I think the second lesson is being declared as my most accident-filled practical EVER! D:
Firstly, I was running late meeting Yas. But we weren’t late for the practical so it was fine. Secondly, it was raining! So that meant slippery roads and that meant we had to be yellow bananas wearing the raincoat and pants D:
Totally unglam, I must say :/
I managed to get Melvin, my very first instructor. Which was a semi-relief since it was nice to see a friendly and familiar face. Well, scratch the friendly when I signed up at the counter. (And I later found out why.)
Okay, a firm and strict instructor? That I can deal with. But not a harsh and anal one like last Friday. Oh wait. He wasn’t harsh. Just anal. And boring XD
So, anyway, the second lesson meant having to clear the slope, the figure of 8 and the crank course. Well, not to mention the 1001 traffic rules as well as the whole safety thing of checking the “blind spots” and looking back for traffic and signalling and cancelling the signal etc -.-
So, anyway, the slope seemed fine (well, more or less, I guess) and I just keep forgetting to do the safety checks and the “blind spots”. URG. Not to mention I keep forgetting to CANCEL MY DARN SIGNAL -.-
So after an hour of doing the slopes, we moved on to the figure of 8 and the crank course. As cool and (not-so) easy as it looks, it was darn hard for me!
Melvin said I was too stiff while I was riding through the course and he said I kept looking down on the road. I couldn’t help it I guess since I really needed to see where I was heading else I would’ve hit the curb! He tried a few times to instruct me from the sides and there was once I went waaay off the curb at the crank course that I was heading towards the tree and, thankfully, I missed it by thiiis much! D:
Then there was this whole looking out for traffic and I had to look out for oncoming traffic, look left for traffic behind (since I was making a right turn), then, as I turned, to look at the right “blind spot”. Since I was looking EVERYWHERE except WHERE I WAS HEADED, my bike went straight towards the curb where this instructor was standing and my first thought was ZOMG!!!! D:
Melvin set my bike on the main stand and told me to sit on it. (How embarrassing! On the main road, too! *yikes*) And guided me to realize what went wrong :/
I shall not even elaborate how embarrassing it was while doing my figure of 8 and my bike fell and when I tried to set it upright, it promptly fell on the other side T_T
(I seriously need to bury my head SOMEWHERE.)
Thank GOODNESS that The Turd wasn’t around to witness this really embarrassing practical.
So, while summing up our mistakes, Melvin chose to do mine last :/ Which was okay since I think I quite listened to him so I’m going to figure out how to go about the stupid crank course. And the figure of 8 :|
And I didn’t manage to get a slot for tomorrow so that means going to SSDC just to sit for my TTT while The Turd sits for that and take his practical. Rahhs.