It's June in less than one week, and I only blogged twice this month. Another year to prove my lack of blogging activity in May.


In my previous post...

4 hours more and I'll go for the ultimate driving test. But I want to keep it pessimistic... I'm ready for a second test! I will surely fail for the first one!

My dad made me take another extra 4 hours because he wasn't convinced enough with my skills. But I don't mean to say that I have full confidence in my skills, either. I still have more to learn... in which the lack of knowledge can only be gained from future driving experiences. *sigh* I just hope those sitting beside me while I'm driving don't make "too many noises" cause I think I became clumsier when such "unpleasant" distraction is present. I'm not pointing finger to anyone.

Thanks to Mel-chan (who brought me back to my senses), the first driving test is a very, very big deal. I should take it more seriously.

And now I'm scared and nervous.

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I'll be having the driving pre-test (QTI) this Wednesday.

Hmmm.


Anyway. Here are some things I want to share about "How I learn to drive." (Maybe I'll add more after the QTI thing)

1. I have a tendency to go fast...within speed limit, of course. That might or might not be a warning to those who'll be on the car I'm driving.


2. My dad let me drove our family car, a Toyota Unser, thrice (to date). He doesn't have much confidence in me handling that car although I kept telling him that it was because I'm not used to vehicles "bigger than" the Kancil. Even my tutor said so. But undeniably, Unser was much more fun to drive than a Kancil. Two words. Smooth. Quiet.


3. I didn't have a good start with parking. I was so confused of which way I have to turn my head to look for that marker ("tiang")..and not to mention how incompatible my lazy hands and the steering was. After a few more lessons, I realised it's easier to use the rearview and side mirrors (I noticed what my dad always do) to park. It hurts my neck to turn right and left.


4. During the KPP, they had given "warning" on how other cars will erm... treat an L-plated car. Their advice was to just ignore these "bullying" cars. Good advice. But. I can't help feeling annoyed at times when they overtake me (the car I was driving).. It's like I can read their minds.."Oh, no. An L[-plated] car. It's going to be very slow." or "L is for Lambat (slow in malay)" or "Oh, shoot. L-plated car." That's understandable. What I can't understand and accept are when they didn't use the car signal when overtaking..I take that as an insult (Do they think I'm that stupid?). But, later on, I noticed that this happens too when my dad is driving. Maybe it has nothing to do with the L sign? Wow. It's really more annoying when you're the one who's driving the car.

(June 2nd, 2009 edit)

5. I was nervous on the the QTI day... but later on, I realised it's more like a formality (or maybe I see it wrongly). I don't know how it's handled in other driving schools, but my QTI examiner only sat with me in the car for the on-road test. Though, honestly, I think I made clumsy mistakes here and there...I don't know my marks but I guess it's enough to pass me 'cos I'm taking the real driving test this Jun 10th! Oh yeah. I was left "alone" (the tutor was around) to do the parking, slope, and the 3 "penjuru" thing (what's that in english?)...hmmm.


6. The tutor told me one (or was it two?) of his students knew how to do everything (parking etc.) perfectly in just 4 hours (half the amount of time suggested by the school). I felt envious at first (and I suspected they already knew how to drive beforehand). But that's not my point bringing this up. Well. Although, they (ok, I think it's two) finished early, they have to wait till next month to sit for the driving test. Lucky them. They don't have to pay as much as I did (technically it was my parents who paid).
   
   I'm not encouraging people to drive on the road without licence, but if possible, get someone to teach you drive off-road. Learn to drive in secluded places, far from other cars. These driving tutors can be very "bullying" in terms of money. I mean, I can still play the piano myself without a teacher, but to obtain a driving licence (so that you can drive on road), you must have a driving tutor. At least, that's what I think how it works here in Malaysia, I don't know about other countries.

Only one episode more to go and my irritations towards "Boys Over Flowers" continue to increase. I admit I was excited about it in the beginning (I *almost* raved about it to several friends...)... I tried ignoring anything that didn't look or feel right (mostly on inadequate acting skill) but as the story progressed, I had a change of heart - I still think Jun-pyo was sweet...but everything had become "just another lousy soap" to me. *sigh* I wasn't impressed at all with Gu Hye-seon's acting. I rather watch Barbie Xu or (even better) Inoue Mao. And before anyone come up with "Then why do you watch it if you hate it?"... My answer to that question is... "I watch it so that I can say I don't like it. I think it's unfair to review a series you didn't watch till the end."

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I already ordered my copy of the limited edition of "Koi no ABO". But sadly, I'm not too keen of the song. I'm afraid that I'm truly distracted by the thing I [originally] wanted to be distracted from recently. *sigh* But Kurosagi is a good distraction. I watched Eps 2 last night and I begin to think that Kurosaki must be really disgusted seeing the money-slave Shirosagi and Akasagi. I never like the akasagi. Her acting was queer (or was it because of her expressions?) for my taste (watched her in Itazura na Kiss too.. and I wasn't impressed). Made me cringe every time I watch Eps 2.

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4 hours more and I'll go for the ultimate driving test. But I want to keep it pessimistic... I'm ready for a second test! I will surely fail for the first one!

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Mel-chan is on Twitter!

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Do I want my real name googleable?

I'm really no one famous but I always consider revealing your real name or full name online as something big and must be thought of carefully. Maybe you are still young (under 20-ish) and you don't care that people can find you online... but whatever you posted online (blogs, forums etc) could haunt you back when you get into university/college or starts working. Your future employer might do a an online search on you...(that's the thing that bugs me most.)

I searched for some of my old classmates (using their real names) and the search results brought me to their blogs or their profile on popular social sites. Well, at first, I thought: That's how you use the internet to find your old acquaintance... And then I kept thinking how courageous they are for revealing publicly their names. Maybe it's because I'm not outgoing like them. I never intend to reveal my real name when I first started blogging in 2005. But then my blogging objective is only to throw in all my thoughts which nobody wants to hear [Feb 5th's post]...

Well. Putting that aside. To use or not to use? I use my real name in friendster so that old friends can find me. My name is long & unique (Unusual; extraordinary) so I use it as my official e-mail's username so that people would remember my name when I tell them my e-mail address. But do I want to use it in my google and Twitter account?

I really have to think more than twice...and carefully.