Rome was a place in which my resourcefulness and street-smartness was put to the test like never before.
It's messy
It's dodgy
It's crowded
AND many things don't work!
Here is a list of things that weren't working in my short 4 days in Rome:
The train
An ENTIRE telephone network (Imagine starhub breaking down for a day)
Trevi Fountain (Just about one of the most famous landmarks)
Traffic lights
On the day that I arrived in Rome, I was supposed to find XY, and we would go to the host's home. But her flight got delayed for an hour, and I didn't stick to the meeting point thinking that we had to meet the host by a certain time. Well... she missed out the part where we would call the host first before meeting her so I went over to the bus stop first. And I didn't have the address either.
There was no one at the bus stop waiting... And I just thought "GG HONGS HONGS HONGS". It was a time of desparate praying for journey mercies then.
Thankfully there was a cafe at the bus stop operated by a Chinese national, so I asked for wifi access. But the wifi was down that day -.- (#hongs). Thankfully the lady told me that there was a computer/internet/international calls shop further down the street. So I booked myself a hostel, and just as I was about to log out, XY responded to my FB message. WAO
It's messy
It's dodgy
It's crowded
AND many things don't work!
Here is a list of things that weren't working in my short 4 days in Rome:
The train
An ENTIRE telephone network (Imagine starhub breaking down for a day)
Trevi Fountain (Just about one of the most famous landmarks)
Traffic lights
On the day that I arrived in Rome, I was supposed to find XY, and we would go to the host's home. But her flight got delayed for an hour, and I didn't stick to the meeting point thinking that we had to meet the host by a certain time. Well... she missed out the part where we would call the host first before meeting her so I went over to the bus stop first. And I didn't have the address either.
There was no one at the bus stop waiting... And I just thought "GG HONGS HONGS HONGS". It was a time of desparate praying for journey mercies then.
Thankfully there was a cafe at the bus stop operated by a Chinese national, so I asked for wifi access. But the wifi was down that day -.- (#hongs). Thankfully the lady told me that there was a computer/internet/international calls shop further down the street. So I booked myself a hostel, and just as I was about to log out, XY responded to my FB message. WAO
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