one day..

During those initial days, one of the sessions which was not boring was bt 'Culture Clash'! why? coz we were shown movies!
Ok, bits of them, but still... These IBM training rooms are very gud for movie -watching!Switch the ceiling lights off, switch on the projector... heaven!
Neha and I wanted to watch Dashavtaaram dis way, but thought dat one particular bald man( lets call him Bee) would have a heart attack if he came to know. (now this Bee is quite an interesting character n u'll be hearing more about him shortly ;) , or maybe any of u can do it in your comments)

Nyways, getting back to 'Culture Clash'- it was how we are working in a global environment and have to interact with people belonging to different cultures... BLAH BLAH BLAH.....the movies we were shown were pertaining to this idea- one had an Australian cowboy kinda guy who visits america and totally goofs up n all...

well, we had a full session about how we need to treat the foreigner guys who come over "respect their privacy, understand..blah blah.. give them their space(in the elevators n all).. they dont like ppl crowding..blah blah..

The very next day, I was in the food court waiting while my sandwich was being made.An American guy turned up next to me.Thanx to that session, I stepped away to give him his "space". then imagine my surprise when he actually moved closer ("oi! didnt u have CC sessions? wat abt my space, huh???" ) with a super worried look he
whispered-"what's dat weird thing he's putting on my sandwich??" he was referring to the pudina paste the vendor was applying. d poor guy was so damn freaked! and wat did i do? there was a whole lot of possiblities- i cud've told him it was crushed chillies that could burn his tongue, or bitterguard paste or maybe snake venom( yeah
wild imagination!), anything to freak him out! but no, like a good boring gal, i said "it's ok, it's just mint leaves' paste!" and when the vendor was adding the spices, garam masala n stuff, our firangi was almost jumping in agitaion.. "NOW what's he doing?" i was like- Is it your first time in India?" he made a face as if it was the worst thing to happen to him.

This bloke reminded me of something i read somewhere "there are a lot of ignorant dunces abroad who still think India is a land of tigers and snakes." hey and by the way, a few days ago I and my friends actually saw a snake slithering away happily into the grass just outside the D3 block, followed by really rattled security people.

lol!

The post's grown too long and i'm bored, so bbye!