Trainspotting

Just watched this again, after 12 eventful years. Just got an email from my friend, who is now on an exchange programme in Aussieland, whom I watched the movie with (pirate version on video tape with appalling quality - only in Guangzhou). I remember we laughed out really loud at the scene when Ewan McGregor swam down the toilet, and we didn't understand the Scottish accent at all. Most of my best teenage memories are shared with her. Those years.

Now listen to this iconic starting line:

"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. "

It now sounds like an oracle! More worryingly still, London was where Mark Renton chose to start his new life. Then what? Choose a life, a job, a starter home, dental insurance...