Chapter 27: L.O.S.T.

 It was midnight (0000hrs, Sunday, 6th of June, 2010), and i was in my car, trying to find directions to get to my pals nearby. After dropping my parents at the hotel, i straight pull off to find my friends.

As i turned and turned, i didn't notice that i'd took the wrong routes, and yet i was still turning left and right to find the correct route. After a 15 minutes of marry-go-round the place, i came back to the place where i started my journey. Feeling weird, i tried starting all over again and began turning and turning, and guess what, i came back to the origin again, pretty weird.

"Hmm, lets try again," i thought. Pulling off again from the origin and began driving and turning. This time it was different, i drove for more than 20 minutes and i didn't manage to get to my destination, till then i know something - I was lost.

It was my first time driving in Penang, and in this late night, where roadsigns were hardly to be seen. All you can see is trees and houses, and it seemed like every road you go into is the same. Well i was so disappointed at first, having convinced and believing my mom said, "Penang roads are very easy to find, if you're lost, you just turn here turn there and you can come back to your original place." Well, so far it went turning here and there, i almost journeyed the most of Penang island.

Going from far to further, i began to panic. It seemed like no matter how many times i turn, i will get confused by the routes. Plus what makes matters worst is whenever i turned into a new route, i will gradually lost memory of the route i previously traveled. Scary huh, being lost in the middle of the night. Eventually i travel from places where there're many cars to places that no cars, and i nearly went into a crash course by going into other vehicle's lane coz i didn't know that it was a one-way route. As i saw cars coming i quickly turn my steering to maneuver my directions. Pooh, what a relief!!

As time pass, i've been turning here and there, guess what, i'd spend 2 hours, lost. I went to Pulau Tikus, Gurney Drive.......and almost headed towards the Penang Bridge, which was heading back ti KL..........

It was 0130hrs where a light at the petrol bar shines, indicating that fuel is running low, i was to my afraid till my nerve, never thought fear had overcame me. My friends were waiting for me till most of them were tired. But at last, i noticed they had a map and asked them to direct me.

But just before i can start asking, i came into a massive jam, a massive jam at almost 0130hrs in the morning. Fuel is running low and so was my phone's battery. This jam was due to.......a roadblock, =.=" oh well....

Of course, when men were to the brim of their hopes they'll called to God. Thankfully, He listened. After that block i managed to get the correct directions and went to my friends. Initially i thought of eating with them, but  seeing them fatigue, i decided to fetch them back to their hotel.

Ah, it was a relieved, truly relief!! I was like having an adrenaline rush, pooh!! But thankfully i was able to get out of that nightmare. When i study the map of my friends had brought, i only noticed i was then turning rounds and rounds over that route that i needed to take, but i just can't turn into it. Still remember i mentioned that there're places where no cars can be seen? Yea, one of them is the cemetery.... Ew... goodness gracious...

At 0230hrs, i began to make my leave and head back to rest. I was....lost again.. Argh... But thank God, i am  able to turn back to my staying place and i parked my car to head up to my room.....What a nightmare. It was a terrible experience i ever had in my driving life. I never had been lost for that long before, normally i would find the signboards and take the correct route. But here Penang, there were few or NO signboards and less landmarks. Driving there at night with no familiarities of the routes there will ended up having a wild goose chase...