The South Asian Men

My top three favorite things about South Asia men:

1) The T-Shirts: South Asian men recycle shirts from the West with phrases they either can read and find hilarious or have truly no understanding as to their meanings.

Examples: 

"Behind Every Man is  Scared Woman"

I'm sorry what? Who even made that shirt to begin with?

Or

"Beer is proof that God exists" 

Are we talking about God as in Yahweh or God as in Ganesh? I'm pretty sure the Elephant headed child had little to do with the fermentation of wheat. 

My favorite is: 

"I don't even want to be famous" 

OK great, glad we got that settled. 

2) The lack of a superego: 

Walking the streets of South Asia is always a game of Frogger, but not always just with cars. Things, liquids, "other" could fly in your face at any minute - you're never fully in the clear. See men in South Asia have this thought that their every whim, their every inclination is their right to fulfill. Some of their habits include relieving themselves in the middle of the road, spitting out their dip from the side of the car, scratching and bathing in inappropriate places, sleeping on the sidewalk, burping in your face, and picking their nose right before they get in your auto. These tendencies to satisfy their every basic, ape-like desire is exactly why trafficking is rampant in these parts. 

3) The Poses:

Visualize a short, skinny teenage looking man with silver bracelets, gold rings on every finger and a popped collar.  His fake, gold trimmed aviators are twice the size of his face and he is leaning up on the side of a wall with one foot popped and his arms sassily folded across his pregnant-like potbelly. As you walk by he doesn't whistle but rather creates a sucking motion from the back of his teeth, which is so much worse. Everyone once in a while he gives out an "o wow," which he thinks is a full-proof tactic. You turn to give him a scowl but instead you have to chuckle because the wall he's leaning on is a massive poster of a ripped, Caucasian Abercrombie Model in a similar pose; and the juxtaposition is just too much. 

So yes, living here can be infuriating and hazardous, but every once in awhile God's Grace is truly sufficient and it becomes simply comical.