Weekend in Mumbai and Persian Music Video
Namaste!First of all, thanks to everyone who visits the blog, I’ve seen an steady increase in traffic and it’s nice to know that friends are thinking about you, specially when so far away from everyone.
I’m flying to Mumbai tomorrow evening for a weekend trip. I was going alone to begin with but at the last minute Alex who is from Australia decided to come along.
I’ve also almost finalized the details for the trip to Kerala. There is so much to do there and it’s very difficult to decide what to see and what to skip, but I guess it’s a good problem to have. Luckily, again, I won’t have to go alone since Paula is paying a visit from Stockholm. It’s really great since she loves food as much as I do and I think we are going to eat ourselves to death. Travel stories from others usually sound similar to this:
Good seafood is available aplenty. Worth visiting is the Fort Kochi beach where you can buy fresh fish and get it cooked in the nearby food stalls. Fish fry, fish molly, fish curry and fish peera are the favourites, usually taken with rice or steamed tapioca (cassava).
In other words, Wohooo!
On a random note, I saw a very funny Persian music video which I would like to share with you. I’ve always had a soft spot for happy effortless Persian pop, it reminds me of the time when I lived Iran and puts me in a good mood. The artist Omid is not bad, if you are into that sort of things. On an interview with BBC Persian he said that in his new album he really wanted to do something original, something that has never been done before yadayada. I didn’t take his words seriously but apparently he went all in and hit the jackpot.
Basic plot:
Line dancers shaking away to Persian electro-pop-mash disaster
Headbanging musician in the background
Omid singing with the worst lip sync ever
All of the sudden, hold on now, BREAKDANCERS enter!!!
Right, maybe not my favourite video, but then again who am I to disagree with 68,017,860 Iranians!? Enjoy!
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November 10th, 2006 13:35
Hey, you are welcome Hessam!
It’s a great pleasure to come here and read about your Indian adventures, even more to see that I’m not alone anymore growing a beard (or keeping my razorblade on strike).
You really have a talent for writing, and for pictures, it makes this blog very pleasant to be read. About your musical taste, well, so far I don’t think I will get into Iranian pop, you never know though, maybe I’ll give it a second opportunity!
Ciao
November 15th, 2006 02:53
To me, the best part of the video is, that they really make the beat a lot more hiphop-ish, when the breakers arrive.
Classy.
And of course I think the same as Guy about the rest around here
Keep it rizzle, stay b to the l to the acka-acka-izzle,
and kick the truth,
to the young indian youth.