So it started with a bright morning and a clear sky till 11 o clock . Got cloudy after 11 and suddenly it started to chill with a dip in the air . By evening it started to drizzle and got quite cold . By late evening it was very chilly , windy and raining with Hubby saying 'Yo Hooo' the Minnesota winters have started ! This is just the beginning babe !!! and laughed looking at my 'lost puppy' face .
The much awaited party was a ruin . To begin with it started with me getting that stupid feeling that I should not have participated in this thing . That feeling just hung like that. It just did not go.
The flopped things of the day :-
1. The cooking part was not that difficult but the fact that rice was cooked in the Microwave just made things turn bad .The rice got stiff without any of its mushy feeling and it was like a taste less hard thing . Salt was also less and it just did not give a yummy look from the beginning .It was dry like hotel food and just bland .Some thing was missing in it : salt,oil,and peas.Damn!!
2.Then there was this mild tension about the water over flowing from the bath room , it did not exactly overflow but scared a little bit when the water did not go and raised in the tub. The maintenance was called and it got solved but the whole alley of the apartments smelled really bad till they came and cleared the mess , it was more for the neighbors .
3 . So finally we set on and were welcomed by the host and hostess and i got the feeling ' ok we have come , lets eat and then go ! Yup ! No i don't want to talk about anything . It was funny how the cheerful mood and the green patchy walk we had across the lawn and park just got damped as soon as i entered the house . It was very beautiful and done pretty well . But some people just dont have the charisma , love , genuine ness inside them . Had it been a party at my home any one would have got a better reception . But this was like ' You see we have been staying here for long and we know how to live and live well' That kind of message that was coming from that side .It just felt weird . So our 'vegetarian' dishes are given a step-sister treatment and are kept in a side table . Ok Fine with me , it is as usual in mixed parties . Then we are joined by two other families , whom they knew well and live nearby . They all looked very beautiful and pretty , though i should say that their beauty only stopped with their looks . It was awful when they started to talk . For one thing they all belonged to rural Telangana and even though had polished skins and beautiful skin , the language was just unbearable . One hour was enough for me to feel like yelling and wanting to go away . Once they knew that i had come on L2 visa , they started to look down their noses and show some attitude . It was unbearable and i just sat there hardly opening my mouth .
We spoke the same language , were from the same country but there was 0% common between us and i just smiled at the thought of how different we were . Money , status , prejudice most of the Indians have it int heir blood , sorry for generalizing that but that is the matter with us .
The worst part hubby told was the host and his friends the other three men had wine ( Australian one ) Man how they were bragging about their PR status ! ! told him that it was herbal drink ! and not for vegetarians !! and other lady at my side was cracking how she wanted to mix the veg and non-veg dishes so that we can get used to being non-veg. The gall of the woman!! She would have got a sound lecture from me but it just escaped with an 'aaaah' from me ! :-)
The nice things :
After our exit form there we gulped the cold fresh air outside and ran to home happy to be out and free form them . It was relieving to be home and then our African-american friend came by. His company was so soothing that i had to smile again at the dissimilarities of color, race and the comfort zone we had with him .Hubby almost said , it was nice to have him home !
Nice things : -
1. We went to Pool and it was nice to see Hd playing like a hero on the pool table. Really , all his hero-isms were right there and he won every game in 5 shots . He became suddenly this lively guy who needed nothing except his cue and ball . He won all shots and even the whites there were impressed with his game .
2.So this hero taught me some basic things to the girl who was wondering whether her thick gold chain and gold earrings ( from morning ) were so out of place to the sudden change of surroundings . Man he had good technique of the game and I understood the difference between his technique and others . Fun learning!!
3 . From there we three went to check the movies to find that there was none which matches our criteria and we just ran back to the car in the cold wind.
4. From then on we went to eat ice-cream , could eat half of it , packed the rest and came back home .
So far so good and for all those wondering what happened to yesterday 's drama , there has been no sequel for it. In the morning I saw the kids doing their usual business around the house . Kali peeli pareshani!!
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