My Secret is Out!

Hi! teacher, classmates. I'M BACK.

I got a driver's license a few year ago but I didn't drive. Do you know why? Because I was scared of driving, so I quit.

After a year , I decided to drive again for many reasons. But you know, I just drove around in Oakland, and I never drove on the freeway not even one time.

A couple of months ago, I took all my courage that I had in me. I started to drive on the freeway. I thought, if other people can do it, why can't I.

Two of my friends asked me to drive them to the Great Mall in Milpitas where they never been before. Then I agreed.

I drove them on the 880 Freeway. For the first few minutes, I was a little nervous. My hands got wet. I had to change lanes very slowly. Then I only took two right lanes to Milpitas where we needed to go.

"Are we almost there yet?" my friend asked.

" Not yet, maybe it will take about 15 more minutes," I answered.

At that time, my driving was better, so I drove faster, then I passed the exit to Great Mall.

"What can we do? " my friends said.

"That's OK! Don't worry. I will find the exit to come back," I said.

I said that, but I felt the same way they did because I had already driven a little far from there. Then I took the exit into a strange city, and I saw an old man who was sweeping in front of a building.

I asked him the way to the freeway north to Oakland. He said that it was far away, about 7 miles. He told me to turn left then keep going that way.

So I took this road for about 10 minutes, but I saw that the street ended. I didn't know what street I had to take next, and around there it was very quiet.

Fortunately, I saw a car driving close to my car. I lowered my car window, then I told the man who was driving this car that I was lost and I was trying to find the way to Oakland." Are you Vietnamese? " he asked. He said that because he heard my friends talk in Vietnamese.

"Yes," I said.

He spoke in Vietnamese to me. He explained that the city didn't have an exit to the freeway North 880. I needed to transfer to the other freeway that was called 287, and I needed to get in the right lane when I saw the exit for South 101.

So I drove back on the freeway, and I kept in the right lane, but this time I paid attention when I saw the exit north to Oakland and I took it.

I thanked him and I remembered what he said. And thank God!, I found the Great Mall!. We spent 2 hours there. Then I found the way back to Oakland. You know, sometimes you get messed up and then you have more experiences.