(in my opinion) the way you photograph (other) people can be very telling-

of the way you feel towards them, of how you perceive them;

of how you'd like the world to perceive them-

a cheeky grin; a soft smile; an unsettled frown-

(maybe) because there are some things about a person,

that only you know, and no one else-

but beauty like that,

is too good to be kept a secret.

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I have a soft spot for children.

(no surprise, but-)

it's because-

they have this lack of (an almost painful) sense of awareness of themselves and the world around them; almost as if they're living in a separate universe, space and time-

you would find a little boy feeling tired, breaking free from his mother's grasp on the train to go and sit on a single-seater that's already occupied (thank goodness it's occupant was a very kind old lady who was happy to share); another one humming the lyrics to some song and doing all kinds of silly actions and fake magic tricks to himself; a small girl dressed in such a silly manner but acting as if she owned the world otherwise; another turning her head around to make funny faces at you (taking no heed at all to her father's warnings)

it's because

I miss being like that.

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（当一个人）寂寞的时候，最容易趁虚而入-

这，我应该比任何人清楚-

可是我没有。

为什么？

因为寂寞的时候，

需要的是‘一个人’

那‘一个人’也可以是‘任何人’

而我不想成为那所谓的‘任何人’。

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i keep telling myself to stop being a twat and invading people's privacy by (sneakily) looking over their shoulders to see what book they're reading/song they're listening to/person they're smsing/ game they're playing/facebook status update they're composing,

but how can i perk up during my boring work-home commute otherwise?

(completely legitimate reason, uhuh)

this will continue to be a bad habit until I die.

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sounds like the summer I always wanted (but never had)