08:46.......... Message on platform one's information board reads....... 08:57 CANCELLED.......Doh!
Some lame excuse was then heard from the tannoy........something about 'failed signal line'
F***! F***! F***!
The working week hasn't even started!

08:30...... Out through the front gate and into the arms of Mother Nature. The sun is shining brightly and a slight breeze brushes against my checks as I begin my solitary walk to Maryland station, stopping only to top up my oyster card
"Good morning, may I have a top up for zone one to three please"
"Just put your oyster here" he pointed at a gadget in front of him....... I did so
He tapped on his machine, I handed over the cash and in return he hands me my now charged oyster and a receipt
"Thank you" I said
"Have a good day" He said
"You too"

Today was the film screening of 'Bloom in the Moonlight' directed by Shinichiro Sawai, a romantic Japanese love story (in subtitles) set in Japan and Germany about two young Japanese pianist....... A tad too long for my liking!
One business was heard snnooorrrring!

Tonight's outing at the Japanese Embassy - saw two films;
1) Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture, focusing on the local fishery industry which was restored by selling locally caught fish over the Internet 
2) this film features footage of various festivals concentrating on one specific festival in Rikuzentakata City
A festival that only took place months after the earthquake and tsunami because of the determination of the community

20:17....... On the Jubilee Line from Green Park to Stratford station
The carriage is slightly full as it heads towards Westminster station, Waterloo, Southwark.........

I'm sat between two young women, both  wearing jeans, one reading the free Evening Standard
I see gadgets of all sorts everywhere 
The gadgets are taking over the asylum me thinks!

"The next station is London Bridge, change for the Northern line and National services" booms a female voice on the tannoy 
Next stop is Bermondsey then Canada Water, change for London overground, canary Wharf, change fir the DLR North Greenwich, Canning Town, West Ham and our final destination, Stratford 
"Please mind the closing doors" a posh male voice injects his concerned instructions at every stop when the carriage doors start to close 
Another posh male voice thanks us for "travelling on the Jubilee line........ No f****** choice mate!
And he reminds us in the next breathe to "take your belonging with you"

17:25........ On the Central line, Liverpool Street underground station  going to Oxford Circus. Carriage was barely full until we stopped at  St Paul's when a flock of commuters embarked ......... Now the carriage is PACKED!
I'm sat next to a female shedder........ Shedder of her f****** hair!
She probably thought she was at the hairdressers ........ Three stops later and she's still PULLING OUT HER F****** HAIR!
There's more hair on the floor than in her HEAD!
Oxford Circus......... Yes!

Liverpool Street station is in sight, slowly but surely, the train screeches nearer to its end destination......