November Summary

Since the rains have gone and now it's nice and warm in the days and cool breezes in the night, i have been nothing but lazy and undetermined.

Let me see. i got violently ill, had to get injections since i was constantly throwing up my medicine. I have to becareful about what i eat now on.

My brother arrived on the 14th so that was nice. It was nice having a traveling buddy and he protected me during drive by butt pinching (indian trains are notorius for that, and they do not discriminate race)

oh on the trains i witnessed boys sitting on boys laps, guys holding hands all over the damn place. No one seems wierded out about that except me and my brother.

i witness what is kind of the engagement party in a traditional indian wedding. i thought it was going to be fun, but turned out to be really boring. The famlies of the two couples just talk about everything and everything. Imagine if the person you're dating's entire family comes to meet the entire family of the other person. Also they discuss the date, location and all together. This is all a family affair. The girl and boy are not involved during the discussion.

I also went to a wonderful Kolkata film festivel and saw some really nice movies. Also i saw the worst wierdest movie, and ofcourse it was chezk. It was not only wierd but as well as a complete waste of my 2 hours since being here in india. Thank god it was a free movie.

My dad came to india on the 20th. So it was nice having 3/4th of my family in india. I missed my mom on our Dosa eating rampage. I think we ate one everyday. I can't remember anymore. But i'm sure it was everyday. Except when my brother got sick that we took a haiatus.

I went a bengali movie that had naughty things in it. I couldn't believe it since it's such a no no here in india and since everything gets censored. Which baffles me becuase i think the indian culture is at times extremely hipocritical. Lets see things that are a must in bollywood movies

1. Skanky women dressed in barely a piece of cloth called a dress.

2. The "hero" and "heroine" seem to almost kiss and just as they do, they start to dance in a dance that can only be described as a clothed striptease.

I can't get what they are cencoring, since i feel more uncomfrotable watching bollywood movies with my parents than if i were to watch Skinimax latenight. No wonder girls get a little pinch here and there cause the men here are so deprived of anything but dance numbers.

i also witnessed first at hand what bribing is all about. I was standing all nice getting my food from a vendor, when i noticed a police officer standing next to the other vendor just looking down. I first didn't take notice, since i thought that he was just getting some tasty food like me, but then he didn't move and i realized what was going on. He was passed something by the vendor and the vendor didn't once look at him again. When i was done getting my food, the police man walked slowly to my vendor and the same thing happened. It really happens here and it's so sad. Everyone here is trying to get some cake. The police is absolutly useless and nothing can be done about it. yesterday i was getting my train ticket and the man was smoking a ciggarette and taking my money, with one puff he grumbled my name on my monthly card and then went on to complain about the bad handwriting from the other guy that wrote my pass. I was too nice to admit to him that he did it last time. (IDJOT!) As i half listened about the handwriting i also noticed that there was a gumoungous line behind me and 3 people inside, I'm not really sure what the actual job of a rail station ticket booth is, but i don't think it's just standing there and staring at people. I think it would be best if they opened the other window and actually did some f*ing work. I love Kolkata.

So far my transportaion possibilites has even grown.

1. taxi

2 bus

3. train

4. autorikshaw

5. bicycle rikshaw

6. human rikshaw

7. bicycle cart

8. bicylcle wagon

9. random person's white ambassador (you wait in line with 50 other mad office workers and run to the cars, ask where they are going and hop in. all in all a nice cheap ride.

now i need someone to just piggy back me around town.. sweeeet