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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 05-Jun-04 02:58 PM
I sat outside the laundromat after 30 mins of excruciating walk from my motel. The only respite I found was that they offered a free beer for ppl doing laundry. hmm! Very little things in US come for free, and besides, I had no company, so the thought of chilling cold beer was too tempting to let go.
Sipping the "tiger" I reflected about past one and a half weeks in the bay. Life had suddenly changed so drastically. I had never imagined I would be sooo lonely in one of the most colorful cities in the world. Though I had got the drift of the city, visited my lifelong dream of the "rock" and got used to the winding and the steep alleys, there was something very void about my new life that had begun. Our homies have instilled a strange sense of discomfort in already sketchy street. No wonder noone does laundry right across from where I live. I too had wondered why till I entered the laundromat and saw three ppl with a strong odor of "TACOS" ! I cringed back and went home.
Another immediate adaptation was to find a place to eat every meal. At first, I was very excited about this eating and trying out at different places. Then, after a while, I got awfully sick of it. I had not realized i was already so used to cooking my own food. Then, not having anyone else to talk in the mornings or evenings was pretty bizarre. It's interesting now that how much a difference it makes in your life if you just have ppl around to say HI and WHATS UP once in a while. Perhaps, a social breakthrough at work?
Perhaps. Building filled with top notch researchers, scientists and scholars, what would u expect? nothing much besides, research, seminars and symposiums. Brilliant minds, hopes for future, yet unsocialable robots. Honestly, I sometimes miss my computer lab. Against all the odds, I decided to venture out one evening and entered an irish pub. A very friendly and mellow atmosphere. After talking to the bartender for a while, he concluded that i was living in one of the worst streets in the bay :). made me feel better...err..better to have another glass of his "tiger":)
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 05-Jun-04 02:59 PM
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Too much wondering...my wondering senses. I put clothes in the drier and sat outside. Things weren't that bad. Weather is always perfecto in the sixties. Work and supervisor are supercool. I can go and get out of work whenever I please. and get paid to attend all these seminars. I can even doze off like all the other oldies inside the hall. but yah, unlike other people, I crave for a good plate of MASU BHAT once in a while. Suddenly, I noticed an indian restaurant a couple of blocks down from where I was sitting. Unable to control my urge, I gallopped down the street into a so called "garden indian restaurant" I skimmed through the menu and "chicken biryani" was all that struck my mind.
I went inside and placed an order. Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. "Are you an indian?" I shook my head in anger but unable to show it amidst my exhaustion. "Turkish?" he continued. "NEPALI" I blurted out. "Oh! hold on, he's also nepali." he called on one of the waiters working in the restaurant.
"Bhai Nepali ho?"
"Namaste dai. ho. sadhe ek hapta bhayo yaha aayeko. aba baseko thau baata sarne bichar gardai. ekdam lonely bho." I went on not waiting for his queries.
"Ho ra bhai? ma ni tyai bichar gari raako. Thulo kotha cha. boru, babu bhai saraha ko manche, ek choti herna aaune ki mero kotha?"
"Bhai halcha ni dai. boru no. dinus na" I replied thinking i had nothing to lose.
"No. ta chaina bhai, boru yo card cha" He handed me his address. To my amazement it was the same address I was living at.
"la dai! ma ta yehi basi ra ta ho ni"
HO RA? babu kun kotha ma?
"ma 101". ani dai?
"ma 102". meri bassai. ahile samma kasari nabheteko ni?" my food arrived. I was about to leave.
"hyaa bhai, yetro paisa kharcha gareu yo khana ko lagi, ma leidi halthen ni beluki. la beluki kura garumla". He was true to his word. Even so fresh in US, I felt so pleased to meet a nepali who was such a good hearted guy. we had a nice time eating dinner together. He described his plethora of hardships he was facing at a new country, but he had so much willpower.
This morning I realized that he had moved out from our motel. I am still in search of an apartment that has basic necessities that makes it a HOME. After a refreshing last weekend with gangs of LA :P, I am feeling the blues today. I hope they'll be back again so that we can have another episode of "BAY TEerA BARALINDA".
and my final pledge: If there are any sajhaitees around bay area, it would be nice to get together sometimes, prolly in the weekend or in the evenings. and also help me find an ideal apartment so long for now :)
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| Ekar |
Posted
on 05-Jun-04 03:54 PM
Where in Bay area are u at right now...
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| roc1432 |
Posted
on 05-Jun-04 05:11 PM
Oys bru ko ghaat laagdo kathaa re k..
now is this ur best entry or wat... doesn't have the dramatic approach to it like ur memory lanes but got the truth... and the experience :p ........
good luck finding an apartment and Nepali frens around... know u will soon..
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 12:07 PM
I am in SF ekar..and you?
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| Ekar |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 12:41 PM
check you email!!!
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| AX |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 01:45 PM
hasayo bro ley. good luck finding apt. Make sure you move to an apt where I can have mitho mitho nepali chiya when i come next time.
DOC sahiba najikai basey sajilo hunthyo ki :p
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| lizardking |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 01:54 PM
comfy bro,I heard that you moved there to meet with Shivani ;) ( source: sulsule). I don't see you in chiyapasal nowadays?
lizard king
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| dananah |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 02:03 PM
oho oys khattra story ;)
....memory lane ko lai trailer ho?...hope so..;)
anyways...good luck in finding a place..hope u get a nice place...smthing ur looking for..:D..(kya tension lagcha apt/place kojna ...yo situation ma chai alik empathize garchu ni ;)...ani kasto lagyo mero nepali ?? alik improve??...hope so...if it sucks more...well just lie that it has oimproved hai...alik...morale down hunna ni ;)..)
ani kayho..tiger so easirly tiha paucha??...kya masti...ni...tiger ko ta taste bhulisakay..:S..eyta ta imported beer ho..ailk monggo bhanca..(havent noticed it.in any liquor shops actually..wont forget to keep my eyes open from today..:D)...
la ma chai gaya...and good luck again hai..:D
cheers..:D
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 06-Jun-04 02:04 PM
hahaha lizard king. I did see shivani recently. It was in my dream.....in her deep red saari and her husband :). Scary thought!
I can't be playing loud at work.....how i miss my computer lab. laterz
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| angel |
Posted
on 07-Jun-04 07:57 AM
very good oys.
keep on coming ur great pieces. but a piece without "Shivani" is incompete, noon nalageko tarkari jasto hehehhe just joking.
:-)
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| wateva |
Posted
on 07-Jun-04 11:02 AM
Hope you find a better place to stay in...
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 07-Jun-04 11:17 AM
Oys Bhai,
Great nartration. Sicne you are in SF/bay area, here are some things to do:
1. Go to De Young museum
2. Spend some time wandering around Golden Gate Park.
3. There's a great Strip Club somewhere at the 1st street on your right. I am not advocating pornography or something here, but that strip club is something to check out. Will remain a memorable experience.
4. Fillmore street at night. Music, Pizza and Bill Graham Presents and the Greatful Dead everywhere.
5. Ocean Bay at night..
Enjoy your SF stay...
it feels good to be reminded of your good old days of youthful-playfullness, hoina?
yourt's truly,
a Freak
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| oys_chill |
Posted
on 07-Jun-04 12:33 PM
Dannah, u r certainly getting better ;) . when there's a will, there's a way!
angel and wateva, thanx for good wishes.
IF dai, things to do can wait......first have to find a viable place and amicable people :). As for the things you mentioned above, golden gate and ocean bay is done. I do hope to visit alcatraz again though. Its lil sketchy to venture out in the night from where I am living at the present. thanx a lot though!
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| KaLaNkIsThAn |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 04:46 AM
Oysssssssssssaaa!!!
First few weeks of adaptation is always tougher ke... but look at the bright side dude, your new life has just begun, and that too, somewhere out of Amherst. hehe... good Luck with that and everything else dude... and blame everything else on Venus Transit. (Heard Librans are most affected ones by this once in a life time transit... ) ;)
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 09:59 AM
Bay- B blues?! :P
Will miss you being on this side of the country! Wish you all the best in your studies and work!
Whatever you do, don't stop writing your "memory lanes"!
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| AX |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 11:05 AM
oys bro, try this
http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/roo/33148134.html
make sure the owner/landlord won't complain if you have guest(s) natra tension huncha like last time :s
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| Rekha |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 12:43 PM
Bichara Oys seems like you're missing EAST COAST..........May be you should go back to CONN........ Oh well have fun and don't forget to keep me updated...........
Peace Out.........
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| Deep |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 12:58 PM
Oys bro,
rato saari ma Shivani lai usko sriman sanga tyo pani sapanama dekhdai ma tyastari tarsera rajyai (CT) chhodera arko patti ko rajya (CA) tira battinu parchha ra? Sapana nai ta ho bhanera man bujhamna parne ni---
Anyway, Mero subhakamana sukhad dinharuka lagi. Whenever you are tensed, just think about Tangal Ganesh. Look, that Ganesh is sitting there for so long...and still dukh gunaso kehi chhaina---kamti bore lagya hola ra tyai pulis ko chhatrabas (sasastra prahari gan) aghi basda basda Ganesh lai----tyo pani tyasto asajilo aasanma?
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 02:01 PM
Hey Oysu,
Ramro sanga describe gareu timro experience timile! Nice! What an irony isn't it :)!? Call me, maybe we can have a nepali gathering or something like that in bay area! My number is 012-345-6789 :O! :)! Have fun in the west!
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| meera |
Posted
on 09-Jun-04 08:32 PM
Oh come on now Sajhites there must be plenty of you in the Bay Area, show your humanity and offer Oys free room and boarding, its only for the summertime.
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| KickAss |
Posted
on 10-Jun-04 12:09 PM
oys bro give me a call
510-222-5307
i am in Pinole, CA
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