Shifu

ronald siew for driving. cue laugh-out-loud response. this is the last time im gonna blog his name cos from now on, hes going to be known as my shi fu. (besides, i cannot believe ALL OF YOU reading my blog actually know him by name already.) the moment he saw me he came out of the car despite the rain and asked me "what happened?" even before he took the allocation slip. 由此可见 hes been wondering that since he saw me the other day at the front door. im wondering why the instructors dont communicate with each other though - i mean, shouldnt he know that im also under chan hy (i digress: if ronald siew is my shi fu i dont know what to call chan hy, but lets leave that for now. chan hy is not very shi fu-ish but he has obviously taught me a lot too) since i use g118 most of the time? shouldnt they ask around whether their (shared) student passed/failed? maybe shi fu doesnt have that many friends cos everytime i see him around bbdc hes either reading newspaper or roaming around alone. haha. whereas chan hy, like hau kw, is practically friends with everyone in bbdc. (hau kw does really weird things to his fellow instructor friends during lesson. weird, childish crap that i wont type here.)

and i realised shi fu doesnt quite care about the upcoming changes in instructor groupings whereas chan hy & hau kw appear to have rather strong feelings towards it. i dont even think they know their groupings yet (but i do, which is funny).

anyhow, i have decided that ronald siew's my shi fu because 1) most instructors have this thing about "my" students and "others". i figure ronald siew/chan hy would consider me their student while hau kw, ng hl and alex tan, dont. 2) hes the only one who showed a genuine interest in knowing what exactly happened during the test, right down to every single point i lost. chan hy too but ronald siew asked a LOT of questions about the mistakes i made. 3) according to drama serials, particularly chinese/ hong kong ones, teacher-disciple relationships (师徒关系) often start out on very negative notes - like cannot see eye-to-eye on several things etc. the other way is if the teacher saves the disciple's life as in 少年四大名捕 but thats a bit exaggerated for driving lessons. lastly, 4) ronald siew can seriously remember a lot about my strengths/weaknesses in terms of driving. it amazes and impresses me and really shows he cares about my learning progress.



i am very amused cos i just read through all my entries labelled 'bbdc' and its damn funny the things i said about shi fu in the past. i guess we just change our opinions after getting to know somebody better. besides, hes a lot nicer now than in the past. also, i note that i have always hated alex tan, and that i used to hate g8001, until one fine day i got chan hy, and then my opinion of the group changed.

actually the very fact that i can actually parallel park is (in its entirety) thanks to chan hy, so actually he should be the real shi fu. but its too weird being able to joke around with your shi fu.

Original entry (including other stuff about me blogging about driving) here.