Friday, May 25, 2007

aeoiraoehfad

haha.. i couldnt think of a title for this random post - so there u have it aioaiewajd -- jibberish!!
few things to cover today.
1. i was chilling with friends and randomly mentioned riots in india. one of my friends (white guy) said yea... but its not like terrorism here - 9/11 and all. i stopped .. rephrased what i had to say because what was first gonna come out of my mouth was "how stupid are u to say that".. but what i really said was "go read up on the events and riots in india.. i think u'll beg to differ". then he proceeds to say.. "yea but nothing big like 9/11"

OK YES.. 9/11 was huge.. never had planes run into buildings in india... but what was bout 13 bomblasts that RUINED BOMBAY?? what about the people who were burned alive in the train.. about all the other riots up north by kashmir and punjab and well for that matter every other state. what about all of that. i continued to explain to my friend that yes, no planes had been run into buildlings in the middle of the day, but there were numerous attacks were thousands of ppl die at the end of it all. my friend just couldnt grasp that idea that it could be as big as 9/11

JUST CAUSE ITS NOT ADVERTISED AND BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION INTO A FREAKING WAR TOWARDS THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST - DOESNT MEAN THAT IT DOESNT HAPPEN. JUST CAUSE INDIA IS A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY DOESNT MAKE THE LIVES OF THE PPL WHO DIE IN THESE CRAZY RIOTS IN INDIA BE LESS VALUABLE TO THE LIVES OF THE PPL WHO DIED IN 9/11. do not get me wrong, i understand that 9/11 was huge, but those things happen in india.. all the time - may be not as huge or may be bigger, but just cause we dont go raginng a war towards all the muslims in pakistan and the middle east, doesnt mean its not valuable. sorry - it was pissy that some people could just not understand that. may be i didnt do as good of a job, cause well i dont read up on all the riots and i havent kept count. but it was shitty.. or may be these people are just sheltered.
im not saying that bad things dont or didnt happen here. im just saying they happen in india all the time.. respect that.. realize that and be aware of the fact that riots and bombblasts are killing ppl every day somewhere. sometimes i think americans live in this bubble where outside of their world nothing exists.. sorry for being pretentious...

2. this is soo completely different and on a much lighter note. i helped my friend move to the city today. omg.. first of all she lives in this apt thingie.. as soon as you enter... there's 15 stairs to get to the living room and 15 more stairs to get her bedroom. all stairs are steep and curvy. I HAULED SHIT UP THOSE 30 STAIRS.. MADE LIKE 6 TRIPS. this annoying weather.. they didnt even have the air on. she was soo pissed that her roomie turned off the air. i almost had an asthma attack. although after all the moving, we went out and got something to eat and had nice cold BEER ..hmmm beer. as i sat there in the beer garden, i was amazed at the cute men that were there. infact, i was amazed at the amount of men that were there period. lol in the suburbs all u see is families and couples. lord i miss the city life.... or the single life for that matter. i remember being at niu and always finding hot men to look at. living in the suburbs has killed my apetite for sheer HOTNESS. today it was reignited and i promised my self that atleast twice every month i shall give my self a dose of YUMMINESS!!

3. so i spoke to that guy.. it was a normal conversation -- just the usual how are u.. everythings fine.. hows life.. blah blah. we conversed for about 20 minutes.. and clearly he didnt say anything about anything. soooo sad!! -- shall keep u guys updated!!

9 comments:

Aditi said...

3. Let it go why does it matter? seriously?

2. yeah the city is so much mroe fun then the burbs..

1. americans do live in a bubble.. why else do u think that most of the history u learn in amrica is american history and nothing more.. most ppl wouldnt be able to pinpoint india or even iraq on a map of the world.. how often do u switch on the news there and here abt what is going on in the world?

Ash said...

"yea but nothing big like 9/11"

Ridiculous!

Rani said...

@aditi:
3. hmm it does.. i dont know why!
2. definitely fun and much more expensive.. hahaha
1. ooo many ppl dont know the difference between iraq and iran and well never is there news about the world on here. fox, abc, nbc = its all about the city u live in and occassionally about other cities when something catastropic happens

@ash: ridiculous indeed!

Nadim said...

zero knowledge on world affairs. nothing surprising!
and ya, burbs are boring! univ was much more fun!!! i miss all those drunk clg girls so much! ;D

Rani said...

@nadim: true, burbs are boring..
MISS all the drunk collge girls - uh oh ... nadim was a player!!

Keshi said...

9/11 seems to be BIG cos it happened to the Americans. Its so sad how ppl measure the magnitude of a catastrophe based on ethnicity!!

Keshi.

Rani said...

@keshi: sad isnt it????
i wonder what would happen if it had happened to india?
would there even be a relief fund from america??

Varsha said...

That guy probably isn't aware that more lives have been lost in India over terrorism that in that one 9/11. Kashmiri Militants, 13 bombs on Mumbai in 93, 7 blasts in 2006, Akshardham, Hyderabad, I could go on....

Alas...Americans...

Rani said...

@varsha: oh he definitely is not aware of that.. i know.. same thing i tried to name off some crazy terrorist attacks too...
yes.. alas americans!!!