Mughuls in Kerala?

Last night on the ferry ride back to my hotel, I met a 22 year old man named Sha Jahan, who is a driver and likes three women who don't like him back. I asked him, "Sha Jahan, like the (Mughul) ruler?" His reply was an emphatic no. But his name is Sha Jahan like the (Mughul) ruler. He thouht I was crazy for taking a bus from Mysore to Cochin. He told me he lke Mysore, but he hated the people there, because they're assholes (check previous posts for my interactions with them). Then he relayed a story about them being assholes, which I didn't understand a word of.

Sha Jahan speaks Hindi when he's in Mysore, because he can't speak Kannada. I as shocked to learn that he can't speak the language of Kerala, Malayalam, which is the only language in the world that's a palindrome in English and is also the longest single-word palindrome in English. Sha Jahan gave me his phone number and asked me to call him. Listen, if it was the Mughul ruler himself or a beautiful woman that I instantly fell in love with, I wouldn't call him/her. I don't like talking on the phone, especially calling people. This guy's got no chance. He did tell me to meet him somewhere in Fort Cochin that I didn't understand at a time that I'm not sure of. Eh, I didn't make any promises, we'll see what happens.

Being in Cochin is rather bizarre for me for certain reasons. It's quite surreal and hard to get past.

Sometimes equally as bizarre is television in India. They have Seinfeld and Simpsons and as I mentioned many channels with Hindi movie music clips. It's weird, the American Idol finale and the Miss Universe pagent were live, but next week there's an "all new" Frasier. All new Frasier? That show's been off the air for like 10 years! There's also a ton of wrestling on tv. Yesterday a guy asked me if the wrestling was real, once he learned that I as American. I had a tough time convincing him it wasn't. I've been watching it a little for the first time in 15 years. What is Shawn Michaels still doing wrestling? Where's my boy Razor Ramon?

Some internet caes are winners and some aren't. Yesterday, the keyboard had the letters taped on. Today, this computer is running slow... oh and evidently there's porn being downloaded on it.