Unbalancing act...
entri tiada kene mengena dgn gambo diatas..soriler nak semakkan blog dgn gambo ntah ape ntah
Hi all,
Just a quick, short and sad story…March 13th was supposed the day I’ve completed one part of my long delayed objective – that dreadful motorcycle test. I departed at night (8 o’clock) by bus, with ‘Parit Raja’ engulfed my mind, and PURPOSELY skipped the Batu Pahat station for two reasons (*), and headed straighted to Pontian (look at the Johor map and compare the distance, please). And the next morning, I took a bus back to Batu Pahat, approx. RM5 fare ticket, 2 hours travel.
(*) 1 – Since I arrived at Batu Pahat at midnight, I was quite sure that my tutor will not going to get me at the station. There were no more local bus services, except taxis, but I didn’t want to waste some bucks on them…My one and only hope is Mr Daus of Senggarang…Pity me, he kinda ‘reluctant’ to answer and/or reply my calls/messages :p..must be busy of something
2 – I don’t mind sleeping at the bus station, but not at Batu Pahat..it was too open and too cold…There might be one or two ‘bad guys’ who will kidnap me and take me as a hostage (haha like I’m a million dollar boy – not)…So I took a gamble of staying in the bus until it reached Pontian, the bus final destination…At least there was a surau, which was accessible from the outside, so I could sleep comfortably (albeit sharing with two person…I think they were wanderers themselves)
I reached the driving school at around 10:30am…the test will be started at noon, so there was a lot of time to rest, but no time (not allowed) to do last minute training. There were a lot of people, mostly juniors, more specifically gals, with all those chubby and cute faces, which would be the contribute ‘factor’ of my test results..huhuu..Anyway, my number was around 30, so I was able to see other people first on how they manage it..
FYI, it had been almost 2 months since I last touched a bike, let alone ride one...so of course, I forgot a lot of things – the route, the hand signal, and the ‘balancing’ act..
I could see some other people failed early on, the plank test. To make matters worse, people who were waiting for their turns were seated exactly right in front of the plank, so they would able to see directly..arrghh! I wondered what will happen to me if I fail this one “No...no...I’ve come this far...wasted a lot of time, money..I cannot simply fail this...I have to do it...”
Then, it was my turn…with the motor just in front of the plank, and with the signal from the JPJ instructor, with my gear was on 2, I’m off…
…way off…
…OFF THAT DAMN PLANK! WARGH! Just as I thought…I fell off without actually getting on the plank! when I said fell off, not that kind of ‘jatuh tergolek2 lalu bergelimpangan’…it was just that I didn’t manage to get on the plank, so I went straight on the asphalt…I could hear some gals screaming (bemused?)..WARGH! my ‘water-face’ has dropped! How could I hide it? Darn, because of this, I failed the whole Part II test (this include Emergency brake, the ‘8’ and sharp turn), so I headed straight for Part III (traffic)…The only positive was that I passed this one…But then again, I have to come here again, pay my bus fare again, also pay and take only the Part II test, which will be held..I don’t know…still unallocated…I think I should start on gear 3 the next time, although I did test on 2 before, and it was okay…Maybe because during the test day, they were using the brand new motorcycle, so there was some pickups on gear 2.
Because of this, I still unable to hold my 1-YEAR OLD PASSED driving license!! (I took a combo package)...so much for being one-time-attempt-driving-test...If I knew, I would only take car license...
