Night Drive

Bukit Batok Driving Center, the beginning of possibly quite the scary responsibility, all part of my initiation into manhood. I went to enroll for driving lessons today.

I guess most people don't give a second thought about driving, it's one of those skills that everyone else seems to have, so you should learn how to drive too. so that's how i approached it, up till the point my mom had a minor freakout with me applying for driving lessons now.

I love my mom to bits, but its kinda freaky when she suddenly unloads her maternal worry all at once, haha. but its important to know what you're getting yourself into when you put yourself behind the wheel to a "high potential lethal machine" - quote mom. but it's true, accidents happen all the time, and you hear all about them in the papers, but yet we don't really consider, what if that were you?

when you drive you are not only responsible for yourself, but the safety of everyone in, and outside, the vehicle. not only must you get from A to B, but you need to pay attention to the road, other drivers, where you're going, and still focus such that you're not distracted by the other passengers.

I'm too used to having so many drivers in the family, i almost assume its second nature to drive. like a rite of passage, my dad learnt to drive to drive his family around, my mom learnt to drive to get in and out of Wolskell Road, and now i want to drive to feel like a contributing member to my family, driving is more than a skill to me.

haha, you can prolly tell that this responsibility is kinda starting to weigh on me, but i guess that's the kind of mentality i should adopt if i'm going to be a responsible driver. Time to grow up a bit, mature more, and understand that there are times in life you gotta let loose and have fun, but there are times like these where you have to buckle down and take control of the wheel.

i'm going to have fun driving, but cannot forget the importance of taking this seriously :)