When I was in NJ in summer, the barber that I used to go to (well I should say, went to, cause I did that only once in the 3 months there!) was an Italian. He kept telling me about his life, how he migrated 40 years back, and how he eventually started his own saloon. Surprisingly he knew a lot about India, apparently the media there covers stories about India a lot. Probably because of the Sonia Gandhi connection. And then we went into how young India is shaping things here and home, how they are making a difference, and where India is headed. Not that I was spicing up things, but he was surprised.
Today, I had a hair cut again, and this time, the shop owner did the honors, cause others were busy. And he too knew, quite some about India. Here are snippets from the conversation:
Barber(Jesus, spelt as Heysoos): You are from Inn-dia ah? See that guy there, he is from Calcutta, where are you from?
me: mmm..my place is near Bombay.
Jesus: Near Bombay...hmm, its a biig city.
me: yup big and crowded...its like new york
Jesus: Do you play cricket...they play it in Phoenix.
me: yeah theres a tournament held there...i know a friend who plays.
Jesus: We play cricket in Mexico too..its not big like in Inn-dia, England..
me: really? i didnt know that.
Jesus: You know the best match, its between Inn-dia and Pakistan..haaha.
me: thats true, its always interesting, i never miss it.
Jesus: But I hate Australia...
me: why? they are great team.
Jesus: they are gay...they chase all other teams!
me: hahah
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Jesus: San Jose is a great place..little Inn-dia, many Inn-dians there, lots of pretty girls there.
me: really? i'll keep my eyes open!
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Jesus: No I won't cut more there, you'll end up looking like a chinese girl.
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Jesus: With American girls you never know what they like..
me: :-) (what else could i say!)
8 comments:
well, i like striking meaning less conversations with strangers, but i have to admit, i hate going to the barbers shop. i go there only when it become imperative that i get a hair cut.
i have such bad hair that everytime i keep wondering how the hair cut would turn out to be and also keep praying that i look as less-weird as possible ! i hate barbars shop !
btw, i just got a hair cut ... ! hate you for writing on this topic :P
Mukya < lol...i remember your "outstanding" hair :P , but it looks good on you, so don't hate me so much!
wow nice! i had no idea about mexican cricket! looks like you're set for the smalltalk assignment :D hehe
Hats off to you for conversing on cricket.....With the very limited (tends to zero :P) knowledge of cricket that you have, I'm surprized you pulled it off. I bet the barber was responsible for most of the talking :D........newez nice post, keep them coming :)
Natasha < thanks..btw smalltalk sucks, royally!
Siddharth < Dammy boy...tends to zero ah :P , yeah I'm close to that, though the frequent mid-on/mid-off conversations that I keep hearing often these days has changed that a bit.
It's cool to have a little chit-chat with a guy named 'Jesus' :D
Hehe...nice..."With American girls you never know what they like..."
ROTFL :D
Bhavin < yeah, a chit chat with God :) and it was quite revealing!
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