On Sunday we had the Fun Fair at the Nantang Cathedral,the money from the fair was being sent for the flood victims in the Philippines.Along with another Indian family we put up the Indian Stall. We decorated the stall with rangoli and diyas and sold samosas,kebabs and chicken tikka gravy. We made a good amount of money and food sold in half time!
The Chinese people wanted to take photographs with us and the Indian flag.
It's interesting how the people here are so fond of Indians.
You will also be surprised by the number of Chinese people who go to the Cultural wing of the Indian embassy to learn to play the table,harmonium,sitar or to learn Indian Classical Dance.
Everytime I take a cab, and the driver kind of knows that I can speak broken chinese, he wants to make a conversation. It usually is about "Beautiful Indian women who have beautiful eyes" "Indian Weddings" "Baliwu -Bollywood" etc.
Almost every taxi driver has watched "Mera naam joker" and sings "Abala hoon" as soon as they find out where we are from.
Most of the time I can just make out what they ask by some of the words I can understand but they are always so friendly and go out of the way when you say you're "Yindu ren"
The most common question is how is Xin Deli
Once a cab driver even asked me how come I wasn't wearing a Big red bindi.
More than I love living in the city I love the people!They are so friendly and so happy all the time..They always radiate such positive energy..They always try to help you in ways they can though they can't understand a word you say.
Wo ai Zhongguo!Wo ai Zhonguoren! :)
Useful info :
Indian Embassy Website:http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/
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