exploring GTA
Lately I’ve been feeling rather adventurous, driving through roads I’ve never driven before, especially places closer to the city core. Mostly because I’m feeling so much more confident about my driving skills. I’m even starting to go places without checking the precise location of my destination. Don’t get me wrong, most of the time I’m still pretty insecure and like to get all the facts before doing anything. This weekend, I drove to Yorkdale Mall, then Lakeshore West. A few days before, I drove to the CHC office which is North of the Oakwood area. It’s not quite downtown but still, plenty of one way streets and crowded traffic.
To most people driving downtown is nothing special. Most people (stupid privileged Chinese people) I know had the luxury of doing stuff like that since highschool. Guess what, not me. I didn’t have access to my own car till last year. And I didn’t get into UT or those other universities downtown. Centennial College was somewhat near downtown but like I said, I didn’t have access to a car, so it was public transit through out my youth. There was also that thing with my mom constantly reminding me how dangerous the traffic downtown is and all, which just burns an image in my head, if I ever drive downtown I’ll have a 90% chance of getting into an accident.
Anyhow, I faced my fears, totally kicked it in the ass. Still I do prefer the roads up north. More room to move, higher speed limits(unfortunately, more stupid Chinese drivers, irrational driving behaviors, idiotic teens and all that). Good time to mention I hate parking in Chinese malls, there are always these stupid people who think they should drive 40km/hr+ in the lot. I’ve already lost count how many times I almost got hit. …there’s also those stupid people who doesn’t check their mirrors before backing out.
