Watch out drivers!

Muahahahaaaa I finally got my driver's license. I had to take the driving portion this morning in the freaking cold!!! With snow on the ground!!! I was confident in driving in the snow until the tester said "It's snowing today so be careful. If you slip, it's an automatic fail". Crap...crap...crap... Thank goodness our tyres were new. The last set of tyres we had could not keep us from slipping all over the snowy, icy roads. Other than that comment I wasn't too worried about anything else. Especially since I got the only male tester at the test center. Hehehehee... I liked him - old, sweet man. He made jokes when he opened the door to the testing center for me this morning. All the other testers looked like they would rather be somewhere else - and they were women. I don't know why, but whenever you put a woman in charge of something they get really authoritative. Whenever I check-in at the airport, the women staff members are always so 'kerek'. They give me a harder time and they're waaaaaaaay too possessive over the little bit of power they have. Even the ones at customs. Oh my gawd!!!! Maybe it's just my experience. And you'd think that other women would give me some sort of friendliness sign. We're all women after all. Shouldn't we stick up for each other? Anyway, I'm not dissing all women in certain powerful positions. Just some. Like, women doctors I like... they're more gentle. And women grocery packers are more likely to pack your groceries properly. And they say friendly greetings. Women post workers are horrible!!! They snarl if you filled out the wrong form and rudely tell you to switch to another line coz they want to take a break. Oh well, nuff said.

So yay, I passed my driver's test with some ease. The only points that were deducted for me was for not making a complete stop at intersections and stop signs. Biasalah.... Malaysian driver kan... can't help but creep creep creep until the end of the curb and make the turn. And apparently there are two types of stop signs here. Hubby didn't know about it either. So can't blame me for not knowing. It wasn't in the study guide. The first type of stop sign has a line at the stop sign and then a cross walk at the curb. You're supposed to stop BEFORE the line (stop meaning complete stop where you can actually count 3, 2, 1 in your head). Then you move up to the curb where the cross walk is to check and see if it's clear (again, you gotta make a full stop to check). If it's clear, you can go. The second type of stop sign doesn't have a line where you should stop. In which case you go right to the end of the curb and make a full stop. Check to see if the road is clear and then proceed. I did everything else properly. Oh, and the officers at the test center are all so nice when you pass the test. Everyone's congratulating you. Almost seems like a huge celebration for anyone to pass. Hehe....

Well, I'm just glad I got the proper license. Now I can go get a new car. woot! woot! And next week I start my first day of work. I hope it'll be exciting and challenging. Oh, and I hope the weather gets warmer by next week too. Enuff of this arctic wind already!!!! It's too cold!! I just told a friend from home that I was chatting to her with two pairs of fleece pants on, two fleece sweaters, a hat, gloves and two pairs of socks. Talk about not wanting to turn the heater on for fear of high gas bills! Thank goodness for $5 Old Navy fleece sweaters and sweats!!! They keep me nice and warm. :)