HOLY MOTHER OF - !! That's a bit much, eh?floragord wrote:We have frequently winced when parcels arrive via Australia Post at the cost of postage, between $40 - $85 generally
I'm literally (when will I learn to say that word in a British accent? ) so done with India right now. Like Christmas is my favorite holiday of all time, I mean, I like it more than my birthday, but the last time I actually got to experience it properly was like 2006. I mean, here in India if we're not particularly busy we get a smallish tree and me and my parents get each other a few gifts, we decorate the tree and that's IT. Last year we didn't get a tree coz we were just way too busy, and now I'm too afraid to ask for one coz I mean they just get it for me, and I'm pretty sure they're gonna give me a "you should've grown out of this by now " look. I mean who in their right minds should grow out of Christmas?!. In US we used to celebrate coz everyone around us was doing it and as you guys know it's really festive and fun and the whole mood is different, but here, it's just like no one cares. My school used to have a camp every year from the 25th to the 31st of December, so the first year I told them that I couldn't come on the first day coz it was Christmas, and the teacher just gave me a calm fake smile and said, "well then don't celebrate it, the camp is mandatory." YES. No Christmas holidays, no trees, no decorations, just the cold that isn't really cold and no, don't celebrate it coz you have a stupid camp that you HAVE to have right on Christmas day coz who cares about other people and what they like to celebrate? Ooh and Diwali? The Ganpati festival? Wear uncomfortable Indian clothes when it's hot outside and go stuff yourself with food that's all sweet and sit in front of pandits who sing in scratchy voices and don't complain, it's God after all. I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD!! I don't care about the traditions and what God is gonna do to me if I don't go there. I don't want to watch my poor dog whimper with fear every time a darned firecracker is set off by some uneducated idiot who thinks it's ok to pollute and to cause noise that can harm your hearing. I just wanna enjoy my holidays. And then the one festival/holiday I actually care about isn't even a holiday!! I'm getting out of this place in two years and I'm not coming back any time except JuLy-August coz that's the only time when it actually rains. And yes I love all the processions during Ganpati and the drums, and the pretty lights in Diwali but I don't like it in general.
Ok I may be a bit more than a little annoyed. Just a bit.