Need to break my affair with America... - Thanda Thanda, cool, cool

May 07, 2004

Need to break my affair with America...

My dream is to be a Bollywood actress... that is only if I can act with Sharukh Khan! He's dreamy!! So you might have guessed, I finally went to my movie Matinee with my British friend and our Kashmiri dates! On the topic of smells... the cinema has an international smell of popcorn (with the added touch of sweaty bodies from the Delhi heat cooling off in the icy room). We decided to treat ourselves and pay for the more expensive balcony seats 30Rps more than the stalls. But it was worth it. We saw the latest 'Red Chillies Entertainment' called "Main Hoon na" roughly translated as 'I'm here'. It was a movie filled with politics (Pakistan vs India), fighting, militants and of course the subplots of romance and love with dancing and singing on the side and the spectators shouting and cheering at the screen. This movie seemed to be a melange of American shows (The Matrix, Austen Powers, John Wayne flicks... the list goes on). It's only in India that I could really enjoy this film... and I REALLY enjoyed it! Bollywood films are the best form of escapism. Who cares that I couldn't understand most of what's being said, it is so melodramatic that I new what was going on anyway!

Afterwards we did the typical and headed to McDonalds (again!). I can't believe it, I go maybe once a year at home and here it's been two days in a row. But this time I got a McAloo Tikki Burger (your basic potato-veggie burger)... it was dee-lish! I must write to Ronald McD back home and tell him to bring this in! It would impress all the vegetarians around, I'm sure of it. I'm packing up for the weekend and will be heading to Rishikesh for a few nights... a change of scenery and an escaped from the Delhi chaos. I'm searching for a little shanti (peace).

Posted by Lindsey on May 7, 2004 02:17 PM
Category: Messing around in Delhi...

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ok so looks like im the only one- life is so long and im stressed out yet again, why cant i find any peace my life is so busy and arg am so angry with the world!! well i must go michel and i are meeting up with friends from brampton and we will venture out again who knows what the night holds for us i just hope i dont have to think at all
missing you and am in jelousy (is that how u spell it?) anyway i wish i could live it up like you do!!!
love rachel
xoxoxo
pps guess what show finished last night- last show of FRIENDS i wanted to cry!!! so long friends we will miss you!!

Posted by: rachel that's me on May 8, 2004 04:31 AM

Howdy, ms. traveller! So tell us, where do you find the time to scribe such interesting thoughts on your blogg site? Do your local Mickey Dee's have computers, or do you have access to your friends' computers? How do you manage to locate local men to escort you to the pictures so quickly, are you employing a service, or are these gentlemen, people you met last year?
It's hot in Denver, nary a cloud in the sky at this early time, and mother's day is now upon us. Strange how the family dynamic changes with the years, and yet as Mother's Day rolls around, all thoughts return, happily enough to the beginnings. And despite what has evolved, the family was a genuine unit, filled with much love and contentment. I can only remember with a smile on our face the one particular Mother's Day when both omas were visiting the farm and the Petite Gaudin fireplace was simmering slowly in the kitchen. Too slowly as we found out, and next thing you know there was a roaring chimney fire! Panic with the kids and dad, and omas, but mom calmly called the Newmarket firefolks and quick as a wink the volunteers were in our yard, carrying out the woodstove to the front grass! I'm sure the neighbours across the highway were wondering what in tarnation was happening. But all ended safely. Brunch continued with some soot on the floor, and a lesson well learned, let the fire roar occasionally to burn any creosote off the pipes. I shan't forget, and I'm confident mom won't either.
Very nice of you Linds to remember opa, oma and your mom before jetting off to India. I guess your mom and I did a "fair" job in raising you and your two sisters, huh?

Continued health and happiness on your journey.

Love Dad

Posted by: dad on May 9, 2004 07:29 PM

Lindsey, I am missin you like crazy but I am glad that you ahve run off to be a Bollywood star! It suits you at least one of us can be rich and famous! Rache, I loved the ending of Friends too...even if it was cheesy. I AM cheesy! I love Cheesy! So it suited me fine. I am trying to work on my tan while I am in Miami, bit I lokk more like a peeling oreo, brown on my front half and white on the other..I keep forgetting to turn over! Be good and stay off the french fries or else you willneed to buy a new sari!
xox Becky

Posted by: Rebecca on May 10, 2004 07:49 PM

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