From the trip to the Far East, few quotes are etched in the memory as very special just because we have laughed about them significantly or perhaps they have attracted us enough that we start to use them quite frequently. Here is my favourite set of quotes from the far east trip - almost all coming up in Thailand.
Coming from Kl and Singapore, obviously we did not expect a lot out of Thailand in terms of matching the infrastructure of the earlier 2 visits. The sophisticated look of the Swarnabhoomi airport took us by surprise and Ramanar gave this famous quote...well mate !! u forgot that we are indeed in a foreign land !!
After this point, any other unIndian sight in Thailand was certified with this tag.
2. Thats Philosophy
Inspired by Koundamani-Senthil M.A. Pilosophy comedy, anything that did not look or sound technically or logically correct was assumed to be philosophically correct. You did not comprehend this ?? thats philosophy.
3. No have
Whoever had brought English first to Thailand did not bring the word "don't"..poor guys they cant say "we dont have "...they instead say "we no have", it was quite difficult to follow in the begining, later it was funny, now I no have words to express it.
4. What is the best price you can offer
Vinod was in a bargaining mood ever since he entered Thailand. Heights of his skills were when he went into a Puma showroom which already sported a 20% discount, and asked "Tell me the best price you can offer for this bag, I shall take it". Ramanar and I had to run out of the showroom to start laughing.
5. Rijicted
Sethil's version of "Rejected" in the movie Indian. Sai had mastered this and tagged to anything that was not convincing to go for. You have to hear him say this - ultimately funny.
6. Scene65-Bean55
Copyright borrowed from Prasanna from my Eurotrip earlier this year, this was mostly attributed to the best of snaps we created on the Canons and Fuji.
7. Take the 25, strictly 25 !!
We guys were terribly running short of money in Thailand. But when Sai borrowed them from an ATM and settled all outstanding balances, we were rich men again. We started throwing the money at anything we wanted and said "take the 25" but when we had to control the flow it had to be "strictly 25" - the incredible influence of Koundamani prompted this quote.
8. Thanks, Appreciate That !!
Vinod showed a lot of gratitude to the non-English speaking Thai guys, whenever some help was offered. It would not be too much of exaggeration if Vinod said this to a shopkeeper who helped him and received a response from him : "sorry, we no have that".
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