4 comments 31.8.09

I'm baaack!

Posted by Miss Fong - Filed under
Crap! It's been a while since I last blogged, thanks to a sudden business trip to India followed by a 3-week company training course in Blogger-blocked China. I had no idea so many things were blocked here: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Wordpress, Youtube, various weather sites (why oh why?!)...

Anyway, it's been an interesting few weeks. India was...well, incredible! It was my first time visiting and of course I was in utter fascination the whole time. Here's just a short list of the things I learned about India:

  • There are quite a few Muslims in India (especially in the North)
  • Many Indians these days speak better English than Hindi
  • The Indian accent is actually not an accent(!) It's just the way they speak English, similar to Singaporean English
  • The bobblehead behaviour may have come from the cows and is used when agreeing
  • Arranged marriages still happen
  • A bindi on a woman's forehead tells you that she's married
  • Indian transvestites do exist
  • All Indian women have between 8-10 sarees, at LEAST
  • Do not, I repeat, do not drink the tap water
  • Indians do not say 'meat' but use the word 'non-veg' instead
  • It's not shameful to be poor and/or a beggar
  • The traffic is INSANE!!

Imagine a narrow alleyway that is about the width of 1.5 cars. Now imagine 5 rickshaws, 2 scooters, 3 bicycles, 2 SUVs, an ox-pulled cart, one giant tractor with 10 men clinging on, 3 water buffalos, a baby goat, 2 horse-drawn carts, 5 wild dogs, and 20 pedestrians trying to squeeze themselves into this narrow alleyway. Multiply this by 10-20km, and don't forget that everyone's honking non-stop, and people are climbing over bicycles and cars just to try to get ahead...Crazy!!!

If you get a chance to go, I highly recommend it! Undoubtedly, it can be a little shocking, but it's definitely worth it!!

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4 comments:

Jason said...

welcome back !!! no long trips in the near future right?

Tai O Boy said...

We missed you, Miss Fong!

Anonymous said...

ur finally back! i want to visit india someday :)

Unknown said...

I can't remember how I came across your Blog while surfing the web.
But read the first few entries. Quite entertaining and interesting I must say. :)