Monday, 18 May 2009
good news!
today is the day i finally completed all the lessons in the driving booklet within a span of 20 lessons, the average number of lessons!
initially, when i started learning to drive, my goal was not just only passing the test on the first attempt, it was also of trying to minimise the number of lessons so as to save as much money as possible.
and i think i did it with the smooth progress of the lessons so far.
for now, i have yet to attend 3 more revision lessons en route to the test which is on the 6th of july at 9.15am.
i have read the forums and people's replies have made me scared with all the stories of strict and sometimes unfair testers!
well, i have got to try my best with the help of god's grace too.
(fyi, 6th july was the earliest possible date i could find before my birthday and that day happens to be the day when i will be flying off to perth!)
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these few days, i have a few interesting things that happened to me, but i'm kinda lazy to type out a detailed account of them.
let me start off with them very briefly.
last week on a tuesday, i went out with ABC (can't reveal name) to Giraffe at Istana Park.
i strongly recommend this restaurant/cafe/bar because the alcoholic drinks are damn cheap like about $10-14?
we drank cocktails because i wanted so much to try them ever since i dunno when.
so i ordered pina colada while ABC ordered sex on the beach.
pina colada is more of pineapple and coconut milk while sex on the beach is more of peach and is milder.
so yea, after that, i realised i really have low alcohol tolerance after being woozy and having a pounding headache after just a little more than half a glass!
well, it was really an 'enriching' experience for me!
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another interesting incident that happened to me was having about 1/4 of my thumb nail broken.
well, it happened when i was so engrossed with turning the steering wheel during i dunno which part of parallel parking.
and so i rammed my thumb against the wheel and it cracked.
blood was oozing out at the cracked area and i felt like screaming, not because it was pain but because it was damn disgusting.
i also didn't want the instructor to know what happened so i just sort of drove one-handedly.
luckily, it was nearing the end of lesson and i was sweating a little.
what a day!
now the nail's not so bad, the crack is widening and i'm leaving it there until the nail drops off on its own.
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last friday was the day prison break ended its last season (season 4).
i was pretty disappointed that the series had to end but its happy ending somewhat mitigated my feelings.
i will let you on a little information of how i got to become hooked onto the series.
well, i was first introduced to the series by audrey k after she bought pirated copies of prison break seasons 1 and 2.
i watched season 1 first followed by season 2.
it was at that time that i got hooked onto the series because the plots of every episodes was soooo exciting and thrilling!
it also plays on your emotions whereby when the prisoners were almost going to make their escape, you get relieved and feel like applauding them but when they are finally spotted, your heart jumps out and you feel like beating yourself.
season 1 focused on detailing the main lead's (wentworth miller aka michael scofield) genius mind and extremely clever escape plans that nobody would have thought of.
his engineering expertise and background helped him to visualize fox river penitentiary's mazes of pipes, ventilation vents, tunnels etc, helping him in his escape plans.
why he wants to escape, you can find out yourself.
seasons 2 and 3 focused on michael scofield and his inmates' return to prison but this time round, they are placed in sona, a prison in panama.
season 4, the last season, focused more on the outside of the prison walls.
it is also where michael scofield and lincoln burrow's supposedly dead mother is actually a buyer of scylla.
it also reveals the dark secrets between the mother and her 2 'sons', 1 is her son and the other is not really hers.
overall, it's a very great show with witty and clever plots.
thumbs up to the producer and scriptwriter for this series!
i hope to see more of these shows in future.
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ok today's a rather long entry and i guess it's time to end it off with a goodbye and goodnight!
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