tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811305918135820763.post5880664073693371391..comments2023-08-23T13:07:14.633+02:00Comments on Samba meets Sambar: Fitting inUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811305918135820763.post-9040658099485135922010-12-10T15:30:40.905+01:002010-12-10T15:30:40.905+01:00I'm a case of "Second not fitting in"...I'm a case of "Second not fitting in" I've been living in India for 7 years, but people still assume I know nothing simply because I'm a gori...that is really irritating sometimes, especially when they try to rip you off giving excuses such as "hidden taxes" or something equally stupid.Cynthia Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693243354879700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811305918135820763.post-76238961012304167872010-12-09T23:07:18.413+01:002010-12-09T23:07:18.413+01:00Hello DH,
I completely agree. I meant to write tha...Hello DH,<br />I completely agree. I meant to write that the 2nd type (and 3rd) depend a lot on location and New York (I think like London) make it easier to blend in.<br /> <br />A. and I joke that I have a "fit in" complexion for developed countries while he fits into any developing one... which is good because one of us always can get by as the "local" showing the "tourist" around: :PSambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120077413896397663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811305918135820763.post-34929964301652209572010-12-09T23:00:13.497+01:002010-12-09T23:00:13.497+01:00New York is an exception to the second kind of not...New York is an exception to the second kind of not fitting in. You will find people of all color, shape, size and sub-species. You could be wearing a green hat and a pink tie and riding a unicycle wearing yellow polka-dot boxer shorts and still nobody would give you a second look. The concept of "foreignness" of anything just does not exist; people are either too jaded or too above all that. Not sure if you've been there but it is so NOT the south. This hippo could never live down there. I'd be too fast for them.DsylexicHipponoreply@blogger.com