...that make you smile...
- People wearing sunglasses. On the tube. In winter – correct me if I'm wrong but there’s no sun under the ground. And no sun in winter (give or take a couple of hours here or there). So take off your sunglasses. Unless you’re Cyclops. If you’re Cyclops you should keep them on.
- Getting the front seat at the top of the bus.
- Tea and cake and friends – goes without saying really.
- Beating your flatmates home in the ‘I’m-gonna -prove-that-this-mode-of-transportation-is-quicker-than-yours’ race. Bus for the win!
- Seeing London lit up at night as I go across Waterloo Bridge on my way home after work (sitting on the top deck at the front of course)
- Watching people run for the bus – not that I would ever do this, especially not if I were racing my flatmates home.
- Seeing someone smile when they read a text/email.
- Memories of New Zealand and South Africa – LOVE to the YWAM crew.
...that make you cry...
- Being stuck behind a bunch of school kids on the tube escalator – Move. Out. Of. My. Way. Before. I. Kill. You.
- Hauntingly Sad Sad Music.
- Meeting a homeless man, shivering in the freezing cold and being unable to solve his problems.
- Having a doorman tell me I don’t look 19, look at my driver’s licence and then say “Really?” when he works out how old I am, shrug his shoulders and let me in.
- Meeting a man who had served as a Gurkha for 15 years but having been in England for 2 years is now homeless and sleeping rough.
- People overwhelmed to tears with relief and gratitude when handed food at a foodbank.
- The girls in Perspex heels, long coats and lots of makeup who smoke outside the table dancing club round the corner.
- Going to the cupboard for the last piece of cake, only to realise that you ate it yesterday and in keeping with the trying-to-be-a-healthy-house-policy there are no sweet things other than raisins *sigh*
- Having an ambiguous ethnicity. No, I am not Chinese, Nepali or Brazilian (genuine questions I have been asked by three different people in the last few weeks).
- London 2012. What. A. Joke. Super excited for the athletics though.
- Watching someone jump to get on the tube, only to get their rucksack stuck outside.
- Public transport in general.
- The Usain Bolt virgin media ads – they’re just too good. Five points to whoever came up with those.
- My flatmates.
