I'm at the coffeehouse, and there's an elderly couple sitting in front of me. The sitting arrangement is one of those chair + lounge combination, where one person sits on the chair, and the other on the lounge. But instead of sitting on the chair, the husband has gone and sat next to his wife on the lounge. I think it's just the sweetest. They're sitting shoulder to shoulder, both cross-legged, chatting and smiling. It's so nice to see.
I love observing things like this, and on days like this, where I'm feeling extra touchy, it certainly lifts my spirits. People watching is definitely my go-to when it comes to passing time (this is the girl who gets sunglasses not to protect her eyes, but so she can people watch without looking like a creep). It's different from mum's sort of people watch, where she looks at people, sizing them up as if to profile them like a FBI agent, ha. But more, observing mode, you know? I think it's just interesting to watch people at their natural state, doing the most ordinary of things, knowing that each and everyone of them have a story of their own to tell. And though their everyday, like shopping, unloading their groceries, grabbing their coffee, is probably not something they'd include in their biography, it's nice to be able to observe that. A small piece of themselves remaining a faint trace in my memory.