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As I admitted in my previous post on running blind , I am quite the 路痴 (road idiot), and lose my way pretty easily. And I did just that this last week - got off the wrong exit on the freeway on my way home and got lost in a different part of town. To make matters worse, we were in a hurry for a dinner appointment. My aunts who were in the car with me chided me, "How can you forget the way back to the place you called home for more than 10 years??!" Ordinarily I would have panicked and called my other family members for help but I then I took a deep breath, grinned sheepishly and said, "Well... it happens. Let's just take it as a sight-seeing detour. We'll find our way back. Afterall, all roads lead to Rome!" Battling the rising fear in my stomach, I tried to take stock of my bearings and recall how to get home from the part of town we were in. It was afterall some place we visited with regularity, except that I do not usually pay as much attention when someo...

Last week I was on my way to the mall with my family to get some errands done. Thinking to confirm the best route to take, I quipped: "We should take a double left turn later?" To which my sister immediately replied, "No, we'll need to take a left followed by a right turn!" "You should be turning right and then left" added my mum. "What on earth are you talking about? Where will that lead us??" my sister exclaimed incredulously. I was puzzled and self-doubt set in. I will admit to being a bit of what I term a "road-idiot" - someone who does not remembers or recognizes roads well and tends to lose their way easily. Thus I began to wonder if the route I thought was best was in fact wrong. Yet after some deliberation, I assuaged my self-confidence that the route I picked should in fact be correct and started wondering why my sister and mother would think otherwise. What exactly is happening here? To explain, let us first read ...