Drive me crazyThat's soon going to be my dad's car's bumper sticker, if I continue driving it for a few more days :D My driving skills are definitely not a secret. My sister says when I am behind the wheel of a car, the whole scene morphs into Yama behind a buffalo's huge curvy horns... So this weekend, me tried to get rid of this effect. Somehow managed to convince dad that I have to drive his car. The only 2 cars that I've driven till now are the rickety Indica and Maruti 800 from the driving school. And on Saturday the chap from the school ended the lessons and gleefully ran off with the Maruti 800. Glad that he didn't have to carry it like a heap of metal in a bag. Well, he did wonder if I was ever going to make it coz the moment I took the wheel, I stared down and asked him, now which of these 3 fellas is the clutch, I just can't remember! The man looked at me for long and said 'M'am, this is your final class, you shouldn't say such things' Seeing that he was close to tears I said 'Alright alright, that's the only trouble I got. I'll be fine from here.' Sure I was fine. I wonder if that guy or anyone else on the road would have said the same about themselves! But we returned home alive and the car was still in a condition to be driven back to the school. But there goes the only vehicle I can try all my tricks on. What would Sat do now?! :-/ And then, my dad's Wagonr caught my eye. I turned and looked at him with a wry smile. He shot back a don't-even-think-about-it and quickly ran upstairs with the keys. After a lot of struggle and further appeal to high court (read mom), my case finally won and I was granted permission to drive my dad's car; subject to condition, he'll accompany me on the drive, and this will be on a road far from civilisation, haunted by species like me who are yet to learn the ways of the wild traffic. It's a straight road on the way to Coimbatore's Iskon, stone's throw away from my house. And everyone who drives anything here just can't handle it if so much as a feather crosses their path without announcing itself! I was disappointed that I wont get a lot of action, but I decided to make the most of it. My dad drove me to this desolate dingy place, and then said, well, she's all yours now. Boy was I ever glad :) The moment I took the wheel, my dad swore he could hear that Problem Child theme playing in his mind...and it continued to play in loops everytime I tried to scare that new bee aunty off the road, everytime I ran the car into the muddy path and took a turn, everytime I went a wee bit closer to the tree and braked, everytime I tried to turn the car into the national highway only to be stopped frantically by my dad almost throwing himself on the wheel...(aargghhh...next time i'll do it!). Finally dad decided he had had enough for a day and drove me back home. Suddenly Chief Justice momma wanted to see my driving skills and take pride. So evening we were out there again at dingy place, sans new bee aunty; but new bee girl learning a scooty, and a lot of..yeah lot of people on a walk enjoying a 'calm' evening. Well not anymore ;) By the time I was done chasing the scooty girl and stopping in front of the evening walkers without a warning and almost running over 2 hapless souls in an attempt to avoid an oncoming lorry, my mom decided that I was at best not to be unleashed on unsuspecting drivers in this part of the world. I am to drive an old Maruti, which I can drive enough to elope already, until I understand the value of human and automobile life. Until then the shiny big wigs of our house are off limits. :-( Next stop Bangalore, my sister's brrrand new Santro... ;) Song on: The Fray; How to save a life Mood: Cool
  21 Comments:
hey...i am first....
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How ironic...Song on is "How to save a life" when you are writing about your driving skills..
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yekkov! Yeppadi irukeenga?
By BOOHOO! U drive my scary!!! :P
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ROTFL :)
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God save Santro !!!
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// After a lot of struggle and further appeal to high court (read mom)//
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GILS AND MY OTHER FELLOW BLOGGERS IN BANGALORE IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE PLEASE WEAR TWO OR MORE HELMETS!!!!!!!
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"my dad swore he could hear that Problem Child theme playing in his mind"
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This is funny !! I could relate to my scooty experience in India ! Did you by any chance try driving these uber safe water lorries in Madras ?
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!!sat...neenga remba nallavanga...romba chamathu..very gud GAL...romba adakkamanavanga..and romba romba nalalvanga...
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//and this will be on a road far from civilisation//
By ilatti "Sat ammani vandi varuthu orampo orampo" song play panikitay vaanga :D :D
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Zanychild;
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Ace;
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Wyvern;
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kk;
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Gils;
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If people roam around in armour avaluv than... yosichupaathave comedy'a irukku...
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//Avan avan microwave'la ara koraiya cook panna chicken maathiri aagiduvaan :) //
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hey chk ma blog |
