Silent commentary while travelling in a London tube

Posted on 2:02am Saturday 3rd Dec 2011

Granny sitting near the door is munching a chocolate and looking at the ads in the tube. Her grad daughter is standing a bit away from her due to not getting a place to sit. The girl sitting next to her is reading "The way of Shadows". The girl sitting next to her is reading "Talking it over" by Julian Barnes. The guy next to her is doing something on his phone with his phone on his stomach. The guy next to him is also on his phone but this guy is holding the phone high. The guy next to him is doing nothing and just looked at me when I looked at him. The guy next to him seems to be a south Asian like me. He is sleeping. By the way we have reached Barons court. The guy in front of him also seems like a south Asian guy and sleeping as well. Empty seat. The girl next to me is reading a magazine and just told someone on the phone that the next station is Hammersmith. By the way we just reached Hammersmith. I am writing this stuff. The man on my left is engrossed in playing some puzzle sort of game on his phone. The girl next to him is reading some newspaper. The girl reading Julian stopped reading a while ago and is now checking her phone. The girl next me is getting up and sees that her destination is Actontown. The guy who held the phone high is reading a book now. It's a green coloured book and I can't read the text on its cover. Sorry. There are loads of passengers on the other 2/3rd of the carriage. We just crossed Turnham green. The guy who was doing nothing is now sleeping like the other 2 south Asian guys. All the people I mentioned except the 2 south Asian guys and me seem to be European. The girl who was reading Julian and then was checking her phone is doing nothing now. Some people must be thinking what the hell am I texting. Now both the girls who were reading and adjacent to eachother are talking to eachother about some "Chapter". We just reached Acton town. "My work is at 2.15 said one of the girls....look at that...are you sitting comfortably...I wish I was that guy...he looks crazy...." they sound American / Canadian. One of the south Asian guys has woke up and is checking his iPhone. The 2 girls are looking are the Windows and are making funny faces. One said you look like Chinese.5 people just got off at South Ealing. So, the girl reading the news paper is still reading it and the southasian guy is still on his i phone. The girl now takes out her iPhone 4. So basically its just 3 of us in my side of 1/3rd of the carriage. The girl is ready to go. I guess at Boston Manor because its the next station. And she does. Just me and the southasian guy. After all what else can you expect when you are approaching the Hounslow zone..lol. By the way my part of the carriage has 14 seats.7 in front of 7. There are 3 such parts in 1 carriage. So there are 42 seats in my carriage alone. I can see on far left part of the carriage that 2 middle aged European guys are discussing something and the girl sitting in front of them who seems to be a southasian or Brazilian girl is sitting with her eyes closed. By the way, there is hardly anyone entering as it 23.19. We have reached Hounslow East. It's so quiet. The automated announcements sound so crisp and clear. The guy is talking to some one. Seems like his Girl friend. The girl woke up and is checking her phone. We have reached Hounslow central now. I hate the doors being open for long because the cold air ruins the hardworking heaters. By the way got to go. It's Hounslow West.

Next day approximately same time

Didn't have anything to do so I am starting my commentary again. The guy in front of me is reading a book called the confession with a golden coloured front cover and a black back cover. The girl besides him is reading ...err can't see the name as she has held the book near her lap. She was holding the book high a while ago when I read the name of it but forgot. The guy next to her is doing something on his iPhone and parallel listening to music. The girl besides him is reading a beauty magazine and the middle aged man sitting besides her is doing nothing and I just saw him looking at the beautiful girl sitting in front of him in my row. Both the guys besides the man are doing something on their phone while listening to music on their phone. By the way we just reached Gloucester road. Okay, now let's start with my row. The girl besides me is only listening to music on either her phone or ipod..........the girl next to the guy is doing something on his phone. We just reached Earls court. By the way the tube comes out of the tunnel after Earls court, starting from Barons court. The girl in front of the man doing nothing is doing nothing and has put her head on her bag and seems to have gone off to sleep. The sitting on the closest seat near the entrance closest to me is the only black girl in the 1/3rd part of the carriage I am in. The guy in front of me just left at Barons court. Just got a text. I have got something to do now and I am bored typing. So, bye.





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