I hate him.
I truly despise him.
I hope he rots in hell.
Oh yeah..just in case you guys are wondering whether i am the one who wrote the three sentences above, let me assure you that yes, i wrote that with a smile on my face.
And who exactly is that ‘him’?
I won’t tell you who yet but listen to my story first. Then, you will know instantly who am i talking about.
I had my first driving test yesterday. And if you are wondering why haven’t i started driving around the streets with a ‘P’ pasted on my mum’s car..the reason is because i failed the test at the ‘naik bukit’ section.The law is if you fail the naik bukit test, you are not allowed to take the parking and 3 penjuru(reverse) test anymore which i think is stupid. I mean, what parking and 3 penjuru got to do with naik bukit?!! Oh well..so right now, i only passed my jalan raya test, but not before being shouted at/scolded/critised at/humiliated by the first tester.
That’s right.
My very first tester is a nasty and insensitive jerk.
From the moment i step into that faithful car, i already have a really bad feeling ( you know, those sixth sense feeling when you know something bad’s gonna happen)So, i did everything such as adjusting my car seat, checking the signal lights,etc. Everything except releasing the hand brake. Believe me, i actually did that. Stupid me. I cannot believe that i forgot to do that! With an annoyed face, the tester released the hand brake for me. Apologetically, i started driving. The second i started driving, he already showed his ‘true colours’. How?
Tester: HOI!CEPAT SIKITLA! MACAM AYAM BERTELUR SAJA! ( and don’t you dare to laugh thinking this was a joke from him because you guys have no idea how much that hurts )
Me: Maafkan saya tuan..(with a smile on my face)*
Not long after that, at the jalan raya..
Tester: CEPAT SIKIT LA!!!!
Me: Repeat *
Not long after that..
Tester: IKUT JALAN C.
Me: Ya..
Tester: HOI!! TENGAH SIKIT LA!!
Me: Repeat *
Tester: APA NI!!AWAK TAK PERGI SEKOLAH MEMANDU KE?!!!!! TERUK BETUL!!!!
Me: Repeat *
Tester: APASAL LAMBAT SANGAT NI!!!CEPAT LA!!!
Me: Repeat *
When i am about to turn into the driving centre..
Tester: HOI!! TAK PAYAH BREK KE!!!!
Me: Repeat *
When he gave me the slip that indicates whether i lulus or gagal..
Me: Saya betul-betul takut tadi..
Tester:TAKUT?!!BALIK!! TAK PAYAH AMBIL UJIAN!!!!
If you guys are wondering why i keep saying ‘maafkan saya tuan’, it’s because,
i am extremely angry.
The fact that he kept talking about my bad driving skills and asking me to drive faster really pissed me off. All of you have no idea how much i want to say ’shut up’ at his face but noooooooo, i can’t do that because he’s the DAMN TESTER. If i do that, 100% i am gonna fail the jalan raya section. So, by using an anger management tip i read somewhere, i substitued the words ’shut up’ with ‘maafkan saya’. See? it is easy. Just say sorry everytime he humiliated me and i got a pass in this section.
But his words really affected me till the end.
Even when i am doing the bukit test, i kept thinking about that again and again. His voice kept appearing in my head like a broken radio. I.just.can’t.forget.what.he.said. About i suck at driving and about i ‘never’ go to driving school.EVERYTHING. As a result, i lost focus. I let go of the hand brake a little bit too early and wala! i failed the second test.
But still.
It is NOT his fault.
It is entirely my own fault.
for letting his harsh words get through me.
for losing my confidence when i really need it.
And most important of all, it is entirely my own fault for actually BELIEVING that i am never going to make it until the end of the test.
That’s right.
I practised so hard the day before the test up to the point that i can memorise every procedure, every trick and every single step. However, when i locked myself inside my room and started contemplating what went wrong yesterday as usually, i am able to naik plus turun bukit without much problem, i found an answer.
It is my fault for letting my anger, hatred and fear for driving ever since the first test to control me.
If i am able to forget that unfortunate event, then, maybe i’ll do better.
But no, i keep that bottled up in me until the end.
When i asked my friends about their tester for the jalan raya section, a majority of them said this,
Friend number one: My tester? He’s really nice. He even encouraged me!
Friend number two: He’s quiet. Never say anything for the whole journey.
Friend number three: Oh..he’s kinda nice, even joked with me at times.
Friend number four: Though he never say anything,he always make annoyed sounds as though he’s eating something..not very pleasant.
Next i asked,
Me: Did he ask you to go faster?
Friends: Of course! But he didn’t scold us for going slow.
Then, why the hell i ended up with a tester that keep forcing me to go faster and critising me in the process?!! He can’t expect me to drive like a pro after a few weeks of learning?!! That’s why i drive slowly, to make sure that nothing bad happen to us(see? i was thinking about his safety the entire time..I should have drive the car recklessly, ramming that car into a tree in the process to show him that SPEED KILLS!oh yeah..i am so furious that i do not mind THAT)
Again, let me stress here that i DO NOT blame him for what happened in my naik bukit test because it is my own failure to control my car, my head and my emotion.
So now, repeat the three sentences at the very top of the page.
Now, i can only retake the naik bukit test and etc after my national service. Thank God i passed the jalan raya test already as there’s no way i am going to volunteer myself to go through that test again.
I am not even sure whether i can pass for the ujian ulangan.
Because right now, i have a phobia for cars.
p/s to those of you who’s going to take your driving test soon, just ignore what i have said. Like i said, a majority of my friends got lucky as they have really nice testers. So, there’s a huge probability that you will be in the same ‘nice tester’ group. And yeah, drive as fast as you want, those testers just want to finish up their job quickly and go yamcha.