The tube.

what do you think when I say tube? Do u think of a long rubber hose? or plastic?

or do you think of the london underground (or metro, or MRT, or subway, depending on which city you're in)?

anyway, i actually mean the london underground. yup, the one that got bombed on july 7th. Why is it that terrorists like to plan things on these easy-to-remember dates? eh watch out, the next bomb will happen on 11-11. hmm.. why not 7-11? cus then 7-11 will get free publicity issit? or may 24-7. oh, but then in the US it'll become 7-24. haha.. haiz. I'm deteriorating...

back to the point. i just saw a couple kissing.. no smooching.. no, i believe the word is "snogging" (go check the dictionary), in plain sight while they were waiting for the train. and just yesterday I saw another couple snogging away too, inside the tube. and the day before that, I saw another couple, not just snogging, but the guy was groping and squeezing his girlfriend's butt. And they were standing like right in the center of the platform.

Now, who says londoners are terrified of taking the tube?

another interesting thing happened later in the tube. This young punk, dressed in drab casual clothing came up to me and flashed an identity card at me. Vaguely it looked like some London Underground kinda pass. He identified himself as a ticket inspector and wanted to check my pass. My initial thought was like, "what? really? he's joking right?".

but then after that, i saw standing behind him, acting nonchalant and as though he didn't know the punk, was a guy dressed in the Underground uniform. Oh, then it hit me, that punk is really a ticket inspector, trying to catch people red handed. macham like plain clothes policeman.

Now, what if bus inspectors also wore plain clothes?