My older sister’s sister-in-law (there has to be an Indian term for the relationship between my sister’s sister-in-law and me, anyone know it?) and I were speaking on the the phone (yes, some people do still do that) a few months ago.
We spoke about:
1. Our adorable 21 month old niece (she really is the most beautiful child in the world, and if you have doubts, I have an arsenal of photos to prove my case). (note : she is now, 3 and a half.)
2. Work (“Yeah it pays the bills” “Oh the other day my boss said…” “I love it when…”)
3. Trip to India (“Remember to eat chaat at SouthEx…” “Don’t forget to check out GK I market…” “Will you get____ for me from Janpath?”) (I did all of that.)
4. We also spoke about hair, nails, make-up, and massages (we didn’t really speak about these things, but I imagine most men think women do, so I added it for effect. OK. I lie. We did speak about massages.There is a massage school near me and you can get a one-hour massage for $30).
5. Finally, we spoke about boys, men, the XY chromosome beings, the Martians (I heard that John Gray who wrote, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is divorced. If that’s true, I’m glad to see his advice worked for him!) She stated that as she just bought an apartment and work was going well, those aspects of her life were taken care of; now, she would channel her energies to finding the right guy.This would be the year of the boy.
I replied, that this year would be great to concentrate on that. According to the Chinese Lunar calendar it’s the year of the Cock, you know, Rooster. I swear she laughed so loud, even if we weren’t on the phone, I would have heard her laughing from Brooklyn all the way to the Jersey Shore. I wonder why she thought it was so funny.
(It's the year of the pig now 2007)
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/calendar.htm
November 12, 2005
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