4th day of driving lessons...

yes, it's been 4 sessions already and i have been driving around al khor city since the second day of my training.

now what i've noticed about the way they teach their students is, they are not into defensive driving like that in the philippines. here, they teach you about who's on the right of way road and, it somehow amuses me. one time, i was driving through a crossroad where i was on the right of way road when i noticed a big truck coming from the other road. my instinct tells me to slow down and check my brakes but instead, the instructor told me i have the right of way and the truck should be the one to slow down and stop. i, he tells me, should go straight and not slow down. really now, it was very different.

another incident when i was in a roundabout, qatar do have alot of these roundabouts, i saw a very fast toyota camry coming towards the roundabout and again my instinct told me to slow down and step on the brakes but again this instructor instructed me not to slow down and brake but instead to speed up more cause i am in the right of way. always, he said, roundabouts have the right of way and i should not mind the incoming vehicles.

well, i guess i will have to follow it for now since i still need to take the driving test for me to have a license.

today the clerk in the office told me, after i finished my lessons for the day, to bring my receipt for the driving test. maybe he'll be scheduling me for the upcoming test. i just hope it will be this thursday. they conduct the test every tuesday, thursday and sunday. and would you believe it starts 5:00 in the morning.

i just hope i do good in the exams and pass the test in just one take. what they're telling me is, it's very hard to pass the driving test and usually everyone fails.