Arashi is hazardous, to our pocket and our sanity. I found out about that long ago, but it's only today that I learnt that Arashi is also a road hazard.
I was having driving lessons earlier.
You know when you make a right turn at a cross junction, you have to wait and give way to on oncoming vehicle going straight in the opposite direction? (In Singapore we drive on the left side of the road) Well, I didn't. I was halfway in my right maneuver when a car drove towards my side. I didn't look like I was to give way, so my instructor said, "Give way give way." a couple of times. But I didn't quite get him at first, and when I finally did, he had already helped me to brake. "If this happens in the test, you fail immediately," he said.
Why didn't I give way?
Because I wasn't concentrating.
Why wasn't I?
Because I had Nino's 虹 stuck in my head.
So I was thinking about it and how nice his other solos sound, therefore not concentrating enough on driving. But hey, I was focusing! Maybe just at that brief moment, I got too carried away. But I felt really silly, because my test is like a month away, and at the rate I'm going, I believe I will suffer the same fate as riida.
And then, I was inside the school practising the circuits when I had to do an emergency brake. The instructor tapped the dashboard and I responded fast. "Good," he said. And two seconds later, "That was wrong." Because after I had braked, I was too stunned to remember the correct procedure in moving off - Signal right, check mirrors and blind spots before moving off. Instead, I just got the car moving without doing any safety checks. T.T
Why didn't I remember the right procedure?
Because I was too stunned to remember. It was a sudden emergency brake yo!
And also because, I was thinking about Yamada Tarou manga. Whether to buy the set or not.
As to why I was thinking about such a random issue, it's all because of an Arashi song again.
This time, it was イチオクノホシ. There's a line at the start with the phrase "こんな小さな物語は".
こんな小さな物語は>>ものがたり>>山田太郎ものがたり>>to buy or not to buy?
I will stop listening to too much Arashi songs. Especially before a driving class.
Arashi songs will be banned in the car. If I ever get one.
I was listening to "Can't Let You Go" again and this time, it sounded better, maybe because I was imagining things. Painting pictures and images of Sho singing that live. I can see him dancing and singing to the song in the natsucon. And then maybe I will start loving the song more, because I find that some songs only win me over after I've seen/heard them being performanced at concerts. That is the power of visual images. =)
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