I was quite satisfied with my 5-hours stint on driving a manual car with Smart Driving School. I had it scheduled 2 hours on Saturday, then 3 hours on Sunday. I wasn’t cheated on shortened class time that a friend warned me about.

I particularly liked Kuya Victor who taught me on Saturday. He just talks a lot. He started of with too much spoon-feeding which is good because I have no idea on the best timing to change from one pedal to the next, shifting gear up or down. You just have to listen, absorb, and just do what he says. He then allows me to fend on my own towards the end of the 2 hours. Occassionally reminding me of things such as that I need to shift a gear down. And to slow down. C’mon! 40kph is slow. I got too much of slowing down that I find myself actually maintaining that speed in the evening when we drove to some far flung place within the metro where my friend will be celebrating her birthday. )

In all, its ok. I just need to do more actual driving. And a little more coaching from Papa-yo and brother-yo.

Or maybe I could convince then to lend me their car every now and then. :p