:::Tongue and cheek on migration & working abroad:::
Goan 'pilots' at a 'stand' in Mapusa
Burntynsky Freeway, California, USA.
Chapter III : Earning in dollars !
"What about you, kangaroo?" Chris asked Arvind Menezes. It was obvious that he wanted to avoid further pokes.
"It's the same down under," said Arvind based in Melbourne. "Away from Goa for too long is an extreme nostalgia. I keep looking at the chat list to see if someone from Goa I wanna talk is online. If there is someone, I wonder if he, she would take it wrong if I ping..."
"Yeah, but it must be well past daylights to find someone online here, isn't it?.."
"Oh yeah, I had enough of that and wanted to just get back to Goa. Otherwise, I spend most of my time watching crap movies on DVDs there I wouldn't have bothered watching here. Finally I got home and with time I wanna do something new. Perhaps buy a plot, like everyone does, and think of building a bungalow next time I step across the equator..."
"How are the kids doing man?.."
"Oy-y....I am planning to leave the wifey, and kiddos behind here this time... for higher studies.. I guess it would be much cheaper and safer than Melbourne..It's too much staying indoors to avoid the locals there.. Moreover, I could save some dough with just a bachelor apartment, canned food and Matilda.."
"Hmm..Matilda.. so that's the reason to keep the family away.." broke Mr. Medeira with a laugh, "You have another 'darling' there!."
"Oy-y, don't jump your gun, bloke!.. Matilda means a sleeping bag in Aussie..!"
"It's the same down under," said Arvind based in Melbourne. "Away from Goa for too long is an extreme nostalgia. I keep looking at the chat list to see if someone from Goa I wanna talk is online. If there is someone, I wonder if he, she would take it wrong if I ping..."
"Yeah, but it must be well past daylights to find someone online here, isn't it?.."
"Oh yeah, I had enough of that and wanted to just get back to Goa. Otherwise, I spend most of my time watching crap movies on DVDs there I wouldn't have bothered watching here. Finally I got home and with time I wanna do something new. Perhaps buy a plot, like everyone does, and think of building a bungalow next time I step across the equator..."
"How are the kids doing man?.."
"Oy-y....I am planning to leave the wifey, and kiddos behind here this time... for higher studies.. I guess it would be much cheaper and safer than Melbourne..It'
"Hmm..Matilda.
"Oy-y, don't jump your gun, bloke!.. Matilda means a sleeping bag in Aussie..!"
"Oh.. But then, isn't that a height of the 'Oz' migration," remarked Mr. Medeira. "..the whole world sends their children down there for studies, and you opt for 'pav-bhaji' in India.. he.. he.. What about America, who among you is into the dollars?.."
"Hey, it's the place, man!" boomed Aggy with an accent, tone and style of Eddy Murphy whilst continuing to fidget on his brand new Nexus One mobile. "Oh, I miss my beemer so much.. and the flicks.. Trip down to Goa is always a bummer, a drowsy jet lag..., Well, just lying around 'catching some rays', shake a leg at Tito's and Mambo's, booze.., that's all boy?.. horde of 'moscows' at night, and it's so chintzy all around.. dorks and kooks in town, no freebies.. no good looking knockouts, all rinky-dinks, just jerking me around... Well, well..except for the 'cashew'.. I like it.. babe, it's dynamite..!"
"What's beemer and bummer, and flicks and cooks, dude?" I asked.
"Beemer man, my B.M.W car.. I go bonkers with it, there!...Bummer in American means bad experience, flicks are movies, dorks are cheaters and kooks are what can I say -- strange people ... Giant cars, giant buildings, giant people, giant buggers, everything's huge ova-there..Well bro, having a green card is beneficial but lemme be clear.. my mortgage on the house gonna be over only in the generation next, anyway it doesn't bother me at all.. That's it... don't ask no further.. Tell me about yourself man.. how is it in the golf, cherry?" he looked at me straight in the eye.
For a while I wondered if he actually meant golf, the popular hole game that Tiger Woods played. But of course it was apparent that he jeered at the Middle-East Gulf.
"Hey, it's the place, man!" boomed Aggy with an accent, tone and style of Eddy Murphy whilst continuing to fidget on his brand new Nexus One mobile. "Oh, I miss my beemer so much.. and the flicks.. Trip down to Goa is always a bummer, a drowsy jet lag..., Well, just lying around 'catching some rays', shake a leg at Tito's and Mambo's, booze.., that's all boy?.. horde of 'moscows' at night, and it's so chintzy all around.. dorks and kooks in town, no freebies.. no good looking knockouts, all rinky-dinks, just jerking me around... Well, well..except for the 'cashew'.. I like it.. babe, it's dynamite..!"
"What's beemer and bummer, and flicks and cooks, dude?" I asked.
"Beemer man, my B.M.W car.. I go bonkers with it, there!...Bummer in American means bad experience, flicks are movies, dorks are cheaters and kooks are what can I say -- strange people ... Giant cars, giant buildings, giant people, giant buggers, everything's huge ova-there..Well bro, having a green card is beneficial but lemme be clear.. my mortgage on the house gonna be over only in the generation next, anyway it doesn't bother me at all.. That's it... don't ask no further.. Tell me about yourself man.. how is it in the golf, cherry?" he looked at me straight in the eye.
For a while I wondered if he actually meant golf, the popular hole game that Tiger Woods played. But of course it was apparent that he jeered at the Middle-East Gulf.
>>>To be continued: Chapter IV - About Kuwait: The story so far
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:::The story is dedicated to the 'Class of 90s' friends:::
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