starting the engine

note: we had no internet connection for a week so i wasn’t able to start my plan of making a blog about my driving on the 1st day i drove. so here it is I’ll just put the date.

April 14, 2008: i enrolled in a driving school. i picked up the beginners course even though i had a background in driving several years ago. it was because i couldn’t remember most of it and the last time i drove was in Batangas! as they say “city driving is different”. i drove manual! 1st gear was the hardest because it’s the start. i had to mix the clutch with gas. i just realized that 1st gear is very similar to life “the getting started” part if you know what i mean. anyway the instructor taught me the basics up to maneuvering. i planned to drive my car after the 1st day but then i decided not to.

April 17, 2008: same thing but this time i drove to a crossing somewhere in Espanya. it was funny and idiotic when the instructor asked me the meaning of the traffic light i said red for stop, green for go and yellow for allowing people to walk. haha funny i didn’t know what yellow light meant. now i know after embarrassing myself! for you guys who doesn’t know the purpose of yellow light: it’s a warning or a signal that the next light will be red!

April 18, 2008: no driving lesson. i went to GMA to practice for SOP. i decided to visit a friend it was already 8 in the evening. i told my driver to sit in the passenger seat. i drove from GMA to Espanya. a supposedly 3o minute drive became 45minutes-1 hour drive haha! at least i was careful i didn’t hit anyone.

April 19, 2008: i was at my taping for Kaptol while waiting for others i went drive to get some ice cream. i drove from LRT station 2 building up to riverbanks. i almost hit the van while crossing the intersection. the road was curve and going down and i forgot to slow down. i hurriedly stepped on the breaks luckily there was no car in the back. lesson? know when to slow down!

April 21, 2008 i was getting better at driving. i drove from my house up to san beda and up to Espanya(to my driving school). the bridge going to san beda was a bit scary!

April 22, 2008: i drove at Edsa. i tried 3rd and 4th gear. it was fun and it rained. now i know the feeling of driving in the rain.

April 23, 2008: i drove from my house up to pasig!

April 24, 2008: last day of lesson. i drove from Espanya up to project8. we ordered at a drive thru. the staffs of the food chain cheered on me.

now i understand the motorist better why they hate all the buses, jeeps and bike and all the pasway people haha!