Excuse me - Are you Indian?

So - today's blog is inspired by another super hilarious blog I read. It goes:

"I cant get rid of smell. it smell ever so bad. I go sleep and still smell it then dream about curry. I think it serious problem. I did everything in the kitchen and it smell worse. omg I wanna cry. I cant afford to move, since I'm ever so poor . Please if you smell of curry do house swap with me you can get familiar smelling house for free=)"

This is something us Indians totally struggle with (in addition to unwanted body hair!). It is something that cannot be avoided if you love to cook and eat Indian food at home. This is how it goes: You cook a regular indian meal (with all the six essential spices of cumin powder, coriander powder, tumeric powder, garam masala, red chilli powder and cumin seeds) and whoa! the smell of curry permeates every the very core of the home; right down to its DNA. I know it sounds funny, but no kidding! Even our clothes smell - and I have to admit (even tho I am not speaking from personal experience) it can be quite embarassing. People can tell you are brown a mile away!

Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love Indian food - but dude, I really don't want to be walking on the street and smelling like I just came off an Air India flight. Economy.

I know it used to drive my mom nuts when she'd come to visit, slave for hours at the kitchen cooking my favourite meals and I come home and go: "What does this place smell like Indian people live here?!?" And she goes "But Indian people do live here!!!" *say this with an Indian/Singaporean accent please*

I am looking for a place in my heart where I can come to peace with my curry roots - but its just so hard! Its like I want to have my curry, eat it and smell like I just walked out of Crabtree and Evelyn! Is that too much to ask for?

So my resolution? Be a closet curry eater - and no, this doesn't mean that I will eat curry in the walk-in closet! It means that I will have an extra-marital affair with curry outside the home and still maintain the olfactory stability of my home.

How long will it last? *sigh* I really don't know....One day I will come home and my clothes will smell like curry - and then my dirty little secret will be out!