Prac 5.02 (1st attempt) - Passed

Prac 5.02 (1st attempt) - 18/11/14 (Sixteenth lesson)

HI GUYS!! Today I felt especially nervous because 5.02 is my circuit evaluation..

Objective:
- Complete circuit test route with less than 12 demerit points and no IF (Immediate Failure) in accordance with the riding assessment checklist.

A very stupid thing happened today.. Cos normally I'll fold my training details slip with my IC and put it in my jeans pocket but while I was putting my bag into the locker, I wanted to check my number tag so I dugged my jeans pocket AND.... My IC fell out (I also don't know how) and fell under the vending machine hahahaha!!! Bent down to look under the vending machine but I only found my IC wtf, my details slip was missing!!? Luckily my instructor said it was alright lah heh.. Phew.

Since my last practical was exactly a week ago, Syahir had advised us to go for RC (circuit revision) before going for 5.02 and... I didn't go for any RC ahaha I wanted to try to attempt my 5.02 first.

Took the class with 3 other people, 2 guys and the china woman whom I had 2 classes with last time! Okay so her name is called Suwan, not Suzhen ahahaha. 1 of the guy was his 2nd time while the rest of us were 1st timers. The instructor we got was this (kinda) old malay instructor, whom I didn't get his name, and he looked damn fierce and stern!! So intimidating lor, stress hahaha.

Went for like (I think) 3 rounds around the circuit test route as a practice before the actual assessment. At 4pm, we went back to park our bikes before briefing by the instructor. Then we started our assessment! We were told that the first bike should keep to one lane before each courses, and the rest of us should queue behind the first bike to avoid delaying other classes' students. Reason being, we had to wait for the instructor to clear the last man before he had to move to the next course and assess us.

AND GUESS WHAT......

I was the first bike hahahahah.

Idk what other people think about first bikes, to me it feels like a huge responsibility?! Like the rest of the people have to follow my route, see me do my courses first and all first etc.

So this happened at the slope.. There was a car on the slope so I thought the same theory applies, when 2 bikes are at the slope, 3rd bike can wait at the bottom of the slope. Yalah being the first bike, I don't what why I forgot what my 2.02 instructors said and went to the bottom of the slope to wait for the car to finish doing the slope instead of waiting at sign number 7. Saw my instructor (he was on the higher slope observing us) looked down at the assessment checklist and he wrote some stuff... Hoseh liao, thought I failed already hahaha.

And here comes my dreaded and nightmare 'S' course. Idk lah.. This Figure 8 'S' course just scares me?! If go too fast then strike or mount kerb how!? Ahahaha I tried my very best to go as fast as possible though, but felt it wasn't good enough.

Since we had time, the instructor asked us to go for a second round.. And well well well..

I WAS THE FIRST BIKE FOR THE SECOND TIME!! 

Initially I asked the other guy to go first but he said, "Nono you go first". Wahlao what is this, the pressure is just... :\

Redid our entire circuit test route and at the crank course, my instructor told me, "wah now second try then you all never do all the silly mistakes". LOL so I think all our first try were damn bad?! Went to return our bikes and the instructor asked us, "So you all want to take your first or second assessment results?" I said anything so one of the guys said to take the first assessment result instead.. I mean it's only fair right? Results of course must use 1st one hahaha. Besides, the instructor said our 1st and 2nd results didn't have much difference anyway. Waited at the bench at the circuit test route board for our instructor to finish keying in our results..

So he came back after awhile and handed this green slip of paper to the first guy.. Then the second guy.... I was thinking.. Wah die lah confirm cannot make it!! And.... My instructor gave me the green slip of paper!! Unfortunately my china friend, Suwan didn't make it.

I scored 10 demerit points for my circuit evaluation assessment!
We need less than 12 points to pass this lesson.

Okay so my nightmare 'S' course caused me 4 demerit points wahlao.. I really need to work much harder for this course ley.

Don't be afraid to throttle more Joyce!!!!

Wobbled when changing lane/negotiating bend/turning.. 4 demerit points! Idk which mistake I made but I'm guessing it's the turning part?

And this... Incorrect positioning = 2 demerit points!! Yes this mistake was due to me waiting at the bottom of the slope when there's a car on the slope ahahha silly mistake lah, could have avoided it.

So this slip of paper is to show I have completed my circuit training programme!! :')

Ahahahha, so 感人.. Exactly 8 weeks ago, I started on my very first motorbike practical 1.01. I still can clearly remember my very first practical lesson, so excited, so anxious to finally get the chance to ride on a real motorbike (instead of the arcade ones ahahahah).

Now I'm left with defensive theory lessons before I can head on out to the road for road lessons!! I actually already attended 1 defensive theory lesson (PPL 1.01) so I still need to clear PPL 1.02 and 1.03, 6.01 and 7.01 road lessons before my final evaluation of 8.01 and lastly.. TP!


My progress up till now:
23/09/14: First lesson
1.01 - failed

25/09/14: Second lesson
1.01 and 1.02 passed together

30/09/14: Third lesson
1.03 - failed

2/10/14: Fourth lesson
1.03 - passed

7/10/14: Fifth lesson
2.01 - failed

9/10/14: Sixth lesson
2.01 - passed

10/10/14: Seventh lesson
2.02 - failed

14/10/14: Eighth lesson
2.02 - failed

15/10/14: Ninth lesson
2.02 - passed

20/10/14: Tenth lesson
3.01 - passed

23/10/14: Eleventh lesson
3.02 - failed

26/10/14: Twelfth lesson
3.02 - passed

28/10/14: Thirteenth lesson
4.01 - passed

4/11/14: Fourteen lesson
4.02 - passed

11/11/14: Fifteen lesson
5.01 - passed

18/11/14: Sixteenth lesson
5.02 - passed