Thank goodness that I have an acceptable sense of direction. Would have to thank my sister for that though. I remember that one time where I felt the tremendous amount of pressure where she just gave me a map and told me to direct her, my aunt and my uncle through the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam to any place I would think be nice for a visit. That, had given me the chance to actually learn how to lead and take control of the directions and apply it on my daily life. And throughout the whole of last year, I was practically one of those who leads people to places whenever we were in a convoy, or even when I had to travel alone. What she had taught me then, had been really useful, especially for the past whole week.

Right now, I am slightly boastful of that fact that I know my directions well. I made it a point where I would not go anywhere if I was not sure of where I was headed. If it was to places that I have never travelled to, I would definitely look up on google map, to look for routes that I would be more familiar with. I thank god for my picturesque memory as I tend to remember how certain roads have certain distinct features on them. These had allowed me to feel rather safe and sure that I was headed for the right direction.

GPS? I never believed in them. In fact, I would even laugh at those who uses GPS and yet get lost. For I know there are times where the system would get confused and would lead us to another direction altogether. There is no point putting the blame anywhere, it's just a mere miscommunication between the human and the system. It would definitely freak the driver out when the GPS says, 'Recalculating'. For when the GPS says so, we know that we had taken the wrong route and would have to take a detour. Possibly costing more time too.

Being in a foreign country when you have no prior knowledge on how or where a certain place is at, all one can do is rely on their inner instincts into getting to their destinations. There are people who would just take a taxi, and none would be to worry about while others would be busy asking around for directions. I personally prefer not to ask people for directions, chances are, we would get confused with our initial plan and would have a higher chance of getting lost. Another factor would also be that that fact that they knew where or what exactly they are talking about, but we would have a communication breakdown, and there we have ourselves some lost tourists.

I hate feeling lost.
Probably because I am always lost pn normal terms, this is just one thing that I do not want to be lost in.

I feel much more independent now. And with this extra point I have in me is helping me feel secure with my decisions at some point of time. Fact that I had only been walking around the campus once, today I walked through it as though I have already been there for a month long. Though I may not have toured the blocks properly yet, but it does definitely feel like I am fitting in rather alright. I had to take a bus and two trains from uni all the way back to where my sister lives, I would pretty much be complaining my ass off if I didnt have the courage to take public transportation on my own like that. It was definitely a step forward for me, and it is helping me feel that I will be alright living in Australia on my own from now on.

I tend to tease my friends from time to time for not knowing their directions, for I know how much it had helped me, I guess I wanted them to have that same confidence and security as I had, also adding in with some independence as well. As much as I tease them, I would still try to make them take up the courage to start taking initiative to learn about their directions. Safe to say, this was an advantage for me as I begin to roam into the future that I know nothing of.