You ever get so frustrated...
...that you just want to cry, or break something?
Well, that was me earlier today. I got directions from one of the other teachers to the Gwangju International Center, where they'll be offering Korean classes starting next week. I wanted to go today and see about paying for the classes and filling out the application...so I got up early at like 9 am and biked to the subway stop about a mile from here and followed the directions that my friend gave me.
She couldn't have given me worse directions if she were trying. I was so lost, and angry, and upset, wandering around for like an hour with three different maps, none of which showed any common landmarks among them, and the landmarks on them, I couldn't find. I knew, too, that I was so close to being in the right spot, but I just couldn't find anything. Oh, it was awful. And it took me about an hour before I figured out that her directions were wrong. Then, I figured out that I was way far away from where I should have been (I'd been walking in the wrong direction) and so I just took a taxi to my destination.
God. Uggh.
But I got there, and it was actually quite easy to find from the subway stop I should have taken in the first place. And I signed up for classes, and found a whole load of books that people have donated over the years that you can borrow from there- English speaking books. Woo!
So, it wasn't a total wash, and I'm in a better mood now.
Also, I'm doing Nanowrimo again, since this is the official month that people do it, and you can create an account on the nanowrimo website and log your progress. It's a small thing that I haven't actually started writing yet, even though it's day 3 here. Meh. I've written a week's worth of words in a day or two before. I'll catch up, once I start. Wish me luck!
Well, that was me earlier today. I got directions from one of the other teachers to the Gwangju International Center, where they'll be offering Korean classes starting next week. I wanted to go today and see about paying for the classes and filling out the application...so I got up early at like 9 am and biked to the subway stop about a mile from here and followed the directions that my friend gave me.
She couldn't have given me worse directions if she were trying. I was so lost, and angry, and upset, wandering around for like an hour with three different maps, none of which showed any common landmarks among them, and the landmarks on them, I couldn't find. I knew, too, that I was so close to being in the right spot, but I just couldn't find anything. Oh, it was awful. And it took me about an hour before I figured out that her directions were wrong. Then, I figured out that I was way far away from where I should have been (I'd been walking in the wrong direction) and so I just took a taxi to my destination.
God. Uggh.
But I got there, and it was actually quite easy to find from the subway stop I should have taken in the first place. And I signed up for classes, and found a whole load of books that people have donated over the years that you can borrow from there- English speaking books. Woo!
So, it wasn't a total wash, and I'm in a better mood now.
Also, I'm doing Nanowrimo again, since this is the official month that people do it, and you can create an account on the nanowrimo website and log your progress. It's a small thing that I haven't actually started writing yet, even though it's day 3 here. Meh. I've written a week's worth of words in a day or two before. I'll catch up, once I start. Wish me luck!