OMG! OMG! OMG! before i begin the blog.... (i had actually begun it, but b4 i ACTUALLY begin it) IVE BEEN QUOTED BY THE INDIAN PRESS!!! LOL! ANI picked up my entire story, chopped it down and used it verbatum... HAH! "shilpa shetty was quoted as saying... " HA HA HA.... the jokes on them. when i saw it in the paper thys morning, i felt like crying. it wasn't a story, it was the first draft. i never had tym to redo/edit it. and apparently no one in the entire paper bothered to read it either. oh well. the damage has been done. my work has been disgraced for ever. whatever. the blog: i have a thyng against 48 hour days. i have a bigger thyng against two straight 48 hour days. where u sleep for 3 hours only. u do too much, all in a hurry, and then when u sit down to breath, *woosh*... sets in short-term amnesia. but i promised ya'll id tell how it went with da injins 'n stuff yo! so imna try narrate dat, tryin 'ard not to fly ovva da tangent. (sorry abt that, i just finished bad boys ii. i thynk ill watch it again, just to count the number of tyms they swear) basically the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club* (fondly known and RPGCC) had invited the indians for a show, like they did jagjit singh, a coupla months back. long story cut short, Shaan sang, akshay danced and shilpa kissed the pakistani flag. i was supposed to interview them but that fell through. no hard feelings. but i DID attend the press conference, and man, it was a fiasco from the word go. did you know akshay kumar is actually really good looking in real life? no im serious! there is a problem with stars, that once you see them up close, they become human, more approachable, they lose that star quality. thys guy sat less than 6 feet away from me, and for the entire tym i was there, not for a moment did i see his persona slip. he left looking as much a pin-up guy. words i'd use to describe him: debonair. slick. extremely sharp/quick witted. i swear the guy had the paki press eating out of the palm of his hand. it was sad and pathetic on their part, and an embarrassment on mine. the worst was when everyone (men ages 25-45) ran to him for autographs as he was leaving. hell-O...can we please show some dignity? see but that wasn't too bad, after all, we are human. bad was when photographers trampled and fell over each other as shilpa shetty made an entrance... and then the racket. when mr kumar was talking, everyone was asking questions (read: dumb questions) in an orderly fashion, listening to him, and all went rather smoothly. when ms shetty came, hell broke lose. i took my dictaphone, placed it right under her mike, and took a back seat to watch the show. it was hilarious, and extremely depressing at the same time. the height was when one of the organisers had to step up and say "please people, lets show these poeple we are a civilized nation. let us give them a good image to take home." mark my words sam gamgee, we just aint ready for tourism. in a nutshell. the indians were smart, witty, polite, and GROOMED. the pakis in comparison were everythyng but. i hid my face and sat in a corner. i did understand though, why journalism is looked down on, in pakistan. it's like...if u cant go anywhere, do anythyng, or if you are a highschool dropout, journalism is the option to take. im tired. i need my sleep. ive been called blonde enough today anyways, shilpa is getting flak for kissing the pakistani flag. and i getses to be preciouss legolas again. do u have ANY idea how many TLOTR quizzes there are out there... its crazy! i loved thys one :> footnotes *RPGCC = an elitist country club for the filthy and the rich, who have too much money, and even more tym. they serve cocktails, hold "charity balls", and membership costs more than my car.