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Blog #15

My parents warn me constantly about stranger danger. To me, I don't really mind talking to strangers, I do it all the time. Just yesterday, I was traveling by train to math tuitions during peak hours. This means lots and lots of people traffic. What usually takes me a half hour, instead took me 45 minutes and two missed trains. People never change. I know this from experience. At the metro platforms, The Road and Transport Authority have placed stickers indicating people going in and coming out of trains. This is meant to increase efficiency for commuters. So while waiting for the train, every commuter stands in queue to give space for people coming out of the train, But when the doors open, people gush into the metro like water out of a broken pipe. Its complete and utter chaos as everyone rushes in at the same time to get a spot, with no regard to any of the rules they pretended to follow minutes ago. I missed one train trying to argue with a lady, when someone behind m...

Blog #14

So my holidays started off as a bust. I had plans with friends, atleast I thought I did, until my mum dragged me along for a last minute trip to India. Till now I have no clue as to why. It was all about how I had to get my blood checked, how she had to visit a doctor, and some financial business. Saturday afternoon I decided to watch the new movie, Logan. It's reviews were so good, I would fight to go watch it. So we planned for a Sunday evening show. I come home, when my mum greets me with the sudden news of how we had to leave for the midnight flight. I was shocked, so much that I agreed to it. I can't agree with my parents all the time, so I gave in. Full of Sunday was spent player COD at my cousin's, and then dinner at a fancy ristorante( the clue's in the language). A newly acquired friend of mine, who relishes my interest for reading, recommended 'To kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. I spent five hours reading it continuously. The only reason I agre...