Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unlucky, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time. When I was a little girl, I'm afraid to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance (偶然, /碰巧) I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try not to give people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, "sorry, I am a stranger here."
Once on my way to work, a man stopped me and he asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. When I just got to my office, I found that the secretary (秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine howembarrassedI was and how surprised the man was when we saw each other at the first sight!
