friendly....

this weekend i went shopping........sounds exciting doesn't it ?? will blog abt the excitement later...anyways....what is it with Indians here ?? are they all this friendly ?? during this shopping trip complete strangers(Indians) approached us wanting to know where we were from.....how long have we been here ?? where do we stay ??....It was so weird......they would offer us their visiting card......invite us home....I am quite friendly by nature but I don't think I am comfortable giving my home address and phone number to a complete stranger.
In India I lived in an apartment building for the last few years and often felt that the neighbours weren't friendly enough.....the family living across from my flat wouldn't even smile at us when they were face to face with us......whereas the people i ran into during shopping were complete strangers who invited us home.......maybe living in a foreign country they yearn for contact with other Indians....yeah it is nice to hear someone on the train speak the same language as you....anyways all these NRI's are so friendly....it is nice and maybe they can teach a lesson or two to unfriendly neighbours back home...