TDVL Day 4 of 20

On the 3rd night, I had realised people were arriving later than usual. This didn't go unnoticed by the trainer either. 10 mins past the start of class and people were still trickling in.

By the 4th night, it became apparent that people were beginning to feel drained. The carpark was emptier than usual as I sat in the vehicle munching my styrofoam boxed dinner. I felt really sick of overstuffing myself and actually thought back to the first night when I had remained full on a packet of groundnuts. It crossed my mind that I might just munch on some nuts some nights to feel lighter and not so weighed down by a terrible takeaway dinner. I think yesterday's Bee Hoon just did me in. It was so MSG laden I had so much phlegm build up after that. Yucks.

Last night, we got to go home earlier. The trainer mentioned that some of the attendees might have to go home to pray as it was an important night for them. I was just happy to be let off earlier than usual. As I had been one of the earlier ones to arrive, I had followed the cue of some guys and 'choped' (reserved) my usual table with my notes before heading to the lobby to attack the coffee vending machine.

During last night's lesson, I had yawned a few times. Some men were nodding off. One poor chap nearly fell off his chair, falling asleep. The trainer had to keep asking him in a sarcastically polite manner if he was okay. I guess for most of us, we are occupied with work in the day, that's why we are attending the night classes.

Sometimes, the pronunciation of English spoken by the trainer makes it difficult to understand the context of what he is asking. (UPDATE: By Day 18, I can tell you, we fully understand the trainer, having gotten used to his pronunciation. I realise he is a very hardworking and serious trainer and I thank God we had him.). I think of my Math teacher while I was a trainee teacher and thank God this chap doesn't speak anything like her. I'm pretty sure I mentioned this before. She used to say 'leeladed' when she had meant 'related'. The whole class had remained clueless the whole time she was explaining the math sum until I had asked her to SPELL that word she was using. Suffice to say, she did spell it but I remained in her bad books thereafter. LOL.

Oh and darn. I have caught a slight cough. I have NOT had the flu bug for some time because I had been popping my multi-vitamin. Could it be the hospital visits (to see my father) or the irritant who had a bad phlegmy cough? Hubs is always telling me not to blame anything I catch on anyone else. Okay, so I have to say, I caught the cough bug all by myself. Spread to myself. Sheesh. But he has a point. A taxi driver needs to contend with all sorts of passengers, including sick ones. I can't be blaming anyone if I catch someone, can I (someone?! No, I mean something. Haha).

When I got back home, Hubs was surprised I was let off early and we discussed a few things of the course. He looked at my notes and asked me if I was aiming for 'best trainee award'. LOL. I told him the notes I had taken were so slipshod, like I couldn't care less but he said it was apparent he was so glaringly different from me when attending the course. He asked me if I could see it. Of course, lah. I've been seeing it my whole married life. Hahaha.

One phrase the trainer keeps repeating. "Even if you have right of way, give way and avoid conflict".
I told him it sounded like marriage. The trainer asked me to repeat it. I did but I think he didn't catch me because he went on to discuss how it was like marriage. Hahaha. Peng San.

So, I've mentioned the key words here and there already. I'm blogging about Day 4 but I'll be attending Day 5 of my TDVL course today. Yes, I am in fact, studying for my Taxi Driver's Vocational License. 5 days down. 15 more to go. Bluek.