Shortly after moving to Toronto I went to a friends apartment and there was a hockey game on TV; it was Buffalo versus someone; and I said "oh, I didn't know Buffalo had a hockey team". Well apparently that it just about the silliest thing a person can say because my friend cracked up and liked to tell that story to people as a "silly American" story; and everyone else thought it was pretty funny too.
Today I had a similar moment here. I was at lunch and asked about this guy who is in lots of commercials; I thought he was a cricket star, turns out he is an actor. See, in one of the commercials he sings and is not good which is why I thought he was an athlete. So I say (based on the fact that 99% of Bollywood movies are musicals) "I thought all actors had to sing". This, apparently, is the Indian equivalent of not knowing that Buffalo has a hockey team. They don't have to sing to be actors because they just use voice-overs for the singing. They do, apparently, all have to dance. All I know for sure is that this guy can't sing but sure seems to love his Samsung Mobile phones because the ads are on all the time.
And, I haven't had one of those "my life sure has changed" moments in a while but I definitely had one when I got back from lunch...the girls in the office were giving each other henna designs on their hands. Usually they only do henna at weddings, or so I thought, but apparently at work is okay too. Of course I wanted them to do my hands too but I had to be the responsible boss type and tell them to get back to work. Sigh. Oh well, I just have to get myself invited to an Indian wedding so I can get henna too - they do really beautiful designs.
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