Date:
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Driving's awesome! :D
Heh, as of now, I've completed two practical lessons already. And my instructor for my second lesson says I can go onto the roads already. Yay!
Considering that I haven't rode in a car (excluding taxi and eug's family car) since my dad sold of the family car like 10 years (I think) ago, I think it's pretty flattering when my first instructor asked on my first lesson, "This is not your first time driving a car right?"
I'm looking forward to every driving lesson now and my instructors so far are so awesome! We spend the whole 100mins talking non-stop (though sometimes I get really distracted by the conversation and not concentrate on the circuit =X) & they trust me enough to let me park the car after the lessons end. Cause other instructors they normally ask the students to change to the passenger seat and the instructors drive and park the car.
Baby's going to start his first lesson this coming Tuesday! Heh, he's like a small kid saying he finally 'get to play with the car' and make 'vroom vroom' sounds. HAHAHA :D I've to keep reminding him it's not playing, it's learning.
Plus sometimes those in the circuit really sabo me. First lesson, there was this auto car I was travelling behind that keeps stalling, making me have to brake every single time and each time I want to move off again, the engine stalls cause I always release the clutch pedal too high. And if I don't stall, within 10seconds, the car will slow to a stop again. Geez. Damn irritating I tell you.
Then on my second lesson, I was about to make this turning curve when suddenly the car (auto again I think) in front of me that has just completed the turn, suddenly stop. AT THE CURVE! I was like shit shit shit, brake and everything and ran up a kerb -.- Cause my instructor was pretty cool he told me to just drive faster, even at turns I don't have to go slow (still need to slow down but not go slow like inching forward that kind). But still really fun! My instructor was like okay I'm going to let you do something challenging and he kept making me do 'double left turns'. Tricky but fun! Plus I've completed almost everything in the circuit already except parking.
Anyway, for those interested in learning driving, here's just a short summary.
- Go sign up at BBDC.
- Complete Basic Theory Lesson 1.01 & 1.02 (compulsory to go for these lessons)
- Basic Theory Practice (if you want to practice questions)
- Basic Theory Evaluation (compulsory to pass 10 days before taking the actual Basic Theory Test)
- Basic Theory Test (BTT)

- After passing BTT, get your Provisional Driving License (PDL) and start booking driving lessons! :D

For Final Theory Test (FTT), it's the same as BTT.
Next driving lesson's tmr! Hopefully it's just like what my instructor says and I'll be hitting the roads. Hoo boy.
Time: 7:48 PM
ShuJun 