Manual. Driving.

I may not be the best person to talk about driving as I'm new at it but heck, here goes.

I'm still under probation. Up till April next year. And so far I've been in 0 accidents, alhamdulilah but witness 5 gruesome ones along the highway, no speeding tickets (none that I know off), and 1 death threat. Interesting much? Naaah.

Got the hands-me-down car from my dad recently. A Proton Wira, which I refer to as my JD. Sedih lah mula mula sebab tak biasa bawak Wira yang besar as compared to Kancil kan but I tried my best. And almost every single day berebut JD with my brother. Why? He loves JD, and lampu Bumblebee dia not working properly. Tapi dia suka bedal minyak and tak isi balik, that's why we argue about JD most of the time. But being the little sister, I would be the one who'd give in. Benci okay macam ni. Eeee. Stress dapat abang macam ni. Nak ngedate tapi pau minyak kereta adik. Stress.

Most of my friends terkejut knowing that I'm driving a manual car. Kenapa? Perempuan memang layak bawak auto je ke? My family semua bawak manual. So bila mula mula orang question 'eh kau bawak manual?' like it's such a big deal aku rasa pelik. Baru sedar kata tak semua reti bawak manual. Most girls prefer auto cars. And aku takde lah nak keji ke apa. Kau nak bawak auto, no hal. Cuma tak suka orang pertikaikan kenapa aku bawak manual. Like suka hati aku lah kan.

I tried to drive an auto car once, but kekok. Tangan tu gagau cari gear lepas tu kaki cari clutch. *facepalm*

epic fail.

Tak suka. Tak biasa. Rela bawak manual eventho aku tak suka drive sangat. Sebab senang nak agak speed and entah, for me lagi convenient dari bawak auto.

Paling benci bila adalah sorang manusia ni, mulut memang takde insurans cakap aku bawak kereta slow lah ape lah. Kau tu bawak motor memang lah laju sebab boleh cilok2. Redlight pun kau bedal jalan. The best part is dia tu takde lesen pun. Gebang macam dah bawak kereta 10 tahun.

Jangan lah menguji kesabaran aku tengah PMS ni ye.

Hari hari drive Klang-Shah Alam penat sebenarnya. Bagi orang yang tak suka drive. Aku tak suka. Sebab suka tidur dalam kereta. So bila kena drive ni, haih lecehnya. Dahlah Klang ni banyak kereta and nak parking kat MSU kena bayar. Parking kat Tesco pulak penuh je. Stress. Kadang fikir suruh ayah je drive hantar and jemput tapi kesian tengok ayah. So nak tak nak kenalah drive.

Bila driving sorang sorang benda paling best is to sing loudly all those songs you love. Tak kira lah Bieber Baby ke or Gaga Bad Romance ke asal tahu lirik nyanyi je kuat kuat. If tak tahu lirik pun nyanyi jugak. Bantai je. Bila kat traffic light semua pelik tengok kenapa minah ni semangat sangat. Nyanyi sungguh sungguh macam nak masuk American Idol je.

Tips untuk drive kereta manual:

1. Panaskan enjin
2. Betulkan seat. MAKE SURE cermin tu memang korang nampak clear bukan eh senget ke apa and WAJIB check everything.
3. Check air, check semua. If tak reti kena retikan sebab that car is YOUR responsibility. Mati tengah jalan kang ha susah. If awak tu perempuan tak ke bahaya? If lelaki pun boleh kena samun, apetah lagi perempuan.
4. Baca doa naik kenderaan, baca bismillah. Sebab? Nak perjalanan itu diberkati Allah. InsyaAllah smooth driving nanti.
5. Bawak kereta tu elok elok. If takut mati, tekan je clutch. INGAT. if takut kereta mati just tekan clutch. confirm tak mati.
6. Kena pandai balancekan clutch dengan minyak. If lepas clutch, minyak kena lebih if tak kereta tak jalan.
7. If takut, baca bismillah banyak banyak. Yelah if panik mana nak ingat baca apa. Baca je bismillah insyaAllah semua okay.
8. Bawak kereta slow slow. TAPI janganlah slow sangat sampai kat highway pun bawak 20km/j. Bawaklah 80. slow slow as in beringat, orang lain pun drive jugak. awak jangan drive gangster2.
9. kena pandai agak kereta belakang jauh ke tak. if nak belok, bagi signal awal awal. jangan dah belok baru bagi. itu namanya mintak kena langgar.
10. jangan break lambat. If tengok kereta depan dah break, slowly reduce your speed and tukar gear and break slowly. Break mengejut boleh menyebabkan accident and break cepat rosak.
11. if nak sampai traffic light and it's red, tukar gear kepada neutral and slowly reduce your speed. this way akan menyelamatkan korang dari break terkejut ke ape and it's proven.
12. if it's raining, and masih siang, sila pakai sunglasses anda. it'll help to improve your vision masa hujan tu. Try it. :)
13. If it's raining, jangan bawak kereta di lane paling tepi. sebab air berkumpul kat situ. nanti boleh hilang control. sebab tu banyak accident time hujan. it's better for you to drive di lane tengah tengah, and bawak super slow masa ni. JANGAN LUPA BUKAK LAMPU.
14. Bila kat roundabout (shah alam BANYAK GILA ROUNDABOUT) sila slow down awal-awal, bagi signal and jalan bila clear. kau jangan lah gopoh sampai langgar kereta depan. ingat! if takut baca bismillah.
15. Kunci kereta all the time. purse jangan letak kat passenger seat sebab nanti kena pecah cermin masa kat traffic light. sembunyi bawah seat while driving. tahu?
16. if ditakdirkan memang accident or kena langgar, jangan panik. dah jadi nak buat macam mana kan. berhenti tepi (if possible), jangan bukak tingkap if you're alone and cakap kat orang tu awak nak call for help. call your parents or anyone yang boleh datang secepat mungkin. if ada kawan kawan, better tapi still kena extra careful. make sure if orang tu ajak g somewhere nak settle ke jangan ikut. if nak settle settle kat situ je sebab ada kes orang ajak g somewhere like his office ke apa then kena rompak. so korang kena be careful.

Well actually taklah tips manual sangat. Tapi tips driving. Semua tips ni basic tapi ada yang lupa. Tak susah bawak manual, as long as you're confident. Macam aku ni memang tak confident pun tapi buat buat confident so that kereta lain percaya yang aku ni confident.

Yelah, being perempuan with a P sticker memang semua stereotype. Sebab tu kena buat buat confident walaupun tak confident.

Driving manual memang menakutkan. At first. Tapi kena beranikan diri. Jangan takut drive manual. If dah pandai auto tu campak tepi je. :D

Ye aku tau aku lambat dapat lesen. Kau diam.