A bit more work

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

(Forgive me if this is another copy of the same post: I'm reposting this
because last night when I checked my blog, it hasn't yet been updated with
this entry)

Muahahaha! At this particular moment, it is 3:57 p.m. I feel a bit pumped
up (due to the Nescafe I just drank), but I don't feel like wanting to do
my office assignment. Nope. I feel like wanting to waste my time while
counting away the remaining hours till "balik time"! Hehehe... So that's
why I'm writing this post.

After my rush back home, I plan to bring my youngest sister around the
neighbourhood, again, to let her practice her driving. She has her driving
test this Thursday, and personally, based on the one time I accompanied her
driving this past Sunday, I think she won't pass this test the first time.
The culprit is her nervousness. There's this one time where she's supposed
to brake at a junction. I expected her to brake early, but she likes to
brake late - therefore I slowly told her to brake. I think she panicked and
instead of pressing the brake pedal, she stepped on the accelerator pedal!
So, instead of us stopping at the junction, we shot straight out of the
junction. Woooh... My heart really sank for a moment there. Alhamdulillah
there weren't any cars coming towards the junction. Imagine if there were.
Gile ah...

There are some things about her driving that she needs to change in order
for her to be able to beat har nervousness. One, her hands' positions on
the steering wheel, while steering the car through a corner, need to be
modified. Her feet's position on the gas pedal, and the way she releases
the clutch, needs to be improved. And some other things.

But generally, when compared with my own performance when I was preparing
for my driving test: I'm sure I was better than her! And I didn't even have
somebody in the family to personally coach me. My older brother and my
younger sister both were coached by my parents (particularly my father). As
for me, I drove around, practiced, all on my own. Oh my dear sister, I do
hope u pass. But as things stand, I don't think you will. But that's just
me. Who knows, when the time comes, she'll be very confident and can really
drive well.

However, I am not in the position to brag about this, because I am also the
one who remained nervous in driving a car for around 3 years after
obtaining my driving license in 2001 (purportedly because I was afraid of
wrecking the car which isn't mine: but I know it's not due to that). If not
for the fact that I was envious of my younger sister being able to drive
confidently virtually anywhere (even her old school in Labu), and was
forced to drive to Uniten last year to submit my semester results: surely I
won't even be driving to work now!

Now, everything's ok. I think I'm confident enough to drive anywhere, even
as far as Perlis! ;) But I'm so bad at car maintenance: if my car were ever
to breakdown, I don't think I can repair it myself. It's been some time
since I last accompanied my younger sister and older brother driving, but I
think as things stand, I am at least as good as, if not better than my
younger sister. My brother? Tu takleh lawan la... he's had more experience
than all of us: surely his driving skills are much better than all of us.

What did I do at work today? Not much, but it really took a lot of my time.
I finished up a spreadsheet that I was supposed to create that can
automatically calculate the maximum allowable nozzle loads when that nozzle
is connected to a shell of a pressure vessel. I haven't even started
performing the technical bid evaluation of a quotation my supervisor gave
me last week. It's ok. I'll take my time... ;)

Last but not least - here's a very happy birthday wish to my brother Shah!
:)

Posted by Nikman Shah at 4:55 pm
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