asian female drivers

i'm slowly but surely starting to get bored. my car went in to get fixed yesterday, so i've been tagging along with my mother as she does her errands, just so i could get out of the house...and i've realised, that my mum cannot drive. there are several reasons being:

a) she drives at least 10km/hr under the speed limit,
b) when approaching a green traffic light, she slows down automatically, as if willing it to turn amber,
c) at give way signs/stop signs and/or turning, she will wait for traffic to come so that she can WAIT SOME MORE, until the coast is absolutely clear.

oh, and her own car went in for servicing today, so my dad got a loan car from his work for her to use for the day...and i don't know, i guess the new-ness of the car frazzled her, cos she drove for a good five minutes with the hand brake on. not only that - she didn't adjust her various mirrors, she kept on putting the windscreen wipers on instead of her indicators, and her steering was off. i was like, "dammit mother, pull yourself together". i feared for dear life. BUT - she DID remember to bring her two cushions to sit on, because they make her a better driver apparently. i'd hate to think what would have happened if she forgot those.

i've gotta wake up pretty early tomorrow morning because my brother was voted house representative, and a parent should really be there to smile and act proud. since my mother can't be bothered, i guess i'm it. it's my turn to shine. i've been practising my proud expressions in the mirror, and my look of shock as he gets announced as house representative. i guess the latter won't be necessary, as why the hell else would i be there, if i didn't already know that my brother was voted. however, it pays to be prepared, i always say.

my boredom has also led me to drastic measures. i have been exercising of late. which is by no means a small feat. i have been urged on by the tv show 'the biggest loser'. what champs. i have vastly extended my exercising knowledge to include the name of the machine in our gym which i used to call, 'exercise thingy'...which i now refer to as the 'cross trainer'. oh, what an ignoramous i used to be. no longer my friend. when i firsted started CROSS TRAINING, i could only do 2 minutes before i was winded. yes, two minutes was my PB. NOW, well...let's just say i just finished a stint of 30 minutes. you heard it here first. i beat my original PB 15 times over. go me. i have learnt from the subway ads constantly on during the 'biggest loser' that exercise is only half of the work. i have to eat healthy too. my consumption of 4 slices of pizza, two donuts, and apple pie, i daresay negates my hard work. that is awkward. meanwhile, kudos to the advertisers who made those subway ads. i love them. informative AND witty. not only that, those wacky media planners who scheduled it during the biggest loser? bravo. cleverly integrated marketing strategy. betcha narly's couldn't think of that. ah, the industry that we call the ad game.