Shah Rukh Khan. The name that automatically raises eyebrows. But it does so much more to me...let me take you on a short tour about this name and my problems with it.
A couple of years back, I was at a shop. I was just browsing stuff when somebody behind me called out "Shah Rukh!"..."WHERE?! WHAT?!", going in my head. Then I turned around...saw a little boy. Then when I got home, I was cursing his mom, why on earth did she choose THIS name? Because I truly believe, there is only ONE Shah Rukh which is the one we all adore. I wish Shah Rukh would copyright his name...
Whenever somebody mentions his name behind me or in front of me, I swear, my heart races at a speed of 5,000 kilometers per hour or something. Online, it's different because I mainly interact with fellow SRK fans. Face to face, you will never hear me say "Shah Rukh". I am THAT shy when it comes to him. I address him as "King" at home. That is so much better and makes me feel good and helps address what I want to say about him since my family knows. Otherwise if I talk with people who don't know about this problem of mine then I will just refer to Shah Rukh as "Him". No SRK, no Shah, no Shah Rukh.
But then there comes certain instances when I have no choice but to utter his name. For example..well ONLY example is when I'm at a video shop or calling up a video/music shop. Will give example of his last two releases. I called up about a dozen shops, all around Sacramento area asking if they got Ra.One/Don 2 music CD. Unfortunately, as much knowledge as I keep about Bollywood, shopkeepers don't...well how would they? If they are so busy in selling things from 10:00 AM to 8:30 PM on average? As for me, I have nothing to do all day long, have no life besides researching SRK. That was sarcastic by the way. Anyway, take Ra.One, there is Raavan too since the pronunciation is 99.9% the same. So pretty often it would get mixed up and...I'd have to yell out IT'S A SHAH RUKH KHAN'S MOVIE!!!! Then Don 2, actually no shopkeeper had any idea about Don 2. Not to sound like I am bragging, but I had to instill some knowledge in them about Don 2. You are most welcome to conclude that I live in an area of dead brains.
Another example is when talking to relatives. Fact is many of my relatives are rather jealous of Shah Rukh. One said he's old, another is a Aamir Khan fan (of course SRK is BAAADDD), many find watching Bollywood movies very down market. Phew. Nice relatives I got there, right? Thankfully my family are hardcore fans of SRK! Anyway, coming back to talking about SRK with relatives, I have dodged every possible scenario of uttering Mr. Khan's name. I got lucky ji.
So these are my experiences of Shah Rukh Khan. I like how I manipulate people when discussing SRK by rarely or never having to utter his name because I am shy, I am shy, I am shy and I am bloody damn shy.
Well, you all have a good day ahead, thank you for taking time to read my posts and this is not the end of my blog...lots more to come, if my heart supports my brain to convert feelings into words.
A couple of years back, I was at a shop. I was just browsing stuff when somebody behind me called out "Shah Rukh!"..."WHERE?! WHAT?!", going in my head. Then I turned around...saw a little boy. Then when I got home, I was cursing his mom, why on earth did she choose THIS name? Because I truly believe, there is only ONE Shah Rukh which is the one we all adore. I wish Shah Rukh would copyright his name...
Whenever somebody mentions his name behind me or in front of me, I swear, my heart races at a speed of 5,000 kilometers per hour or something. Online, it's different because I mainly interact with fellow SRK fans. Face to face, you will never hear me say "Shah Rukh". I am THAT shy when it comes to him. I address him as "King" at home. That is so much better and makes me feel good and helps address what I want to say about him since my family knows. Otherwise if I talk with people who don't know about this problem of mine then I will just refer to Shah Rukh as "Him". No SRK, no Shah, no Shah Rukh.
But then there comes certain instances when I have no choice but to utter his name. For example..well ONLY example is when I'm at a video shop or calling up a video/music shop. Will give example of his last two releases. I called up about a dozen shops, all around Sacramento area asking if they got Ra.One/Don 2 music CD. Unfortunately, as much knowledge as I keep about Bollywood, shopkeepers don't...well how would they? If they are so busy in selling things from 10:00 AM to 8:30 PM on average? As for me, I have nothing to do all day long, have no life besides researching SRK. That was sarcastic by the way. Anyway, take Ra.One, there is Raavan too since the pronunciation is 99.9% the same. So pretty often it would get mixed up and...I'd have to yell out IT'S A SHAH RUKH KHAN'S MOVIE!!!! Then Don 2, actually no shopkeeper had any idea about Don 2. Not to sound like I am bragging, but I had to instill some knowledge in them about Don 2. You are most welcome to conclude that I live in an area of dead brains.
Another example is when talking to relatives. Fact is many of my relatives are rather jealous of Shah Rukh. One said he's old, another is a Aamir Khan fan (of course SRK is BAAADDD), many find watching Bollywood movies very down market. Phew. Nice relatives I got there, right? Thankfully my family are hardcore fans of SRK! Anyway, coming back to talking about SRK with relatives, I have dodged every possible scenario of uttering Mr. Khan's name. I got lucky ji.
So these are my experiences of Shah Rukh Khan. I like how I manipulate people when discussing SRK by rarely or never having to utter his name because I am shy, I am shy, I am shy and I am bloody damn shy.
Well, you all have a good day ahead, thank you for taking time to read my posts and this is not the end of my blog...lots more to come, if my heart supports my brain to convert feelings into words.
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