Comments on: Maps http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-933 Cottontimer Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:13:07 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-933 <b>laurina</b>: I think there's a bit of a difference between being lost or getting separated from someone. Having confidence in your ability to find your way will probably alleviate a lot of the worry in the former situation. <b>Rosie</b>: Bus stops and Tube stations are both great places to orientate oneself. We did both today! laurina: I think there’s a bit of a difference between being lost or getting separated from someone. Having confidence in your ability to find your way will probably alleviate a lot of the worry in the former situation.

Rosie: Bus stops and Tube stations are both great places to orientate oneself. We did both today!

]]> By: Rosie http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-923 Rosie Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:09:52 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-923 Any time I've been lost (make that EVERY time) I've just kept walking until I found a bus-stop with a map. This has worked in Paris, London, Amsterdam and all French cities. This doesn't work in Taipei or Beijing, where bus-stop signs are reduced to a bundle of cryptic characters in a straight line (or worse, an S-shape) and therefore of no use when trying to find one's way. I'm afraid I'll play it safe. If I have a map and no destination, then I can just choose one on that map and go there. Without a map, I can walk around in circles for hours. I got lost in Islington on my first night in London... that was embarrassing enough for me, thank you. Any time I’ve been lost (make that EVERY time) I’ve just kept walking until I found a bus-stop with a map. This has worked in Paris, London, Amsterdam and all French cities. This doesn’t work in Taipei or Beijing, where bus-stop signs are reduced to a bundle of cryptic characters in a straight line (or worse, an S-shape) and therefore of no use when trying to find one’s way.

I’m afraid I’ll play it safe. If I have a map and no destination, then I can just choose one on that map and go there. Without a map, I can walk around in circles for hours. I got lost in Islington on my first night in London… that was embarrassing enough for me, thank you.

]]> By: laurina http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-922 laurina Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:45:03 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-922 this is a very interesting question. hehe. i would prefer to know my destination first because i want to know what i'm getting myself into. if i happen to get lost, i'll just ask someone for directions. but anyway, i also think this is very much due to the way i was brought up. i remember being told horror stories when i was young of what would happen if i got lost. so everytime i lost my mother, i would cry. hehe. i am not the only one though. when i went to hong kong last summer, i saw a young boy on the escalator crying because he lost his mother. i don't know how american kids react when they get lost, but i know this is a natural response amongst singaporeans (and i guess hk-ers too). this is a very interesting question. hehe.
i would prefer to know my destination first because i want to know what i’m getting myself into. if i happen to get lost, i’ll just ask someone for directions.

but anyway, i also think this is very much due to the way i was brought up. i remember being told horror stories when i was young of what would happen if i got lost. so everytime i lost my mother, i would cry. hehe. i am not the only one though. when i went to hong kong last summer, i saw a young boy on the escalator crying because he lost his mother.

i don’t know how american kids react when they get lost, but i know this is a natural response amongst singaporeans (and i guess hk-ers too).

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-921 Cottontimer Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-921 <b>mdmhvonpa</b>: Well put! mdmhvonpa: Well put!

]]> By: mdmhvonpa http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-917 mdmhvonpa Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:22:36 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2006/03/22/maps/#comment-917 The latter, most certainly. I can always find my way to a destination. It's the journey though that matters and if you already know how it's going to play out, why bother? The latter, most certainly. I can always find my way to a destination. It’s the journey though that matters and if you already know how it’s going to play out, why bother?

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