Driver's license is cool. (Not that my sixteen-year-old self would have said that. My parents forced me to drive, heh-heh....)

I wasn't too eager to drive either. 😆 I only ever got my permit, though I'm hoping to get my license when we're back on furlough. I haven't driven in well over a year, though...

Same. I have to be made to drive.

Hehe what's up with people not wanting to drive?
I mean..... Dangerous, expensive, feeling in control.... better than any other event I have done yet! 😆

Haha. Some part of it was fear for sure, but I also just didn't have an interest in driving, even though I knew I'd need it not too far down the line. And I might as well say that my fear wasn't so much about someone hurting me as it was about me hurting someone else. And there have been a few cases in which I very nearly did just that, both with pedestrians and with other vehicles, and for sure one of those would not have been my fault had an accident occurred.

Yeah, I get that. I had some fear after I started. Not when I started, much to the fear of my parents. 😀 But after a near mistake or three I started to develop a wariness to what I was doing I think. XD

I had some fear after I started. Not when I started, much to the fear of my parents.

Pardon me while I laugh. Your phrasing is humorous!

I like looking out the window or reading while I'm in the car. Needless to say, you can't really do either when you're the one driving.

Ah same. I like trying to remember the roads I am on so I might know which way to return.

Thanks, Ariel 😛

Driving is good, yes, there's a danger that you'll hit someone, but that's going to be the same really no matter how old you are when you start. As long as you're alert and paying attention you have done what you can to prevent that. (But I would advise to avoid high-traffic highways, etc. at first.)
It also helps people start treating you like an adult, rather than a teenager.

Congratulations to everyone learning to drive!

Driving is good, yes, there's a danger that you'll hit someone, but that's going to be the same really no matter how old you are when you start. As long as you're alert and paying attention you have done what you can to prevent that. (But I would advise to avoid high-traffic highways, etc. at first.)
It also helps people start treating you like an adult, rather than a teenager.

Congratulations to everyone learning to drive!

Yes HEHE
Okay my first real time driving anywhere was actually an hour drive on the freeway. XDXD
And being treated as an adult is very very helpful too.

I honestly have absolutely no interest in driving and so I am really taking to Germany's public transport. It is fast and efficient and takes you almost everywhere you want.. I wish I had this back home.

YESSSSSS

My mum had great reports of the Germy underground and bus lines when she visited back in her high school as an exchange student. From what I know they are still one of the best.

Hi everyone. Nice to see this chat thread getting busy again.

So I didn't officially leave, but I know I haven't posted on here in forever, so I guess I could say
I'm back.

The last few months of last year were really hectic for me because I was working to finally finish my PhD thesis that I've been working on for the last 4 years. And I did it. On 28 November I handed in my 100 000 words/300 page thesis. I probably won't get any feedback from the examiners until mid-Feb.

So I was planning to to spend more time on TLC over the Dec/Jan (=Summer) Holidays. But nope. Our home telephone line which also provides our ADSL internet died on 2 December and we didn't get it fixed until Tuesday (16 Jan). 45 Days of no internet. It was so weird and I felt like I was living in the 00's again when we had no ADSL internet at home.

I did manage to get more tidying and pleasure reading done than I would have otherwise. But it was so frustrating not being able to randomly google stuff or chat to my overseas friends :p

Anyway, so that's my life update. Hope you're all well.

Hey, Ajjie! Good to have you back!