Observation One:

This whole ordeal wasn’t so much an actual observation but rather, an event that forced me to observe what was physically happening to my body.

As I was opening the gates to leave my house, my foot was standing in an unfortunate position, leaving the back of my foot to be acutely scraped off. I wouldn’t go to the extent of saying it was painful but it was definitely an uncomfortable situation, especially since I was already running late to work.

I had no choice but to soldier through the deep cut and drive to work without any complaints. I did the occasional check of my injured foot but other than that, I had to keep my eyes on the road.

As I looked at the affected area, I noticed how deep in colour my blood was. After all, it is seldom for us as humans to see the internal part of ourselves, let alone the colour of our blood. The blood was of a deep dark red, similar in colour to a bottled red wine but still visibly red.

The way the blood coagulated in that one part of my foot was interesting – I was expecting it to drip down and stain my socks, however, it played in my favour and left no mess.

Observation Two:

Running late to work, there were little facets throughout the day that may have crossed my mind. However, there was this particular peculiarity that caught my attention. It was an overview of the security cameras that have apparently been around for a while. I never knew that we had access to view them and thought that it was purely for the security room to see.

Nonetheless, I, as a Customer Service Officer had the whole view of Melbourne Olympic Park. This included Rod Laver Arena, Margaret Court Arena and even as minute as the elevator lifts. Surely there was some sort of security breach because with a job description like mine, I held too much power and responsibility to be looking at the whole operations of the park.

At the same time, it was also there for our own safety. So in reality, I didn’t hold too much power because I was simply just looking at the happenings of the whole area. What could I really do with security footage other than to watch it?