National pride?

This week I was visiting a friend in London and we went out last night since it was my last night there. We ended up at a club called ‘NYT’ in Leicester Square and I had a funny conversation (if you could call it that) with a guy in there.

Before I start on it, let me explain, I am not too patriotic, I tend to be generally very apathetic and have been frequently described/shouted at as the following; selfish/self-centered/in-my-own-little-world/not-everything-revolves-around-you-dammit by my friends. My indifference towards this only reiterates the point they are trying to make. So being Sri Lankan, when asked to describe Sri Lanka I generally say it’s a very pretty country but the people generally tend to be lazy motherfuckers; I have pretty much no national pride/patriotism or whatever you may call it; you know, the thing which reduces some of my friends into patriotic bleeding-hearts that make me sigh and roll my eyes/change the topic.

So at the club while I was waiting at the bar this brown guy comes upto me and taps me on my shoulder. I notice that he is the typical asian boy with tinted spiky hair, lots of glitzy jewellery and a tight t-shirt which pathetically attempted to display his lack of physique.

Moron: Hi girl can I talk to you for a second?

Me: Err ok?

Moron: Where are you from? Like where are you from originally?

Me: Umm I’m from Sri Lanka

Moron: Really?! You’re really fair. Sri Lankans are usually dark. You’re too pretty to be a Sri Lankan!

Now by this point I realise that while he was attempting to pay me a compliment in his own twisted head I still didn’t appreciate his tactic plus he was annoying and I was bored talking to him and wanted to get my drink and bugger off.

Me: So Sri Lankans are ugly eh? Where are you from then?

Moron: Yeah they tend to be. Like I said, you’re too pretty to be Sri Lankan! I’m from Bangladesh.

Me: Wow. You’re too ugly even to be a Bangladeshi!

I smiled sweetly and walked off while he stood there with his jaw hanging open. Seriously, he just set himself up for that insult! So I guess I could say that deep within the confines of my twisted selfish self I can be a teeeeeny bit patriotic when the need arises.

That or I am a bitch regardless.