP02, an Indian who speaks Chinese. L license couldn't have passenger, that's why. =( All the way, the student was presenting and she kept forgetting the tyre parts. I think I reminded her thrice. xD
Third Driving Lesson : 29/1
The nervousness that I had on the previous lessons were all gone. This time, I just waited for uncle's arrival impatiently. He was never on time except for our first day going to KPP01 and that's it, he kept reaching late every time.
That day I drove to Skem as usual, but with the speed of 40 km/h. =D ( Oh, I like speed. =P ) On the way, he talked about jobs nowadays all occupied by male, male as chef, male working in the laundry shop and the list goes on, then the topic drifted away to earth's population lol. Saying that the population of female is increasing, then it will surpass male in the future, by the year 2500, there's only female left, dominating the world. I am really speechless listening to him lol.
At the driving circuit, uncle refreshed the RSM with me and then asked me to drive out. He said that was 'on the road', but the route is just a curvy road and then u-turn back and that's all? Then he taught me 'bukit' which I really sucks at. I couldn't move on after stopping on the hill. xD ( I asked him questions but he didn't answer me properly. I'm getting impatient with this uncle. Ahh, bek chek ah! ) After practicing uphill for a few times, I did the whole route, from 'bukit' to parking and 3 point turn, then Z and S turning. But this time, I practiced parking using P1 and P2. Just a few times of the whole route then I need to head back. =(
'On The Road' route.
A map of the driving circuit that I drew. =D
On the way back, he told me the directions until we moved to the Genting highway where I knew the direction. We didn't talk during the journey and uncle dozed off sitting beside me. -.- From the corner of my eyes, I saw him dozing off, so I sped off to over 40 km/h, maybe a little bit before reaching 50? =P
Fourth Driving Lesson : 2/3
It's almost a month since I stopped learning driving from that uncle. Although my dad trained me occasionally during the whole February, it's still different. Our cars are all in auto but the one I'm learning is manual. I definitely prefer auto car. Still sucks at controlling the clutch, but my exam is on two days later! Totally dying of nervousness.
Reaching half an hour late, my lesson started at 1.30 pm until 4.30 pm. Maybe I was too nervous and it had been so long since I drive a manual car, I made the car stalled at the hill in front of my house. Couldn't think about anything and that's when that uncle started to discourage me. He kept saying that I will surely fail, my bukit still sucks and my driving were not good enough. All the way to Skem, he just kept discouraging me, he even said that I only have a low percentage to pass because the way I drive was like drunk driving, going left and right, and he commented that I'm a dangerous driver. =.=
Practiced RSM, on the road twice, then three times of the whole route in litar, and lastly RPK. They renovated the parking space and Z/S routes, reducing the space. Sigh. This lesson, I was so stressed out and bek chek. Trying not to take his words in mind, but he just kept brainwashing me. He fetched me back since it's over the time after I finished my RPK, then all the way to my house he kept discouraging me and telling me how those people couldn't pass and all. I couldn't handle it anymore and all of a sudden I just felt like crying. I was controlling myself, my tears.
Finally I reached home, and I straight away burst into tears when I saw my dad. With the stress that I've already facing since my result and exam are nearing, that uncle kept rubbing salts into my wound. So my dad was trying to encourage me, helping me to gain back my confidence. My dad commented that my driving was quite good already and my judgement improved a lot, so from his point of view, I am good enough, even better than my sister's driving in the past. And all learners are dangerous drivers, because we have no experience at all. From what I see, I didn't drive like a drunk, just sometimes a little bit to the left, sometimes a little bit to the right and that's all.
I was crying the whole journey from my house to desa setapak and back to my house, for about an hour. My parents said that I'm so stupid for getting discouraged by him, all he wants was just money and that was his tactic since my friends paid him the RM 800.
Ahhhhhh! Go die larh you!
I will pass the exam on my own and prove you wrong!
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