Incoming, Eighteen!

Post Number 170... and at such a right time.

Here I am, sitting at my desk in front of my laptop, thinking of what to type...

I am thinking of all those years before... where I kept going off somewhere...

But now that I've finished secondary school... and SPM is over...

The long, long holidays somehow allow me to do some reflecting...

... and a whole lot of mental training.

Because there is a certain time... when you are done banging your head against the wall...

You start to think... and you start to change.

And the results show it all...

Now I feel much more peaceful and calmer...

When I get annoyed, it just suddenly disappears a few seconds later, even I was totally surprised.

When someone else has something better, I don't feel really jealous or envious anymore. Instead I am somewhat able to be genuinely happy for others.

I try to help others now, instead of being overly self-conscious... So now I sincerely apologize to all who have been annoyed by my selfishness in the past... Let's bury the hatchet :)

I feel the need to share my story to others... not because I want to brag in any way, but because I know there is someone out there, thinking that life sucks.

Let me tell you something:

That's the way it is because you think of it that way =)

If one would change his/her mindset...

Then life would be precious and memorable, every single day.

I know of friends who have been with me for a long, long time.

I know of friends who bear with my shortcomings.

I know of friends who sincerely pray for my well-being.

And I am truly grateful to have these friends... who will stay in my heart for eternity.

Now for my family...

I know there are times when we disagreed.

I know there are moments when we cried and hugged together.

I know all of you were always there for me.

Family is always family... I love you from the bottom of my heart.

Gosh, I am tearing up!

So now that I am turning 18, people say that once you take a step into adulthood, you are free to do anything you want.

Others would say that you are now free from the clutches of family control.

But what I say is: Nonsense!

To me, turning 18 is no different from turning 17, or 16, or any other year.

Life will always remain to me as something fulfilling to be cherished =)

What do you mean "clutches of family control"?

I am no different to my family, I am no different to my friends, I am no different to people.

I still love everyone, and I'd like to keep it that way.

The only difference here is that...

... I have taken steps to improve myself since after SPM...

... and this 18th Birthday of mine simply signifies that---

---You haven't seen anything yet!

Sweet Eighteen, baby!

And so, I click on the "Publish" button, and I share this to the world~!

Peek-a-Boo!

Look who just dropped by?

Peek-a-Boo! I see you!

This guy's all over... he's snooping around in my Facebook page...

Snooping around my iPod and mobile phone...

Snooping around my Windows Live Messenger display...

Heck, he's everywhere!

I don't know what it is about this picture that fascinates me xD

Green eyes are so.....I don't know...pretty?

Be careful if you see this guy...

Nobody knows as of now his true agenda...

Be very, very cautious.

JPJ Test~

Today...Monday...

I had my JPJ test!

The test that enables me to get a P license, and therefore, drive on my own if passed.

So, yeah...by 7-something I was there...and I wasn't alone (fortunately)

From left: Jeanrette, Chong Zhun Ting and Wendy

On that day, there were 34 candidates...

...or more precisely, 34 hopeful candidates...including the faces you see in the picture above.

That's me, Number 20!

Wendy was 21st, Chong 22nd and Jeanrette 23rd.

That meant I was the first one out of the four of us with the same driving instructor.

We saw Vilton as well, Mr. Number 29.

Also, there were Ong Swee Peng, practicing on the motorcycle...

...and Seck Min Guang was practicing driving...

Anyway, we waited for our turns to drive uphill, go parking, cornering...etc...

Things pretty much went smoothly, until the moment I reached the cornering thing...

You see, we are only allowed 3 moves. (Enter, reverse, exit)

Any more or less than that = fail

So I was at the entrance, waiting for Number 19 to exit.

After that, I raised my hand to signal the JPJ guy ==

Mr. JPJ hand-signalled me to start, so I entered (1 move complete)

Suddenly another JPJ guy shouted and glared at me like I just killed a cow on the street ==

He asked me pretty harshly "Why did you enter when nobody told you to enter?!"

I answered "I saw him signal at me to enter..."

"Gostan (reverse) back, immediately!!"

He wanted me to leave immediately, so I did ==

I contemplated whether to just take a shortcut and leave or just finish up the two moves.

Eventually, I considered it as 'practice' and completed the remaining moves...pretty nonchalantly...

So once I exited, I made a U-turn to reenter, but the bum shouted at me again ==

He ordered me to drive back to the hill and stop there...(I thought I was done for...)

I did as was told and got out from the car.

Mr. Bum told me that they made a mistake...the JPJ guy actually DID signalled at me to enter...

So my "cincai"-ly done three moves was considered as the test ==

And luckily I didn't get tricked into giving up those remaining moves... ==

Well, other than that "what the---?!" moment, everything else went fine...

I got 19/20 for the third part (going outside)

Though I have no idea where the 1 mark went, it doesn't really matter...

What matters is that...

I GOT MY P LICENSE~!!

Okaaay...not yet...it's gonna be done on Wednesday, but

I PASSED MY JPJ~!!

Oh yeah~baby!!

So what now?

After observing the auto cars in my house...

I somehow find manual cars more interesting...

AUTOS ARE FOR LAZY BUMS!

...but they're better to drive ==

Oh well, I'm gonna have to get used to different cars first before actually driving out of my housing area...

xD

Later~!

Leap of Faith!

HYAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!


Went through so much trouble just to have this thing scanned =.=
Found out that my laptop doesn't have the plug-thing for the scanner *ishh*
So had to use PC.....(the condemned PC)


That's right, people!
Just take the Leap of Faith!
You'll never know where you'll end...
...but it's better than just staying stuck...!