Aw finally went for her written driver's test. I'm not sure why it took her so long unless she wanted to improve her language skills first.
At the center we stood in line like quiet sheep until it was her turn; she handed over forms, duplicate forms, passport,copy of her Thai license, all that stuff.
The nice lady at the counter said there was one stamp missing on one duplicate form so we had to drive back to the multicultural center where we had started, and pay another five dollars so they could correct their mistake.
Back to the drivers test centre and back in line.
A little progress; this time the papers were in order, she was handed another number and we sat until she was called to the counter. The person presiding at this next counter was seriously uptight and I am presuming his skivvies were too tight.
The counter was so high she had to stand on tip- toe to sign more forms and take her required eye test. After that Mr.Up-Tight gave her another number and again we sat.
For diversion we watched people emerge from the test area; most were elated but there were a few dejected ones.
Aw's turn came and she disappeared behind the screened area for half an hour.
She aced her written test and received her temporary license so we happily drove off to lunch before it occurred to us that we weren't sure what to do next.
We're practical; first we tackled the food and then we returned to the driving centre, had another wait in line and then the nice lady booked the road test.
I'm not worried about that test. Frankly, anyone who learned to drive in Bangkok (population somewhere in the area of ten to twenty million (seriously) can handle driving in a nice little city like Kitchener(population 200,000 and change).
Stay tuned.
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