Feeling somewhat sad. Will miss the lot. Sigh. Some bugged me to get a Whatsapp group started but even though I know it's convenient, I also know it can be annoying. Before you know it, someone and someone will be saying 'Hi' or 'Thanks' and you'll have a million gazillion messages to read! I'm still thinking about it though.
Last night was Practical Assessment 3. I think at tonight's class, we'll know how we did in the last 3 assessments. I know I sort of bungled last night's because I forgot to 'start the meter'!!! Alamak! The trainer had to stop his video and the class was laughing so hard because my ride would have been free! I wasn't the only one who bungled it, several of us needed re-takes! The trainer is good because he isn't flippant about our mistakes. He points it out to us so that we can learn from it. I mean if he wanted to make things easy for himself, he could have chosen to be lazy and stay oblivious to our mistakes but he wants to ensure we learn from our mistakes because some of our mistakes cannot be tolerated once we are actually on the road. Two thumbs up for our trainer!!! I'll miss him. He's like a father figure to us.
Last evening was the only time I had a proper hot dinner before class! Only because I had to go to the Polyclinic for the results of my blood glucose tolerance test (which turned out OK. I have to watch it but it's overall still OK. I'll perhaps talk about that after this TDVL 'series').
So here's my delicious Pigs Trotters dinner!
I usually have my liver soup at this hawker stall at Ang Mo Kio Central. It was pouring like mad and I was feeling wicked (after my Polyclinic appointment where the doc told me to start eating smaller but more frequent meals -- I shall start tomorrow!) so I decided something with red cut chilli and sweet dark sauce would be nice. I asked the Uncle for some soup and he obliged with his delicious liver soup! Had my flask of hot water with me so after the meal (as it was still pouring), I sat there for a while, sipping my hot water and enjoying the pitter patter of the rain on the metal roof.
I'm not showing pictures of any humans for privacy reasons but I'm sure there's no harm showing you pictures of the actual training place. I apologise for the blur pics. Was trying to snap without anyone seeing me do it. Not because it's illegal but shy lah. Why would this Taxi Aunty be taking pics of the building?
Yep, it was really pouring. Here's the Citicab building at Sin Ming. Goodness, the drainage is I suppose considered very good. Water was streaming in little 'drains' on the carpark floor from the direction of the building towards me. My shoes were soaked walking to the building.
And this is the lift that secretly trains people to live a healthier lifestyle. On this day, 19th March 2015, I was pleased to discover that it was working again. No jerks, no stops. It made its way up 5 floors (4th floor but the Mezzanine is a floor not counted) very smoothly and I was delighted that I had not gotten stuck in it!
However, my fellow course mates who came 15 minutes later had to huff and puff their way up. The lift had of course, broken down again!
Exiting the lift lobby on the 4th storey, one will see the very spacious lounge with the very well-subscribed vending machines (can you see them on the left?). To the left are a whole lot of armchairs for us Uncles and Aunties to sit in (which I did not take because there were fellow humans sitting there).
And because I am always the first (or first few) to arrive, I have this spacious, quiet and air-conditioned place all to myself. The fairly big and clean restrooms are just next to the vending machines.
Walking to the classroom...
more walking...
Tadaaaa! Pic shows half of our classroom.
So the final night is here. Very, very hard to believe it. No one has dropped out of the class. Not a single of the 39. We'll see each other again on or written test date and I hope we can all pass at one go!!!
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