La Vida

I had failed my written test on my first attempt and I realized that I cant go for the test without studying the DMV handbook. Over the course of the next week, I studied the entire book and took many practice tests. I passed the written test on my second attempt and was preparing for the behind-the-wheel test. I practiced with New Prudential Driving and Lucys Traffic School and the instructor there was too strict, making me very anxious during driving. I practiced there for 4 hours and changed the school. The second school that I went to was IE driving school. The instructor there this time was way too lenient. He didn't correct me for my mistakes or teach me things in depth. He just finished his classes and hurried back home.  I decided to ask my church friends to help and they did a wonderful job teaching me to drive. I practiced over the weekends and understood all the rules that were to be followed while driving. I watched youtube videos of the driving routes for my center and...

After my under graduation, I was looking for jobs and landed my first job at Netscribes Pvt Ltd., India. I learned quite a lot about Patent Research there and landed my second job at Mettler Toledo, India. We had an in-house Patent Research team there and it was a great organization to work with. Situated in the beautiful hills of Powai, Mettler Toledo had a great team and a great work culture. They sponsored my first International trip to Zurich, Switzerland.  I took the Swiss airlines and traveled 8 hours from Mumbai to Switzerland and after arriving at the airport, brought a swiss sim and tried to insert it in my phone. It didn't work and I panicked for half an hour and tried seeking help at a store. The man at the store tried to fix it and nothing worked and asked me to leave. I was almost in tears and the officers at the airport started looking at me suspiciously because I was wandering around aimlessly not knowing what to do. My dad had asked his friend to receive me at the a...

As an international student, my whole experience with getting a simple driver's license was nothing short of a nightmare. Starting with the horrible idea of loaning my landlord's car for the test, where the examiner panicked because of my right turn and steered my wheel towards the curb, crashing it, to the  500 USD that I paid to get the car fixed taught me some valuable lessons on how to go about this whole situation. After loads of research and learning from my mistakes, I can share some amazing tips with you that can help you save a lot of money and time and help you to pass your behind-the-wheel driving test on your first attempt. 1.Do you need a driving school to learn driving? I spent almost 600 USD on driving school and it was of no good use to me. If you are above the age of 18, I would highly recommend that you learn driving from your family members or a friend who is good at driving, in your own car. At the end of the day the more you practice driving, the better you...