Memories... not so long ago

Just a quick post before I head off to bed! I don't miss London as such but I have been reminiscing on some fun times that were had while I was there and I thought I'd share a few of them even though I've probably posted about them before...

Lots of my favourite memories involve Kelly in some way or another because she always made me laugh with her random comments and upbeat attitude...

There was a time went we went to Leicester Square to see a movie but got to the theatre only to find out that it was a ridiculously expensive price to go and see the movie (Kelly wanted to see Music and Lyrics or whatever it was called) so instead, we sat outside the theatre in FREEZING cold London weather and had some random take a photo of us - only to find that the billboard for the movie was directly behind us in the shot which made us laugh even harder because we felt like such losers.

Then there was the time we went to Amsterdam and probably inhaled too much of other people's polluted air and ended up with a ridiculous amount of the giggles - so much so that walking into the chemist Kelly started talking to shampoo bottles thinking they were me... and the bikes - I have NEVER seen someone more unco on a bike than Kelly! The amount of times she crashed into objects that were METERS away from her was ridiculous... So, I ended up going on a nice bike ride in the country on my own while Kelly had a picnic in the park... and I was taught how to roll my own joints by some random guy named Nick at the hostel we stayed at.. A useful skill no doubt...

Karaoke in Sweden with our new Swedish friends... This was one of the best nights ever although probably not for Kelly after she was attacked by one of the guys who we went with from our hostel. He was South African so that explains everything. Okay, so not really but it wouldn't surprise me. Up until that point it was a great night and I'm pretty sure we got a kebab at the end of the night and some random guy asked us to suck his dick - yeah, you get wankers in every country!

Other random things that I miss are messy nights at the Reddy where everyone is so shit-faced but it is just a given and if you're sober you should not be there.

Catching the tube and being squashed in like a sardine and feeling like you're going to vomit because you have a smelly armpit squashed right up against your nose. Okay - I don't miss that at all.

I miss Pret and the banana cake and I miss walking down Oxford Street oh shit I just remembered I owe one of my friends a dinner when I get back to the UK... Let's hope he forgets that he paid for my dinner last time! I went out with one of my friends, Alex, a few days before I flew back to Melbourne and as I do, I started playing with the packets of sugar that were left on the table. I decide that it would be fun to put the sugar on the spoon and melt it - which Alex was quite intrigued by and he decided that once it had melted it would be a great idea to stick his finger in the gooy liquid. I did warn him that it would be quite hot which he laughed off - until he stuck his finger into the spoon and burnt his finger.. I felt torn... should I laugh or should I be compassionate? I went for the former and laughed my head off while he sat there and tried his best to laugh it off - until the pain became too much and he asked if he could please have the rest of my water - to which I agreed and he hastily dunked his finger into my glass of water and breathed a sigh of relief. Highly entertaining - he reckons his finger hurt for days after... as it would after being burnt! Someone once told me that liquid sugar can get hotter than boiling water. I'm not sure if this is accurate but after his reaction it wouldn't surprise me.

I just never want to forget anything. I don't want to forget how I felt on particular days or when particular things happened because some of those feelings were just so real and so amazing that I never want them to leave. When I write things down and come back to them later, they re-create those feelings and I love it!

Oh I could go on forever, I am in a writing mood which is a pain because it is definitely time for me to go to bed because I have to work tomorrow. Fun fun fun...

Well, til next time...