Day of Awesome
This day I speak of was Wednesday. I was out all day and loved it! I got to tramp around in the snow in my boots (splashing everyone around me) while we shopped and ate on Devon Ave. (the Indian street). I had Masala Dosa for the first time and have now brought the list of things I can eat at an Indian restaurant up to...5. =P I'm not an adventurous eater.
After we got lunch we went to a religious store, grocery store (they were playing Main Agar Kahoon = my new favorite grocery store). While we were there I made my friend take a picture of me next to a SRK ad. Hopefully she will put that up soon. Then we got pulled into a clothing store that had a "really good sale", insisted the lady who all but pulled us in off the street. They did give us all free churiyaan (bangles) which I love! I've never actually worn churiyaan before because they have always been too small, but these fit and I haven't taken them off since (except when they set off the airport security)! I love the chan chan chan. =P
We also went to a book/DVD/CD shop so I could buy more "हिट फिल्मी गीत" (Hit Filmi Songs) books. They have almost all the biggest film song lyrics from a certain time period written in devanagari. Not only is it good practice, but I can finally figure out what I'm being singing all this time. =] And my friend got me Amar, Akhbar, Anthony and An Evening in Paris because I helped her with Hindi this year and it was buy one get one free. I don't think I did enough to warrant a gift but if smugly correcting someone in a language you're still learning yourself not only gives you a confidence boost but free movies as well, I'll tutor the whole class!
Among the other free things I got on this trip was bargaining advice. Apparently speaking in Hindi and calling the ladies in the store Auntie will lower the price. I was told scornfully this will only work if one is Indian, but my friend clearly is not aware of how far a little hindi goes. Now all I have to do is work on that thing called self-confidence and just see how much I can save!
When we got back to campus I had a sleep over in celebration of no more finals. Basically we rocked out to Guitar Hero until our bodies could take no more. Well, actually I could have taken more but my friend fell asleep. Which turned out for the best anyway because I got off to a late start as it was the next morning. But no worries, I still got to the airport in time for my flight. I broke out my हिट फिल्मी गीत on the plane and tried to catch the eye of the Indian couple sitting across the aisle but sadly they slept the whole time. Oh well, another failed attempt at Indian Baiting (TM).