refresher classes

I’ve been taking up refresher classes for driving for two weekends now. It’s been months and months since my last driving lesson and if I’m going to start driving to school and back on January, I might as well start practicing now. My driving instructor’s really nice; the last one I had was really grouchy and always scolded me when I made a mistake, and as a result I became way too nervous to drive properly at all. However, the one I have now is really nice and doesn’t start sighing impatiently whenever I fail to press the clutch and the gas properly.

For today’s driving lesson, I drove to school and back and it was such a nerve-wrecking experience. It was my first time driving down EDSA and the number of cars and busses driving alongside, in front, and behind me pissed me off. Nevermind that it was a Sunday morning and there were relatively few cars on the road. I’m not used to being surrounded by so many fellow motorists–who don’t follow driving laws at that. The good news is that I made it back in one piece–without running people over whether by accident or on purpose. What worries me is how I’ll fare on the road without my driving instructor helping me out. Perhaps I need more practice.