☆ n i k k y c h a n ☆

im missing the tranquility and quietness you find in the subways of tokyo.

picture this. its early in the morning and ure on ur way to work, feeling sluggish and tired. you cant wait for the train/bus to come cos u just want to find a seat, plop urself down and sleep ur way to the office. ure drifting off to dreamland, hovering between asleep and awake. ure about to fall into a very comfortable deep sleep. the next moment, ure jolted awake from your slumber by some inconsiderate freak's mobile phone whose ringing tone is just some loud blast of incoherant high-pitched noise. then u feel your heart pounding from the shock. and cos ure so tired u try to go back to sleep. to no avail, cos now the moron is just blabbering away on the phone at a volume that you cant ignore. try as you might, sleep is not an option anymore, cos the occasional loud laughter will still jolt u awake again. and you go to work a tired irritated person.

which brings me to my point.

firstly, why are there these stupid pple whose ringtones are so darned scary!!! its not some song, its not some tone, its just a SUDDEN OUTBURST of noise that just makes u jump!!! have some courtesy for the weak-hearted pls.

secondly, you KNOW there are pple on the same public transport as u trying to catch a bit of shut-eye, then pls have the courtesy to speak at a lower volume and not EXCLAIM loudly like its your grandfather's bus/train!! no, i dont need to know wats so exciting about your life that you have to interfere my sleep. and no, i dont want to know how pathetic your life is either. nitwits!

thirdly, earphones are for you to listen your noisemusic without disturbing the rest as not everyone will appreciate your TASTE IN MUSIC. so there's this group of pple who either do not know the existance of earphones, or simply dont bother. imbeciles who blast music on their handphones thinking their choice of music is sooooooo wonderful that the rest of the whole world would want to listen as well. these are the self-indulgent pricks im dying to give a tight slap to. one of these days, i think i'll just walk up to them, crush their handphones and shove it up their asses, really.


oh yes, for those of you who might not know, japanese have a habit to turn their mobiles to silent in the subways so that everyone can enjoy a bit of peace and quiet. and if they have to talk on their mobiles, they practically WHISPER. conversations on the train is also kept to a minimal. and when i was in lovely taiwan, i was shocked to see that EVERYONE queues to enter the train. people getting off have no problem at all. they dont have to squeeze their way out whilst the other group is pushing their way in. (ie. HERE)

evidently, i had a bad morning in the bus.