Has anyone genuinely lost their kid in a crowd before?

[schellen]

jedamum:

oh thanks! i will remember to do it for my mum.

Actually on the last trip, my PILs declined my offer cos they said that they could get around fine even without speaking Jap. They told us that they got lost on our first trip around Shinjuku station (where sashimi and I got lost too, and is said to be a place where people do easily get lost) and they approached a Jap and wrote their request on a piece of paper in Chinese. So the Jap responded by writing down the answer in kanji and using gestures.

[2ppaamm]

schellen:

We went to Japan (F&E) with DD1 when she was 4, 6 and 7. Each time, before leaving Singapore, I would write a bilingual (Eng and Jap) note and laminate it before stuffing it into her backpack. I taught her to show it to anyone she approached for help should she get lost. The note stated her name, nationality, hotel address and our contact numbers. I also did that for my PILs.

That's very clever and thanks for the tip! Definitely will do it the next time. We seldom travel with a tour group and that's why I have never gotten a chance to learn these tricks! Thanks!

[tutormum]

schellen:

2ppaamm:

It was a good lesson for him. He learnt never to do that again, and he learnt that not everyone can speak either English or Chinese. He couldn't communicate with anyone there and was completely lost. He was 5.

We went to Japan (F&E) with DD1 when she was 4, 6 and 7. Each time, before leaving Singapore, I would write a bilingual (Eng and Jap) note and laminate it before stuffing it into her backpack. I taught her to show it to anyone she approached for help should she get lost. The note stated her name, nationality, hotel address and our contact numbers. I also did that for my PILs.

When we went by tour group to Hokkaido, the tour guide gave us small badges to pin to our jackets/bags which had his mobile number stuck behind. We were told to approach any Jap person to ask them to call his mobile should we get lost. (He said that it's almost impossible for a Jap to not have a mobile. LOL) We made sure that DD1 got the message too. Luckily for us, she never got lost. (On the other hand, I can't say that for us adults, especially when we got the maps wrong. :lol: )

That's a very good idea. For me, I'll get the name card of the hotel so that I can show to anyone who may be able to help if I'm lost.

[Blobbi]

BigDevil:

It happened to me once.

But I don't mean losing DD or DS...I WAS the lost child!! :lol:

Think I was 5 or 6, and went abroad for the very first time. We were at the airport returning to Singapore, and I was fascinated by how the luggages moved along the conveyor belt and eventually disappearing behind the check-in counters. I was so engrossed that by the time I looked up, my parents were no longer anywhere around.

Gosh I really panicked and started crying...crazy thoughts going through my head thinking that my parents had abandoned me. I walked round and round looking for them. But this part of the memory gets fuzzy...not sure how I was eventually found. :lol:

While I can laugh about it now, it was a very traumatic experience for a young kid. That's why I made sure DD and DS are always close to me when we're out.

Actually, it happened to me too. I was very young, maybe around 5/6 too. I went to a relative's house in an HDB flat. When they were chatting, I got bored and decided to walk up and down the stairs. And then I couldn't find my way back to the correct floor. They all looked the same to me :o!! I actually remember some of that panic. My mum tells me they found me in an Indian family's home watching tv and eating snacks. :lol:

[2ppaamm]

Blobbi:

BigDevil:

It happened to me once.

But I don't mean losing DD or DS...I WAS the lost child!! :lol:

Think I was 5 or 6, and went abroad for the very first time. We were at the airport returning to Singapore, and I was fascinated by how the luggages moved along the conveyor belt and eventually disappearing behind the check-in counters. I was so engrossed that by the time I looked up, my parents were no longer anywhere around.

Gosh I really panicked and started crying...crazy thoughts going through my head thinking that my parents had abandoned me. I walked round and round looking for them. But this part of the memory gets fuzzy...not sure how I was eventually found. :lol:

While I can laugh about it now, it was a very traumatic experience for a young kid. That's why I made sure DD and DS are always close to me when we're out.

Actually, it happened to me too. I was very young, maybe around 5/6 too. I went to a relative's house in an HDB flat. When they were chatting, I got bored and decided to walk up and down the stairs. And then I couldn't find my way back to the correct floor. They all looked the same to me :o!! I actually remember some of that panic. My mum tells me they found me in an Indian family's home watching tv and eating snacks. :lol:

Both stories are so funny! :celebrate:

[schellen]

tutormum:

That's a very good idea. For me, I'll get the name card of the hotel so that I can show to anyone who may be able to help if I'm lost.

On our Hokkaido tour, one night, we stayed at a more posh hotel which gave out such cards. Our tour guide told us to each take one, even if we were fluent in Jap. He told us to show it to the taxi driver should we get lost. He explained that the taxi fare was negligible since we were in Sapporo (and not some countryside area).

By the way, I only dare to try the note method in Japan since most Japanese are pretty honest (plus the shame and \"exile\" they may bring to the family should they even be merely suspected of offences, among other things, kinda deters most of them from committing offences). I wouldn't dare try it in other countries, maybe not even Singapore. :!:

[tankee]

Such hotel card method is actually quite widely practised. I have been given such cards by hotels in China, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.


:idea: maybe my english is soooo bad that they thought safer to give me a card.

[corneyAmber]

lovekidsverymuch:

tankee:

Such hotel card method is actually quite widely practised. I have been given such cards by hotels in China, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.


:idea: maybe my english is soooo bad that they thought safer to give me a card.

Or this shows u have been travelling a lot :?

I think Tankee is right about their intent.... :lol: :siam:

[tree nymph]

tankee:

Such hotel card method is actually quite widely practised. I have been given such cards by hotels in China, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.


:idea: maybe my english is soooo bad that they thought safer to give me a card.

and your chinese too??

[veryverykiasu]

hello~


i've been searching for child locators for our use cos we're going for a holiday in july. worried that my child would get lost. has anyone used this kinda locators before? http://cgi.ebay.com/BrickHouse-Child-Locator-New-Wander-GPS-Monitor-Device-/110521432395?cmd=ViewItem&pt=GPS_Devices&hash=item19bb97394b
not really sure if it works. anyone tempted to buy?