Friday, January 11, 2008

License to Drive...........!

I got it!! the permanent license to drive a 4-wheeler!
When i went in the morning to the driving school, there were about 50 odd people already there waiting for their names to be called out to sign against their respective names in the register and collect their forms from the person there(which had been already filled up).
Standing there, when the person was calling out names and had finished half of the bunch, i started speculating, 'okay, now my form is not going to be here at all!!'
And that uneasy feeling started settling in my stomach! But, as always, destiny did defeat my speculation and my name was called out.
Then they asked me to attach my proofs to the document for getting my name and address changed on the license. There i went again wondering that i have 110% forgotten some important documents at home! Again, the destiny decided to prove me wrong (why does this hapen with me???).
When we started for the RTO, my great instructor scared us to death saying over and over again that the inspector is very strict and he will fail you if your car stops while in the first / reverse gear! (and that was, rather is, my speciality!) So my instructor did his best to give us the maximum amount of tension he could.
Finally after a long wait of 3 hours at the RTO, i was called to test. I was calm from outside but inside, i was trembling (as usual)!! Fortunately, my car sailed beautifully to the first gear, and then to the second and then the third gear. Now was the time for reverse... well, i had decided not to goof up.. but again, i had to be proved wrong, and my car didnt pick up the reverse gear!! There i was, irritated, more tensed with the 'tch tch' from the inspector. but my insides shouted, 'hurry up!!' and then i did my second reverse take quite well.
Thankfully, the inspector did not mind that one incident and did pass me. But he did fail a girl who was with me for the test. She was a really nice female who had come to pune just a year back. quite friendly and talkative.. i really felt bad for her! Now she has to face one more dreadful thursday at the RTO!
The rest of the day i spent with P, one of my best friends from school.. She is back from abroad, now to permanently settle back in India.. We'd met after a long time and had a lot of things to catch up on.. most importantly her soon to happen marriage! So the evening was spent window shopping with P..
Day ended, and i was exhausted by the time i came back home and slept immediately! But the day was good! Fabulous!

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