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Friday, August 11, 2006

Top 21 things an Indian does after returning to India from "US".

This is an old classic but still I laugh out loud when I read this. Let me see if I will do any of these when I go to India this month. I did some of these things when I was there early this year.

21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.

20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health consciousness.

19. Sprays deo such so that he doesn't need to take bath.

18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.

17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".
says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds".
Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".
Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".
Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".
Says "Free Way" instead of "Highway".
Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".
Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)

16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.

15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)

14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible(but deep down the heart multiplies by 43 times).

13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.

12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed)

11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"

10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and Indian Road Conditions.

9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".

8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.

7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.

6. Tries to complain about any thing in India as if he is experiencing it for the first time.

5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".

4. Looks suspeciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food.

Few more important
3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to India, even after 4 months of arrival.

2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.

Ultimate one
1. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

4 Comments:

At 8/12/2006 12:07 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

lol....have seen quite a few of our batchmates with this phenomenon :) ...esp with that gult cybharg!

 
At 8/12/2006 2:32 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

LOL ...

but axe bath was famous in ammani residency before setting foot on firang shores ..

me guilty of one thing ... the airline tag in my suitcase lingered along for 3 weeks after the visit

after that amma wanted to take the luggage to madurai and said ..what is this dirty paper wound all over the handle .. disgusted she scissor-ed it away

 
At 8/12/2006 7:50 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Edo Bijesha! Gult Cybharg? ... Which ones do I fall into? Dude, I still remember GAP funda! Damn, you indian ;) ha ha ha!

 
At 8/13/2006 10:26 AM, Blogger Subbu said...

LOL !!!

Nice Post ... I feel you are preparing a check list before going to India ...

 

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