ahh nice to be connected to the internet :)
although it's a freaking slow dialup which clogs the phone line, and the h key on my grandfather's keyboard isn't functioning too well, it's better than nothing.
i was thinking i could go to the internet cafe around the corner every couple of days since my grandpa's computer is so inconvenient, but my friend told me yesterday that the one nearby's become very seedy and that i'd get raped, felt up, whistled at or all three. and he'd have had to accompany me which he's "too busy for" what with his sixteen girlfriends etc. so i have to settle for grandfather's computer. when my dad gets here i will look into convincing grandfather to get a new computer and internet connection.
and india for five weeks is currently looking not too bad, considering the amount of shopping i've done in two days. in fact, i began the shopping in the plane itself. in the airport my mom wanted to buy a dior/lv bag but the ones she wanted weren't available in duty-free (in fact they don't appear to have louis vuitton in dutyfree, which is just weird.) so i couldn't get the guess bag i wanted. strange logic, if she'd gotten her bag she'd have gotten me my bag. but because she didn't, i didn't. but it wasn't a bag i particularly wanted, it was just there and kinda cute and decently priced. a little bit paris hiltonish though. which is fitting since she's the new guess spokesmodel thing, following in the footsteps of anna nicole smith. i wonder if she'll develop a tummy like anna nicole's =P
anyhow, on the plane my mom spent her 400dollar krisshop vouchers. she bought beyond paradise and a bunch of lipsticks for herself, chance by chanel and a bobbi brown glimmer palette for me, and a timberland watch for my brother, which turned out to be too large for his skinny wrist so hopefully my dad likes it enough to wear it occasionally.
oh i had my last taste of good haagendazs chocolate in the 1st class lounge. when i was talking to vivien on the way to the lounge she gasped cos she thought that meant i was travelling first class. if only =( my parents merely have solitaire cards therefore are entitled to some good stuff, but you still have to dish out large amounts of cash for first class seats. one day, one day. i'll travel first class with my louis vuitton suite of luggage. hhahaha.
then yesterday my mom began her bangalore shopping frenzy properly. in the morning she went alone and bought 3 saris. really pretty ones, actually, then in the afternoon i went with her, got a shirt and a skirt. they're going mad with the crinkled skirts here. i also saw a beautiful crinkled silk skirt by priyadarshini rao, hopefully my mom buys me that for diwali :) then today i bought a levi's sweatshirtish thing. shopping in india gets better every year. we also looked at some gorgeously, fabulously expensive jewelry. my mom's waiting for my dad to get here to get his approval for the expenditure. she does this every year. somehow she loses track of money when she's spending in rupees. it's kind of strange.
hahaha my grandma just asked me if i wanted a banana, and i don't mind bananas but i don't like them too much so i wanted to know if it was a big banana. and it just occurred to me that shouting from upstairs, "is it a big banana?" is slightly.. bad.
ooh i watched bride and prejudice! alexis bledel's in it! as the darcy guy's sister! it was so cool when she walked in, my mom and i gasped and some random guy behind whispered to his friend that she was the "gilmore girls chick"! heh. and darcy's best friend is acted by naveen andrews, who also stars on Lost. all these connections. we could play six degrees of seperation now and connect mark ruffalo to shah rukh khan!
mark ruffalo
jennifer garner
jj abrams
naveen andrews
aishwarya rai
shah rukh khan!
cool, yes?
and naveen andrews is confirmedly quite hot. although i hesitated to think him hot on Lost as he's an iraqi ex-Republican Guard on it. but his long curly hair is very endearing. and he's goood with the accents. the movie overall is entertaining though not great. and it's comforting to know that aishwarya rai doesn't exactly have toned arms and tummy. in fact her tummy's really rather flabby. my mom says it's because she's 30, but hello? jennifer garner's 32! and she's supermuscled. but i guess she has the amazing ability and discipline to wake up at 4 every morning and work out and stuff. amazing energy. yet, my mother had to concede that being 30 is no excuse for flab. but it's heartening that a gorgeous former miss world has tummy flab too. she's becoming a rather good actress, though.

ok now i must go. they want the phone. i will try and blog again soon.
hopefully the boredom here doesn't sink in too soon.
also, i have lost what little respect i had for Freaky Bangalore Guy. i think teenagers here have lost perspective. westernisation is a terrible thing.
must go eat banana now, and then do econs. i get all my shopping in exchange for studying. would you believe, math is actually fun. plus there is the incentive of iPod Photo if i get 4As in march. hmm.
ciao!