Things to laugh at Marni about in the office

Lets all have a laugh, shall we?  And listen up PIMSLEUR SIMON & SCHUSTER LANGUAGE LEARNING CD'S-- basically you have made me look silly and out of touch with the style of language you are teaching.  If I was meeting new colleagues in business with this language they would all look at each other like "what the?....."  Time to update.

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So my young protege Sakshi (the "hookah" girl who I thought was the most hopeless) has become a fashionista designer since I've been here teaching her the fine lines between super cool and stupid or ugly or ridiculous.  She is truly a great designer now, she gets it, she is proactive, she comes up with some better ideas than I do (so impressed!!!).

Prachi, me, Sakshi
yes my expression looks a bit mental but wouldnt you be
after this many days  here?


So anyway, we have become very good "work" friends, even though she is only 22 or 23, something like that, so I asked her to tell me honestly why I get these reactions when I say -- and I reeled off a few phrases. She laughs "Your language is so old-fashioned, no one has spoken that way for many years!" maybe 100 years!!

I probably sound like Jane Austen thrust into a modern world. "Oh it is not to be bourne!!" and yet the very old people look at me with a mixture of shock and choke back an exclamation of pleasant surprise and chuckling, wondering how could I know the old fashioned way of speaking? anyway-- its funny.

I found out there was a lane of hand- made shoe shops "near the Hotel Pradeep"-- no addresses here, just "near something"  So I went last night- the same shoes that are in the mall next to my hotel for $1500 rupees ($32)  were $280 rupees there.  I knew I could find a better price.  I got these all gold sparkly hand beaded leather shoes totally gorgeous and comfortable for $5.95.  The men at the shop had some snide comments that I could not understand but I could hear the tone.  They wouldn't sell me these beautiful red shoes because they said they are wedding shoes for a woman-- "Are you getting married?"  "No, so what, in the US no one will know, just let me buy them"  "NO!  these are to be worn only once, on the woman's wedding day".  "Okay well I AM engaged-- but our wedding is not for one year, I need to plan ahead,"  "NO!"

I wore the gold to work today and Sakshi told me "Those are MANS shoes!!"  ha ha ha all the  jokes on me.  well I don't care-- they are sparkly gold, elegant and feminine.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
At lunch I asked the Gupta's if I could get another driver after work because Abhi said he was busy or going on a trip or something.  Gupta senior bombastically yells out "Marni WHY WOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT SUCH THINGS!!!??  IF IT WAS UP TO ME I WOULD SEND YOU HOME ON AN ELEPHANT DRAPED WITH GOLD AND A BAND, AND A MAN YELLING "COMING THROUGH, MAKE WAY, QUEEN MARNI FROM CALIFORNIA COMING THROUGH!!!!"  and we all laughed VERY hard at this image.