Indian meet up

I went to the Indian meet up in downtown before class. I was looking forward to see how it would turn out. I was running late, so I was hoping they were still there. I was an hour late; I was almost going to give up. Anyways they were still sitting their finishing their meals. As soon as I arrived everyone looked at me, making me a little nervous. I head to the leader of the group and he told me that I was late. I told him that I had a tough time with parking and traffic, etc. He told me to get something and join them. The leader's name was Neel. I was a little nervous as one would be when meeting a new group of people. There were about 10 guys and 7 women.

I took my tray and went to sit beside one of the girls on my side, but when I got closer I noticed her big bag on the chair. So I thought of sitting beside the bag, but later realized that would have been weird, so I went ahead and sat beside a guy on the other side. I sat across this girl beside the other guy. The food was not good at this place. But the café seemed to be a historic café and it had been serving people for a long time over hundred years. This place was more for its history than the quality of food. I started eating my food and then spoke to the guy beside me. I asked him the usual questions and he told me that he felt like he saw me somewhere. I told him that I get that a lot. The guy's name was Jesal.

After a little while, the girl started talking to me. Actually I said hi and introduced myself. She told me that she lived in my city as a little kid before her parents moved. She seemed to be happy that I was from that city. She then started asking me other questions and was smiling and laughing whenever I said something. Her name was Renal. I was always saying something and being the social guy.

After a while the leader came over and spoke to me and told me what they were going to do, etc. He then told me that they were going to walk around the area. I finished half of my food and then walked with them. We took some group pictures in the restaurant before we left.

After we went out I started speaking to the leader of the group. Later I spoke to the other guys and the women in the group. Within a short period I briefly spoke to everyone and introduced myself to all the members of the group. I spoke to this lawyer woman, whom I also saw in the other social group. I told her I was going to come speak to her the other day but I did not since she was leaving.

We visited the different old theaters in the city. One of the not so good looking women said that one could conduct a wedding in the theater. Later she mentioned something that all that was missing was the guy. I then told her and the two other women that there are a billion people in India and that there are enough guys. Then one of the females said there are guys but not enough good guys, I said well they should go out and look, the good guys are not going to knock on their door. I don't why I said that. I was just talking to everyone about anything.

Later I got some yogurt when we stopped by some market. Renal got some orange looking drink; I asked her what it was. She told me that it was papaya and banana smoothie. I said 'eww'. She said, 'why you don't like it?' I said, 'I like banana's with yogurt' She told me that I wasn't that bad. Anyway later she started talking about another group that she was going to. This group was some sort of a green group. I asked her why she was going to the green group. She said that she was going to the green group since it was a new group. I made some joke about going green referencing pot and she started laughing. She told me that I should come. I told her that I was going to see my friends in Huntington Beach. I told her that I would come another time. I asked her what school she went too. She told me that she went to Widener University. I started laughing when she said that, I was like "Widener University!" Widener huh" implying the widening in there. She laughed and told me that she had never gotten that before. I told her that I went to narrower university at one point. I was walking beside her, she was really small and I felt like a giant beside her. The other guy Jasal was walking on the other side of her in front of us. Then I asked her why she came to California and she said that she was in long distance relationship with Jasal. In my mind I was like 'What the fuck' I was totally entertaining and talking to her and she was showing all this interest in me and the guy was there along with us the whole time. It was like as though he wanted me continue talking to her. There was no way I could have know that they were together. They never held hands; they walked with a distance between them. Even at the restaurant they sat on opposite sides and not beside each other. It was weird and she was asking me all these questions and was eager to keep talking to me.

Later I realized that some of the other women I had talked to candidly were also with other guys. I guess some Indians from India don't show public displays of affection. They don't even walk like they are together; they just walk around in a random order. Anyway our walk ended soon and I wished everyone goodbye. I then walked with Neel, who helped me find the parking lot where I parked my car. I told him that I am glad I came and saw parts of downtown that I would have never seen otherwise. I am glad that I did go and experience this event and see what it was like.