in map we trust (???)

I've never gotten lost so often in my entire life!! At first I'd never admit I got lost, I'd say I took a detour. For example, I went to Ubud three times, and I never took the same road back and forth. Twice I had a map with me, once I completely depended on my guts and lucky to find my way. Those "detours" were ok coz I really wanna familiarize myself with the whole area.

So eventually I ran out of luck, my guts gotten weak, and I had to admit "I got lost". It's not just any other night either, it was on New Year's Eve!! With a group of friends from the office I went to a chinese fusion resto in the Seminyak area. Dinner was so-so, at least the owner mixed some free drinks for the countdown.

Anyway, back to the lost story. We left around 2.30, I had to drop off a friend who live in Kuta area. That took an hour (thanks to the packed street). Leaving her home I only got directions how to go to the main road. Gee.. some friend!!

Yes, I was totally tired and sleepy, but I had to stay alert for my own sake (not to worry about other people as I didn't drink much). I know Bali isn't that big, especially Kuta and Denpasar, so it should be wasy to memorize the sreets. But the problem's I'm too lazy to memorize it, especially when I always had someone to give me directions. Besides, I came to work in an office, so my exploring time is limited. Different story if I came to be a cab driver :p

So I just drove away, with no sense of where I was going... The streets were dead, nobody was around to ask for direction. It got really helpless when I had to decide which turn to make on a crossroad. Then I slowed down and this motorbike driver slowed down too and stopped next to the car. Suspicious, but I had to find out. He pointed out right and attempted something. I didn't wanna find out more and hurriedly made my exit without being rude. I mean it was 3 am on an empty road. God knows what could happen. In my case, thankfully nothing.

So there I drove again and felt relieved to find a familiar neighborhood. Therefore I resolved: I should get a map!!! Will consider it as a new year's gift. Been thinking about getting one, but the uncertainties held me. Ok, that's not exactly a self improving resolution, but in a way it is. When I get one I could stop depending on my friends, I could just look up in the map. Hmm.. still doesn't sound right - LOL.

So, that was quite an adventure. Got lost on early dawn 2005? Seems like a promising year, don't you think??
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