london 5.56am tuesday 14.8C sunny/cloudy 2022
sunrise5:07 AM sunset8:49 PM
i woke early today, got up to pee, and had a glass of water. went back to sleep, but found i could not sleep, decided to get up instead. i am glad the sun has risen allready. its nice to wakeup and the sky is lightening up, instead of waking to the dark.
had a look at vera, almeria, spain, and their sunrise is 6.58am today. almost 7am, to get sunrise. i dont think i would like that, to wait so long before sunrise . though i suspect even with the sun below the horizon, it will lighten the sky up and it wont be that dark before it rises. so u might get a lightening sky at 6am even. on the other hand,the good thing is that it is more often u will see the sunrise, when it is so late. it will be easier to wake up then to watch it rise. and since most will be living by the sea, there wont be anything to block the view of the sun rising over the sea. i once dreamed of living in vera playa…its a naturist beach. hence this look at the weather there. its 19C forecast high of 25C today. so nice if i like the sun a lot, which i dont. really. so u can enjoy breakfast on the balcony watching the sun rise.
but what prompted me to write a post is not to tell you all about my waking up early, but i saw this in my wordpress reader, overworked man who posted a meme about it, and got suspended by his company which is a delivery company. they extended his delivery route. it makes me realise that is the reality of working. they just pile the work on more and more and expect u to work harder for the same pay.
simon tells me that is what happens too in his work in the supermarket…he told me he had to man the till for those who dont want to use the self service, and at the same time is expected to handle any glitches and stoppage from the self service tills. but at least, if the queues builds up, he can call on the others to come help him when he is looking after the tills. the busy times comes in bursts , when a crowd comes in or everyone decide to pay up at the same time, so those who are stacking the shelves drop it and come and help out when he sends out a help call. so at least he can get help from his fellow workers. unlike this delivery driver or courier… but it did make me wonder what my life will be like if i were retiring in vera playa instead of london. what will i be doing to while the time , i wonder? when i was holidaying there, we got together the 3 of us, and rented a 2bed flat, in one of the nudist housing estates, where they have their own swimming pools. i think we spent our time going to the naked beach, mainly. either lying in the beach enjoying the sun there, or walking along the promenade. i think there might be more beach cafes now, so most probably people will be having a coffee in those places and chatting to fellow tourists . and if we live there, we will become a fixture… or regular hangout . there are no shops or grocery stores, or supermarkets then , maybe they do now. it would be nice if they did, then u can go there as another thing to do. i can see that making social friendships will be very important there, the human contacts with others who share the same beliefs of a naturist lifestyle. how easy is it to build plentiful contacts with all those living there , i wonder? or will people feel even more private than the very private living we have in london where we dont know our neighbours at all and hardly see them. i know when we were there, we never see anyone else of those living there at the same time. we were slight off season, so it might be the real state of things, where there are fewer people around, unlike in peak holiday season where there will be more tourists come for their two weeks. and also our limited language skills, only knowing english might restrict our friendship to those who can speak english, whcih will restrict us in widening our circle of friends i guess. ah well, it is only theoretical now, seeing that i am only going to be living in london , and not going anywhere. haha.
added 10.21am