You'll find me about 11,000 miles away.

Using the British-English date format today is 11th December, 2013. Which can be written as 11/12/13. I was talking to my dad a few weeks ago, on 10th November 2013 and he mentioned that the day before was the last day for its kind for a long time.  This mysterious, pessimistic view of the date confused me until he told me it was 09/11/13 and it would be 90 years or so (1st March 2105.....in 91 years and 223 days I think) until the next time there are 3 consecutive odd numbers in a date (01/03/05).  I found this amazing and a bit humbling. It makes you wonder about your existence. The dates will just keep on going, forever. It sort of makes you wish you had celebrated the date properly. Like it would be something special. 11/12/13 will be consecutive numbers. The last time this will happen for basically the rest of my lifetime. The next time will be 01/02/03...1st February 2103.  So if I am able to live to 120, I will make sure my great-great-grandchildre...

Last week there was a guy in the supermarket buying a bulk pack of 6 spreadable cheeses,.....and paying in 5, 10 and 20c coins. There was a small gathering of shoppers in a loose sort of queue, staring at the lone checkout attendant making the cashier desk look like a busy bar. It was annoying but it was made more amusing by enjoying the intense frustration of other customers. Soon his colleague arrived to help him out. The blatant hilarity of this situation was enough to make me open my backpack, search around for my phone, get it out, unlock it, read a message, then snap a picture. I should have taken a picture of the angry, bewildered faces of the angry horde eager to pay for their wares. The lady to my right was buying just a single box of cherry tomatoes. Some days I do this on purpose. I take 5c and 10c coins to another supermarket and use the automated checkout machines. I try to pick a time of day that's not too busy but busy enough so that there's a queue for...