little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

written to a friend on instant messenger who was away from keyboard

Ernie Hsiung: so, fyi - india cable is totally bizarre
Ernie Hsiung: it’s all
Ernie Hsiung: playback movie
Ernie Hsiung: musical
Ernie Hsiung: musical
Ernie Hsiung: and then you see ESPN Sportscenter
Ernie Hsiung: and you think it’s normal
Ernie Hsiung: and then it says
Ernie Hsiung: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CRICKET
Ernie Hsiung: in a delightful british accent
Ernie Hsiung: and i’m all - goddamn, i’m in india
Ernie Hsiung: *sigh* OK, that’s all

The great thing about Indian tv is getting to watch all those American movies you would never have thought to buy a ticket for/buy on dvd/rent/watch on TBS at 2am, because, well, there’s nothing else on. I think I ended up watching a Steven Seagal movie involving nuclear weapons, a train, and a satellite pulse laser…fun times.

keep your eyes peeled for the notorious vanilla coke commercial! If coke released the indian version in the states i bet their stores would sell out. like an indian uncle’s gut.

why is it notorious? i’m unable to view real media files.

A lot of people don’t install Real Player these days, but if you use Spybot (or other registry tool) to stop Real from entering into your registry, it’s not a bad application at all. In fact it plays video and music files faster and with fewer skips than Windows Media Player. I don’t mean to detract from the topic at hand - it’s notoriously funny. If you’re going to pass the opportunity up because you don’t have Real Player, get Real Alternative!

it’s like seeing a group of aussies rapt at an episode of the o fucking c and then near pouncing on you when you tell them that this is where you live.

or maybe it’s not like that, but that’s all i got right now. cheers from that side of the world.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a “playback movie?”

Eric in Seattle
Never Been To India

I like it when you are bored and travelling, because you post more stuff.

Holy crap. I got to India on the 12th and had the exact same TV experience.

However, my best “I am in India” moment so far was, when I got to my hotel and stepped out of the car, a two person band was playing “Ache Breaky Heart”… in Hindi. Priceless.