i'm becoming quite the ditsy driver, i think.

today's driving lesson was my first time on the public road. previously i was confined to circuit training because i haven't got my provisional driving licence.

but now i do. =)

perchance i was nervous, or perhaps this dumb blonde disease's finally caught on to me. so i guess, thanks pk, perr, and in a minute way, val.
-____-"

here's what happened:

1. i was paying too much attention to the rear view mirror and when this quite gradual turn came, i continued straight instead, thus going onto the neighbouring lane.
thankfully there weren't much cars around.

2. i had signalled to turn left at this junction. but due to a little confusion at down-gearing and a little fancy footdance with the clutch, brake and accelerator, i forgot about the turn.
so the other cars were accidently led to believe i was going to turn left, which i was going to initially, but like i said, i... forgot.

3. so the lesson was nearly coming to an end and we were heading back towards the driving centre. now the entrance to the centre has this little slope that's not too steep but still steep enough to apply the handbrake so the car wouldn't roll back.
and roll back was exactly what my car did.
so there was this little flurry of panic in which i hurriedly stepped on the brake, then pulled up the blasted handbrake. by then the cars in front of me had already moved off so it was kinda stupid being stuck alone on the slope.

i feel like such a blonde.

anyways, enough about me already. i'm embarrassed enough as it is.

today, being a saturday and like all saturdays, there're bound to have secondary school kids miling around asking for donations in a little tin can.

once upon a time i went through this too, the powers-that-be dictate us to, and i quote, "do our part for charity" and so we grudgingly lined the streets like the little beggers we're so not used to being, flashing grimaces- oh i mean smiles, asking total strangers to part with their loose change and do some good deed.

so is it just me or are those kids becoming a tad too overzealous?
they've invaded even the mrt platforms for christ's sake.
if this carries on i'm gonna start contributing measely one cent per saturday and wear those sticker flag like a shield to repel those who dare approach me a second time.

or better yet, i could simply donate one cent and recycle that flag every saturday so no one asks me to loose my loose change for the rest of my saturdays. yay.