You know chinese ..well, cantonese rather? I did get to be quite decent
in chinglish but not much cantonese beyond "kung hei fat choy" (and you'll
hear that a lot with chinese new year coming up in a couple of weeks) :)
Vinit B [12/01/09 17:06 +0530]:
Late to the "reply" queue, but was enjoying localizing myself in Hong Kong
and Shenzhen for the last 2 weeks.
So, I guess I have more thoughts ...
Each time I go to a properly modern city (HK, London, NYC) I quickly feel at
home.
I know that all the basics I need are available: food I like, entertainment
I like, people I know, safety of law enforcement, language I know, etc
To be fair, I would live in any decently modern city without too much
cribbing. But home is home.
- Vinit
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Subject: Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the "churumuri" blog on
Karnataka
> I appreciate your enthusiasm but what is it that draws you back? As
an
> "outsider" not raised in Indian culture (but appreciates the variety
> of experiences the world has to offer) it seems to me that Singapore
> or Munich would be preferable.
>
I came back because I feel I belong here. Everywhere else, I am a
foreigner. You'll be surprised how people can change if your skin is a
different color. The worst experience was in a mall in Fremont, CA.
Somebody once told me CA was the most broadminded state. All that is
nonsense. Kentucky treated me better, I think. But I digress. Before I
get back to the mainstream discussion, let me state for the record that
some of my best friends are not Indian and hence I am not biased
against non Indians.
I came back because I told myself even before I left India over a
decade ago, that I would come back. I totally loved it in Munich and
Darmstadt (I lived there for a while as well). Singapore was very
