Monday, June 8, 2009

Getting There - My Flight(s) to Bangalore (PART 1)


So, I'm in Bangalore already, but I wrote in my journal on the planes and at the airport, and I was going to edit and rewrite it all in past tense, but it's late here and I'm lazy, so if you care to read the details, you're going to have read them exactly as I wrote them at the time:

Just boarded Air India flight 102 direct to Delhi. I'm worried that my luggage isn't on the plane, and I'm equally worried that it is, and that it's going to be a major pain-in-the-ass to retrieve when I have to switch planes (and maybe airports?!) in Delhi. The Air India plane is super dope. First Class gets actual beds (I am soooo jealous)! The interior is all kinds of glamorous - red carpet with yellow polka-dots, and red and yellow seats with colorful diamond patterns. The plane smells like the flaky pistachio confections that Jef and I bought for my party last week , not like US AIR's stale nursing home cafeteria food cabins. The flight attendants are HOT - they wear red and black saris and you can totally see their bellybuttons!!! And, I'm really into Air India's mascot, "The Maharaja." This is my favorite portion of the info they provide about him: "The Maharajah began merely as a rich Indian potentate, symbolizing graciousness and high living. And somewhere along the line, his creators gave him a distinctive personality: his outsized moustache, the striped turban, and his aqualine nose.........Today, this naughty diminutive Maharajah of Air India has become a world figure. He can be a lover boy in Paris, a sumo wrestler in Tokyo, a pavement artist, a Red Indian, a monk...he can effortlessly flirt with the beauties of the world. And most importantly, he can get away with it all. Simply because he is the Maharajah!"

As naughty and appealing as the Maharaja may be, the English movie selections on this plane are HORRIBLE - Mamma Mia or Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2?! Are they f-ing serious!? I bought two bottles of crappy wine right before I boarded, but this is not going to be enough to get me through that kind of torture, so I should probably watch a Hindi flick instead. These are some of my choices, complete with the description provided:

Bhoothnath - "This is the story of a naughty yet innocent boy who unknowingly turns a foe into a friend."

EMI - "This light-hearted film masterfully picks upon an influential new age genie - a powerful genie capable of granting all their wishes. But with this genie, there's both give and take."

Inspector Garud - "Dileep is a circle inspector nicknamed as 'Garudan.' He is the master at bribery and corruption and at the same time a funny police officer. Vijayaraghavan and his son are accomplices of an international gang."

Hashar - "Hashar is the story of today's young generation who without true feelings of love, get together and later due to misunderstandings their life becomes tumultous."

Sakal Sandhya - "Joy, a thief and Anjali fall in love. Joy learns of Anjali's life through her diaries, but when Anjali's stepmother find out, she throws Anjali out of the house. This is where the story takes shape and the story develops."

What do you think I ended up watching?????

6 comments:

  1. I think Bhoothnath. First, I think the adjective "naughty" caught your eye, and also its description sounds the most like a porno, except for the underage part.

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  2. I did not watch Boothnath, mainly because I hate children and knew that it wasn't a porno.

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  4. Okay, trying again. I think you watched Inspector Garud because you wanted to find out what a circle inspector was.

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  5. Bingo! I never really did answer that question, though. In retrospect, I think that I should have watched EMI instead, it sounds way better. Also, why does it say that I deleted Melissa's comment when I did not do such a thing?

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  6. I deleted the comment because she was logged in on the computer and I just posted the same comment under my name. I'm glad I nailed it the second time.

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