My 3 hour long, butt numbing, movie watching experience

So last night I went with my almost-desi* friend to see a Hindi movie, Yuvraaj, I think this is only the second time that I’ve gone to a theatre to see a Hindi movie, and I think the first time I fell asleep. I was deeply concerned about the 3 hour movie-watching time that this undertaking involved. But, she insisted. Actually, she insisted we see Dostana, but it was sold out by the time we got there.

I said, well let’s go eat, and she said, no, there is something called “Yuvraaj”, let’s see that, I am in the mood for a Hindi film, and I said, dude, this better not be like a horror movie with a weird name, cuz then I’ll have to kill you! (oh, the irony of that statement) Anyway, she said, no, no, it’s a Hindi movie, come on, how bad can it be?

The highlight of my evening was that my belt fell off, I tied it too tight on my hip, which apparently cut of my circulation a bit, then caused me pain and not being able to walk due to my butt falling asleep while sitting in a chair for 3 hours! Well, ok, not really a “highlight”, but it happened and I was in pain for like an hour after, so I thought it should be mentioned first!

The movie started and the over-acting was incredible, we seriously wished that we could understand the language of the guys behind us because they sounded funny – we laughed anyways! The cheeziness was sometimes mystifying. We wondered out loud about the stupidity of the storyline. I made jokes. She gave me looks and then laughed. It was fun. The second half was good though, and when it was over, after 3 hours had elapsed and my butt was fast asleep, she turned to me and said “Shazia! You liked that movie!”, and then I had to admit “Yeah, it was alright”.

I really liked one song (minus the weird cats), and it’s now on my iPod, did I just admit that?

*almost-desi – born in India, can put on an “Indian speaking English” accent, cooks food that could “blow you away” with Indian spices, but that’s about it.

Happy Monday!

You know how I’m fake Indian and everything right? Well, occasionally I have some pesky “real” Indian vibes, and so I thought I would share with you what’s probably my favorite song in this genre… it’s more than 10 years old, yet still I am fond of it, if you ever see the video on, like a real TV, and not YouTube, the colors and vibrancy is quite breath-taking and is guaranteed to make one happy… or at least smile!

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Roots

Did I mention that I was born in Trinidad? Yeah. But my ancestry is Indian, from like, India, although I really have no idea from what region. Now, it’s been more than 300 years since my Indian forefathers settled in Trinidad, so I think of myself only as Trini, but I mean, I am still ethnically Indian, right? Well, not according to some East Indians that I meet, who respond with “oh… so you are not a ‘real’ Indian!”