Today I realised why I worked. First, Tescos on a Monday is traumatic. It is busy, full of children, under-stocked and dreadful. Why, why, would anyone chose to go to Tesco on a Monday. At least I didn't get asked for ID today, and I managed to get a 1p reduction from my bill for having a recyclable Sainsbury bag-for-life! Second, daytime TV is awful. I managed to catch 5 minutes of Neighbours. I wouldn't have thought it possible but it seems both the story line and the acting has declined in the past five or so years from when I actually watched it regularly. Third, the tube. I caught the tube for the first time in around 6 weeks today. OK, so I live and work in London, but I catch the DLR to work and I have escaped for the past few weekends. The City was full of tourists today, and even when I left Soho around 22:15, it was still heaving. Thank heavens for black cabs home. I'm pretty happy that this side of London is lost on me for the most part, but at the same time I love it. I realised today that when in Hong Kong I shall truly miss London. Naturally, I shall miss England's green and pleasant land, but I'll also miss the buzz, the atmosphere and most of all the anonymity that the Big Smoke provides. Good job HK will be home-from-home in that respect, I suppose!