TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISODE 3

Welcome to DREAM TO SHINE show. I'm Loreta and in this episode, I will be sharing with you my journey in getting my driving licenses in Singapore. I know some of you will be able to relate.
In this show I will connect this driving experience with SETTING DIRECTION to get from point A to point B. In previous episodes we talked about DREAMS and SETTING GOALS. But how to achieve it depends on GETTING THE RIGHT VEHICLE and SETTING THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Personally I find it very difficult to pass driving license in Singapore. 

My husband Rommel drives motorbike, that’s his passion. I was inspired to take motorcycle license, because when our son who was 3 years old back then will always be the last student to be fetched from the child-care center within the same housing estate, and most of the time the teacher-assistant will take him home coz it’s past 7pm so we will fetch our son there. Our workplace is about more than an hour commute to reach home. If I take taxi everyday it’s gonna be very costly.

So, I took class 2B course. There’s 5 circuit lessons and 3 road lessons. Each lesson depends on how well I do and pass …
Lesson 1 – day 1, seemed ok, my challenge is I have to tip toe coz I’m height-challenged ^_^. But I managed to complete, Day 2, the instructor must have seen me struggling called me and drew a shoe with thick sole, told me to buy them and I did. Here comes the challenge it’s already my 8th try and I still haven’t pass lesson 1, I said Lord if I can’t pass today, this is not for me I will give up. Guess what?!!! I PASSED! So I had to go through the finish line no matter what! 

So I completed circuit and road lessons. Now time to take Traffic Police test, We’ll it’s not easy to pass, there are many tasks to complete and handle at the same time …ex. To turn and check back blind spots while trying to balance the bike, remember my height-challenge so the bike is wobbly, + I’m sweating so much not sure if this is due to the hot weather or because I’m scared or worried about the demerit pts I’ll get in order to pass. The more pts, the less chance of passing 

In Philippines they say it’s very easy to get a drivers license to the point that even a blind person can get a license, well I don’t know if that’s true Just for the sake of comparison. I have not driven in the Philippines yet. So I passed my TP test on the 4th attempt. That’s why I really value my driver’s license coz of the hardships I had to go through.

After getting my Class 2B license, I did not stop as my ultimate goal since young is to drive a car. Same challenges. I will share the TP test story, first attempt failed coz I’m not confident enough. 2nd attempt failed again due to heavy rain I can’t do parallel and reverse parking due to poor visibility. I finally passed on the 3rd attempt. Thanked the Traffic Police uncle I was soooo grateful I almost hugged him … 

That sweet feeling when you pass any test and achieve your goals! 

Lessons learned here is I get to experience both being a motorcycle and motorcar driver. Different vehicle, different perspective, different blind spots. 

With motorbike, rider is exposed no cover but I can weave in and out of traffic, in between 2 lanes and 2 vehicles. When it’s raining better to drive motorcar and you can drive with your family or friends. With motorcycle you can only have 1 pillion rider. 

This journey is similar in LIFE, you set a goal to reach, to go from point A to point B. You have a choice which mode of transportation to take, public or private? 
• If public: bus, train, anything … 
• If it’s private, which vehicle to drive? Will you drive or someone else will drive for you?

So you have selected the vehicle to use. Need to set direction, use google maps. You can choose which route to take or how fast you want to reach point B which is your goal.

This principle can be applied to life, it’s up to us to tweak here and there.
Bottom line it’s all about choice.

When you’re already driving, and have gotten lost due to road blocks or missed a turn, there’s a RECENTER button in any MAPS mobile apps. Press it to re-route then continue with the journey. Same with our life, we may have been distracted but if our PURPOSE is very clear, just RECENTER and drive yourself towards the DREAM you want to achieve

So we set dreams or goals, we set direction, and took action and reached our destination. Btw it’s also a good habit to CELEBRATE WINS no matter how small or big your achievement, IT KEEPS US GOING.  

Another lessons I want to share is sometimes we are not equipped to reach our destination, we don’t have our own vehicle or we don’t have a driver’s license so we need someone else to drive for us. Same thing with Personal Development or Business . We need a mentor or coach to guide us and lead us to the right direction in order for us to reach our destination. 

I’m truly grateful to my Family and Friends, Success Resources, FRICH REVOLUTION Advocacy and Soul Rich Woman mentorship and instant podcast leader program, another dream of mine has been fulfilled to reach out to people by sharing my voice and message through podcast. I am astonished of how fast it’s launched, it’s lightning speed and I’m now on Spotify and other podcast platform!!! 

WHATEVER THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE, IT CAN ACHIEVE.

I hope my story about Going where you want to be will inspire you to choose the right vehicle, set the right direction to do something that is close to your heart to achieve your dreams in 2020.

I look forward to seeing you in my next episode where I will be sharing more of my personal journey on how you too could DREAM TO SHINE. 