Driving License #1 : Signing Up

Thursday // 290115

Dad picked me up from school because he was on leave. Had lunch and went to Perfect Driving Academy Office (opposite IOI Boulevard) but it was closed eventhough the sign says its supposed to be open. Gave the number on the board a ring but no one answered. Dad decided to look for another centre because this one looked really shady and dirty anyway. So we drove around Puteri and Pusat Bandar, we saw a couple of schools bt finally decided to go into Central Driving School in Pusat Bandar. A lady called Linda attended to us and explained to us the process of getting a driving license. So first you will have to take the undang test which requires some 6 hours of ceramah (dies). Then you will get a L license which makes you eligible to take driving lessons, after which you clock in 16 hours of driving, you will take the JPJ driving exam at their circuit in Padang Jawa. [forgot to ask her about the on road exam tho damn]. It looked pretty okay and she quoted a price RM 1,500, 100 bucks lesser than the one at Giant but oh well, not really gonna spend the whole day searching nowhere for a school that offers 1.3k am I? Linda also mentioned that if you fail one JPJ exam, it will cost RM250 to resit the exam (screams). Though I am confident I probably can pass, I've heard many horror stories about examiners just simply failing you just because they can. (fingers crossed all goes well). Another interesting part she mentioned is that in the 16 hours of driving you need to clock, 5 hours will be spent at the JPJ centre learning the amali stuff like changing tyres, learning about the engine, changing oil etc. All in all I will probably have to go for about 8 driving classes with the instructor because I gotta juggle school and tuition as well (sigh). [they don't give you a set amount of classes, it depends on how long each class is, how fast you learn and how many more hours you have left]. I'll also have to set aside like 4 Saturdays (skipping orchestra practice) to go for all the exams and stuff.

Well I don't know what to expect but I hope it won't be like shit and I'll enjoy it because I really like driving hahaa (let's see what I say in a year). Praying hard that I can juggle the driving classes in between school and stuff and get it done with before hard core concert stuff and trials get in the way.
REGINA PLEASE PASS THE FIRST TIME.