Driving test

as usual, today, i woke up at around 9, had my breakfast and then went to work in the library. nothing much interesting happened...for lunch, since there was some overnight rice, i decided to try out the "golden fried rice" which i learnt in malaysia by watching a drama by wong hei (so much to learn from tv :P). the way of preparing this fried rice is to first extract the egg york from the eggs, beat them evenly and then pour the golden liquid on the rice. after that, it is crucial to make sure that every single grain of rice is coated in the egg york, thus making the rice looked yellow (hence the name "golden"). then, it is to be fried with onions, garlic and chicken. today, this dish turned out to be a little bit dull without carrots and other stuff, but edible nonetheless.

i was scheduled to take a road test at 6.30 pm in ypsilanti today. as a practice, i drove qi ming's car all the way from ann arbor to ypsilanti, and there, renjie took over and drove for a few rounds. then, we went to a carpark to practise some parking. time progessed inexorably, and the dreaded moment arrived very soon. too soon indeed.

we let hon boon drove us to the carpark (where the parking test would be hold). there, we submitted the paperwork, and after filling out the forms for a while, the examiner signalled me (since i was the first one) to start.

first, i had to check whether the vehicle was safe to use. there was nothing tough in this part, and then i was instructed to drive to a line. very good so far (although i was asked repeatedly to drive nearer to the line because probably my car was too far away from the line). the second part became a little bit more challenging when i was asked to do a reverse parking. still okay here. here it comes. the side parking. combined with my lack of skills and spatial judgement, my nervousness had me fail this part...everyone is allowed to accumulate 6 points (the more the worse) in this part, and i got 7. (hey, now that i don't want any extra points, i was given one!!!) hahaha....no one to blame though...my fault. very depressing indeed...(since each test costs 45 usd).

nevermind though. this saturday, i am going to retake the test, and hopefully i will pass it!! kengyang, gambate!!!!!