May 03, 2005

Encounter with "firangees"

Working in MNCs like mine, one unique thing a person can experience is the sheer number of foreigners working along side you. I for one never knew that these many foreigners actually existed in Hyderabad, leave alone a single company Image hosted by Photobucket.com I was initially overwhelmed, when I actually spoke to one of them for the first time. However, once you get over the initial jitters, you would realize that they are normal people just like you and me, and the “aura” around the firangees disappeares soon.

Yeah ,we enjoy the way they speak and try to imitate their accents within our peer group. The look of confusion and amazement in their eyes when they see an old person(Amitabh, actually) running around trees Image hosted by Photobucket.com , Sharukh dancing in front of an American flag (Kal ho na Ho), Oye bubbly ads etc on the TV sets at the cafeteria makes one go ROFL Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Most of them are actually a nice bunch of people. They always smile and wish you while traveling in the lift. If you are walking behind them and you approach a door, they actually open it for you and ask you to go through it first Image hosted by Photobucket.com In fact, one of the ladies came to office yesterday wearing a sari Image hosted by Photobucket.com

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