Saturday, July 05, 2008
Will I Dream Again? - 3:27 PM
So finally, 6 weeks after I relocated to Nevada, I got my drivers license switched from the one I originally had from Michigan. Its the 'law' that you have to switch within 30 days of moving, but who has time for that! I have other things I need to worry about.But anyhow, I wanted to get it over and done with and so woke up at 6:30am last Wednesday to make sure I get there by 7:30am.... to wait in line with about 25 other kiasu people for the doors to open at the office at 8am. Yes, really you gotta wait in line, or it might just take a lifetime.
So initially I thought I had to take a knowledge test since I was below 25 and apparently, people below 25 can't drive nor read signs, thus the re-test. I got kinda panicky over that cos of a few reasons...
1) I barely passed the Michigan test. In fact, I had to take it twice cos the first time I thought 'r u kidding, who needs to study for a test asking you what a octagon sign means'. Evidently, the joke was on me when I failed the first time.
2) I suck at MCQ
3) I really AM not very familiar with the rules
4) I'm fricking lazy and never study hard enough for tests
5) Its 50 MCQ when Michigan's was only about 25 and I barely passed THAT.
And that is why it was definitely a pleasant surprise when the girl at the counter said '$21.25, go ahead and take your picture taken!' WHAT? NO TEST? And I definitely was not going to volunteer information about me being below 25 and reminding her that I may have to take a test. Hell, no.
The story ends with me walking out with a new drivers license with a great picture (the flash was super good! since when did ID pictures turn out nice?!)
The thing is, that night I had a nightmare about the DMV (dept of motor veh) calling me and saying 'WE MADE A MISTAKE, YOU NEED TO SURRENDER YOUR LICENSE AND COME BACK AND TAKE THE TEST'
Sigh, it seems like recently all I'm having are nightmares... about the car, about the license, about this, about that... Since when have I stopped having dreams, and started having nightmares instead? It seems like overnight, the day I graduated from college and had to rely on my own survival instincts and economic ability, that I haven't had a dream about Disneyworld, or living in the same condo as my childhood idol Leon Lai, or dreaming about going on vacation with my friends.
Is that one of the things you get as an adult? Are nightmares part of the whole responsibility pacakage?
I must had been crazy to be in such a hurry to grow up.