{"id":442,"date":"2009-04-27T05:08:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T05:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2009-04-27T05:08:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T05:08:33","slug":"milestone-1st-time-i-drove-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Milestone &#8211; 1st time i drove in Seattle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i was telling myself tt no matter how tired i am.. i got to blog abt this!!<\/p>\n<p>Today, dunno what came to me&#8230; it juz felt like the day i went to Universal Studios &#8211; i had the courage, NO FEAR and i took the roller coaster&#8230; haha.. today is another day like this&#8230; i told BH &#8216; let me drive today&#8217;.. and he was like &#8216;sure!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>so.. i drove!!! from our place to University Village&#8230; well, we followed the GPS but took a wrong turn somewhere ( didn&#8217;t take the expressway la!) keke.. i wonder if i was a rd hazard.. i know tt i&#8217;m kinda slow&#8230; BUT i did it&#8230; though i was tempted to turn into a petrol kiosk to let Bh take over..<\/p>\n<p>haha.. it feels like role reversal &#8211; in SG, i was the one who&#8217;s in super cold sweat when BH drives&#8230; now BH&#8217;s the one! keke.. so when we reached University Village &#8211; he was like &#8220;wah.. i&#8217;m very hungry!&#8221; geez&#8230; i muz have used alot of his &#8216;energy&#8217; man&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>anyhow, Bh drove us back home&#8230; phew&#8230; i feel so safe now.. haha.. am i gonna drive again?? hmmm&#8230; maybe not&#8230; the seat is too low &#8211; cannot find the lever to move it up! weird ah&#8230; anyone drives a Honda Fit ? Pls share where&#8217;s the &#8220;lift the seat higer function&#8221; kekeke&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Things to get used to:<br \/>\n1) The signal lever is on the left hand side.. not right hand side<br \/>\n2) Traffic rules &#8211; right turn when no cars is allowed<br \/>\n3) parking head in.. man&#8230; it&#8217;s hard&#8230; coz seat too low :(.. everything is by &#8216;feeling&#8217;&#8230; got it in after 1 corrective move .. nt perfect.. need practice!!! * parked on the line.. well..*<\/p>\n<p>below is a pic to rem my victory! at least i took the first step!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p1010448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p1010448-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"p1010448\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p1010448-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p1010448-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p1010448-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i was telling myself tt no matter how tired i am.. i got to blog abt this!! Today, dunno what came to me&#8230; it juz felt like the day i went to Universal Studios &#8211; i had the courage, NO FEAR and i took the roller coaster&#8230; haha.. today is another day like this&#8230; i &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=442\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Milestone &#8211; 1st time i drove in Seattle!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}