I often have feelings of fear whenever I am in a known place that I play that is not familiar to me. Memories still vivid in my mind. In the year 2010 I traveled to the major city that is Nairobi in my nation and it was my first time having visited this urban area. I was in accompaniment with my brother and unfortunately when we arrived there I got lost because of the traffic that was available and the condition in the city I could not see exactly where my brother went to. So I found myself alone and unfortunately I had not had a phone so it was very difficult for me to locate where my brother is or to seek for help. Four minutes I felt like my heart was cold because I did not know exactly what to do. I was almost crying but I tried to control myself and then reorganized myself so that I can locate exactly where my brother is. In case you are lost in the city we have the major landmark that is the tallest building in the city centre by the name of Afia centre. So I had heard from a friend of mine previously that in case you are in Nairobi and you get lost just look for the tallest building that is the landmark that is Afia centre. So I borrowed this idea from my friend and I just located where this building is and then went there and then once I was there finally I was able to maneuver my way through the congested city where people are hustling and bustling with hawkers here and there. So finally I managed to arrive at this landmark and then after getting the landmark I was able to locate where my brother is.
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I often have feelings of fear whenever I am in a known place that is not familiar to me. Memories are still vivid in my mind. In the year 2010, I traveled to the major city of Nairobi in my nation, and it was my first time visiting this urban area. I was accompanied by my brother, and unfortunately, when we arrived there, I got lost because of the traffic and the conditions in the city. I could not see exactly where my brother went. So, I found myself alone, and unfortunately, I did not have a phone, so it was very difficult for me to locate where my brother was or to seek help. For four minutes, I felt like my heart was cold because I did not know exactly what to do. I was almost crying, but I tried to control myself and then reorganized my thoughts so that I could locate exactly where my brother was. In case you are lost in the city, there is a major landmark, the tallest building in the city center, called Afia Centre. I had heard from a friend of mine previously that if you are in Nairobi and you get lost, just look for the tallest building, which is the landmark, Afia Centre. So, I borrowed this idea from my friend, located where this building was, and went there. Once I was there, I was finally able to maneuver my way through the congested city, where people were hustling and bustling with hawkers here and there. Finally, I managed to arrive at this landmark, and after getting to the landmark, I was able to locate where my brother was.
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