How to Drive a Manual Car

I'm actually looking forward going home (Manila I mean) even if just for 1 week for some exciting reasons:

1. Bohol Trip escapade with the 98s
2. Philippine Fashion Week to support Don
3. See my family
4. Have an annual check up (yeah right)
5. Shop...shop..shop..and did I say shop?
6. Mall hopping
7. And hopefully to drive again

Driving gives me a feeling of freedom..independence. Even if it means I can't drink too much coz I'm driving, I still would want to drive. But about a week ago, just learned that our old car has been sold and we're about to buy a new one--that is Manual. Yes...and how will I drive that?

Talked to my brother earlier and he said "It's easy" and that he'll teach me. For a week? U kidding me? Not that I don't trust myself...but driving in Manila has always been a challenge...plus the traffic, the inconsiderate drivers, finding a safe parking space etc... So while I'm here, he said that I should read how to drive manually. Wasn't really keen into this idea but I still thought of giving it a try. And yes, it's easy to find articles about driving but even if I read them, I don't think that'll make me ready to drive a manual car when I get home.

Below are 2 key points that I learned today from wikihow:

Identify the pedals. In a manual car, there are three.

• The one on the far left is the clutch , the middle one is the brake, and then the gas/accelerator is on the far right.(CBA).

Learn what the clutch does:

• The clutch disconnects the spinning engine from the spinning wheels and allows you to switch gears without grinding the teeth of each separate gear.
• Before you switch gears, the clutch must be depressed.

Clutch...heard that a thousand times from my dad. That's also one reason I wasn't into driving because I felt driving was so laborious (yes it is) and that you have to learn soooo many things before you can finally and be legally able to drive. So when dad passed away, I had to learn to drive and good thing our car then was automatic. It was easy.

I still don't know if I'll be able to learn to drive a manual car. But I want to try. So for now, I'll just keep on reading...hoping it'll help eventually.