Okay, so where do I begin? Here goes..before I had gotten sick I had committed to photographing an event. Well, my sore throat had developed into flu like symptoms and I felt miserable, but I still had to go to work, so I had not had time to rest. In the interim, when I got off of work on Saturday I went home to rest hoping that I could break the slight fever I was getting. Even though I was sick I still felt like I had to honor my obligation, so I head to the event to take the pictures. After it was over and they saw how sick I was they told me not to worry about coming on Sunday to take pictures and to stay home and get some rest. She asked me why didn't I tell her that I was sick and my response was I didn't want to disappoint her and that I knew how important this was to her. At this point, time is getting away from me because the trains stop running at midnight and it is 10:50p, so I sprint to the subway station because I have 2 transfers to make and it takes me an hour and a half to get home...in my mind I thought that I could make it. I was soooo wrong!
Timeline of Events
Saturday, March 15, 2008
7:45pm - leave house to go to event
7:55pm - train arrives
9:30pm - arrive to event
10:50pm - leave event
11:00pm - train arrives
11:35pm - transfer to train #1
11:55pm - train arrives
Sunday, March 16, 2008
12:05am - they make everyone get off the train and I was only one transfer away from being on the train I needed to be on to go home
12:06am - me thinking I can not believe this is happening
12:10am - try to catch a cab from subway station home, but I don't have cash
12:15am - walk to atm to get cash, but the atm's are turned off...not only does the subway stop working at midnight, so does the atm machines
12:16am - me thinking I can not believe this is happening
12:17am - regroup and try to figure out what to do next, so I start walking and I see a bus, I run and get on it, however it is going in the opposite direction of where I need to be going
12:22am - I see signs that say, "Olympic Park" Yippee! This is where Chris lives. I can just spend the night there until the subway's open back up at 6am
12:28am - I get off the bus too soon
12:29am - I look across the street and see Olympic Stadium, so I figure I was not that far from Chris's house
12:30am - I call Chris to see, if I could come to his place and to find out how far away I was. However, he was not home, but he said that I could go stay there (thank goodness for electronic locks).
I start walking towards the signs that say, "Olympic Park" I figure I was pretty close
I was wrong
12:45am - It starts raining
Raindrops keep falling on my head
My body is aching
I have an excruciating migraine and I left my medicine at home
and....I have to go to the bathroom really, really, really bad
I am still walking towards the signs that say, "Olympic Park"
Praying and asking God, to protect me and to not let any hurt, harm, or danger come to me and to please, please direct me and give me the strength to keep walking
12:50am - Neesa calls and stays on the phone with me until I get there
1:00am - Chris calls to see, if I am okay
I am still walking
1:05am - singing feet don't fail me know because at this point I don't know how much longer can do this
1:30am - after an hour of walking I FINALLY, arrive at Chris's. I go next door to get something to eat because I am famished
2am-6am - I stay up watching tv and occasionally dose off
6:10am - walk to subway station to go home
start falling asleep on the train
almost miss my stop
7:00am - FINALLY, arrive to Jeongja
7:10am - FINALLY, arrive to my apartment
I had to call somebody and tell them because I could not believe all that I had just experienced
Shower, fix breakfast, type this blog post, watch tv, & talk on the phone until I get tired because at this point I am wide awake, but I am so tired
9:30am - getting sleepy. GOING TO BED NOW!
10:30am - I thought I was going to sleep an hour ago
10:35am - dosing off
12:18pm - someone calls and wakes me up...*me screaming and kicking* dang it all I want to do is sleep I am so tired.
12:30pm - fix tea, mad because I can't go to sleep
1:00pm - watch a movie and wash clothes
3:00pm- my friend who called earlier and woke me up brought me food and medicine...aww how sweet
3:15pm - eat food, take medicine
4:30pm - FINALLY, I get to go to sleep
WOOSAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
*SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SEE A FEW PICS OF THE SHOW. IT WAS WORTH WHAT I WENT THROUGH*
Until next time...
Love God, Love Life, & Love Yourself because, if you don't who will?
~N.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
What's the Worst that Can Happen?
Posted by Natarsha at 9:30 AM
Labels: Seoul Life
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Reading this post, I can tell that you are so blessed! In all you went through, God placed people who were there to support you, Chris' place, Neesa, etc.
Though you might be far from family and loved ones, Gods arm is not too short!
Hope you've recovered!
I hope you finally got some rest and I hope the cold is over. Cant wait to see the pics of your event. Take care of yourself.
Clo
what a night!! i hope you will get rid of flu soon.
a tip for the future. in most of the cabs you can pay with your TMoney card.
wow, Natarsha. Who would have thought? I figured you were under the covers enjoying your rest.
Sorry about that.
@ Keusoom: Thank you. God is so merciful.
@ Clo: Thanks. It is so hard to really get rest because I have to work everyday. You can not take off of work for anything..being sick is no excuse, as supposed to being in the States you can take off if you sneeze..lol, but back home you could take off for anything. However, I was able to finally get some rest.
@ Monaka: I will make sure to put extra money on my TMoney card and to carry some extra cash with me. Thanks for the heads up!
@ Don: I was just trying to honor my word. I wanted to keep my commitment. I know how it feels to be let down when you have expectations about someone, so as long as I was able to walk and I was coherent then I had to do what I said I was going to do, but at the same time I have to use wisdom and not worry about what people will think. It was a learning experience. I was able to get some rest though.
You appeat to be a wise woman, one of your word. Don't change.
Thank you. *smile*
Natarsha you are living proof that-- 'That that does not kill you, will make you stronger...'
STAY WELL :-)
Aaaaw you poor thing! I was sick this wknd too, but I wasn't wandering the streets of Korea. I was laid out on the couch feeling sorry for myself. Now I feel bad for you.
LOL @ at me wondering the streets of South Korea while I was sick...For the sake of the picture..lol
I hope you are feeling better.
Wow...this sounds like a rough day. I'm glad you made it back safe and sound, and a bit tired! Love your flower picture on the post above and your slideshow is COOL! What program is it?
Try not to work too hard! Julie
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