Friday, July 15, 2005

21 things Indians do when the return home from the US :)

Sorry Fellow bloggers, I desparately wanted to update this blog... Wanted to publish my experiences Couldn't get the time out of my so far busy, but totally worthless schedule... So, here's a forward, which I thought at one time remotely fell into the catrgory of funny, in a weird way... So, feel free to check this out, in case you haven't seen it already...

An NRI does the following when he/she gets back from the US:

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

20. Drinks and carries mineral water and continually speaks of one's health.

19. Uses the deo so much 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 speciously at Hotel/Dhaba food.

Few more important things "they" do

3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of the Airline 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.

Here Comes the Ultimate one.......

1. Tries to begin conversation with - "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."!!!!

3 comments:

Sayesha said...

Hahahahha! Hilarious list! :)

Razer said...

Hey Jiji and Sayesha...

Thanks for those illuminating comments... But I did put em in here on a lighter vein and I wouldn't want to be mistaken to have anything against our citizens in the US... So, that said, I hope you loved it :)

Anonymous said...

You forgot to say one more thing.
In US you drive on the right side whereas in our country we drive on left...