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Turned out alright

Last week everything turned out alright :) Jumat siang, dengan restu teman2 kantor :p gw cabut dari kantor, walaupun area leader gw ngajakin meeting buat next recipe, tapi dia bilang "Go ahead and don't worry about the meeting, you better get your license today :p". Jam 12.30an, gw dijemput sama orang dari driving school, dan ngebutlah kita ke DMV Norristown ngejar ujian jam 2 siang.

Gw deg2an banget, apalagi karena udah gagal 1x. Kalau gw fail lagi, means that I screw everything up. Karena in the next four weeks para tebengan bakalan cabut ke site di Oregon (gak mungkin kan gw jalan 2 mile ke kantor), kontrak apartment gw habis akhir September dan gw harus cari apartment baru, dan ada chance gw bakalan dikirim ke Oregon juga (walaupun bukan shift pertama). Tapi above it all, hidup tergantung sama orang lain itu sucks. Gw gak bisa bebas ke mana-mana, gak bisa cari kegiatan dan temen2 sendiri (temennya ya cuman temen dari temen gw), gak ada social life sama sekali.

Nyampe sana, wah, deg2an nya nambah. Test pertama control mobil. Nyalain lampu, wiper, dll. Eeh, pas udah selesai semuanya, kan musti matiin wiper tuh, saking groginya, bukannya wipernya mati, tapi sprayer nya malah nyala. Aduh :p Untung orangnya kagak perhatian. Abis itu gw kudu paralel parking. Ini nih yang untung2an. Walaupun gw udah latian malam sebelumnya, tetep aja deg2an. Pelan2 gw mundur banting kanan, banting kiri, eh kagak cukup, musti maju, mundur lagi. Fiuh, akhirnya keparkir juga mobil itu (batesnya cuma 3x maju mundur doang, gw berhasil setelah 2x). OK, next, harus mundur buat keluar dari tempat parkir dan bikin U turn, dan gak boleh nabrak curb kayak sebelumnya, hihihi. Berhasil juga. Fiuh, gw lega, kalo yang ini dah lewat, I will be OK. Yap, akhirnya gw dapet SIM :)!

Karena lulus, gw balik kantor, mumpung baru jam 2.15. Disambut gegap gempita di kantor, hahaha, tentu saja lengkap dengan pertanyaan2 seperti "So you didn't hit anything this time ? :p". Pulang kantor gw dianterin sopir #1, hahaha (#2 ganteng lho :p, #3 pensiun karena get married, hihihi). Kita mampir di dealer Honda deket kantor karena gw ngincer Honda Fit. Di parkiran masih ada satu Honda Fit belum kejual, eh ternyata itu manual :( Ternyata keluaran 2008 udah gak ada, dan harus nunggu 7 minggu buat keluaran 2009. Males deh, keburu para sopir kabur :) Yahhh, gak jadi deh gw punya Fit. Akhirnya gw memutuskan buat ambil pilihan ke-2, Nissan Versa hatchback. Bentuknya gw lebih suka dari Fit, yang gw gak suka adalah bensinnya yang lebih boros, dan kursi belakangnya gak bisa dilipat rata kayak Fit. Tapi overall gw suka mobil ini. Untungnya gw dapet APR yang lumayan (not the best though) jadi gw bisa nyicil. Hari itu juga urusan insurance juga beres, jadi gw dah bisa bawa pulang mobilnya.

Sabtunya gw dah bisa mulai cari2 apartment baru. Tadinya gw ngincer apartment di Phoenixville, tapi setelah baca reviewnya gak bagus, gw jiper deh. Daripada tar stress melulu, cari aman aja deh. Akhirnya weekend itu gw liat dua apartment. Satu di Collegeville, jaraknya sekitar 10 mile (15 menitan dari apartment sekarang & kantor), satu lagi cuma di seberang apartment yang sekarang. Apartment kedua lebih bagus, ada canopy buat mobil, malah ada teras (yang katanya boleh bbq-an) dan fireplace segala (lha gw ga butuh fireplace, bbq juga setaun sekali palingan). Tapi juga muahal, cuma beda 20 dollar dari apt gw yang sekarang dan jauh dari mana2. Yap, tempat gw jauh dari mana2, pemandangan di sini cuma 2 cerobong asap super guede yang adalah reaktor nuklir, hahaha. Bete gak :p

Akhirnya gw pilih yang Collegeville. Lebih murah, walaupun gak ada garasi/canopy. Lebih deket ke 'peradaban', at least ke arah King of Prussia. Gak terlalu deket kantor (gw bete tinggal deket2 kantor, hahaha) tapi juga gak jauh karena bensin mahal dan males kalo kejebak macet. Moga2 minggu ini beres karena mereka musti cek referensi gw dari apt2 gw dulu di Pittsburgh (walaupun di sini gak ada RT RW, ternyata repot juga).

Weekend ini mungkin gw mo nyetir ke Pittsburgh, ada kawinan di sana. Semua orang nyuruh gw nyetir aja (walaupun gw rada males 4-5 jam sendirian di jalan). Tapi daripada naek Greyhound, udah capek, makan ati dan waktu, gak aman pula (search deh Greyhound Canada murder).

So, everything is so far so good, and hopefully it's a good start :)

Comments

Anonymous said…
selamat!

nyetir sendirian itu menyenangkan
sambil mendengarkan musik ...
santai
tapi mesti hati-hati Mit
kalau ngantuk ya istirahat

-mamanya sofi-
Anonymous said…
yang paling enak denger musik sambil di supirin hehehe ketiduran bisa2..
a l f i said…
dah lama ga baca blogmu...
congrats ya! lega pastinya... lebih enak, lebih bebas punya sim dan mobil sendiri. ga tergantung sama kendaraan umum... :D

di situ suka deg2an liat harga bensin ga sih?... :-?
hueheheheh... :p
Anonymous said…
Weiii... selamat yaaa..!!! :)
Anonymous said…
sulamat...sulamat...
fiuh...
akhirnya...
Imade Royn said…
Heeeeey Mbakuw Mbak Asih!!!!!
ternyata lulus juga yah.... hebat2,.... dari dulu mengeluh2... akhirnya 2 masalah terpecahkan.. license and apartment.....
conrat gurl... hey yesterday I got my first phone interview,,,,, amazing,.,,,,,
i count on you Mba.....
Anonymous said…
so you're driving now? awesome !!
OpPIE said…
Hi mbak, salam kenal ya.. Hmm, jadi inget pas belajar drive dulu. Liat motor aja ky liat setan hehe ampe keringet dingin..

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