Two Words: Crazy Indians!
WOOHOOO!!!! It was the Fourth of July today, and boy did I have a blast...literally I guess! Hehe! I woke up bright and early and got ready to watch the parade that my brothers gf was going to be performing in. She is on dance/drill team at school and my bro felt like he had to go, so we went! After that, my brother and sister ditched me to go to the mall...how sweet of them...and I was left at the beach. My friend Janu called me and we met up. She is Indian, and her friend Enjuli and her whole family were down there. (My parents are out of town because of a death in the extended family...boring! )
She introduced me to her family and the first thing they did after exchanging a few words in Hindi was beg me to eat. "Try some spicy food!" Her mother encouraged me. "Yeah!" Janu smiled and handed me a plate. And so I ate some Indian food. It was awesome! Her mom is a really good cook. Her mom has these cool eyes, they are like golden colored...its awesome!!! (My good friend P has similar eyes! You know what I am talking about girl...Sexy EYES!)
After that, all the children wanted sno-cones. This included the 14 year old Enjuli, Janu's 11 year old bro Needum, and her 5 year old cousin Nahar. I love Nahar! That kid is amazing. Once Needum sees me, he is taken by me. It kind of freaked me out at first, but I quickly got used to it. However, honestly, the kid is obnoxious to say the least. Janu explained to me that because he is a boy, her family treats him special.
The kids all head over to this fountain once they are done with their sno-cones and play in the water. After that, they run down to the beach and Janu and I are left talking on the shore. We tease Enjuli about being a good girlfriend for Needum and the both look at us like we are insane. "He would be good for my friend Priya!" She says. "Priya sounds like a car!" Needum argues. "A car would be Prius!" Enjuli replies. "Oh!" Needum walks back to the water and then we all walk back to where their parents have camped out.
We keep on walking around, and I keep teasing Janu about how many Indian people are down by the beach. "Look...There goes another one of your relatives!" I joke. She laughs. "Yep!" She says, nodding. We walk and walk until we are so bored of walking. We watch as an outdoor band sets up, and Needum and Nahor fight each other then attempt to fight us. Its pretty adorable.
The Indian moms suddenly pack up and want to go home, but all of us kids want to stay at the beach. They run around like a bunch of crazy people trying to figure out what to do at first and then decide that they are going to leave us there and come back for us later. Nahor is too little to stay with us, so he goes with them, but not before pitching a fit about it. "But...I am a big kid!" He shouts in English. His mom says something in Hindi to him and he finally calms down enough to sit in the car and go home with them.
We keep on waiting for it to get dark, so we can watch the fireworks, but it is taking forever. "I'm hungry!" Needum complains after having annoyed the living daylights out of us girls for the last twenty minutes or so. Janu sighs. "I am kind of hungry too. How about you guys?" She asks both me and Enjuli. I nod. "Yeah, I am a bit hungry." I agree. Enjuli says that she is not and that she is a vegetarian, so she will just watch us eat because she knows she won't be able to find anything veg down there by the waterfront.
We settle on a Thai restaurant where we all split two big plates of food. We all feel bad because Enjuli can't eat anything, but I ordered something with tofu so she can eat it too, but it has egg in it, so she can't eat it either! I never realized how hard it would be to be veg! They all talk about India and how they have traveled in and out of India their whole lives. I am filled with a bit of jealousy, but it quickly passes as I realize that I too have a good country that I still have yet to see all of. They still have yet to see all of India as well, they usually just go to the same parts. They tell me about their relatives and how they are pretty well off. We all joke about English accents and Aussie ones as well as Indian ones.
After lunch, which Janu put on her mother's credit card...hahaha! we head back to the beach and just chill. We decide to get some ice cream and Italian sodas. After that, Needum decides he is going to get some fried corn. Its funny to watch him eat it. We all hang out by this flagpole that is down there, and Needum and Enjuli try to play clapping games with each other. "You think I'm cute!" I tease Needum, who gets distracted and can't play the game right. "You lose!" Enjuli teases him. "Its not fair, she is distracting me!" He whines. "You still lose!" She says again. "Your no fun!" Needum walks off again and Janu, Enjuli and I are left to talk some more.
Around 10pm or so, once the fireworks are about to begin, the Indian moms arrive back at the beach and join us. Shortly after we have set up camp in a nice dry and shady spot, Needum decides that we need to go to a "better spot", so we all pack up and move...much to the displeasure of the Indian moms! By this point, Needum and Nahor have gotten $20.00 for some light sabers from the moms and have begun to fight with them on the grass. Needum leads the way for us to the dock, but it is cram packed, and the Indian moms begin complaining in Hindi...I know its complaining because Needum has begun to get embarrassed. He had not anticipated there would be so many people there. Poor boys pride was gone...
The fireworks finally start and we all settle down. Janu, Enjuli and I are all huddled together on the blanket while the rest of the family is spread out in chairs. Needum pouts that his spot would have been good if only the stupid people hadn't gotten there first. But after a few loud fireworks, Nahor begins to get a headache and cries. "Mama...Don't like! So loud." He whines to her. She says a few things in Hindi and then points to the fireworks in the sky and he smiles. He is one adorable kid. After that, he begins lightly swinging his light saber around. It was funny. He was just too cute!
Every time the "boom" noise happened, I jumped and Enjuli and Janu teased me. I admit it was funny. I also mistaked a plane for a firework...They called me a blonde American...Yeah! They were used to the booming noise because fireworks were apart of their lifestyle in India. They said that weddings and stuff were always calls for fireworks. The moms wanted to leave about ten to fifteen mintues early, that way we would avoid traffic, but there wasn't enough space for all of us in the car. The car was a five passenger, and we had 8 people. Not to mention that there were tons and tons of cops out...It was a scary experience to say the least!
I was smashed under Janu, who is way taller than me, and Needum had to sit with Enjuli on his lap. Their mom was crammed between us with little Nahor on her lap and the auntie drove while the grandma rode passenger. "Please don't let us get caught by the cops!" I prayed while the Indians laughed at me. "We do this all the time!" Janu told me. "Don't worry."
"I do worry!" I replied. "My parents are out of town...Imagine if I call them and tell them I am in jail because I crammed myself into a car of 7 Indians!" The whole car busted up laughing.
"And you think Indians are taking over the world, right?" Janu's mom asked me.
"Well, I was at the supermarket the other day, and the 'Deli' has actually turned into 'Delhi'." I told her. She laughed really hard at that too.
And I made it home safely...Thank GOD! Honestly...I was so scared that I was going to die!!! If we had crashed, and the 'auntie' isn't the best driver, I seriously would have probably died. I am so glad to be alive!!! But that was my crazy day with the crazy Indians! All of us girls are planning on having an Indian movie night! Janu has a plasma TV at her house, and she is equal distance between me and Enjuli, so, it is pretty easy for us to all get together there! It should be fun. I have a lot of love and respect for Indian women...I don't know why. Perhaps it is because they are very respectful...Or maybe it is because they know how to travel and have a good time...I just know that I love MY INDIANS!!! Hehehe! And all of you who fall into that catagory, whether online or in real life, you know who you are...Thank you for the good times!!! I will always love and cherish them. Hope you enjoyed that!!!
She introduced me to her family and the first thing they did after exchanging a few words in Hindi was beg me to eat. "Try some spicy food!" Her mother encouraged me. "Yeah!" Janu smiled and handed me a plate. And so I ate some Indian food. It was awesome! Her mom is a really good cook. Her mom has these cool eyes, they are like golden colored...its awesome!!! (My good friend P has similar eyes! You know what I am talking about girl...Sexy EYES!)
After that, all the children wanted sno-cones. This included the 14 year old Enjuli, Janu's 11 year old bro Needum, and her 5 year old cousin Nahar. I love Nahar! That kid is amazing. Once Needum sees me, he is taken by me. It kind of freaked me out at first, but I quickly got used to it. However, honestly, the kid is obnoxious to say the least. Janu explained to me that because he is a boy, her family treats him special.
The kids all head over to this fountain once they are done with their sno-cones and play in the water. After that, they run down to the beach and Janu and I are left talking on the shore. We tease Enjuli about being a good girlfriend for Needum and the both look at us like we are insane. "He would be good for my friend Priya!" She says. "Priya sounds like a car!" Needum argues. "A car would be Prius!" Enjuli replies. "Oh!" Needum walks back to the water and then we all walk back to where their parents have camped out.
We keep on walking around, and I keep teasing Janu about how many Indian people are down by the beach. "Look...There goes another one of your relatives!" I joke. She laughs. "Yep!" She says, nodding. We walk and walk until we are so bored of walking. We watch as an outdoor band sets up, and Needum and Nahor fight each other then attempt to fight us. Its pretty adorable.
The Indian moms suddenly pack up and want to go home, but all of us kids want to stay at the beach. They run around like a bunch of crazy people trying to figure out what to do at first and then decide that they are going to leave us there and come back for us later. Nahor is too little to stay with us, so he goes with them, but not before pitching a fit about it. "But...I am a big kid!" He shouts in English. His mom says something in Hindi to him and he finally calms down enough to sit in the car and go home with them.
We keep on waiting for it to get dark, so we can watch the fireworks, but it is taking forever. "I'm hungry!" Needum complains after having annoyed the living daylights out of us girls for the last twenty minutes or so. Janu sighs. "I am kind of hungry too. How about you guys?" She asks both me and Enjuli. I nod. "Yeah, I am a bit hungry." I agree. Enjuli says that she is not and that she is a vegetarian, so she will just watch us eat because she knows she won't be able to find anything veg down there by the waterfront.
We settle on a Thai restaurant where we all split two big plates of food. We all feel bad because Enjuli can't eat anything, but I ordered something with tofu so she can eat it too, but it has egg in it, so she can't eat it either! I never realized how hard it would be to be veg! They all talk about India and how they have traveled in and out of India their whole lives. I am filled with a bit of jealousy, but it quickly passes as I realize that I too have a good country that I still have yet to see all of. They still have yet to see all of India as well, they usually just go to the same parts. They tell me about their relatives and how they are pretty well off. We all joke about English accents and Aussie ones as well as Indian ones.
After lunch, which Janu put on her mother's credit card...hahaha! we head back to the beach and just chill. We decide to get some ice cream and Italian sodas. After that, Needum decides he is going to get some fried corn. Its funny to watch him eat it. We all hang out by this flagpole that is down there, and Needum and Enjuli try to play clapping games with each other. "You think I'm cute!" I tease Needum, who gets distracted and can't play the game right. "You lose!" Enjuli teases him. "Its not fair, she is distracting me!" He whines. "You still lose!" She says again. "Your no fun!" Needum walks off again and Janu, Enjuli and I are left to talk some more.
Around 10pm or so, once the fireworks are about to begin, the Indian moms arrive back at the beach and join us. Shortly after we have set up camp in a nice dry and shady spot, Needum decides that we need to go to a "better spot", so we all pack up and move...much to the displeasure of the Indian moms! By this point, Needum and Nahor have gotten $20.00 for some light sabers from the moms and have begun to fight with them on the grass. Needum leads the way for us to the dock, but it is cram packed, and the Indian moms begin complaining in Hindi...I know its complaining because Needum has begun to get embarrassed. He had not anticipated there would be so many people there. Poor boys pride was gone...
The fireworks finally start and we all settle down. Janu, Enjuli and I are all huddled together on the blanket while the rest of the family is spread out in chairs. Needum pouts that his spot would have been good if only the stupid people hadn't gotten there first. But after a few loud fireworks, Nahor begins to get a headache and cries. "Mama...Don't like! So loud." He whines to her. She says a few things in Hindi and then points to the fireworks in the sky and he smiles. He is one adorable kid. After that, he begins lightly swinging his light saber around. It was funny. He was just too cute!
Every time the "boom" noise happened, I jumped and Enjuli and Janu teased me. I admit it was funny. I also mistaked a plane for a firework...They called me a blonde American...Yeah! They were used to the booming noise because fireworks were apart of their lifestyle in India. They said that weddings and stuff were always calls for fireworks. The moms wanted to leave about ten to fifteen mintues early, that way we would avoid traffic, but there wasn't enough space for all of us in the car. The car was a five passenger, and we had 8 people. Not to mention that there were tons and tons of cops out...It was a scary experience to say the least!
I was smashed under Janu, who is way taller than me, and Needum had to sit with Enjuli on his lap. Their mom was crammed between us with little Nahor on her lap and the auntie drove while the grandma rode passenger. "Please don't let us get caught by the cops!" I prayed while the Indians laughed at me. "We do this all the time!" Janu told me. "Don't worry."
"I do worry!" I replied. "My parents are out of town...Imagine if I call them and tell them I am in jail because I crammed myself into a car of 7 Indians!" The whole car busted up laughing.
"And you think Indians are taking over the world, right?" Janu's mom asked me.
"Well, I was at the supermarket the other day, and the 'Deli' has actually turned into 'Delhi'." I told her. She laughed really hard at that too.
And I made it home safely...Thank GOD! Honestly...I was so scared that I was going to die!!! If we had crashed, and the 'auntie' isn't the best driver, I seriously would have probably died. I am so glad to be alive!!! But that was my crazy day with the crazy Indians! All of us girls are planning on having an Indian movie night! Janu has a plasma TV at her house, and she is equal distance between me and Enjuli, so, it is pretty easy for us to all get together there! It should be fun. I have a lot of love and respect for Indian women...I don't know why. Perhaps it is because they are very respectful...Or maybe it is because they know how to travel and have a good time...I just know that I love MY INDIANS!!! Hehehe! And all of you who fall into that catagory, whether online or in real life, you know who you are...Thank you for the good times!!! I will always love and cherish them. Hope you enjoyed that!!!
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