Today was officially the last day of lectures, which sort of signifies the last day of uni for the year, excluding the upcoming exams. It's amazing how time flies so very quickly. Very soon, I will no longer be a first year uni-student. Soon, I'll have to graduate, enter the much dreaded workforce and face the harsh realities of life. Not so soon, I'll be old and weak, with wrinkly skin, saggy boobs, white hair and cellulite on my thighs.

To make matters more depressing, I had the most unpleasant bus ride today. Not only, was the bus driver a bit of a jerk - speeeeeeding and breaaaaaaking throughout the entire journey from the city center to the Northshore - but also, the passengers were definitely one of the most inconsiderate bunch of people I've ever encountered during a bus ride. I was sitting at the back of the bus, up the small flight of stairs. It was when we were on the highway that I noticed a lady standing on the bus. There were empty seats around me so I was a bit surprised to find another passenger standing in the bus. I pointed it out to Jason and he said that she had a pram. I couldn't see the pram, of course, since I'm quite short. Anyway, I wondered why none of the people around her offered to let her have their seat! Especially the person sitting next to the pram. It just really pissed me off. How can anyone sitting in the front feel okay about a lady having to stand on the bus with a pram? What the hell is wrong with people these days? If I could have given up my seat, I would have. But it was pointless because I was sitting at the back of the bus and there was no way she was going to be able to maneuver the pram up the stairs and through the small aisle to my seat. I honestly wanted to slap every single one of the young folks sitting in the front. I also wanted to slap the driver for driving like a madman.

It's plain basic courtesy, in my opinion, and unfortunately, no one on the bus had much of that today.

I think the world is deteriorating.

One day, we're going to end up as dead as the ancient roman empire.

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