Being Beautiful … Double Edged Sword

There are only three of us staying here in this room at this time at the Equity hostel in London at Paddington place, myself and the black-haired Australian woman and the dyed-red-haired Australian woman. The red-haired Australian woman was talking and laughing about the exceptionally pretty young woman from Bahrain telling her that; “Being beautiful is a double-edged sword”. Then I mentioned that; “Well, … she is pretty” and the red-haired Australian woman stated, ‘Yes, she is, but I do not know if the Bahrain woman is stating that “doubled edged sword” statement, in direct reference to me, not being very pretty”. I immediately stated that I was sure that the woman from Bahrain did not mean that she, the Australian red-haired woman, was not pretty, but that possibly the woman from Bahrain’s discussions is more easily understood from their cultural perspective.

Possibly the women of Bahrain must be more extremely careful of their reputations, realizing that the attention that they get from men could have some direct influence placing these women in possibly dangerous situations.

 

 London Equity Hostel Mates

The women sharing our hostel room at this time are all Australian except for the one woman from Bahrain, and me. The Bahrain woman said that she is returning home to Bahrain today as she didn’t have any luck finding anything, meaning a job, so she is reluctantly going back to her home of Bahrain and working with her family’s business, to save money again to return to London again later. She has been here staying at the Equity London hostel now for two weeks, and she is extraordinarily beautiful!

The cost here during high season this summer at the Equity Hostel in London is twenty-five euros a night except on Fridays and Saturdays when the costs is thirty euros a night. It is also possible to get a cheaper priced room if you book online or book during off season.

You get a bunk bed either in a four-bed room or a six-bed room that has one bathroom within the room. I like the six-bed room because in reference to my ‘slight’ claustrophobia, it is a larger room, and although there are more people in the room, still I feel more comfortable with the larger space.