The first time I tried learning to drive was in Bangalore. The main issue was the language barrier. The old man who taught me (or tried to) didn't know English too well and I stumbled on Kannada. So after a disastrous 10 days of "Amma leftu, amma rightu, amma stop stop"... I gave up.
So when I joined up for lessons here in Mumbai, I wasn't too hopeful of getting anywhere with my driving. Surprisingly after 5 days of training, my trainer declared that I am a natural at it and that I should go ahead and take my own car out on weekends (with Chrys supervising of course). It's been almost a month now and my driving lessons are over. There were a few tense moments but mostly it was smooth sailing. I dodged hand-carts, BEST buses, school-children running zig-zag, honking taxi drivers and even helmet-less traffic policemen. I can park into tight spaces, my hand-eye coordination has improved and I can drive a gear-shift vehicle as good as an automatic.
I drive my own car once in a while with Chrys accompanying me. I will appear for the final test next week and once I get my license I will be free to drive alone.
So one of my fears has been conquered. Next step - learn swimming.
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Tell me when you get the license. I will stick to travelling by only train after that.
Joke joke.... I'm laughing, I'm laughing. I will get it next week (if I drag my lazy bum to the RTO office).
you are also echoing.
now i know why u dont know swimming - its learnt in strokes, not in steps
I bill sow you four... hum peeche nahi hatunga... humko jhootha bola. I bill sow you four.
Swimming is easy.. no left, no right..you know..there is no fine tuning required unless you want the English Channel..
And that's no good too, unless they are doing reruns of Monty Python radio shows.
I can swim, but can't drive.. Its just too full of details, driving is! God is in the details they say..and you know what I think of God!!
Hahaha @Zap. Swimming is tough if one is terrified of drowning. That is the reason I still haven't gotten around to joining some classes for it.
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