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..
3 comments:
gud one dude
This is really good...did all of this really happen??
Unfortunately, yes,this actually happened. And I can't help recalling that every once a while I cross Southern Cross station.
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