How about another state? You could come out east for a vacation...

How are the Real Sopranos doing over in Jersey?

hehe, how about IRAQ? xD

I went to India with 3 of my aunts and my eldest aunt’s friend (out of respect i call her auntie too), the reason we went to India was my eldest aunt was going to do some medical checkups..
We reached Mumbai on Wednesday 26th of November, around 4:30pm-5:00pm. The moment we got to the street, the traffic was soooooooooooooooooooo.... "NO COMMENT" we got to our regular hotel at 7pm "Godwin Hotel"

It's a good, neat, clean and cheap hotel "GREEDY SCROOGE McDUCK" , the taj hotel is close to Godwin hmmm about 4 or 5 minutes walking.
We remained in the hotel until 9pm, my aunt wanted to have “McDonalds” xD personally I never felt comfortable going out after 7pm in Mumbai :$
My memory is a little bit blurry anyway here it goes:
We were walking on the sidewalk, where Colaba market is and I remember hearing a noise that sounded more like firecrackers but I was quite sure it wasn’t one... The next thing I know there was this young man with an AK-47 (the dude was early 20s, NO BEARD AT ALL! xP he didn’t look at all like those Bin Laden groupies, terrorists, COCK-A-ROACHES we used to see on tv ) this maniac was shooting people RANDOMELY (the guy wasn’t picky, i remember when i was in the hospital an Indian news channel said they were targeting US and UK citizens), I remember seeing people running and screaming, bumping into each other.. the moment I turn my back I couldn’t find my aunts, I remember running and and crying their names and then suddenly I wasn’t able to run, I was moving heavily, I felt something burning in my right leg, i kept on walking and found my aunts, my oldest aunt was bleeding from her left leg my other aunts were holding her i joined them and then a perfume shop keeper was taking people inside his shop, in the shop i remember seeing other Indian men and 6 middle eastern women and they had no idea what was going outside except for the shopkeeper who closed the door and pulled the gate down, and inside i found out there was blood on my jeans, first i thought it wasn’t mine but i was wrong (i freaked out, they ruined my favourite blue jeans) and few minutes later one of the Indian men inside the shop said there’s blood behind my shirt, i kinda ignored what he said (i was reckless) i just didn’t want to worry my aunts. We stayed inside for 20 minutes and i remember the shooting was still on. My aunts and me didn’t know what to do and my little aunt was kept on saying:”why are they shooting all these innocent people?” and we got a call from the omani embassy in India concerning some undone stuff relating my aunt’s work we told them what happened and they sent a car over there. They took us to a hospital called Saifee (at the beginning I thought it was “safety” hospital) they took care of my aunt. They found little metal fragments in back (the doctor said it came from a bomb, personally i don’t recall seeing any bombs exploding infornt of me at that day) anyway they fixed us up and on the very day we were supposed to come back the hospital closed their doors and refused to discharge us because of shootings that occurred in front of the hospital but 30 minutes later they released us from their backdoor and straight to the airport xD
We got back to Oman on Friday 28th of November, there’s no place like home :’)

(i still can't get over losing my favourite blue jeans and my tony sporanos shirt )

i apologize for my messed up, screwed up english =) (i think it's the pills not me)

p.s.: DAMN, THIS LAPTOP'S SO HOT! ARRRRR, ME NOSE SMELL SOMETHING BEING FRIED!! :S

DZ,

What a horrible ordeal. I can't imagine the panic and fear everyone must have felt. I am so glad you and your aunts survived this horrible attack. I have no doubt that it is a good feeling to be at home now. You are very strong and I admire your resilient spirit. Again, welcome back. Oh, and thanks for sharing what was no doubt, an awful event in your life.

My best to you!!


TIS

Thank you
Nah, I'm not "strong" if it was up to me I would've been the first guy back to the hotel the moment the shooting started.. it's just that my aunt had my favourite kind chocolate bars in her handbag :(((


It's 2:43AM over here and I'm feeling a little bit tired (wtf, i've been sleeping all day :S no more orange juice for me)

anyway, take care

Good to see you back Don Zadjali hope all is well.

I'm Glad you are ok DZ

DZ, Relieved to hear that you made it through so well.

Thank you for the account, DZ. It's great to know you're doing well and maintaing a sense of humor.

Good to see you back DZ.

Try and keep out of trouble now eh?

I'm glad you're alright! That is very scary.

I know this is so many months later, but I can't believe this happened to Don Zadjali. I believe it, but I can't believe it happened to him. It's sad that people have to go through those terrorist attacks in the Middle East. What kind of animals fires at innocent people. I see Don Zadjali's posts everywhere and when I see the name I think of the little man in the avatar with a crazy moustache.lol.

Don Zadjali, how is your leg since this shooting? How is your aunt? Did everyone survive or were their any fatalities. I'm glad you and your survived this shooting.

And also, what kind of Tony Soprano shirt was it?