I enjoy boating but not the sea...
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
The best advice is found on the pillow.
The best thing about a man is his dog.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY TO EVERYONE!!!!
Hope you guys had a good time. ;D
As I mentioned in the previous post, I took my boat handling test today.
Result?
Veto Factor right away ala Failed.
Honesty, I find that my experience today has been very surreal and if not for God protecting me, I think I would be in hospital right now instead of typing in front of my computer…
Here’s what happened…
Left home, at 11.35am odd, to take a bus to NUS in order to walk to the testing venue. I’ve learn through trial and error that taking that route is a heck of a lot cheaper, albeit taking a very long time, hence my leaving home so early when the test was supposed to start at 1.30pm.
Reach the NUS terminal at 12.40pm when by my initial calculations, I though I was going to be late. Since I was so early, I took my time to walk to the testing site. Bought a sluppee for the walk in. :)
Reached the venue in record time, explored the place and sat down to talk to Ben, who was there earlier than me.
We talked about the test and spoke briefly about our backgrounds in relation to why we were taking power boating in the first place.
He apparently has not driven in about a month and works for Singapore Airlines.
Cool job as a pilot man!
Get to travel all over the globe, see the countries and what not. But according to him, doing that frequently takes all the joy out of flying and traveling. I guess I would have to agree with that to a certain extent. One man’s meat is another’s poison and a job/work is not a job/work unless you dislike it. Right?
Around 1pm, more people started showing up. At 1.30m, an examiner came to the place were all waiting at and told us what was going to be in store for us during the test. He also took our attendance and told us the dos and don’ts.
I sort of had a hard time understanding what he was saying because he was mumbling most of the time… I am to blame as well, because I was rather blur most of the time … oppz…
Anyway, the fun thing was that I got paired up with Ben.
Then, things started going down hill...
I was told by our tester, who was the guy giving the instructions that I was going to be the first one to be tested.
Went down to the boat, did all the pre-departure checks and got ready to unberth the boat.
For some tingly reason, the examiner kept asking me certain questions and me being the blur one, did not really understand what the heck was going on…
In the process of my trying to unberth the boat, I almost crashed the boat into the break-water area and the two docks on either side of the berthing area.
The examiner had to take the helm from me and get the boat out of that mess.
If and when an examiner does that, *ding-ding* Sorry please come back and try again another day.
I was sure that was the part that vetoed me.
The examiner turned to me and said, “Sharon Tay, you have failed.”
-.-lll
But he went on to say that I had already failed before leaving the dock. Shesh~
I asked him to tell me what went wrong, but he said that we would have to wait till we got back to the centre before he would tell me my mistakes. In the mean time, I would have a very expensive practice session. Oh well… say bye bye to $52.20 and please make another trip to Singapore Poly to reapply for your handling test… o.olll
As part of my expensive practice, I did an exercise of man-over-board, berthing and steering.
I totally whacked out that the MOB because I din managed to get the life-buoy on both attempts… the darn thing kept drifting away from the boat…
I struck out even more on the berthing attempt.
Almost fell into the water while trying to tie the boat to the dock. The examiner had to pull me back into the boat.
I, being me, spent most of the time laughing.
Ben took over once the boat was secured by the examiner.
For a guy who has not driven for a month or so, he drives pretty well and made very few mistakes. Successful in retrieving the MOB, and in berthing, although he had to do it twice. Once we were back at the dock, the examiner told us to wait for him on land so that he could continue with the oral portion of the test.
While waiting on land, we talked to other people who were going to take their tests. These people were either waiting for their turn or were very early for their 3.30pm slot.
We kinda bitched about the things that went on during the test to the other people and told them the crazy things that happened.
Took a while before the examiner got back form the second group he was testing.
We all trouped to the air-con room for the oral part of the test. In my case, this was the time where the guy was supposed to tell me where I screwed up.
According to him:
I did not check all the bilges (only checked 3 out of 5 of them)
I did not check the boat’s license properly (SZ and SZH are very important depending on the situation)
I bumped the boat twice while trying to unberth it (I had no idea that happened in the first place… but that was my auto-fail reason)
Not being able to save the MOB would also have made me a goner if not for the first veto. But he said that I was doing fine if not for the tides…
The inability to berth the boat and secure it to the dock was another thing.
He also said that I need to be very conscientious of what I am doing… have to plan thoroughly what I want to do before going onto the boat.
The examiner’s needing to pull me back into the boat is the one action which prevented me from ending up in hospital. Had he not acted, I would have fallen into the water in between the dock and the boat. With the waters being that choppy, my head would have collided with the dock and the boat would have swung in to whack my skull as well.
God was there with me the whole time; He kept me from freaking out and probably making things worse.
Amazingly, I found the whole situation extremely silly at that time and I help laughing.
So after telling me all my mistakes and then some, the examiner sent me out and it was Ben’s turn to be tested.
Congrats to him on his passing the exam.
Now I know all my mistakes and I have to remember not to make them again the next time I take the test.
As I said earlier, it’s very unbelievable that I went through all those things today… to me anyway~ it is upon reflection of the whole unfolding of the test that I realize how blessed I am. Thank You God!
I will definitely take the test again, but I will make sure I take it after the wedding and after I have had more practice… haha... don wanna repeat what took place today… no siree~ I guess it was the water that did me ultimately did me in. Have to take the way the water is moving into consideration.
Mum and TKM asked me to drop the whole thing, but I reckon that taking that course of action would mean wasting even more money. In any case, I am not a quiter. So there! :P *pppwwwwhhheeeeebbbb!*
Ben kept commenting that I am young and have a lot of time ahead to do so many things… haha…
I have a feeling that it will be some time before the examiner forgets my name… haha… half way through, he started calling me by my first name… haha…
Hung around to find out how some of the others did for the test, then made my way back to the NUS terminal to take the long bus ride back to China, I mean home… when the bus passed the SIM bus stop, I saw Yang Mui waiting for the bus… so qiao… heh~
Currently feeling the effects of boating at sea… swaying to and fro while sitting here and looking at the computer screen… hah… but it’s not as bad as the last time… haha…
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
Am I awake yet?
Have to study ah~
Not enough sleep ah!
Time to hit the sack.
Speaking of my bed… I dreamt I was taking the test last night, and it was hilarious… the boat was able to go on land, and we even drove into the desert!
See what stress/ anxiety can do to a person?!
Hahaha… ok guys, enjoy the rest of the weekend~
One more for the road: Happy Children's Day!!!!
^-^
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
The best advice is found on the pillow.
The best thing about a man is his dog.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY TO EVERYONE!!!!
Hope you guys had a good time. ;D
As I mentioned in the previous post, I took my boat handling test today.
Result?
Veto Factor right away ala Failed.
Honesty, I find that my experience today has been very surreal and if not for God protecting me, I think I would be in hospital right now instead of typing in front of my computer…
Here’s what happened…
Left home, at 11.35am odd, to take a bus to NUS in order to walk to the testing venue. I’ve learn through trial and error that taking that route is a heck of a lot cheaper, albeit taking a very long time, hence my leaving home so early when the test was supposed to start at 1.30pm.
Reach the NUS terminal at 12.40pm when by my initial calculations, I though I was going to be late. Since I was so early, I took my time to walk to the testing site. Bought a sluppee for the walk in. :)
Reached the venue in record time, explored the place and sat down to talk to Ben, who was there earlier than me.
We talked about the test and spoke briefly about our backgrounds in relation to why we were taking power boating in the first place.
He apparently has not driven in about a month and works for Singapore Airlines.
Cool job as a pilot man!
Get to travel all over the globe, see the countries and what not. But according to him, doing that frequently takes all the joy out of flying and traveling. I guess I would have to agree with that to a certain extent. One man’s meat is another’s poison and a job/work is not a job/work unless you dislike it. Right?
Around 1pm, more people started showing up. At 1.30m, an examiner came to the place were all waiting at and told us what was going to be in store for us during the test. He also took our attendance and told us the dos and don’ts.
I sort of had a hard time understanding what he was saying because he was mumbling most of the time… I am to blame as well, because I was rather blur most of the time … oppz…
Anyway, the fun thing was that I got paired up with Ben.
Then, things started going down hill...
I was told by our tester, who was the guy giving the instructions that I was going to be the first one to be tested.
Went down to the boat, did all the pre-departure checks and got ready to unberth the boat.
For some tingly reason, the examiner kept asking me certain questions and me being the blur one, did not really understand what the heck was going on…
In the process of my trying to unberth the boat, I almost crashed the boat into the break-water area and the two docks on either side of the berthing area.
The examiner had to take the helm from me and get the boat out of that mess.
If and when an examiner does that, *ding-ding* Sorry please come back and try again another day.
I was sure that was the part that vetoed me.
The examiner turned to me and said, “Sharon Tay, you have failed.”
-.-lll
But he went on to say that I had already failed before leaving the dock. Shesh~
I asked him to tell me what went wrong, but he said that we would have to wait till we got back to the centre before he would tell me my mistakes. In the mean time, I would have a very expensive practice session. Oh well… say bye bye to $52.20 and please make another trip to Singapore Poly to reapply for your handling test… o.olll
As part of my expensive practice, I did an exercise of man-over-board, berthing and steering.
I totally whacked out that the MOB because I din managed to get the life-buoy on both attempts… the darn thing kept drifting away from the boat…
I struck out even more on the berthing attempt.
Almost fell into the water while trying to tie the boat to the dock. The examiner had to pull me back into the boat.
I, being me, spent most of the time laughing.
Ben took over once the boat was secured by the examiner.
For a guy who has not driven for a month or so, he drives pretty well and made very few mistakes. Successful in retrieving the MOB, and in berthing, although he had to do it twice. Once we were back at the dock, the examiner told us to wait for him on land so that he could continue with the oral portion of the test.
While waiting on land, we talked to other people who were going to take their tests. These people were either waiting for their turn or were very early for their 3.30pm slot.
We kinda bitched about the things that went on during the test to the other people and told them the crazy things that happened.
Took a while before the examiner got back form the second group he was testing.
We all trouped to the air-con room for the oral part of the test. In my case, this was the time where the guy was supposed to tell me where I screwed up.
According to him:
I did not check all the bilges (only checked 3 out of 5 of them)
I did not check the boat’s license properly (SZ and SZH are very important depending on the situation)
I bumped the boat twice while trying to unberth it (I had no idea that happened in the first place… but that was my auto-fail reason)
Not being able to save the MOB would also have made me a goner if not for the first veto. But he said that I was doing fine if not for the tides…
The inability to berth the boat and secure it to the dock was another thing.
He also said that I need to be very conscientious of what I am doing… have to plan thoroughly what I want to do before going onto the boat.
The examiner’s needing to pull me back into the boat is the one action which prevented me from ending up in hospital. Had he not acted, I would have fallen into the water in between the dock and the boat. With the waters being that choppy, my head would have collided with the dock and the boat would have swung in to whack my skull as well.
God was there with me the whole time; He kept me from freaking out and probably making things worse.
Amazingly, I found the whole situation extremely silly at that time and I help laughing.
So after telling me all my mistakes and then some, the examiner sent me out and it was Ben’s turn to be tested.
Congrats to him on his passing the exam.
Now I know all my mistakes and I have to remember not to make them again the next time I take the test.
As I said earlier, it’s very unbelievable that I went through all those things today… to me anyway~ it is upon reflection of the whole unfolding of the test that I realize how blessed I am. Thank You God!
I will definitely take the test again, but I will make sure I take it after the wedding and after I have had more practice… haha... don wanna repeat what took place today… no siree~ I guess it was the water that did me ultimately did me in. Have to take the way the water is moving into consideration.
Mum and TKM asked me to drop the whole thing, but I reckon that taking that course of action would mean wasting even more money. In any case, I am not a quiter. So there! :P *pppwwwwhhheeeeebbbb!*
Ben kept commenting that I am young and have a lot of time ahead to do so many things… haha…
I have a feeling that it will be some time before the examiner forgets my name… haha… half way through, he started calling me by my first name… haha…
Hung around to find out how some of the others did for the test, then made my way back to the NUS terminal to take the long bus ride back to China, I mean home… when the bus passed the SIM bus stop, I saw Yang Mui waiting for the bus… so qiao… heh~
Currently feeling the effects of boating at sea… swaying to and fro while sitting here and looking at the computer screen… hah… but it’s not as bad as the last time… haha…
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
Am I awake yet?
Have to study ah~
Not enough sleep ah!
Time to hit the sack.
Speaking of my bed… I dreamt I was taking the test last night, and it was hilarious… the boat was able to go on land, and we even drove into the desert!
See what stress/ anxiety can do to a person?!
Hahaha… ok guys, enjoy the rest of the weekend~
One more for the road: Happy Children's Day!!!!
^-^
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thank God ur alive! dang. yay! school's ending soon! then can go jalan-jalan! love u babe :) - nef
Yes! Good to be alive Sugar babe!
let me know when ur free babe den we go paint the town red and the guys dead!
-migumi laughter-
Heart you too~!
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