The "Man" things we do

Hey everyone,Joanne here on the "man" things I do! Yiwei, will be doing a post on the "man" things she does as well!

Right, so I honestly have a real great interest in cars.Kinda weird I know, cos I do go to the hair salon and they pass me a whole stack of Her World, Style, Fashion Magazines...and then I ask them whether I can have some car magazines instead. During which, they just give me a weird awkward expression.

Well, I think my love for cars started when I had my first crush when I was 14. Right, stupid reason to start liking cars! But oh well, the things you'll do to try to get your crush interested in you right? He was very interested in a car brand, which I thought was kinda AH BENG ISH. But,I decided to learn all about that brand , just so that I could have a topic to talk to him about. But, yes after 5 long years I finally gave up on that stupid boy. But my love for cars grew stronger!

Oh yes, one thing I really love to do. Spot Fake LEXUS RX 300S. Well, I dont know whether they have that in other countries. But in Singapore, we do have car workshops who modify the cars to look like Lexus RX 300S. So, whilst I didn't have my license yet I really enjoyed looking out on the road for those "I wanna be a Lexus cos its so much cooler" cars. So for those of you in Singapore, here's Jojo's guide on how to spot a fake lexus.

credits to: zerotohundred.com

so now now, lets all pay attention to the little mirror on the left handside. Toyota Harriers have a little mirror. Lexus RX300S:DONT.

Other methods of course is looking inside at their steering wheel and etc.

So that used to be my favourite past time,spotting these cars and going FAKEFAKEFAKE. I actually remembered that when I was a little girl , my friend had one of those lexus-harrier thingys. And I stupidly asked her EH WHY IS IT THAT THERES A TOYOTA SIGN INSIDE YOUR CAR. and she said: ITS A LEXUS OK LEXUS OK. "liar liar pants on fire". and to think her father is one of the wealthiest developers in Singapore.

Signing up for driving:

So, moving on years passed and while waiting to enroll for my driving I was really upset that I ws a december baby and used to complain to my parents about how I couldnt enroll for driving any earlier. So the day finally came, when I turned 18 all all my friends knew that the first thing I was going to do was to : REGISTER FOR MY DRIVING. So.. in the end I registered on the 12th of december at Bukit Batok driving centre. And before taking lessons, I used to think driving would be so much fun and I would be driving in my little car very soon! So my best friends and I enrolled and we got our basic theory dates and we decided to go for the school instructors cos people used to say that the pass rates are higher and so on.

So it was time for my first driving lesson, and I had a female instructor who looked like Phua Chu Kang. During my first lesson, I SUCKED AT DRIVING. RIGHT. I SUCKED. she said I sucked, cos I used to oversteer until she had to emergency brake all the time! AND SHE OFFICIALLY HATED ME. HATED ME. HATED ME and I remember thinking to myself that my friends were so lucky, cos their instructors were so NICE! and I had Cruella. gah. But, I decided to take it in my stride and go for my next driving lesson. Since, instructors were randomly assigned I prayed so hard that I wouldn't get her again.If not, I was really gonna KILL MYSELF. and TA DAH WHEN I PRINTED OUT MY SLIP. guess who's name was on it? HERS. oh dear me. I honestly wanted to shoot myself in the head.

So, I went for lessons again. Note: I DO NOT WORK WELL UNDER PRESSURE. So, the lesson went worse this time! How so? Imagine going up the curb 5 times. and then she told to me in chinese, that I was gonna spoil the cars tyres and she didn't understand why I couldn't drive properly. Gah. Double crushed. Poor JOJO. I OFFICIALLY HATED DRIVING.

So, that was it. I decided to quit the school and go for a private instructor, with the hope that this instructor would be a nicer and more patient instructor. I had an instructor called Mr Lim, who was actually really nice. However, he did get angry with me sometimes. However, they both still thought I sucked at driving. gah. Stupid Parallel Parking. And I actually had Parallel Parking notes.The bad thing was that Mr Tan,his boss refuseddddd to give me anymore lessons despite my test being closer and in the end... I took my test with 15 pathetic lessons.Usually,people take about 20? So the day before my test I was really REALLY prepared to fail.OH YES, DID I MENTION I TOOK MY FINAL THEORY TEST TWICE. That aside, when I told my instructors that my test was like the next week, they were like UHHH.0___0. hahaa. oh wells, so I decided to give it a shot anyways. Before, I took my test one of my family members got into a car accident the week before as well. So i thought to myself:"God, really doesn't want me to take my test eh?"

Anyhoo, I garnered up all my courage and decided to go with the " hoping to pass,prepared to fail"attitude. It was warmup time and during parallel parking, I KNOCKED DOWN THE POLE. MAJOR SERIOUS. SAY IT WITH ME EVERYONE. MAJOR.SERIOUS. ahahaa. weirdphrase. haha. and i kept on sliding down the ramp. BLEAGH.

So, I was in the waiting room and my instructor said to me... uhhh.. you try your best luh. *THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT!!!* NOT!!!!

So... to make the long story short. I passed! yes i did! ON MY FIRST TRY. and suprisingly, I got 8 points! whooooo!!! Haha and everyone told me:" WOAH. YOU PASSED?". After I passed, and my dad saw me drive. He said:"YOU PASSED?". hahaha, I honestly don't know how I did it. But, haha maybe the tester was a tad bit sleepy. Oh yes, as I was prepared to fail I didn't prepare any passport size photo and looked like that cat in alice in wonderland. GAH.

So, the first thing I did was to get these little thingys! which I have to hang on my car for the next year. So I will be taking them off on august 4th! (: So yay to that!

So ever since I've passed my driving, my favourite things to do is checking sgcarmart, going to car showrooms (whoo!), I honestly love the car showrooms and going to Autobacs for my dose of car accessories. Oh yes, I check the COE prices on a regular basis too! haaha.Oh yes, I forgot to proclaim about my love for TOPGEAR. my favourite show in the whole entire world! I'm so thankful I discovered Discovery Turbo! (: whoo.

Right, summing up this post I guess many of you must be wondering what car I drive. I drive a black beetle, his name's bobby.And i bet you guys are going....What a girly car,shitty car, and as topgear calls it the "German Joke". Ha Ha. Well, and to be honest that wouldn't have been my first choice as well. But cutting the story short, it was lying around at home and it was already there when I passed, so I decided to just use it. The original owner? MY DEAREST MOTHER. WHO FOUND IT OH SO CUTE. WHY? I DONT UNDERSTAND. and she loved it so much.That she got 2! *shakes head in disbelief*.But,I'm very thankful my mother has gone past the cute car stage and has finally settled for a vw scirocco. A much better car, and one the top gear approves of.We're vw freaks. So what car do I wanna get in the future? A mini Cooper or a Tiguan. But, I'm still on the prowl for a car...

My Driving Habits:

1) I comment alot. and I really do mean alot.

2) I horn too

3) I drive pretty fast

4) Flash Flash Flash

= MEANIE ON THE ROAD.

Oh yes, I'm completely reckless as well. However,I really am trying to change my driving habits as well. Trying to drive below or at 80. I've been trying to do that recently, and it has been torture. But I am trying to change! My dad fears my driving so much that, he clings on to the head rest.

Alright, the last thing I'm going to talk about. Why people think or rather why women drivers are so terrible at driving.

1. We tend to be rather impatient/ impulsive.( Hence, when we find out that we're on the wrong lane, we panic and try to cut in without looking for surrounding cars)
2. We are indecisive.
3. We are aggressive creatures. (Right, we horn, scold and curse when you irritate us. Well, I do! But, a KIA PICANTO CHASED MY CAR JUST TO HORN ME AND WAVED HER FINGER IN MY FACE.JUST BECAUSE... I HORNED HER AS SHE WAS CUTTING IN MY LANE.
4. We have poorer spatial navigation skills ( which can be seen in the longer time needed to park, and men having higher pass rates than women.) and I say this from a scientific,anatomy of the brain view.
5. We are quite terrible with directions. For me, I get so confused with left and right. Don't laugh, but my mom and I are terrible with our left and right. My family friend told me that, this woman signalled right and cut in to the left lane. And horned him when he caught up to his car.

Ok,so that's my sooper lengthy post and I hope you guys had fun reading it. (:

Jo.

Rightos, moving on. My dream car used to be those SUV sorta cars. Volvo XC90S, RX300S,TOYOTA RAV4S and those huge huge cars.