Driving Notes

I'm finding driving to be a highly enjoyable feat.

Its forcing me to focus in ways that I've always found hard to achieve, with me being so easily distracted. Well how would I not? A wrong step on the gas or not being able to hit the brakes could endanger a life. It's crazy.

It's also empowering in a sense. It requires you to develop instincts, much like riding a bike but way more complicated. You have to keep in mind the side mirrors, the road bumps, the intersections, the pedestrians, the sidewalks,the parked cars, and more importantly (for a beginner at least), centering the car on the lane.Stressful but fulfilling when you manage to work on bumps smoothly and when you feel that you are able to somehow drive the car well. It's suuuuuper fun. Life ought to give us more good stresses like these. Hehe!

What I'm carefully taking note of is the correct driving etiquette. Use of the pass light, overtaking from a good distance, driving at a safe distance and not doing 'tutok', a respectful way of beeping the horn, and always, always, doing the DEFENSIVE driving. I'd like to be a driver with class. :-) I'm glad to be student of one of the best drivers i know, my tatay. :-)

Will be converting my student license to a non-pro soon. I hope to be confidently driving the streets by January next year. Wee! :-)

The Once-in-a-while Driving Student :p

At Cavite

Today was another driving-session with my tatay. I've been trying to learn how to drive since last year but my schedule wouldn't permit me to really devote alot of time to it. Id practice drive for about once or twice in one month and that was it. I got around to making the thing run up to the 5th gear but i still had trouble with steering wheel control and gas-clutch-balance.

This time though, we had nanay with us and it was a totally crazy scene at the car:

Mama: "Anaaak brake brake brake! Ibaba mo na sa second gear!... Aaay aaaay brake brake!!"

Tatay: "Nangning nalalaglag ka sentro sentro...clutch -brake!"

Hahah swear sakit sa ulo.

What i found really hilarious was when mama started singing CHRISTIAN SONGS in the car. Dumi-divine intervention ang panalangin?? hahaha! 

I think tatay had to pee for 4-5 times during the whole session. Haha grabe ang nerbyos ni Itay. Sabi dati nung si mama tinuturuan nya drum daw ang nac-cr nya ngayon balde nalang. Improvement? HAHA.

We did our practice driving on the road going to Trece Martirez, Cavite. It had quite a number of curves, up and down slopes, and occassional private vehicles.

However, the most stressful were the COWS.  Maygad. During our first round there was a cow lying in the middle of the street. Hindi ko naman siya masasagasaan pero ang sakit sa ulo lang ng presensya niya don heheh. What stressed me was during the last part, when we encountered two cows having some quality intimate time in the MIDDLE of the effin street. I was like what-the-hell?? Tabi kayo dyan pliiiiis. Talagang nagpapalakad-lakad pa sila don ayaw umalis e syempre keber sila sa busina ko. hahah. Sabay nung pagalis nung baka hinabol naman kami ng tatlong aso. Hahah grabe sakit sa ulo!

But i'm really enjoying it :D this time i'll follow tatay's instructions to do some practice stepping on the clutch gas and brakes so i wouldn't have trouble familiarizing with them again. I'll take advantage of the 4 day weekend next week to make some real progress. :D Yey!

Cars, Driving, and Such :p



So hot you want to lick it :p

I've always had a thing for shiny cars heheh. This is taken from a transport show of vintage cars by papa ray. Was browsing his photos when I came across this one. *Fell-in-love*Just like Asiong Salonga's car!

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Tatay asked me "What if we upgrade your license to non-pro?"

Geez I wish I even had the time to finish our driving lesson sessions. I really get a kick out of sitting behind the steering wheel. :p

Tatay has got to be one of the best drivers I know. Basically because he knows how to enter a time-space warp every 6:45 am just to beat our shuttle to the pickup point, OR chase it all the way to San Pedro. Hahaha! Early morning thrills for ya! (And I enjoy the father-daughter talks we share on the road :p )

AND, he takes the ride so smooth you don't even feel you're chasing. Well unless he beats the green traffic light as it counts 3…2…1… SPACEWARP!

Haha. Must finish those driving lesson sessions this year. #notetoself