Showing posts with label weird people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird people. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2010

the good, the bad and the ugly...

The good…things I'm really looking forward to:

  • a quiet life, with time to enjoy every experience
  • cooking, alone and together
  • being cooked for
  • picking out random things for the house
  • doing up the house
  • slowly collecting the things that make a house a home
  • quiet walks on the beach
  • the simpler, clutter free life without the hassles of a big city
  • a healthier way of living
  • more together time, spent doing interesting things
  • driving out on the weekends to the many escapes around Goa
  • discovering Goa, for more than what it is known

The bad…things that have made me want to tear my hair out:

  • getting a telephone is a nightmare
  • getting internet, even more so
  • no friends as yet
  • the strange sounds I hear/imagine in the house

The ugly…things that make me go WTF:

  • the neighbours' reluctance to offer help/advice
  • the spaced out people who seem like they never know what's going on
  • when you ask a passer by for help/directions/advice, and if they don't know the answer to your question, they can never just tell you they cant help! They'd much rather just look away or make some obscure sound/groan and hope you will disappear into thin air! What's up with that

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Goan Eccentricities 3

This one is awesome. We were looking through the menu and wanted to order something in chicken. Well, not me cos I'm vegetarian but the people with me? Yeah they...So anyway as you can see there were 6 dishes to choose from. What really struck me was the 2nd one on the list.
"Chicken". Just "Chicken". Wow.. Thats like a whole new level aint it?


Can I get one chicken please?
Which chicken?
Oh just chicken.
Huh?
Oh by the way are you gona bring it on a leash and tie it to our umbrella?


Monday, March 01, 2010

Goan Eccentricities 2

I met a guy today. One of those typical road side temporary shop owners. I stopped to buy some cigs.
Me: 1 pack lights please
He: I dont have a pack I have just 9.
Me: Ok I'll take them.
He: No I can give you 5
Me: What? Just give me all 9.
He: No i need them.
Me: You do? Aren't you supposed to be selling them?
He: Yeah I need a few here in the shop to sell.
Me: What? Isnt that what you're doing now?
He: I cant give you all 9. Thats it. I wont have any left.
Me: To myself (You're a freaking moron. The weirdest I've met so far).

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Goan eccentricities

2 pm in the afernoon. You walk towards a restaurant for lunch. The door is shut. A hand written signboard is seen on it. "Closed for Lunch"

11 am in another restaurant. Customer to waiter - "Bhai, ek mast wala chai la". Waiter contemplates for 5 mins, gives an apologetic look to the customer and says "Bhai bana na padega".