Somehow I was ridiculed about, for blogging about these driving classes. For a moment I was all set to delete the posts, since there was no hide option available.
It may look silly to an onlooker, but somehow I feel the enthu, hovering around me which makes me to type these posts.
So, today was my fourth day. I am driving with more confidence also applying brakes. I still sometimes make a huge left turn, which really pisses off my instructor. I need to look into that as well.
Today I tried applying 1st and 2nd gears. First gear did work quite well, the engine dint stall, while letting the clutch off. But somehow I was unable to apply the second gear itself. It used to land up in 4th instead of 2nd. I need to work on it too.
One more thing was applying clutch as soon as I braked. This is not happening and engine is stalling. I mean I need to apply clutch more harder. So let me do with more power tomorrow and see. I need to get less curses from my instructor. That is my aim.
Still lots to be learnt before I actually drive properly.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 3.
Today was my third session. I felt a little bit more confident. I was driving after a gap of a day. But none the less, I was raring to go. Drove a good distance covering lot of humps and sharp curves.
I was much much more confident on braking today. I did apply brakes quite well infact.
I drove the car single handedly while I was trying to give signals using my right hand. Well rare feat for me, a first time driver and that too driving without power steering amidst quite a traffic.
I was driving a diesel vehicle, tata indica to be more precise, which has run for almost 70K kms. Not even a single moment did I feel any vibration nor sound.
I still cannot feel the so called vibrations what people are talking about when it comes to a diesel vehicle.
As of now looking forward to drive more confidently. Let me see.
Cheers.
I was much much more confident on braking today. I did apply brakes quite well infact.
I drove the car single handedly while I was trying to give signals using my right hand. Well rare feat for me, a first time driver and that too driving without power steering amidst quite a traffic.
I was driving a diesel vehicle, tata indica to be more precise, which has run for almost 70K kms. Not even a single moment did I feel any vibration nor sound.
I still cannot feel the so called vibrations what people are talking about when it comes to a diesel vehicle.
As of now looking forward to drive more confidently. Let me see.
Cheers.
Driving classes - Session # 2.
Today was my second day at the driving school. Everything started off quite well. I was hoping and praying not do repeat the same mistakes of day 1.
Infact I did not. The problem of oversteering and understeering almost disappeared. I now tried to focus on the braking part. But sadly, I am still not confident on braking. My instructor told me to apply clutch whenever I apply brake. It did not work out on the second day. I felt little uneasy in doing so.
One more problem which I noticed was while taking left and right turns. Left turn has to be taken quite crisply. Right turn has to be taken with a little bit more curve.
I did it the exact opposite. My left turn was way too much curvy. I was always focussed on the rear wheel on the left side.. Let me see, I need to pick up quickly.
Cheers
Infact I did not. The problem of oversteering and understeering almost disappeared. I now tried to focus on the braking part. But sadly, I am still not confident on braking. My instructor told me to apply clutch whenever I apply brake. It did not work out on the second day. I felt little uneasy in doing so.
One more problem which I noticed was while taking left and right turns. Left turn has to be taken quite crisply. Right turn has to be taken with a little bit more curve.
I did it the exact opposite. My left turn was way too much curvy. I was always focussed on the rear wheel on the left side.. Let me see, I need to pick up quickly.
Cheers
Driving classes - Session # 1.
I planned to take driving lessons from morning 6 30 till 7 am.
So first day, I was wondering, whether I will start in an empty stretch of road or a play ground.
But to my surprise, I started off in a main road, with full control except gear shifts. I did not expect that.
I have never driven a car before, but somehow drove it without getting scared. There were lots of trucks, buses coming in the opposite direction, I drove it all along with few mistakes.
The instructor told me the car did not have power steering, but I ended up driving with almost single hand. May be its a power steering, need to cross check.
I was very poor in braking, almost ignoring the brakes.
It was day #1, and my right leg was quite reluctant to let off the gas pedal and move to brakes. My left leg was itching to move to do the braking. But somehow I controlled myself from not using the left leg. There were 2 occasions when I almost hit the gas pedal thinking it to be brakes (my bad, need to improve), and 2 more occasions when I ended up getting zapped while making a turn. (I regret, hope not to do it again).
All in all I drove on wide roads and some very very narrow roads. I did not get excited nor scared. But I was low on confidence. Thats for sure. Need to check how do I drive tomorrow. Till then.. Cheers
So first day, I was wondering, whether I will start in an empty stretch of road or a play ground.
But to my surprise, I started off in a main road, with full control except gear shifts. I did not expect that.
I have never driven a car before, but somehow drove it without getting scared. There were lots of trucks, buses coming in the opposite direction, I drove it all along with few mistakes.
The instructor told me the car did not have power steering, but I ended up driving with almost single hand. May be its a power steering, need to cross check.
I was very poor in braking, almost ignoring the brakes.
It was day #1, and my right leg was quite reluctant to let off the gas pedal and move to brakes. My left leg was itching to move to do the braking. But somehow I controlled myself from not using the left leg. There were 2 occasions when I almost hit the gas pedal thinking it to be brakes (my bad, need to improve), and 2 more occasions when I ended up getting zapped while making a turn. (I regret, hope not to do it again).
All in all I drove on wide roads and some very very narrow roads. I did not get excited nor scared. But I was low on confidence. Thats for sure. Need to check how do I drive tomorrow. Till then.. Cheers
Started with driving classes
Recently, all of a sudden, I had sudden interest in learning car driving. I do have plans of buying a car in near future, but not that concrete plan. But somehow lumbered out some courage to go and join a driving school.
I enrolled over the past weekend, in a driving school, which is not so close to my house. You may be wondering, why join a driving school not so close to my house??
Well, I wanted to learn how to drive a Tata Indica, found this driving school near Uttarahalli, having one, so went and joined.
My driving sessions are to be covered over a period of 18 classes each of 30 mins.
I would love to post all in all 18 entries over here. Let me see how do I do that..
Cheers.
I enrolled over the past weekend, in a driving school, which is not so close to my house. You may be wondering, why join a driving school not so close to my house??
Well, I wanted to learn how to drive a Tata Indica, found this driving school near Uttarahalli, having one, so went and joined.
My driving sessions are to be covered over a period of 18 classes each of 30 mins.
I would love to post all in all 18 entries over here. Let me see how do I do that..
Cheers.
On the way to Kodai
We left Bangalore on 17 evening at 11pm and were struck at Hosur RTO. It took an hour from there and drove all the way to Kodaikanal. Some of the pics on the way are here..
Trip to Kodai
Back to blogging after long time. What made me blog this time was my trip to Kodaikanal over the last weekend, with my cousins.
The trip was unsure till the very last day, with people joining in, people dropping out. I thought I would never make it to Kodai on 18 and 19th July 2009. Even if I could make it, I felt it would be heavily pouring @ Kodaikanal.
Now that the trip has been realized, I have had the time of my life, and I am back, here to blog about those wonderful memories which still remain with me.
I had been to loads of places, some of them whose name I remember, I would love to post some of the pictures of them as well.
Let me post it as a part of different series of pics..
The trip was unsure till the very last day, with people joining in, people dropping out. I thought I would never make it to Kodai on 18 and 19th July 2009. Even if I could make it, I felt it would be heavily pouring @ Kodaikanal.
Now that the trip has been realized, I have had the time of my life, and I am back, here to blog about those wonderful memories which still remain with me.
I had been to loads of places, some of them whose name I remember, I would love to post some of the pictures of them as well.
Let me post it as a part of different series of pics..
In the line of Fire
I read an article in today 's newspaper, about layoffs in a very popular company in Bangalore. It did not come as a surprise to me, because many of my friends over there told me earlier itself, that there is going to be a layoff. The article said, the people who were laid off were mostly entry level professionals.
Lets give some thought into it. Entry level professionals meaning people who are at the LEAF node in the organization. It generally includes freshers, software engineers, programmers (like me of course) and few other people.
But why do the entry level people only are targeted? Just because they do not have any prior experience or they do not add much value (in case of programmers)? I do not have an answer for this.
Rest of the post has been indiscriminately removed...
Lets give some thought into it. Entry level professionals meaning people who are at the LEAF node in the organization. It generally includes freshers, software engineers, programmers (like me of course) and few other people.
But why do the entry level people only are targeted? Just because they do not have any prior experience or they do not add much value (in case of programmers)? I do not have an answer for this.
Rest of the post has been indiscriminately removed...
Extract from Pravsworld , about MJ
Got a mail from pravsworld about quotes of Micheal Jackson. I have been a fan of MJ if not a huge fan. The first time I came to know about MJ when I saw MJ's poster in my cousin's room way back in 1988. I was a 5 year old, and my cousin was in his early teens. He surely loved MJ's moves.
When I got this from pravsworld, I was very keep to put it up here:: so here it goes..
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Michael Jackson Memorial
I was touched watching Michael Jackson Memorial yesterday.
As a kid, I remember hearing of this legend probably even before I saw him, hearing about his dance before I saw him dance, hearing about his music before I listened to it. When I saw him, when I watched his dance, when I listened to his music - he was undoubtedly an legend.
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. His music will last forever.
Remembering Michael Jackson - here are his select quotes & videos. My tribute to this icon who moon-walked on this earth.
Michael Jackson Quotes:
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson
“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life.” - Michael Jackson
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson
“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.” - Michael Jackson
“When I see children, I see the face of God. That’s why I love them so much. That’s what I see.” - Michael Jackson
“You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town.” - Michael Jackson
When I got this from pravsworld, I was very keep to put it up here:: so here it goes..
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Michael Jackson Memorial
I was touched watching Michael Jackson Memorial yesterday.
As a kid, I remember hearing of this legend probably even before I saw him, hearing about his dance before I saw him dance, hearing about his music before I listened to it. When I saw him, when I watched his dance, when I listened to his music - he was undoubtedly an legend.
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. His music will last forever.
Remembering Michael Jackson - here are his select quotes & videos. My tribute to this icon who moon-walked on this earth.
Michael Jackson Quotes:
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson
“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life.” - Michael Jackson
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson
“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” - Michael Jackson
“I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.” - Michael Jackson
“When I see children, I see the face of God. That’s why I love them so much. That’s what I see.” - Michael Jackson
“You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town.” - Michael Jackson
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