ok so yesterday i went for my first driving lesson, it was fun! i met the instructor, then he drove me to some ulu place at upper thomson road and he stopped the car there for quite long. Just him and i, in a car, at an ulu place... hmm.... no, he slowly explained the different controls of the car. this is steering wheel, this is horn, use this to signal, wiper, etc. actually i learnt all these when i was preparing for my ftt but it was a year ago since i passed ftt so i had to absorb everything back into my brain. HAHAHA

after all the explaining, i thought i could finally drive but then he took out his instructional booklet and he had to run through it with me to make sure i know all the stuff i need to know before i seat at the driver seat (as if it's some kind of throne) but yeah i think it's absolutely necessary to do that.

okay here comes the fun part, he asked me to switch to the driver's seat and we did it in the rain with an umbrella. so i'm at the driver's seat and he asked me to get a feel of the clutch, i depressed the clutch fully (wow so textbook) and my shoe kinda slipped when my feet was going down so there was this screeching sound. driving with wet shoes suck.

then i had to get a feel of the accelerator, he asked me to step on it and keep it at 2k rpm. i was surprised at how sensitive the accelerator is, i stepped on it and it went to like 4 or 5k rpm, damn it. i only had to step on it damn lightly, imagine petting your hamster with your feet. you gotta be as gentle as possible or you'll squash your hamster to death, something like that.

i got it after a while, and we practiced changing gears from 1 to 5, reverse and back while stationary. ok then it was time to get moving, damn it! half an hour left in the lesson, i drove along that ulu road. it was damn fun! somehow the steering will just naturally get to me when the car is moving. i learnt that moving off and changing gears is different, in terms of the clutch and accelerator. my feet is still not applying constant force on the pedal, i make the car move a little faster momentarily once in a while. ahhhh, another lesson tmr! looking forward!

i know i get a little too excited about this whole driving thing so i think it's better to write it down here. HAHAHA my bebe say all i talk about is driving yesterday, SORRY AH! HAHAHA, LOVE YOU OK!

PRAWNING SOON! GROUP DATE, HAHAHA! marc, you can join us if you like ;)