This happened about a year ago. Across her house, there is a boulevard that you’ll have to cross to be able to reach the entrance of her building. And on that boulevard, when I was walking, there was this stranger who had come up and asked for directions. However, me being new to the neighborhood, while not new in a sense, just unfamiliar. I didn’t know the specifics of where things were located or placed. So when he had asked for directions to the nearest metro station, I unfortunately wasn’t able to directly help him. But fortunately, I remembered I have something called a cellular device. Now we had searched up for directions to, I believe it was stadium metro station. her house was sadly in the opposite direction of that so I had walked in to the metro. We had a very nice conversation along the way and then it took me an additional 20 or so minutes to walk back to where I was originally set to go. I didn’t feel any particular way after I had helped to because I believe helping people should be a part of our daily lives. There’s no reason to feel absolutely you know over the moon or ecstatic because you walked someone down. So there’s no particular feeling that really comes to the top of my head.
Band 7+: Describe a time you helped someone you didn't know. You should say: - Where and when this happened - Who the person was - What the situation was And explain how you felt afterwards.
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This happened about a year ago. Across from her house, there is a boulevard that you have to cross to reach the entrance of her building. On that boulevard, when I was walking, there was this stranger who came up and asked for directions. However, I was new to the neighborhood, not in a sense of being unfamiliar. I didn't know the specifics of where things were located. So when he asked for directions to the nearest metro station, I unfortunately wasn't able to directly help him. But fortunately, I remembered I had something called a cellular device. We searched for directions to, I believe it was Stadium Metro Station. Her house was sadly in the opposite direction of that, so I walked him to the metro. We had a very nice conversation along the way, and it took me an additional 20 or so minutes to walk back to where I was originally set to go. I didn't feel any particular way after I helped him because I believe helping people should be a part of our daily lives. There's no reason to feel over the moon or ecstatic just because you walked someone down. So there's no particular feeling that really comes to mind.
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