Kisa: how is india?
me: it's good. i think i've given up on Hinduism though
Kisa: really? why? too superstitious and annoying
me: too many rules... so I went to the temple the other day because they were having a 24 hour reading of the Ramayan (The dance marathon of Hinduism, as some would call it) and it was at my mentor's temple, so I thought it would be a nice gesture
Kisa: hahahahah
me: one woman didnt get up or go pee for the entire time
Kisa: was it hard to understand the ramayana? did you get it?
me: oh no... i mean i was gossipping slash playing wih the little kids the whole. anyway so i went and they were serving food, so I decided to help out...it was really hard, people demanding more sabji, puris, etc. no pleases and thank you's
Kisa: hahahahha thats indo cutlure...not hinduism, you hate indos
me: no no that's not even the story...just wait. Then some priest yelled at me was like "You are holding the plate with your right hand and serving with your left hand. that is wrong" and i was like "Hey im servin yo ass" actually i didnt say that...but i was like thinking "ok ok dont yell." Anyway, so i trudged on and then i was cleaning up the plastic cups and was dumping the extra water into one of the cups and was thinking to myself "where should i dump this water?" and i thought to "there, over there, there's a plant that could use some water." So i dumped the water there not knowing...
Kisa: omg the tulsi! you dumped bad water into the tulsi?
me: ...that it was a shrine. how do you know tulsi? what is tulsi? omg. who are you?
Kisa: its this plant, that they beileive is god and there is an even once a year, im pretty sure its krishnas' bday where they put the tulsi on a swing and you swing it to "play with it"
me: omg are you serious? oh god!
Kisa: well they think its god so you give it only clean water, untouched...actually i think you give it water that has been holied or something...i dunno i havent seen a tulsi plant in forever
me: yeah but two guys were like yelling at me and someone was like "mafi mangho" like ask for forgiveness and i was like "i didnt know, im so sorry" and they were like yelling so i went and put my hands on the pot and head down. And then, I was like "i needa get outta here before I do something else wrong" and so I went to get my shawl from the other side and as I was standing up to leave, I hit my head on the bell. I think it was a sign from God. Three strikes and i was out. Literally. I left.
(This gchat convo was edited for grammar and punctuation, not for content. haha)
4 comments:
OMG! You are going to hell! I'll save you a seat.
omg Pooj. that is the most hilarious thing I have ever heard. and dude. i can totally relate. i walked into my grandma's kitchen one morning to get coffee, forgetting that because it was that time of the month, the kitchen is off limits... and the prayer room... and my grandma. yeah. that was embarassing. everone knew i had my period. go me.
omg. i just died reading that. i miss you. do you miss me?
pooja i love your blog. i just realized i can get wifi in my room, and have been reading through your blog (sometimes outloud) to matt. way more entertaining than the snowy, tv "shows" and commercials we are normally watching around this time at night. i love the tulsi, its basil (did you know that)?? matt has on occasion very stealthily ripped a few leaves off the tulsi shrine down stairs, as a taste from home to add to our pasta sauce. but it must be a different variety of basil... oh well.
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