I scanned the brightly-lit waiting room where about a dozen other people were waiting impatiently for their names to be called. All of us were here today for the same reason; to take the Undang exam. I was glad that I had June with me, because if it wasn't for her, I would have died of boredom. You see, the computers were undergoing some technical problems so all of us had to wait in the waiting room until they were fixed. But what really annoyed me were the lazy facilitators! They could've saved us our time if only they'd tackled the problem with efficiency. June and I had to wait for THREE FREAKING HOURS before we could take the exam. Those lousy facilitators just took their own sweet time. One of them was seated behind his desk with his fingers on the keyboard the whole time. He did not look alarmed or embarrassed that he had to keep all of us waiting. The other guy was calmly walking in and out of the room... I don't know wth he was doing. But come on. THREE HOURS?!! =.="
And then a miracle occured; the computers were magically fixed! The guy behind the desk began calling out names and one by one, the people around me left their seats and went forward. That was when I realized something.
Me: June... you know that little card they gave us last time when we went for our 5 hour lecture?
June: Yeah, why?
Me: Do we need it for the exam?
June: Yeah. Why?
Me: I think I lost it.
She showed more signs of panic than I did. Anyway, there was nothing I could do now since we were already here... and sooner or later our names were going to get called. When it was my turn and the guy asked me for that card, I told him I didn't have it with me. He paused for a while, and I had a sinking feeling that he was going to say, "No card, no exam. Get lost."
But of course, he wasn't that mean :) Instead, he said, "Oh, nevermind. Gimme your smart card." So I passed him my IC and I was also forced to pay RM10 for the impromptu photoshoot =/ All of us had to. Then I went into the room for the exam.
And after 20 minutes... I was done!! June was just beside me and she finished a few minutes earlier than I did. She passed :) Then it was my turn... the results popped out on the screen and I just stared at the score for like 10 seconds. I didn't see any "LULUS". Neither did I see a "Tahniah". All I saw was this:
And then a miracle occured; the computers were magically fixed! The guy behind the desk began calling out names and one by one, the people around me left their seats and went forward. That was when I realized something.
Me: June... you know that little card they gave us last time when we went for our 5 hour lecture?
June: Yeah, why?
Me: Do we need it for the exam?
June: Yeah. Why?
Me: I think I lost it.
She showed more signs of panic than I did. Anyway, there was nothing I could do now since we were already here... and sooner or later our names were going to get called. When it was my turn and the guy asked me for that card, I told him I didn't have it with me. He paused for a while, and I had a sinking feeling that he was going to say, "No card, no exam. Get lost."
But of course, he wasn't that mean :) Instead, he said, "Oh, nevermind. Gimme your smart card." So I passed him my IC and I was also forced to pay RM10 for the impromptu photoshoot =/ All of us had to. Then I went into the room for the exam.
And after 20 minutes... I was done!! June was just beside me and she finished a few minutes earlier than I did. She passed :) Then it was my turn... the results popped out on the screen and I just stared at the score for like 10 seconds. I didn't see any "LULUS". Neither did I see a "Tahniah". All I saw was this:
43.
Then June whispered, "Congrats,you passed!!"
And in my mind I was thinking, "WAH! I almost failed!!"
42's the passing mark, right? Haha. I was lucky. I just managed to scrape the surface.
Our instructor came to fetch us back to Subang. In the car, he was telling us that one of his best students failed his road test for the first time, although he was really good. And that was because he refused to bribe. When he went back for his second time, he bribed and he scored one of the highest points after that.
I asked if it was possible to pass without bribing. My instructor said no.
Me: But then it's not fair! How can those examinors be so ruthless?
Instructor: Hahaha. What do you expect? Malaysians ma. Of course la!
I guess most people bribe when they don't have a choice. It does sound logical because instead of wasting your cash knowing that they might probably fail you anyway, you pay an extra RM200 to get it OVER and DONE with. I don't blame them.
But then some of my friends did not bribe and yet they passed.
So? At the end of the day, it depends on the examinor himself. If I'm unlucky, he'll be a greedy gold digger. If i'm lucky, he'll be a nice man with enough dignity NOT to ask for a bribe.
Honestly. Examinors who force their students to bribe them are pathetic. They might as well just include it in the whole driving package fees. 0.o
I'm going for the 6-hour lecture next Saturday with darling Junie again. But a few days after that I'll be having my finals :( I think I'm going to have to secretly study for my finals during the 6 hours there. Lol. Who actually listens during the lecture, right? :D
And in my mind I was thinking, "WAH! I almost failed!!"
42's the passing mark, right? Haha. I was lucky. I just managed to scrape the surface.
Our instructor came to fetch us back to Subang. In the car, he was telling us that one of his best students failed his road test for the first time, although he was really good. And that was because he refused to bribe. When he went back for his second time, he bribed and he scored one of the highest points after that.
I asked if it was possible to pass without bribing. My instructor said no.
Me: But then it's not fair! How can those examinors be so ruthless?
Instructor: Hahaha. What do you expect? Malaysians ma. Of course la!
I guess most people bribe when they don't have a choice. It does sound logical because instead of wasting your cash knowing that they might probably fail you anyway, you pay an extra RM200 to get it OVER and DONE with. I don't blame them.
But then some of my friends did not bribe and yet they passed.
So? At the end of the day, it depends on the examinor himself. If I'm unlucky, he'll be a greedy gold digger. If i'm lucky, he'll be a nice man with enough dignity NOT to ask for a bribe.
Honestly. Examinors who force their students to bribe them are pathetic. They might as well just include it in the whole driving package fees. 0.o
I'm going for the 6-hour lecture next Saturday with darling Junie again. But a few days after that I'll be having my finals :( I think I'm going to have to secretly study for my finals during the 6 hours there. Lol. Who actually listens during the lecture, right? :D
3 comments:
It is possible to pass without bribing actually. You need a whole lotta LUCK.. like me ;p I passed the 1st time without bribing.
Integrity is hard to come by these days.
Yeah I agree with you.
And congrats for passing! :)
Say true carie... i dont encourge bribing... actually no need to be anxious abt the test... even during sitting test driving...though the driving test's atmosphere is very solemn...but believe yourself that u CAN! bcoz the happiness and the success u get at last is all worth without bribing. just hav faith in God... u can get through it! smile:)
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