The school of music and dance consists of 5 floors and 5th floor is the place where all practice rooms are located. It has a L-shaped design with about 100 practice rooms in total.
Last night, I went to practise violin and piano after a concert. There were only a few students practising since most people went out to have fun on weekends. Everything was fine except for bumping into a stranger along the corridor. He seemed to be quite high and he sang while walking. I first found an empty room and went to the locker to get my violin. And I saw him again but I didn't really pay much attention to him. After practising the violin, I put back my violin. There was a strong smell of alcohol in the corridor. I saw the stranger walking along the corridor. To be more precise, he was wandering, not walking. At that moment, I started to feel skeptical of this person as I had never met him before. There are lots of students in music department. Of course, it is impossible to know them all but I can recognise most of them but not this stranger. Perhaps this person was drunk and he just entered the building randomly?
I felt a bit afraid but I still went to practise piano. I stayed alert to the sound coming from other rooms because I felt more secure if there were some other students. Usually, I leave the department at around 11pm and some students are still practising. But yesterday was saturday and people left earlier than usual. The floor was totally silent by 10:30pm. This dead silence made me shiver and I immediately grabbed my bag and left the department. It was mainly because I subconsciously believed that the stranger was drunk and I had no idea whether he was still on the floor. No one else was inside the music department and in case the stranger misbehaved, nobody would come if I needed help. Thinking of this possible consequence of practising for a bit longer, I decided to leave as soon as I could.
It was my first time to walk so fast in the music department despite for nearly being late for classes on weekdays.
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Eww.. that reminds me the time I would stay in the computer lab on Friday evenings, while everyone's out there partying or having fun...
It might sound miserable but I enjoyed the atmosphere most of the time and was abloe to accomplish assignments/projects.
but seriously you should still report that to the campus security office and perhaps the student government. At least make them alerted.
is there any telecom (to the campus security office) located in the building? identify them. find out the campus security office # and put it in the cell phone. My college, even until today, has a policy that students can ask campus security personnel to escort them at anywhere within the campus at night, although it's a small campus anyway.
Europa:
My school has this policy too. Yet I live only 2 blocks away and I always think that it is not very good at ask those staff to walk with me. Well, the road that I walk from music department back to dorm is safe as there are many vehicles. I just felt a bit shocked to see a stranger wandering inside the department building.
About the telecom, I am not sure if the building has it. I'll have to check.
離鄉別井，獨自在外，你萬事也要小心啊！
good that you stayed alert... i think i'd do the same thing!
Take care!
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