Day 10

Yay!!! I passed my Advance Theory Test, now I can book my practical test. But not before I was humiliated by the test instructor for not bringing my I/C. But I brought my student pass, and it has my photo...His voiced boomed across the classroom "You should bring your IC for any test....blah blah" it went on for about 1 min. And they took turns, 2 of them. I could feel 50 pairs of eyes boring into me. Why can't they keep their voices down? You would think they colluded and intended to humilate me. But well, thanks to 1 of them, after I produced another card with my photo, they relented and let me take the test so the matter is rest.

Something else irked me today. The cab driver who drove me to the centre. I gave him some money, was still fishing for some more change when he got so anxious and said "$10.90". Please, was he trying to accuse me of cheating him? I was still in the cab, digging into my purse, any blind man could see that. And I have no intention of cheating a poor, impatient, anxious cab driver who is only middle-age. Still young, why so impatient?

Day 9- 2 "Shou Xing Po"

It was Juliana's birthday on Saturday. Met with Shirley at J8 to buy a present. I think we know her taste quite well, we got a bag that suits her and she liked it. Think it was a successful party. Met with old sec' school friends and talk talk talk. Juliana's dad recognised me immediately, Shirley said it's because I didn't change at all, even though my hair is longer.....Oh no does this imply I've been looking old all along?? Arhh...Noooo.......

Then it was SYing's birthday party yesterday too. Met HQi's boyfriend at the station, and SHui's boyfriend drove us there. Funny thing happened. He beat the red light on the way!! 2 flashes!! Was he irritated that he had to wait for us for so long? WLiat was late. The girls wanted to dump him and ask him to find his way there himself. I think that seems mean, can't hurt to wait a little right? And boyfriends should be more 'feng du' right? The Chinese is better at this, at least they have a word for it, the closest I can think of in English is probably 'non-petty'? 'generous'?

Talking about 'feng du' probably the 2 guys from our class who went scored better. One of them drove us home. We packed 8 people in to the car!! It was pretty hilarious such a tight squeeze that some of us were sitting on each other's lap. But yeah, at least we tried, showed some team spirit Lol.

Also went for driving etrial yesterday, but before I walked more than 4 m out of the gate, I was totally drenched. It's a disaster walking along the main road on wet days, you get splashed even if the car decides to slow down. But many drivers are not as considerate. I couldn't make it to the bus stop safely so in the end, Dad gave me a lift. WLiat said Elaine saw me there, why didn't she call me? I'm pretty friendly, aren't I not? It's a small world, smaller Singapore...

But all and all, this weekend was simply Great.

Week 4- NVAC Pre-camp

Got a new tution kid, JJing. Whoa, China girl must translate for her everything....My mind was like "How to translate Solar System in Chinese?" Then there's so much to do, it's supposed to be a crash course, but we do so little because the foundations are not there. I'm trying to beating the clock every lesson, luckily the pay's not bad (managed to bargain Haha).

Then there was Pre-camp on Wed with fright night at Aloha Changi. Left me hungry for more fun. Made some new friends there, it was quite an experience. Is this self-console? Cos when I was trying to recruit participants I told all of them how good it was...blah blah...."Tian Hua Luan Zui" But nope, it was really fun, cross my heart. Then I missed the email too so I had to find my way to the chalet myself, Bus 92, luckily I made it. I always thought I had quite a good sense of direction haha.

Day 8

Good news today! My 'disciples' did very well for the piano exam. 2 got distinction, 1 got pass but quite a good one. Better than I expected, really glad.

3 pple's birthday at the office today. Gab&Julia came to the office, so funny the kids, only eat the cream on the cake and not the cake itself. And yet, grown-ups are create ruckets about the "fattening cream". Lol

Day 7

My stars today say "turn down your volume of work.....rejuvenate your soul." Exactly what I had in mind. That's why I work up bright & early this morning, feeling super relax. Best day I've spent in a week.

Managed to grab hold of Stardust by Neil Gaiman from the Sengkang Library. There were 2 copies! Now I really think Toa Payoh library is so lousy.....Anyway, I was there because I was 1/2 hour early for driving. Did changing lanes today. The same ole' instructor who likes to preach a lot.....but better than the one that slammed the breaks de other day when I didn't check for cars during the left turn. Gawd, that juction is now deeply engraved in my mind. If that's the test route I'll sure remember to check.

Anyhow, I think that I drive better when I'm feeling confident. It sorta sways with my mood.

Yet, this week I feel that I've not been very modest. Feel like kicking myself on the behind sometimes when I make some really self-important comment. I realise it but it always comes out before I know it. Sigh*