Strange/Interesting people I've come across

I think there's a very thin line between Weird and Interesting, and I don't know quite where to draw it! Of course, as Winnie always says there is no such thing as Normalcy so I do not expect that at all. Just a short list of them (I don't know why they are all male, but hmm).

Weirdo #1: A guy I met in the hostel I stayed in during my first few days in London. It seemed to start out as a normal conversation until it got to the "Who's your boyfriend in Singapore" (nobody), "Maybe you should try having a boyfriend of a different nationality" (No thanks, I think boys are the same everywhere) parts which somehow eventually progressed to "Would you like me to shower with you" (It's alright, I like to be alone) and "Well, if you need help in there just let me know!" (I'll be fine). The bracketed areas are what I REALLY did say to him (imagine all of them with a very amused tone of voice, I was just so... amused at his straightforwardness and cliched who's your boyfriend line). All this while he is lying in his briefs (thank goodness it was early so it was dark plus I had not put on my glasses yet) -and he started the conversation by commenting on how cold it was -I WONDER WHY.

Weirdo #2: This one was encountered as Mich, Huien and I were walking in the Tottenham Court Road underpass. I wouldn't have given this guy a second glance cos he just looked like a normal bald Brit bloke in his 30s ambling through the underpass, except that he suddenly jumped out at Mich and yelled "BOO" (or just yelled, I cant remember) super loudly HAHAHA. I'd be so traumatised if I was her!!

Weirdo(s) #3: Well this was also in one of the underpasses at Waterloo Station. When I entered the underpass, I could already hear some guys calling out to passersby from a distance. As I approached I saw that it was 4 guys just sitting with their backs against the wall of the underpass with their legs outstretched, and when the first one saw me he patted his lap and said something to the effect of "Come take a seat, you know you want to!" (repeat 2-3x). I think my reaction is totally wrong (proper reaction should be to glare and stalk away I guess?) but I kind of laughed at him because it was just too ridiculous to me. Haha.

Okay enough about the weirdos.

Interesting guy #1: There's a PUNK guy who serves food during dinner here at Ifor Evans! He has a short multi-coloured mowhawk (he's bald otherwise) which ends in a short ponytail and has multiple piercings on his face. I'd probably avoid him on the streets except here in hall he is so nice and friendly (calls you 'love' -okay many Brits do that actually, and he also tried to charge me 4 pounds for dinner the first time I encountered him haha) -also the apron he wears kind of dampens that punk image but oh wells.

Interesting guy #2: My geopolitics lecturer! He is American and is ultra charismatic (also quite good looking -I honestly think he should be on a TV drama -I'd be a big fan) and is hilarious (which makes up for the lecture content which I'm still not very impressed by) -e.g. he told us he was going for an AAG conference and so wouldn't be around for a lecture -or in his own words, "I'm going to be in Las Vegas... SUCKERS!" Other quotable quotes: "Everyone talks about Darwin, nobody talks about Ratzel, geography once again screwed out of the media", "Notice the more modest beard" (as he chronologically traced the personalities intertwined with geopolitics), "I'd like to at this point say that he was a nice man, but he wasn't." (after criticising the quantitative methods of the 1970s in which his old supervisor played quite a leading role -another quotable quote "He gets to say cool stuff like 'force fields'")

Ermss so weirdos seem to outnumber the interesting people I've met so far! And I will try to correct the gender imbalance next time too.