Wednesday, July 28, 2010

इस शीर्षक हिन्दी में है

Question: Since I'm American, and was born in America, do I have to wait until it's July 28th in the US to officially be 20? I should have flown back to the US tonight, so I could have had all day here as my birthday, switched time zones, and had more birthday at home. But then I would have flown right back here, because I'm not ready to leave just yet.
In addition to it being my birthday, today is exactly 1 week from when my Indian adventure will be coming to a close. With that in mind, I'm stepping up the exploring mode. Sometimes, it happens unintentionally. For example: today I was trying to get back to work after an exceptionally long interview (90 minutes, as opposed to the usual 30-40). As I was getting onto the train to head north, my parents called to say happy birthday (thanks guys! sorry the train was so loud). I can't blame the fact that I got on the wrong train on them, technically, since I got on a train on the Harbor line instead of the central line, but I might have noticed earlier if I hadn't been talking. In any case, as soon as I realized, I got off at the next stop and just started walking in the general direction of work. I wandered through a slum area for a while, then through an industrial neighborhood, and finally through a taxi ghost town, where every taxi in the city seemed to be parked, but their driver's were no where to be found. Finally, I found a taxi and got in, only to discover that I was about two blocks away from my hotel.
A more planned adventure was this weekend, when Sanjay and I went to go see a Hindi movie, Tere Bin Laden. First of all, neither of us speak Hindi, but we figured it would be entertaining anyway, and the plot wasn't too complicated. A Pakistani guy happens to find a chicken farmer who very much resembles Osama Bin Laden, so he and his merry gang trick the chicken farmer into making a fake video addressed to George Bush. Hilarity ensues. Sanjay and I got the last two seats in the theater, but they weren't together, so I had to keep all my questions and snide remarks to myself the whole time. I was disappointed to find out there was no song and dance in the movie, but it was full of enough slapstick comedy and easily translatable jokes at the USA's expense that I enjoyed it.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for the birthday messages, via facebook, ecards, phone calls, etc. I look forward to celebrating my birthday at least 5 times with various groups of people, starting with dinner tonight in Colaba (fancy shmancy south bombay) with my friends from work.

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