Wednesday, November 30, 2005
India Trip
Got to the airport early on monday the 14th. Walked around a bit. Jen called and brought my mood down a bit. Finally i met everyone there, Mother Josie and her Miss Teen Tropics daughter Melanie..(who later turned to "ugh", well, her mother did), Britt, (whom i worked with in nyc), Richard, representative, VP or whatever of IG intl; sanjanas 'boyfriend'.? ?who knows, Jessie (Miss Hooters Long Island, or so she claims,,,loud mouthed kind of annoying complaining girl), Vida S.amadzai, who was also Miss A.fghanistan..(I dont want this to come up when someone types the names cuz then my blog will appear and i dont want the people on this trip to read it cuz its dorky of me to be documenting all this!! IMO..that means in my opinion, so i put , i mean, periods OK???), also, Camille from americas next top model season 2 was there, and um, me...yeah..who ever I am...??? right??? and then Miss Universe arrived with her crew...all i remember is melanie said look its harry potter and i thought it was the actor who played him but it was a guy they nicknamed that from last year cuz he looked like him but when he came over i felt like i was blushing because im stupid...it was like some dorky but nice guy i dont know...so anyways, we all went on the plane eventually and then, like, arriving in amsterdam where i was like, what does this country have to offer. there were paintings of tulips as we walked in the airport...the girls, well, me, jessie, brit and Vida got to talking a bit at the 'posh-looking' mcdonalds where jessie is like, "No, your giving me ketchup" when they wanted to charge her, shes like, "im an american" or whatever. we learned she was adopted and Miss Vida is actually banned from her country for wearing a red bikini in the pageant. anyways, we arrived in delhi some time later, greeted by shashi, the mother who always looks so beautiful and gentle and elegant. The sky was hazy and the roads were crazy, as the steering wheel was on the right side of the car. we arrived at uppals orchid and i got stuck in the room with jessie, melanie, and Josie. Vida, camille and britt were in another room. i believe we had food in the restaurant/coffee shop thing whatever they called it downstairs that night. So,..,,tuesday the 15th, lets see...went to breakfast, beautiful outdoor place but we sat indoors and learned we had to meet at the pool like, 10 am..so me jessie and melanie go to the pool and wait. then sanjana and universe,(as i call her, i even told her that i called her that, her name is Natalie,) arrived. There was a photo shoot we wore some dresses and took pictures.. The press arrived and we were just posing for each other, us girls were, then they all started taking pictures of us, so we were like, having fun with all the photographers while natalie got interviewed and this and that. Then there was a press conference, where we were introduced as international models. after, we all had to put on chefs hats and pour bottles of alchohol in this sort of cake batter. Im going way into detail, figuring i have like, two more weeks of days left, so i will try to keep it brief...(cool word..brief..)then we went to change, but had our fittings to see what we were to wear in the shows. drama endured as camille confronted josie, something about a comment or whatever, i forget..but josie was in the wrong cuz she felt threatened of camille obvisouly and had even said my daughter accomplished more than you and already i didnt like her. to tell the truth, there was something off about her when i met her at the airport, but i can tolerate people to a certain degree, well, more on her later. Little Ella arrived that day with her dad and had to witness the melodrama. Jessie (Miss Hooters hooters hooters this and that..ali g, smoke blunts, french fries, of many other words she would repeatedly say,,,zanny bars...whatever) was complaining. UGh! how annoying!next day, lets see...i believe at first we hung out for a while, oh yeah, meeting with sanjana about the little nitpicky arguments, sanjana asked me to go to universes suite and i was nervous and the one guy said i can come in and i heard harry potter say 'sweet girl' and it reminded me of someone who called me a good girl but i wont get into that...AGhh, like im a dog or somthing...um..anyways, i forget that this is online journal..i didnt even write all that in my regular journal, but i keep adding things..so then hair and makeup arrived. they didnt do mine too good. i was closing my eyes they were like, little indian beauty school students, so i felt her putting on black eyeliner, but when i opened my eyes, i seen her look all frazzled waving her hands around, like, AAGHH!! she wasnt supposed to make my eyes too dark and forget so she panicked cuz we had like, ten minutes left...but the image is so funny its seared in my memories of India...they pinned my hair up too cuz it was greasy from the weird apple like shampoo i used at the hotel uppals orchid. well, the show as there too, in the beautiful garden by the pool..the show went well but i got critisized by sanjana who said i have to walk better and i must lose weight. DUH!! i already knew that..i need to A. LoSe weight B. grow my hair out...yes i know!?!?!?!!!!
Next day, we had to go to the university where the press was again and students were asking for our autographs. Press conference. Later, we drove to the Taj Mahal. It was night out and lights were not allowed but it was beautiful, i thought as i stolled by myself away from the silly squabbles of the girls and overlooked a river and the full moon reflecting of it and thought how magical it all looked. we were on the big whatever you call it, but i thought of movies and arabian nights and thought it would be nice to be there with a boyfriend. By the way, roads in delhi remind me of a stampede of animals, because all the cars are different shapes and sizes, like lions, monkeys, zebras, elephants, all zooming or slow and all over the place. we even seen someone riding an elephant and monkeys on the side of the road. dont forget the colorful weddings they celebrate on the roads at night. we stopped and had food. i didnt mention the little girl we seen earlier dancing for us while her brother played music in my normal journal but i just figured i would here. ok, so the next day must be the 18th. friday..sure..flight to mumbai. had another fashion show taht night. actor salmon kahn was there, i already met him in new york where i thought he had this cool attitude i liked..the tom cruise of bollywood....
good hair and makeup that show.... then party at salmans house. um, then,lets see...flight to bangalore..nice big palacy hotel. beautiful! fashion show that night. sunday-20th fashion show in bangalore. sanjana later invites us to an after party in their suite, where she later tells us we have to go and help josie. im not even mentioning the hatred everyone was building for sanjana, see, im not exactly going into detail all the drama, conversations, and bonding all the girls were doing, but believe me, there was alot. but mostly im happy to say we all became good friends, well, it was me, vida, camille, brit and jessie too, and another girl from india who sanjana hired as like, help, tonya, but she ended up hating her or wahtever, maybe hating is a strong word. melanie didnt hang with us girls...back to the point, so we go to help josie and shes like, in a sweet sugar coated pity voice, (we had a confrontational meeting everyone did earlier that morning),"no, i dont want any kids to help and not know what they are doing.." im like, im not a kid, but i was still being cordial and camille was also with me, but she said she didnt need help so we left but DID NOT go back to the party even tho richard and everyone wanted us all too..the 21st...flight to cochin. arrived at the resort nestled behind a dirt road. met up with yoshka, loud mouthed indian girl who sang shania twain and avril lavigne songs on a boat ride we went on. me, jessie and brit roomed together. the rooms smelled funny...Tuesday the 22nd...
we had to drive to the school where a bunch of kids were awaiting and had more press. go on stage with natalie, we all did. thats where i really noticed scotty, the cute austrailian bodyguard who worked with, yep, avril lavigne, ashley simpson, etc..anyways, kids were all asking for our autographs and such...wanting to shake our hands. it was cute...when we got back i had a hot oil massage. found out the bags were never there still at the airport sanjana panicky and worried, K-a-R-m-a i thought...but they did arrive went bak to the stage which was at the school did our fashion show, there was a known magician there who levitated camille, this is all on tv and news there too BTW....when we got back that night we hung out in vida and camilles room where yoshka got the shy concierge to start dancing it was funny. w
wednesday the 23rd we all went to another resort, except for vida and amille and the other indian models because we were only warned five minutes earlier. the resort was nice we had a boat ride. dont know what else..gift shop.
went back., shared some wine with melanie. um, so later there were drinks going on by the pool.of course i went. richard, dj kushi, jessie, britt, um, prianka, yoshka, who else, ..scotty! more people too. we were drinking britt got drunk jessie and kushi brought her to the room i stayed but when i finally went back to the room the key wasnt in the proper place so the lights didnt work so i stumbled to the bathroom in the dark and heard breathing. it was britt passed out in the bathtub!! i helped her to hte bed. oh yeah, i remember i was like, talking to scotty and all and i think prianka liked him but she is a nice girl..lets see..i dont know nothing special..
thursday the 24th.,..we had to wake early and got a flight to madras. nice hotel. had thanksgiving dinner(not too good) swedish massage, jacuzzi...during hte day i almost forgot to mention, we bought jewelry in a room in the hotel sanjana set it up for us..i bought earrings and bindis but sanjana payed for anyones who was under 1000 rupees..ok, then, i need to say this at least, complaint about JOSIE....while in the room buying jewelry, i notice melanie taking off and the rest of us still hobbled around like shop crazed boring people. josie comes down, says, they have buses out which are leaving in five minutes, but you have to be dressed up (we already had plans to go out shopping but i really could of cared less about shopping to tell the truth), then she points to all of us, "so, you cant go, you cant go.." and i was like, "thanks for distinguishing whether i can go based on your discretion of what im wearing" shes like, well, whatever she says. im like, "go where?' no answer.."Go where?" "there going to a childrens hospital" universe and everyone i was like, i would like to go, but thinking you know, it would be a learning experience for me i would not go for press coverage but i would just want to do that besides shopping so josie was like, all right, come on...hurry tho..by the time we got there they all left. THEN...we get on the little bus to go shopping, they did not wait for camille. she had to go change real quick, but we had to be back by 230 not really tho cuz hair and makeup was going to be there at 5 but just because sanjana or shashi said 230 josie was all like, we cant wait we have to go i was like, why were just going shopping its not a press event! but they dindt want to wait! and then ella asked , is melanie on the other bus? josie is like, "No, Melanie is with sanjana." Then she says, "you girls werent ready on time". I was like ,"WHatever!!"
sorry if it was so choppy and hard to understand im just trying to type fast...but anyways, hair and makeup, fashion show, salman was there again. after party. fun..wore my marylin monroe type dress, white dress and put a diamond bindi where marilyn has her beauty mark..my hair was all blown out and looked good...this was the last fashion show so we all partied it up, doing shots and dancing. later there was an after party at salmans suite. i feel bad cuz i would of liked to have flirted more with scott but was being stupid talkiing to salman and miss universe...oh well...hmm...i feel i forgot crucial things, but anyways, lets see....i got everyones email and all..pictures tooken etc...there were indian friends i made too but you know, im not going into too much detail cuz im too lazy too...next morning we all said bye to vida and hugged and cried...flight back to delhi, it was me, camille, britt, jessie, ella and her dad, josie and melanie...it was camilles bday so tonya came and we had went to the bar downstairs which had cool fish tanks everywhere. then jessie and tonya left and me camille and britt shared some wine and cigars and popcorn and talked then went to sleep. next morning us three went down to breakfst, ate outside(its always in my memory now it was beautiul outside) had dim sum and mimosas...and desserts...sauna and steam...tonya came got us took us (EXCEPT MEL AND MOM) to the gate of india, some sites, shopping...and she picked up two boys to bring to her house where we had tea and the boys gave us henna tattoos. its a poverty place so they had no parents to worry about them...we also had chinese and all went back to Uppals, got our stuff said our goodbyes to ella and dad and tonya. went to airport met richard..went to amsterdam..more drama on my and josies part as i sat next to josie on plane and shes like, oh do you want to switch with that lady i was like it doesnt matter where i sit oh i thought you would want to sit by your friends cuz brit and jessie were by that lady...bla bla bla...missing passport...apparently it was on the plane somehow got out of my purse but whatever...they all went to the famous pot bars but at that point i just wanted to get HOME! but when my parents were there, apparently they talked to anand and we went to the city and to meet him and i went to a quick meeting with him, angelica, and this other girl i met with the owner of zinc magazine. then i come home listen to my messages and hear that my dr. called...oh yeah, hes a dr...this guy who HOPEFULLY CALLS ME SOON!!!!!!!!!!!! anyways, i need to pick up my pictures from walmart
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