Philosophy of Life

dad came to pick me up from work,

drove home,

drove auntie back to Hougang,

drove to Serangoon to collect things from Mum’s friend

drove to Somerset to pick cousin up,

drove to Newton for supper,

drove cousin back to Hougang,

drove home.

What an eventful day!

woots! after so long finally passed my driving today! waited for the stupid test for like 4 months ok… my tester was slightly fierce la… kept correcting me every time I made a mistake, and his tone was not very friendly also. It’s like the more he say the more gg I felt cos it meant I made more mistakes.

then after the test he didn’t say anything except :”Follow me to the office”. I was thinking like I was gone case liao, then in the office he nagged a bit… but in the end still pass! got 14/20 points, 6 more to failure sia…

then after that they made us watch a ‘graduation video’ which was really quite funny la actually, I mean they show quite sad stories la… but some scenes really make you laugh lor… they showed a driver DRIFTING on the expressway… can you imagine? Initial D fan also no need so hiong… in the end that driver crashed onto a vehicle at the side of the road… damn zzz that one

and finally go counter to pay $50 to make the license and can drive! just now pestered my parents to go buy the ‘triangle’ that all new drivers must display on their cars. then went to Serangoon Gardens to pick up cousin and send her back to Hougang. So fun not having to keep left all the time now…

Looking forward to more driving! wahahaha

P.S. Congrats to Arden Lim who passed today also! GG!

went to Melaka during the weekend for the Exultation of the Holy Cross. took a coach up on Saturday morning. one thing that annoyed me a little was that they actually allocated seats on the coach. I’ve already been to Malaysia on coach tens of times and its the first time I actually heard of seats being allocated.

Actually the part that annoyed me was that they did the allocating only after like half the people was seated already. so you can imagine the chaos when everyone started to shift to their ‘allocated’ seats. that kinda got off on the wrong note with me.

but anyway, slept most of the way in the bus due to me waking up at 5am earlier. reached Melaka in time for lunch. They have this new Food Village just beside Mahkota Shopping Mall, and (co)incidentally they named it Newton Food Village.

the food there is really nice ok, they don’t have as many stalls as the Newton Food Center in Singapore but the variety is still there cause they don’t have repetition of stalls selling the same food. We had our lunch and dinner there on Saturday, and the food there is really unexpectedly good. Out of about 9 stalls we tried only one didn’t taste as nice. the rest were all delicious. so do go there and try if you’re in Melaka.

like I’ve already told some people, I had quite a terrible taxi trip on Friday night, not to mention it got me pissed-off too.

had dinner with my mum and cousin at Pu Tian restaurant in Kitchener Road. finished eating and decided to catch a cab home. so we waited outside for about 20mins, and speaking of which, during that 20mins, three EMPTY cabs did pass by us. But for some stupid reason they decided not to pick us up. and COINCIDENTALLY all three drivers were Indians. so what can I say?

anyway after that zzz 20mins, we decided to walk further up to Jalan Besar where there were lesser people. but due that road being quite deserted we decided to split up. My mum and I waited on one side of the road while my cousin was on the other side.

10mins later a taxi came from our side so we got in. Naturally my cousin walked over from the other side and got into the taxi from the other door. The moment she opened the door to get it the uncle started screaming. (all our conversations were in dialect cos I suppose he doesn’t know English or Chinese)

Uncle: “Oi! why you get in from that door, later got car come and bang the door how?”

Mother: “Uncle, she has eyes to see one”

Uncle starts to murmur some unknown words. I was minimally pissed at that point. The whole road was fucking deserted. Do you think a car will materialize out of nowhere and ram into the taxi? Maybe that uncle’s a fanatic of Harry Potter.

And so we got in, then I came to realize that he didn’t switch off the hazard lights after like 5mins. and he continued to leave them on for another 10mins. I think only a blind/deaf person would have missed it cos anyone who knows cars will know that when hazard lights are on its flashing and makes a ticking sound.

Plus, I wonder whether to have pity for us or for the vehicle itself, I got literally hear the ‘cries’ of the vehicle. That uncle was really pushing it, changing from gear 2 to gear 3 only at 50km/h (you’re supposed to change at around 25km/h).

At first we were supposed to go to my house then to my cousin’s house. But halfway my cousin decided to get off at my house and take another taxi home. so you can imagine how bad it was. But that’s not all.

Upon nearing my house, there was a need to make a U-turn at the traffic light.

Mother: “uncle please make U-turn here and turn into Rosyth Road.”

Uncle: “eh… U-turn ah?”

Pissed ‘Mother & ME’: “YA”

Uncle: “cannot leh, no U-turn sign”

Extremely Pissed ‘Mother & Me’: “GOT LA”

can you imagine how pissed we were?  and the uncle seemed relentless.

From Rosyth Road still have to turn into another road where my house was.

Mother: “Uncle drive slower hor, later in front have to turn right”

**Uncle continues at same speed until we reach the turning point

Mother & Me: “HERE HERE HERE TURN HERE”

Uncle: “Hah? orh ok”

AND FINALLY, when it reaches the front of my house, my mum tells him to stop here, but he didn’t stop till like 3 houses away.

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that has gotta be my worse taxi experience in 2007. and coincidentally again it was a yellow top cab. Seriously I never get good rides with yellow top cab taxis, had one pretty pissed off incident in sec school with another yellow cab driver too. wonder whether they are all so unruly.

that uncle is lucky we were in a rather good mood, so no further pursuing of matter, but I’m still rather pissed thinking of it now. LOL. I should learn to forgive and forget. haizzz

went to the Novena Procession yesterday. starts at 6pm but we were there at 4.30pm. Talk about being kiasu, but anyway it was already quite crowded when we got there. We got our booklets and settled in. Praise & Worship began around 5pm followed by general rehearsals of the hymns and announcements and stuffs.

Procession with Rosary started at 6pm, there was some rain during the Eucharistic celebration but it subsided after 20mins or so. Thank God for that, cos I wonder how we were going to receive Holy Communion if it was still pouring. And finally everything ended around 8.30pm.

think the Processions this year was quite wonderful, they improved the quality of the Giant TV Screen too cause last year we couldn’t see the screen because of the reflection of sunlight, but this year it was clear! so everyone can participate in the celebration, even those across the road!

The theme of this year was the Magnificat.

My Soul Glorifies the Lord,
My Spirit Rejoices in God My Saviour.
He Looks on His Servant in Her Nothingness,
Henceforth All Ages Will Call Me Blessed.
The Almighty Works Marvels for Me,
Holy is His Name.
His Mercy is From Age to Age,
on Those Who Fear Him.
He Puts Forth His Arm in Strength,
And Scatters the Proud Hearted.
He Casts the Mighty From Their Thrones,
And Raises the Lowly.
He Fills the Starving With Good Things,
Sends the Rich Away Empty.
He Protects Israel His Servant,
Remembering His Mercy.
The Mercy Promised to Our Fathers,
To Abraham & His Children Forever.