A list of things every desi would be amazed about but I guess, is a bit hesistant to admit, he/she felt when in a firang land-
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Down Under
My first few minutes in Melbourne and I encounter this.
This took place when I had been waiting for a frien of mine to come by and pick me from Southern Cross station.Its 10:30 in the night and the station is pretty much deserted. I'm sitting on a bench outside,with all my lugage, waiting for my friend.
Now, there are these two firang chaps,a guy and a female,both seemingly totally drunk. Consider this, I landed here in Melbourne when all our desi channels back home are ripe with stories of Indians in Melbourne feeling the heat,taken to beatings by local bums.And, this guy,approaches me,shaking.
-"Hi Mate"
-Oh my God,those stories were all true!!! "Hi"
-"How u doin"?
-Look I'm new to the country,its late in the night and u r drunk.By no means,I could be fine,but nevertheless, in the name of all our brave martyrs,I'll try to put a brave face,"Am ok,how about u?"
-"Hey thanks.Could you borrow me some dollars?I'm like broke"
-And this means,if u deny,u'll be broke soon?"Ahh...actually,I have just landed.."
-"Hey,I beg you.A 5 $?"
-Well,this feels good and bad at the same time.A firang begging me and I can actually deny.."Well,I have just landed..and you know,I'm waiting for my friend..."You should notice this, u goon, I'm not actually alone...
-"Where you from??"
-Oh man...now,this is where things turn to bad....I say Indain and I'm more wanted than Bin Laden!!! What do I say?Do I look like Nepalese?May be SriLankan will do...how wud it matter to him?They're all the same to him."Hey...don't really have much"...n dont cut me short this time...it scares the ^$%*@ out of me
-"Asian?"
-Well,he just did it again,"Not really".no,no,I'm just a European,who looks like a south asian,.You heard of my country, Urkbejania?There comes a fist?Are the two other firang guys in the corner just waiting to join me and have a good time bashing me?Which are the places I can run to?Shud I leave my luggage here and run to find police?What if they are like our police back home and turn a blind eye?"Hey..dont have any local currency.My friend will be here anytime and..."This is supposed to scare you,OK?now show some respect towards my audacity.
-"Its ok,its fine"
-What!! did it work?What worked?My charming personality or the faked strength of a friend coming?Did I actually get rid of him?Or does he mean,now u deserve a bashing.Let me try and not take him light..not yet.Let me try this desi cell phone stunt.I pull out my cell phone;so what I still dont have a local SIM,"Hey..wher r u?I'm near this escalor"...its a valid assumption,this chap's drunk and he won't be able to figure out that I've just landed in this country..
-"All right"
-He's walking away..oh man..this is gud..
This took place when I had been waiting for a frien of mine to come by and pick me from Southern Cross station.Its 10:30 in the night and the station is pretty much deserted. I'm sitting on a bench outside,with all my lugage, waiting for my friend.
Now, there are these two firang chaps,a guy and a female,both seemingly totally drunk. Consider this, I landed here in Melbourne when all our desi channels back home are ripe with stories of Indians in Melbourne feeling the heat,taken to beatings by local bums.And, this guy,approaches me,shaking.
-"Hi Mate"
-Oh my God,those stories were all true!!! "Hi"
-"How u doin"?
-Look I'm new to the country,its late in the night and u r drunk.By no means,I could be fine,but nevertheless, in the name of all our brave martyrs,I'll try to put a brave face,"Am ok,how about u?"
-"Hey thanks.Could you borrow me some dollars?I'm like broke"
-And this means,if u deny,u'll be broke soon?"Ahh...actually,I have just landed.."
-"Hey,I beg you.A 5 $?"
-Well,this feels good and bad at the same time.A firang begging me and I can actually deny.."Well,I have just landed..and you know,I'm waiting for my friend..."You should notice this, u goon, I'm not actually alone...
-"Where you from??"
-Oh man...now,this is where things turn to bad....I say Indain and I'm more wanted than Bin Laden!!! What do I say?Do I look like Nepalese?May be SriLankan will do...how wud it matter to him?They're all the same to him."Hey...don't really have much"...n dont cut me short this time...it scares the ^$%*@ out of me
-"Asian?"
-Well,he just did it again,"Not really".no,no,I'm just a European,who looks like a south asian,.You heard of my country, Urkbejania?There comes a fist?Are the two other firang guys in the corner just waiting to join me and have a good time bashing me?Which are the places I can run to?Shud I leave my luggage here and run to find police?What if they are like our police back home and turn a blind eye?"Hey..dont have any local currency.My friend will be here anytime and..."This is supposed to scare you,OK?now show some respect towards my audacity.
-"Its ok,its fine"
-What!! did it work?What worked?My charming personality or the faked strength of a friend coming?Did I actually get rid of him?Or does he mean,now u deserve a bashing.Let me try and not take him light..not yet.Let me try this desi cell phone stunt.I pull out my cell phone;so what I still dont have a local SIM,"Hey..wher r u?I'm near this escalor"...its a valid assumption,this chap's drunk and he won't be able to figure out that I've just landed in this country..
-"All right"
-He's walking away..oh man..this is gud..
Deja vu
Well here i'm, in Melbourne.Its been 11 days now before i could get down to penning down my first post.
Now, around, a year back, I had a post,Insomina, on this blog(see below) wherein I had this story of me having been in Melbourne. Its quite a nice co-incidence to have gotten into this situation, you know..you imagine something about yourself and then totally out of the blue, some portion of it seems to be going true. Well, I'll stop right here before I'm accused of imagining that I'm hopeful of the rest of that story too coming true!!
I do plan to go to Sydney !!
Now, around, a year back, I had a post,Insomina, on this blog(see below) wherein I had this story of me having been in Melbourne. Its quite a nice co-incidence to have gotten into this situation, you know..you imagine something about yourself and then totally out of the blue, some portion of it seems to be going true. Well, I'll stop right here before I'm accused of imagining that I'm hopeful of the rest of that story too coming true!!
I do plan to go to Sydney !!
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