Hotel CaliforniaA totally nice rendition of this song. Hee, this is from me as a celebratory whoop for passing my Practical Driving Test for car just yesterday :) Yea man!!!
Some reflections about my journey of the Driving License: Signed up as a private candidate at the Ang Mo Kio Singapore Safety Driving Centre (SSDC). Self-studied, yet took the Basic Theory three times. Actually only once did I fail in the test. First time I overslept :(, then the second time failed with a record time of 18minutes. Passed the next time round with a reduced time of 16 minutes. However, the thing that allows you to pass is about the confidence you have in the answers to your test questions, not the time given.
Managed to complete the Final Theory about three weeks later, and got my provision to drive under a qualified instructor. I took the switch to School (and the more expensive) option, but still saved from the theory lesson fees. Learning to drive safely took another three months, lots of cramming for lessons inclusive of one plus month of waiting for the practical driving. This paid off with no safety errors or penalties during my "test drive" :)) It came with a price tag of about S$1.7k and 50 hours of spending my time for this climax. Nevertheless, Praise the Lord for all his provision ;)
Still remember when I waited in the Briefing Room, there was this poem that seemed to elude this sense of comfort. I wrote it down word for word, and may this inspire all who read it, as it inspired me.
LORD, Make me an instrument of Thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow Love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not do much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we recieve;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born into eternal life.
To all my friends also or peers taking the test as well, I wish you all the best, learn properly, and pass it soon without worries! To those who just cleared this as well, remember to enjoy your driving but do it safely as well! Wish we all, gambatte!
John 14:1 (King James Version)
Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 14:27 (New International Version)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
