The Day I Got My License

Actually, not the day I got my license but the day I passed my driving examination. It actually takes a week for your license to be processed after you passed. So the day I passed my driving examination but I do not have a driving license I decided it was a good day to drive out with 2 of my good friends and have a drink. Since I did not have any driving license, I brought my driving examination papers with me, hoping that a "PASS" stamp on it will reduce the chances of a police giving me a fine. That and a RM50 in my wallet.

So I drove out that night when I was in Form 5 with my daddy's Proton Waja over to T and G's house to pick them up. When I was not so pro in driving back then, I was forgiven by T and G for being slow in everything. From reversing to parking to nudging out to a big road. T said on the journey "Whoa Aaron, real driver already ah. Got license already..." in which he got a reply "Actually I just passed my test today, so I haven't got my license yet." "Are you supposed to be driving ?" "Not really...."

Soon we arrived at William's safely. Then I noticed I had forgot to turn on my car lights during the entire journey. Whatever, we arrived safely anyway. We chilled there for a couple of hours. Then T got a phone call from his girlfriend. When T came back to the table after the call he told us things were not good between him and his girlfriend. G suggested that we drive to her house to surprise her so that T can be forgiven in the process. T and I thought it was a hell of a good idea.

So T guided the way to his girlfriend's house. 10 meters away from this girl's house there was a tree with flowers, T took a flower from that tree and walked up to her house. G and I were in the car about 5 meters away and out of sight but we were watching T. T had trouble contacting his girlfriend as she would not take any of his calls and it was late so he couldn't call the house. So T had to resort to calling one of her good friend's to tell her that he was outside. She finally came out surprised, accepted his whatever reasons and the flower too (of course she didn't know this flower came from a bush not too far away).

During the course of these events, a red Kenari drove pass us a few times. G said to me "What if they kidnap T ?" I said "I'll just ram this car into them then." Not too soon after a happy T came into the car and said everything between him and her are fine now. I remember these times well, a time when only a few kids in high school can drive and had a car.