5.30pm. 12 degrees. Chadstone. Where on earth is Princes Highway? I need to locate the bus, and of course the bus-stop, that'll bring me back to Rowville. That, or I'm going to be dead, literally, since I'm 17km from the city and 19km from Rowville.
Palpitation. Clammy palms. Mental paralysis.
Come on, Jo Yeow, think! I only have one number in my head: 900 - that's the bus I have to take back to Rowville. I don't even have a map with me! For a split second, I felt my heart stop. Great, just great, I thought. And I was pissed too. The reason is simple - if there's anyone who cannot get lost, that's me, me, me! I pride myself at map-reading and directions, of course, being a Geography fanatic since Secondary 1 until now, your beloved (I guess) ex-Geography teacher. Me? L.O.S.T? This is so not happening.
Ah-haa! IDD. The magic of technology. What the heck, between extra dollars spent on an SOS phone call and stranded with a frozen arse in ulu-land, I chose the former. 2 minutes later, with renewed confidence, I hop onto the first bus I see that'll take me to a train station somewhere which'll bring me to the city, where I know I'll get a ride safely home by midnight.
7pm. Swanston Street McDonald's. The first bite into my McOz burger... ahhhh...bliss...
Palpitation. Clammy palms. Mental paralysis.
Come on, Jo Yeow, think! I only have one number in my head: 900 - that's the bus I have to take back to Rowville. I don't even have a map with me! For a split second, I felt my heart stop. Great, just great, I thought. And I was pissed too. The reason is simple - if there's anyone who cannot get lost, that's me, me, me! I pride myself at map-reading and directions, of course, being a Geography fanatic since Secondary 1 until now, your beloved (I guess) ex-Geography teacher. Me? L.O.S.T? This is so not happening.
Ah-haa! IDD. The magic of technology. What the heck, between extra dollars spent on an SOS phone call and stranded with a frozen arse in ulu-land, I chose the former. 2 minutes later, with renewed confidence, I hop onto the first bus I see that'll take me to a train station somewhere which'll bring me to the city, where I know I'll get a ride safely home by midnight.
7pm. Swanston Street McDonald's. The first bite into my McOz burger... ahhhh...bliss...
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