Things I’ve learnt

You will find several posts with the titles “Things I’ve learnt – Part I”, Part II and so on…
Here’s a compendium of these impromptu pearls of wisdom ;-)

  1. Weather forecaster is the safest job ever. You can get the forecast completely wrong and still hold your job.
  2. Scottish accent is cute.
  3. Cupcakes can be almost as addicting as coffee.
  4. When there’s Nutella in the house, your self-control is at high risk of going to sleep without your body. (Analogy courtesy of Jason Isaacs).
  5. Pens must be banned from address books. Pencils are very welcome. When your pocket address book is too messy, scribbled, names and numbers changed, crossed out and so on, you have to buy another address book and fill it in. This is when you realise there possibly isn’t a most boring thing to do.
  6. Curtains can be useful. Especially if your window faces East and you don’t want to get up at dawn.
  7. Every town, area, country should be bike-friendly. Cars or other means of transportation should only be used for long distance travels, i.e.: I really don’t see myself riding 20 miles to Cheltenham, haha!
  8. There’s nothing like a nice day outside with friends, playing impromptu football, bowls or else. Just don’t play right after you’ve had BBQ or eaten. Postprandial physical activity is NOT funny.
  9. I cannot listen to music without moving my feet and/or hands or walking to the rhythm.
  10. There is no such thing as a bad day. Days can be more or less entertaining, productive, funny, boring, relaxed, hectic, rainy and so on. Never bad per se.
  11. Nerd trick to know if your heater is on: stick/pin a paper to the wall right above the heater. If the paper moves, hot air is going up, so the heater is working.
  12. I cannot stick to the same handwriting for longer than 30 minutes.
  13. Hi, my name is Sara and I am a film freak. And book freak, music freak, languages freak and maps freak.
  14. I can last just about 1 week without coffee.
  15. The silliest the status message you post on Facebook, the more chances you have people will write a comment. Serious stuff is boring.
  16. If I was to work in the theatre-film industry, I would probably be a ‘meticulous but friendly director’.
  17. I can run for about 5 minutes. That’s it.
  18. Never be amazed by human stupidity. It has virtually no limits.
  19. Ironing is useless in 99% of cases.
  20. Dawns are underrated. Not enough morning people to appreciate them.
  21. I like all Bond films, even the ones with Daniel Craig. My least favourite Bond is Roger Moore, go figure.
  22. I am successfully recovering from my addiction to Moleskine notebooks. The day I found out the company now also sells bags, pens etc. they lost me. The new items basically sell “just because of the name” and not really for their quality, as there are better items on the market. I really don’t like when companies do that.
  23. People shouldn’t be judged by the pens they use. I was offered a Mont Blanc pen. I love it, it writes well and it is comfortable to use. I don’t mind the white snowflake on the top of it, others shouldn’t either.
  24. Pubs also sell non-alcoholic drinks. Evenings remains as enjoyable. The important bit is the people you spend your evening with, not how strong your drink is.

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