Life of a Short Indian Girl

So I woke up on a frosty Saturday morning last weekend after a mere 3 hours of slumber (couldn't sleep- subconsciously anxious I was going to crash in the driving lesson??) to 35mph winds and heavy rain. First time driving was going to be interesting.... I suppose the good thing about the awful weather was that the streets were pretty empty. I wasn't nervous up until the point where I actually sat in the driver seat, but I did have these fears in the back of my mind... Fear number one: STALLING. It's all you hear about from your friends- 'OMG I stalled on a roundabout it was so scary'- so I spent the whole lesson releasing the clutch so slowly I spent more time letting it go than actually driving!  An hour and a half in when my instructor said 'I'm impressed you haven't stalled yet did I stall immediately after. But hey, once on your first lesson is not bad going! So I learnt the trick is to release the clutch quickly at first, then slow down

I cannot believe I am now 17-  I'm so excited because I NOW CAN LEARN TO DRIVE!! To celebrate being 17, here is a countdown of random statements corresponding to the years I have lived so far... 17- Years I have lived  16- years before I had my first Chinese take away (I know- how did I survive so long???) 15- seconds it takes to walk to my best friend's house  14-  times table which I always wanted to but never did learn 13- years ago since I moved to the house I currently live in 12-  minutes I have spent thinking of and writing this post so far 11- on a scale of 1-10 of how excited I am to learn to drive... years of the Peterborough bus service and the fact that we only have 1 driver in the family is enough to motivate anyone to drive! 10- seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S I could quote you on (basically every episode) 9- different countries I have visited 8- times I have been to the same place (India of course- perks of being brown) 7- pho

2 015 is such a strange thought! It's like when you were in primary school, and you learnt that 'by 2015, the goal is to e radicate extreme poverty and hunger ' (which was actually a millennium goal)... and while that hasn't happened, it feels like we've come so far in so many aspects of the world, and arguably backwards in others. So cliché but time literally does fly. I could go on about my resolutions and the whole 'new year new me' stuff, but let's face it.. I'm pretty sure I'm the same person I was a week ago, and I don't have the self discipline to change myself. Instead I will focus on some of the things I have to look forward to this year... 1) My birthday (10th January in case you were wondering)... not for any other reason than the fact that I can start learning to drive!!! 2) The Sixth Form Ball- I missed Prom so I'm excited to have a chance to put on heels and a dress, which I really should buy soon... 3)  The speec