On practice driving and getting a license

I’ve forgotten one important thing I should have put in my resolutions list — which, if I may inform you, I’ve already been constantly breaking for the past two days — and that would be getting my driving license before February 2nd. I have had two student’s permits (that’s two years of practice driving with my docile father in his automatic car) and I think that’s already fairly enough for my legitimacy of finally having the privilege of getting to drive a car all by myself, though I’m dead certain dad wouldn’t let me anyway, as honestly, I haven’t surpassed his standards of good, defensive, “Filipino” driving yet.

Filipino driving is by all means distinguishable… If you, my dear reader, shall allow me to further extrapolate on my opinion on things, in our beloved motherland, if you won’t be as tough and as kaskasero as your typical, everyday jeepney/bus/taxi/tricycle/pedicab driver, you will simply not progress on the road, nor will you arrive on time to your destination.

Minsan, mumurahin ka pa ng sa tabi mo sa kupad mo (kahit ang dahilan mo naman e nagiingat ka dahil baka, baka lang naman, e mabangga ka sa sobrang agresibo ng mga kasama mo sa daan). 

I’m pretty much comfortable with driving an automatic since it’s obviously as easy as riding a bump car, only that you’re not supposed to collide with other cars by deliberate intent.

My apparent dilemma, so to speak, is being capable of driving a conventional car without making it seem like there are libido-related activities happening inside because of a drastic up-and-down, humping movement from bad footwork i.e. gas-brake-clutch-pedal-interaction. My inexperience was quite evident the first time I tried experimenting on a manual transition vehicle a few weeks back last December, but this morning, when dad was in the mood to teach me a few driving tips(very seldom, if I may add), I surprisingly got it, of course after an initial trial-error cycle.

I learned how to control your gas and releasing the clutch in fairly synchronized timing, as well as being alert with the handbrake if you catch your car drifting downwards when you’re passing by a slope or a steeply elevated street. 

I least expected this morning to be very productive, considering I got home around 4am early this morning, waking up with a slightly bad headache. Usually, on times like those, I’d be asleep ‘til 1am, breathless (in a non-romantic way) because I smoked too much cigarettes while drinking relatively too much alcohol. You can say they are directly proportional variables. 

I should stop before I miss the point.

Bottom line: Top goal for January? Get a fucking driver’s license. I will hate myself if I disregard this deadline. The consequence would be delaying for myself with a third, I repeat, a third student’s permit. How lame is that, right? Hehe. Having a second is embarrassing enough. 

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