Baby birds

Yesterday, in front of my dad's office the MPK (Majlis Perbandaran Klang) came over to cut a tree. And in the process of doing so, they had to remove these 2 baby birds. My dad took the birds from the MPK people and decided to take the birds home. Here is a pic of the birds:

Driving Exam

I know that it has been months since I've had my driving exam, but since only few of you guys have read this, I thought that it would be nice to share my experience with everyone else.

Driving Exam.

The clock struck 6.30am, my alarm started ringing uncontrollably. Disturbed by the sound I woke up instantly. I hardly slept. I was too excited to get any respite. Constantly I woke up in the middle of the night to check the time. “Finally, time for the exam!”

After being disembarked at the test area, I sat down quietly waiting for my number to be called. “Number 4, number 7, 45, 111, 78, please wait at hut C”

Anxious as to how well I would do, I tried to calm myself down. Some of the reasons for my anxiety were: number one, the car was different and number two, a few days before the exam I did not do too well for the practice. Suddenly, I had a pleasant surprise. It was an sms from Su Ann blessing me and wishing me all the best. The timing for the sms was impeccable. It helped me to cool down and relax. About an hour or so my number was finally called.

In the car, I kept telling myself to calm down and just take it easy. Slowly, I drove up the hill and stopped perfectly at the right spot. Relieved that I stop correctly, I waited for the cue by the examiner for me to carry on. After overcoming the hill everything else was a “breeze”.

Finished with the first test, I was now very confident in taking on the challenge for the next road test. My excitement slowly died after waiting for a long time for my number to be called again. It was not until the throng of students had left before my number was called.

As I enter the car I wished the examiner good afternoon and started of adjusting the sit, adjusting the side mirrors, checking the lights, checking the wipers, and finally put on the seat belt. I was all set and ready. A prompt from the examiner to start my journey was given. Everything went smoothly until reaching the entrance of the driving school. There was a stop sign indicating that I had to stop and check for on coming vehicles. The moment I released the hand break, after deciding that it was safe to carry on, the engine died. I quickly restarted the engine again and tried for the second time. To my horror, the engine died for the second time. “Saya bagi kamu 3 kali sahaja. (I will give you only 3 tries)” was the most horrifying statement made by the examiner. This time I pressed hard on the accelerator and it worked! I was finally moving.

On the road, I did my best to show the examiner that I could drive and was confident. Upon my arrival at the first traffic light, I pulled up the hand break and waited for the green light. When it turned green, I started to release the clutch and press the accelerator before fully releasing the hand break. Big mistake! The car jolted back and forth but thank God the car was still running. “Phew! That was close.”

When my journey was finally coming to an end, there was a final traffic light I had to overcome. I reminded myself to first release the hand break fully then the clutch and accelerator. Unfortunately this time I did not press the accelerator hard enough while releasing the clutch too rapidly. The car jerked back and forth so hard that it was literally like riding on a galloping horse. Deep within me I kept praying that the car would not stop. To my surprise, the jerking stopped as the movement of the car slowly "smoothens" out.

Finally, at the end of the journey, at the driving school, I had to stop at a corner. I stopped and waited for the examiner to finish writing down my results. After he was done I was signaled to turn into a junction. The moment I tried to move the vehicle, the stubborn engine failed. At that moment in time, the blood in my veins froze. In a panic I quickly started the engine without putting the gear back into free gear. The car jolted back and forth. In a hurry I did all the readjustments to stop the atrocious movement of the car. Everything was done in a blur. I knew this was it. It was the end. I failed.

While still in the car I was lectured by the examiner. The first thing he said was "Apa hal degan kamu ini? (What is wrong with you?) ". I tried explaining that I was not accustomed to using his car. He then continued to lecturing me before handing over my results. I was shocked. I had passed. I would say that if I had not waited for him to finish writing before turning into the junction, I would have probably failed.

All I can say is: Thank God he was there to help me. A minute too early would have changed everything. And thank God for the PEN which makes it impossible to erase. :D

Short break from exams.

Let me begin first with an update on my exams. So far the exams are ok. I am done with two subjects- English and Math. I have another four more subjects to finish up in June.

Today my cousin from UK wanted to have a photo shoot. She was pretty crazy to ask me to go shooting in the blazing afternoon sun. I managed to talk her into going in the late afternoon when it is not too hot.

Here are some photos:

























If your wondering why there are only pictures of her. Look closely at the last photo below. Let me know if you can spot me. :D


By the way, since part of making this blog is to improve my English, I gladly invite everyone to rephrase or correct me whenever I make any errors. My wish is to become a better writer by making less mistakes and to be more expressive by not always giving mediocre replies to questions.

Why oh why would I start a blog?

I am sure a few of you guys are wondering why I have decided to start a blog. I'm not really the kind of person who likes to tell people about my boring life. Neither do I know why people have blogs. But here are some of my reasons for having one.

1) Since I'm not seeing you guys so often anymore, I thought it will be good for you guys to know whats going on during my exam, after my exam and about my life in the US. I hope this blog will save you guys the trouble of asking me what I am up too.

2) To "flex my writing muscle"? ;b

3) To continue to keep our friendship even though I will be many miles away from home. Hopefully we can continue to stay connected in my "Web".

I hope not to bore you guys with my first post. So I will end here.

Well if you guys don't mind sharing your reasons for having a blog, do leave a comment. Thanks.