♪ Oh, I'm a commuter! ♫

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I just thought of that the other day. As I was commuting, I mean. That insanely catchy tune “♪I’m a Believer!♫” was stuck in my head and I thought, hang on… ♪I’m a Commuter!♫ Just thought I’d share that, not entirely sure why, but…

Anyway, after my first four days of business college – and, erm, being a commuter – I thought I’d give you all a progress report. Business college is hard work, in fact, I’m supposed to be doing homework at the moment, but I’m procrastinating :o) It was certainly a shock to my system after 9 years of homeschool. But I am having fun. We have our fair share of wacky teachers!

On the Commuter front, I’m acclimatising quickly. I love being one of the crowd; I always have for some reason. However, I often don’t fit in. Why? Well, I’m at least 10 years younger than most of the other commuters (doesn’t really matter, though, I’m used to being the youngest by a long way), and I SMILE! More on that later.

It occurred to me this morning, as I was… yes, you guessed it… commuting, that there are some unspoken laws all commuters need to know about…

_{THE COMMUTER RULES}

1. Never smile. Ever. It’s too early in the morning. If you do, people will think you are on drugs or espresso.
2. Anything out of the train window is strictly taboo. Looking out is highly unusual!! The CityRail train station map on the wall isn’t taboo – it’s for people who don’t have anywhere else to look.
3. A sad but true one, this – Never take any notice of the homeless people on Central Station.
4. If you really want to get a job in public transport, but are a foreigner who can’t understand English and failed Public Transport 101, chances are, you become a bus driver.
5. Never be seen without a phone, an iPod or a coffee. All three at once are acceptable, but possibly hazardous…

As you’ve probably already guessed, I break all of these rules frequently!

By the way… here’s a quick Aussie temperature report. After a week of 35+ temperatures nonstop, the mercury dropped dramatically yesterday arvo. 20 degrees in about 6 hours! It was incredible, and we all froze to death last night with temps of about 17-19 degrees. (Go on, laugh!) This morning I even had to use my new, horrible, tentlike, don’t-worry-by-the-time-winter-comes-you’ll-have-grown-into-it-says-Mum business jacket…

Happy Gardening… Love, Pip

• 7 Feb, 2011
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