Back to my college days, I still remember my friends who were envious of seeing me in a relaxed mood during exams, making an earnest wish to God for granting me atleast one supply (backlog). As there is an old saying in Hindi 'Bhagwan ke ghar me der hai, andher nahin', finally it came true for me also. And not only once. It happened when I went here in US for 'behind-the-wheel' test for my driving license.
First time when I went there, I had no clue of what was expected out of me. It was sheer enthusiasm that drove me there along with Sumi. The system here is very organized and within minutes I was in queue sitting alone in car waiting for my turn to come. It was the same kind of experience as someone must have felt while going to the consulate for the visa stamping. Like, 'Oh God, let me get a liberal examiner who hasn't started the day with a quarrel at home' ! I was greeted by a fat lady, who didn't bother to acknowledge my pretended smile. It was clear that I am not going to get any bonus for a P.R, so I straightened my curves. No wonder, I ended up with a mistake in an attempt to impress her with my overcautious drive ( I slowed down and did a shoulder lookup for right turn while the signal was green.)
This is how I got my first supply of my life. I consoled myself that atleast its going to make some people happy and will reaffirm their faith in God. May be kar or schn might throw a party too. And much to their delight, I repeated the same story in my 2nd attempt too with the only difference that this time I did the reverse mistake at the same right turn.(I didn't make a full stop at red signal for the right turn).
And finally, I made my last attempt with little hopes. This time atleast I was confident not to repeat the same mistakes. The time since the examiner entered the car till she asked me to park it, I was kinda robot just following her instructions. When she started counting the circles on my evaluation sheet, my heart beats were loud and clear. 12, 13, 14..and so I am not gonna make it this time also. But like a good hindi movie end the counting stopped at the last savior point...and here I was finally with a P on my sheet and big curve back on my face.
Guys, system in India is definitely much more advanced and sophisticated for these things. I got my licence at home without need to do anything :) Anyway for those of who are unlucky like me in their earlier attempts, here are my 2 cents - 'Go for the next attempt' .
1 comment:
wow, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
so next time I know whom to get hold of in case i cant drive :)
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