appearances!

Appearances play such an important role in one's life. i think you are judged as soon as your born...oh she looks just like her mom, or dad....or who the hell does she look like? i donno...shes too tiny to tell..wait a few years then i'll tell you

i have a wonderful relationship with my sister. i don't think life would make sense without her....but we look nothing like each other....so she frankly does not look like my sister. well mystery solved...each of us look like one parent..its as simple as that!

i don't think i minded the fact that we look different (totally different skin tones)....but it bothered me a lot when they thought i was older than her because i'm taller! coz you can see emotions of shock...then amazement....then it follows with questions...good god! let it go....dont u know i have no control over my genes!

this one time...i was at the spencer's mall in madras...and we were shopping for some kashmiri shawls. i was totally ripped off...thats not the point...this man is trying to make a sale and i'm talking to him in hindi. he couldn't believe i could speak so well because..theres a general consensus that tamil people can't speak hindi that welll...but i'll tell you they will convey their message perfectly!

because my sister is the lighter one...he thought she was from the north...he turns to me and goes...arre your from andhra??? and i'm like no! tamil nadu...NOOOO WAYYYY..i said yes...he still didn't buy it..then i had to tell him we live in the gulf...so thats why we could speak fluently..so the price of the shawl went up....

then we were discussing whether to get it or not which we eventually did. then...he asks, are you both friends?? and i told him we are sisters....WHAT!?!?!?!??!!??!.......after a long pause....same parents?? ....now that was just the height of it...shouldn't that be just our business?

i really had the mind to tell him.......no we are sautele behne...(step sisters) you see my mom married and my sister was born...then tragically, we lost her dad in the gulf war and then my mom remarried...so i'm her step sister....during the iraq war we found him again and we lost our new dad...so we are one happy family hehe...i would have loved to see his expression...

your probably wondering why i am reacting so much...it can be frustrating when your asked the same question every single time you meet someone....you will understand lol....but now adays you see all sorts of races mixing...i bet their issues are far far worse...i think they are calling that globalisation!