errands prior and actual going to the wedding venue yesterday took 2.5 hours of being behind the wheel. going home from the venue due to traffic and rain took 1.5 hours of being behind the wheel.

to think this is just within metro manila (Parañaque to deep Tandang Sora area).  but with the rains, traffic, pot holes, reckless drivers on the road and being caught by a QC cop** — i’m racking my brain again why i was excited to learn how to drive a couple of years ago! 

**happend along QC circle, commonwealth area.  i was gonna turn towards visayas ave, which is the next branch to commonwealth ave.  and so, since my turn is coming next na, i started to veer towards the outer lane because it can be quite hard to swerve from the inner lane to visayas ave (so many times i’ve driven sa area, walang gustong magbigay ng way so yesterday, sobrang ingat na ako to drive along the lane that would make it easy for me to turn and not miss the avenue i am to spin off to). suddenly a QC cop hailed me in the middle of the road — reckless driving daw ako for being on the lane i started to traverse.  reckeless?! me?! i told him, i did not swerve and my exit avenue is coming next so proper lane ako (hindi rin naman outermost lane yung binabaybay ko noh)! he asked for my license and waited for ‘lagay.’  i insisted my case; apologize na nga rin to ease him up; told him i’m not familiar driving around the very wide Q.C. circle; and that we are gonna be late for the wedding (my niece, piper is one of the flower girls).  ayun, he finally let me go.  mind you, hindi ako nag-abot ng bribe money…i’d rather get a ticket than give money to the damned cop.

pero ako, reckless driver?! c’mon!