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| confused |
Posted
on 18-May-04 06:19 PM
when i was in 5th grade, i remember my samajik sikchya teacher, telling us while talking about cultural diversity, "timiharu yaha hero bane bhan dhanchau, tara Timiharu ni america gayouu bhanne, pakkhe jastai hunchau" ,,yes!! she was a teacher w/ harsh words, but i remember her these words so often..
haha so i just wanted to share some of the "pakheness" i have been through, some funny stuffs, that i have done in america:
1) went to buy a telephone card from those mechanical machines, they use to sail phone cards and stamps, so me, i had inserted 20 bucks bill in the amount accepter and instead of pressing the arrow for the phone card, i pushed the arrow that showed the stamps,,HAHA CAN U ALL IMAGINE $20 Dollar Stamps coming out?? hahah that was halarious, everyone was looking at like i was an idiot that time..
2) (this done by a nepali lady at her work,) she was new to america, at that time, and the place she worked at, use to get too warm, and also she use to wrk w/ 4-5 other ppl male and female..whenever it use to get warm, she said , she use to say "ooh! i am soo hot"(with an expression mounted on her face) and haha she tld me that ppl use to look at her weirdly...
3) well this one has happened to me, when i was new in america, and when i first stepped inside the skool, some of my mates, shaked their head and use to say "what's up" to me, and me haha i use to say "i am fine" :)
cant remember, but their are many things that i have done in this land and still DO IT sometimes that has seem idiotic ...its hard to adapt to a new land and culture in an instance,
well if you have some our own experience, it would be nice to share, read, and make fun of each other! :)
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| buzz |
Posted
on 18-May-04 07:40 PM
confused,
1. you could have actually purchased the stamps for 20 bucks.. why would anyone care??
for 3) how do you answer now? and why were they shaking their heads?
confused.. you are making me confused...
buzz
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| Casey00 |
Posted
on 18-May-04 08:13 PM
Funny stuffs Confused!!!
We at times really look stupid when we jump into one culture from another and try so hard to adjust.
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| cool_keta |
Posted
on 18-May-04 08:44 PM
okay one time i went to public restroom. I did my thing but didnt know a thing about automatic flush. For I am a civil person, I looked for a flush handle, obviusly i didnt find any. So I thought "hyaa ke matlaab, janetor le saafa garihalcha ni". I walked away and to my surprise the bowl started flushing by itself. I was like, america is wonderful. hehe
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| Kiddo |
Posted
on 18-May-04 08:44 PM
I once went to a laundromat. Now I have been here for quite a while now so I know how the machines work. But I was checking this machine front and behind. I could find the gate but couldn't find where to pour the detergent from. Perplexed for 5 minutes, I asked the lady owner. She told me I was looking at the Dryer, not the washer. D'oh!!
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| Rekha |
Posted
on 18-May-04 08:59 PM
You guys are funny.
My dad used to tell me "America ma ta jogera hinnu parcha na bhaye Sisa (Glass) ma tauko thokincha. Sisa yesto safa huncha ki sisa chha ki chaina pani taha hunna, he he
And yes I have been here for about 8 years now. Just about a year ago I went out to meet someone at this business building, got all dressed up and I was walking and BOOM I bumped into a glass and got a big bruse on my head. I felt like "PAKHEY"...........
Peace Out...............
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 18-May-04 10:57 PM
haha! that was a nice break reading all those :)
Seeing ATM machine give cash like crazy when u inserted some magical card was pretty intriguing to me:)
but that's nothing compared to the following classics!!
#1. Her mom had warned her about kales re. "kale haroo chor hunchan, hoss garnu chori" So it was playing in her mind the first day in her class filled with homies. TO add to her woes, a giant kale comes and sits behind her. WHen he sits down, accidentally hits her chair and goes "MY BAD". My poor friend hears in excitement "MY BAG!". She immediately refutes looking down at her pretty bag and goes "NO, its my bag". Kale goes, "NAH, I mean MY BAD." (must be slang for bag?) "NO NO ITS MY BAG". "NAAAH, MY BAD" ..She picks her bag and runs out of classroom :)
ok another classic coming up in an hour :D
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| redstone |
Posted
on 19-May-04 04:39 AM
hehehe. thats funny
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| cool_keta |
Posted
on 19-May-04 06:27 AM
lol oyes, Desi Niggers
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| Dhumbasse |
Posted
on 19-May-04 08:29 AM
Funny thread, Here is my experience. The narration is a little long , so I am breaking it in two parts..Advance thanks to those who read it.
Eleven Years and couple of months ago, I was new to RIT,Rochester and to USA. I lived in the International house and not to my surprise, my roommate was an Indian from Maharashtra, a pakka Veggies, and pakka Hindu, but 19 years old. Initially he hung around with his other buddies more than me as I was new and naive,and also may be becasue he found out from me that I was from Nepal, who spoke broken Hindi; but a day and half later, he started opening himself more, and our conversation, that in the begining was limited to 'hi' and 'bye', started taking the form of more like two people that now have to put up with each other on a day-in day- out basis.
So that day as we were sitting in our room and conversing about our families back home - I think that is what the topic was - he suddenly Sprang off his bed and said " i wanna go ask God for a Diet Coke, I am really thirsty. Wanna come? ".
Wondering how one would ask the God, the Almighty GOd, the Omnipotent, Omnipresent God for a diet Cok, jabo yeuta Tucha Diet coke. Manmanai Bhane" Ma****ni Kale!! Asknai cha bhane kina singai Rajgaddi nai na askne, jabo yeuta tucha Diet coke Kina? "
Taipani, my inquistive mind aggreed to follow him without any queries and soon we were standing in front of a Giant machine on the first floor that looked more like a colorful freezer than an Idol to me.
Then he proceeded " AAnkh banda karo aur don't open them until I tell you to do so." So i stood there, my shutters to the world tightly shut, hand in Suryasan Mudra, hoping to get some diet coke.
Contd..
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| Dhumbasse |
Posted
on 19-May-04 08:29 AM
Then he struck off to his goal:
Sarasija nayane saroja haste
dhabalataran shuka gandhamalaye shove |
Bhagabati hariballave manoggye,
Tribhuvanabhuti kari prasidamahhyam ||
Digghastivi kanakakumbha mukhabasistha
swarbahini bimalacharu jalaplutangim
Pratarnamami jananim jagatamadhisha
Lokadhinatha grihinimamritabdhi putrim
My mind was racing at a 9.50 sec/100m speed as i heard him recite those shlokas in Sanskrit in south indian accent. I felt humbled to hear them come out his mouth and I shut my eyes tighter, thinking that " ohooo!! manche ta ghacchikai roommate phela parecha"..I dare not look at him even though the desire was getting stronger as my inquisitive mind wanted see him "BHAV BIVOR" in asking the lord for what he wanted.
Any how, I heard him some more :
kamale kamalachye ballave twam
karunapuratarangitairapangai
Abalokaye mamakinchananam
prathamapatramam akrittimam dayaya
and, also heard some noise, like coins, Chin-chin-chin, and khwatryakk-khwatryak, as in a Khutrukke. But did not wanna open my eyes as i was told not to. then suddenly a noise of something falling, but only once, and noise of pop opening a can, with all the gas escaping at the same time.
He told me to open my eyes and he was standing there with a victorious grin on his face, one hand holding the recently opened can of Diet coke. I asked where the one for me was, and he said he only asked for one, not for two. Yek jamayera diu jasto lagya thyo but I controlled my temper.
That night I went back to the vending machine and stood there praying, all alone, and prayed and opened my eyes. Nothing was there. I did not give up and kept praying and opening my eyes for an hour, tara Diet coke ko Bau jharena.
Prarthnama po kami aayo ki bhanera " Shtrotra ratnabali " nai bokera gaye, Shuru dekhi antya samma path gare , Diet coke ko can ta ke, mero aanshu sibaya yek thopa pani ni jharena.
Tired and frustrated, I went back to him and explained my recent endeavor. He merely laughed and did not say a word. I asked him what he was reciting and he handed me 4 pages of those Shlokas.
Next day I told my wierd saga to one of the Khaire classmates and he laughed, tears rolled off his eyes, and then took me over to the same vending machine and dropped some coins, pressed the desired button, and presented the Diet Coke , and explained" see this machine does not take dollar bills, but only coins and so he was able to fool you. Otherwise you would have seen some lights flashing and dollar sign next to the slot and you would have known the trick". That explained the pure manifestation of God's Love to his true Devotee, my indian counterpart.
I was so mad at my room mate, I straight went to my room and grabbed his Kathalo, " Ma****ni madhise, " bhanera dina la thi kaso kaso umkiyo ra bhagyo..He did not come back to our room for two days.Later on his indian friends had to come in and mediate between us.
Now, when i look back and think of that incident, one thing comes to my mind' Marya Dhotile Jiudo neplailai Thagcha'. But good part of all that experience, I got to learn the 'Mahalaxmi strotra', composed by Shankaracharya.
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| spunk_fluid |
Posted
on 19-May-04 09:04 AM
You didn't see any photos of coke/pepsi whatever on the vending machine?
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| wateva |
Posted
on 19-May-04 09:17 AM
Dhumbaseee aiiyaaaaa hasayo... YOU too funny man... LOL... bichara timro roommate... his crime he was batho than u were... LOLOL...
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| DHUMBASSE |
Posted
on 19-May-04 10:19 AM
Spunk,
I had no idea before that incident that cokes and pepsies and sprites and mountain dews were dispensed from a machine as such.
I knew one could go to a store and buy some or hand the money to the sahuji and say " duita athawa yeuta Coke diunush"
But no , I did not know by inserting some money in a hole, the same money incarnated as a coke or Pepsi.
therefore..
Hehe ..Pakhe kura garya ni...Nepal ma bha bhe dhaka topi layeki pakhe, Fanta ra mirinda khayeki shariya bhaiinthyo u jamanama..aba ya shuru shurma aaunda jo pani pakhe ni...
I never took a dump in the begining by sitting down on the comod..i had to squat on top of the comod , nabhaye ta aanchi nai naaaune...alikati thapi dya ni...
Peace
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| confused |
Posted
on 19-May-04 11:55 AM
"1. you could have actually purchased the stamps for 20 bucks.. why would anyone care?? "
obviously no one cares, it america baby! :P buttt everyone was looking at me awardly, imagine 20 dollars stamp coming out that machine..hahahah..that was halarious, my tan face was wild RED
"3) how do you answer now? and why were they shaking their heads? "
ooh well! now i say NOTHING MUCH ...i dont say I AM FINE no more, maybe shaking heads wasnt the correct phase to use, u know how u shake ur head up and down, and say what's up??
anmore questions dear??:)
hahaha Cool keta bro, just like that once a HAnd dryer took my breathe away, i started the hand dryer but there was no button to stop it and it was making a huge noise, hahaha..that was halarious..
oops,,Teacher coming around! i am in class, be bakk ek chin ma
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| confused |
Posted
on 19-May-04 12:05 PM
hahaha DHUMBASSE ma ni hasda hasddda mareee...dhaterika...hasakai ho! hahahah
haha oys bro its reallly hard to comprehend the ebonics accent ..haha i have been through that too..but this was fuNNY!!!
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| confused |
Posted
on 19-May-04 01:58 PM
Dont know y, i didntt comee..
dont knoww y i didntt come...
aah!!!! NOrah JOness..lovvvvvve her maann....
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| confused |
Posted
on 19-May-04 01:58 PM
haha dammn wrong thread!! sorry guys
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| Kiddo |
Posted
on 19-May-04 06:13 PM
Dhumbasse le sabai lai Dumbass bhanna thanya ki kya ho?
Teti sano kuro padhda padhda jhannai bore bha. If you are serious about the joke then c'mon man, you think we are bunch of kindergartners?
If it was just a joke, then a good narration.
Another one (genuine):
I was in this meeting and my boss told one of my friend, if he could shed some light on the topic. The dude got up and turned the light switch on, everybody was laughing in tears.
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 19-May-04 06:41 PM
#2. OK now. That was that. My friend hmm (lemme refer to her as suntali hereafter) learnt her lesson with the homies. The heat was scorching down south. Summer had made its onset. Suntali, by now, had got the tits and bits of the US of A.
Anyhow, the trouble started on a hot day when she was trying to find "WEBB HALL." Walking around in the midday sun was certainly not pleasant. Within minutes, she could bear no longer and walked inside the building in her vicinity. "Aba pani khane kata?"
She saw a water fountain down the corridor. OF course, she had never used it. Rather than taking a chance and making fool of herself, Suntali sat down on the floor and waited for someone else to try so that she could learn how to use it. After a few minutes, one of her dreaded kale showed up went to the fountain, bent slightly, and walla! water began to sprout up like the fountain. Suntali was mesmerized. She still wasn't sure. so she waited somemore with her quenching thirst besiezing her. Another homie bru, bends slightly by the fountain.......walla water sprouts up again :).
Damn! that's amazing. She slowly stands up, looks both ways and approaches the fountain. Slowly with her gaping thirsty mouth, she bends slightly towards the nozzle. "HMM strange, no water, no fountain" :(...She stands back, and moves cautiously forward, trying to imitate the predecessors before her, making a slow bend of her head towards the nozzle. "NO WATER"!! damn......Few more tries, no water :(!
SUntali gives up, walks back to her room thinking
"sala, kuire kale gayo bhane chai afai paani aauni, hamle try garyo bhane chai naauni raicha " :)
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| Kiddo |
Posted
on 19-May-04 06:54 PM
Grahahhahha. Sounds like genuine story, tara tyo last line ta bhanena hola hai Suntali le.
May be you should elaborate on this line (if you know where I am focusing):
"Suntali, by now, had got the tits and bits of the US of A."
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| confused |
Posted
on 19-May-04 08:50 PM
hahah oys dai, wat a storyy...bichara suntali...aru ni jawoos..:)
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