Super Powers

What can one do to entertain theirself on a boring train journey - read books, newspapers, catchup on TV, movies, social media or even change their face to see how others react. I am an eye witness to two separate occasions when two ladies displayed this magic trick (or even a super power) on the moving train effortlessly.

If you could have a super power, what super power would you like to have? Mine would be to be able to see the future. Imagine the possibilities with that. I could save so much time and effort by checking what time exactly my take away would be delivered and then opening the door just before it knocks. This would be the best use of that power most certainly because I wouldn't have to keep waiting for my door to knock while dreaming about the food. Who wants to know the next lottery numbers anyway..

Yesterday, on my train in the morning, there was a lady initially sitting on my left with her eyes closed. She then thought to  herself 'sod it.. I'm gonna pretend my round  rucksack (stuffed with clothes) is a pillow and the two seats together are my bed.' So she casually lied down with her legs folded and slept for good 50 minutes. And then... Woah, the announcement for Watford junction made her jump and sit down in her seat. She fixed her hair with her bare hands like a pro. She pulled out a small bag with some makeup and a mirror. She vigorously started rubbing her face with foundation (I believe). I looked again after a few minutes and I could not believe what I was seeing. This was the greatest act of shape shifting which meant not only she had changed colour but the entire features on her face. She transformed herself into a different and a better looking version of herself in a matter of minutes.

This morning, the lady sitting opposite me also demonstrated a similar but slightly lower level of shape shifting. She also very causally pulled out a makeup bag and a small mirror and within 5 minutes she enhanced her facial features, gave herself a bit of red colour around her cheek bones etc. But she didn't want her friends, family and colleagues not recognising her so she kept her before and after look not too different.

I've recently encountered a few people in my trains (mainly the local tubes and trains within London) who think they can physically enter into some one else's body. A couple of days earlier on a fairly busy DLR (Docklands Light Railway), a lady in her 30s wearing a thick long black shiny fur coat (why?) who was double my size started to practice her ability (super power) to enter my body from the left. She was very confident that she'll be able to achieve this and kept pushing into my side. First I couldn't figure out why she was doing that but then I realised she probably liked the look of me and wanted to take over my physical existence. But I managed to escape that and moved away from her. I wonder if she succeeded whose life would she have continued, mine or hers.

The man in his 50s, sitting right next to me on my left now is practicing his superpower of getting stuck to peoples hips and taking over their personal space. Not only he has taken over my arm rest very easily (I may have given it up because he looked tired and was closing his eyes so I allowed him to sleep or could this be his tactic in the first place?).This has made me very uncomfortable because I'm trying to adjust in lesser space than I need. He's also trying to look at what I'm writing on my phone. Is he trying to control what I'm writing by looking at my phone?

I am gonna make a statement.. "We all have a super power to remain invisible". How much information can you find about others just by knowing their name and then going on social media?

Anonymous quote... “I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.” I leave that thought with you.

Hope you liked reading it. Please keep your comments coming as I really appreciate them. I've started writing a couple of times in a week now instead of daily.

Have a great week everyone. 

Adeel