SOBU SEN

so i ride the sobu local line everyday to get to and from work ... it takes an hour each way. that adds up to WAY TOO MUCH time!

5 things i hate about riding on the train:

the little song they play at each stop (to signify that the doors are closing) totally gets stuck in my head and i whistle it all day.

how can so many trains be so full all the time? where are all these people going?

there's always some salaryman with a serious case of halitosis who manages to stand right next to me.

no matter how much i try to predict who will get up first, i always end up in front of the people who are riding to the end of the line.

and when i do get a seat, the only thing at eye-level is everyone's crotches. great.

5 things i like about riding on the train:

in the mornings, i ride the women-only train car. so wonderful!

it's okay to fall asleep on the train, which i totally do. sometimes i even accidentally slump to the side, but a lot of people do that.

in this PDA-phobic society, it's occasionally nice to have a pretty lady sleeping on my shoulder.

there's always a train about to arrive ... i only have to wait a couple of minutes.

i can practice reading japanese because the trains are plastered with ads. some of them are pretty crazy! they make me giggle.

plus, every once in a while, i look out the window at the neon jungle spread out under the tracks and think, "wow! i'm in tokyo!"

well, look at that. i found 6 things that i like but only 5 things i hate about riding the train. i guess it's not so bad after all ...