A clear indication?

  When I first started driving I was so nervous. I would feel panicky and worried that terrible things would happen to me; obviously not good, however I over came that and am now a confident driver. I actually hate being a passenger with a passion, apart from the travel sickness, it’s the fact that I have to watch other people drive poorly. In our family road rage seems to be a common theme; Dad, older sister and myself=pure rage! Usually I am a fairly laid back person but the minute I am stuck behind some mindless plonker I get a little irritated.

  One thing I have noticed since driving around Eastbourne is the lack of indicating. By not doing a simple action it can have such dangerous consequences. Indicating not only alerts other drivers, but also pedestrians, as to where you intend on going. This doesn’t happen in Eastbourne, I think around 90% of drivers don’t know how to use theirs. I am constantly on the indicator purely because it comforts me to know that I have shown others where I am going so if, for some reason, there is some sort of problem I know I have given clear signal as to what I am doing.

  I have made a list of cars that I have no intention on buying, purely through the lack of indicators that are on those cars; surely it can’t be the actual driver’s fault?! No, I doubt that greatly, it’s definitely the car, so I now know never to get one of around 20 different types of car. Maybe I should write to the manufacturers and tell them that they have been building cars without indicators? What if the actual drivers haven’t even realised? This could cause uproar! I must do my bit to protect others against these menaces that are producing cars without correct fittings. I guess I could also mention the cars that only ever seem to have full beam lights on…

  There are only two categories you can possibly be part of, either;

 You, the driver, have the common sense and lack of care as a dead lettuce leaf,

Or

 Your car manufacturer needs to be notified of the terrible mistake they have made in production.

  We all know it won’t be the manufacturer so, perhaps, before you turn on to another road, around a roundabout or into a parking space let the rest of us know, or you will either have a crash or, potentially, seriously injure a passer by. Just saying…

Miss C x

Survival of the fittest

 We must fight to be heard, fight to be recognised and fight for our opportunities...
 But what happens when you start to lose the will to fight?


I have reached a point where I no longer care. Social Media is at a huge level nowadays and it can't be escaped. Everywhere you look there is a Twitter symbol or a Facebook page and this is where I quit.
Facebook. It used to be great until they started changing everything. Did they never hear of that phrase of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it?' 
I will check Facebook probably once a day, purely to delete application requests for me to play a game or join some group...I am genuinely not interested. I am a naturally nosey person and just want to look at other people's lives but maybe this is a dangerous past time?


We are a click away from seeing what other people are doing; but are they really doing all that? It's as though there is some sort of competition on Facebook to have the most photos or check in everywhere, even have the most friends. Seriously? It can be quite disheartening to watch how everyone else seems to be doing something, while you stumble along barely adding anything to your profile. I don't feel the need to 'check in' anywhere. Surely the only people who need to know are those that you're with? Why don't you just tell people who are actually interested? My phone is constantly alerting me of where people are once they've added it on to Facebook and quite frankly, if I knew how to stop it I would...my lack of technology skills comes in to play here...


It is as though we are conditioned to compete with one another to have the most interesting lives and to be constantly busy. It's an immense pressure considering how little money everyone has nowadays or how people have to work so much just to make ends meet. I always look at people and think 'wow they seem to be so much happier than me' when it actual fact this probably isn't true. I always felt like I was missing out because I wasn't as 'popular' as other people or I couldn't afford to go to all these places. Well, actually, I'm not that fussed. I may not have lots of friends or money to go on constant holidays or days out; but I have a more reasons to live than care what Facebook thinks of me.


People may upload a horrific amount of photos or feel the need to tell everyone how exciting their life is, but I don't buy it! Their lives can't be that busy and exciting when they've got all this free time to update their Facebook page...