normal intro
valentine's cameo ad
bothering julia
i recognise that green cardigan, it's from shein / temu
shows a busted up chair, there's a cat sleeping on it. apparently startled by salah.
the cats love to hang outside of cafes, salah tries to call it and it meows, no hyuck hyuck, more of a chuckle
photo of the cat slept on a different sofa, and a blurred out (indian?) guy
voiceover, she wanted to show us some pics of where it came from
people will judge and say ew it looks so run down
there's an outdoor seating / waiting bit, it looks like a ground floor office rather than a restaurant
it's far from fancy, it's like a dive, but the food is super affordable and authentic
some royalty free stock indian music playing underneath
back in the apartment, grey table set up, shot opens on julia staring at her
julia fucking hates her
she's putting on a weird, mellow voice.
she knows she looks tired
glass bottle of full fat coke (250ml)
a box of something. samosa. a single one.
a tiny tiny salad. she does not look delighted by it. squirts the lemon over the salad.
biryani rice with paneer masala
she's over the thumbnail
plastic spoon
bismillah. (the way she says it makes me think she's been reading my posts)
her samosa is floppy, she looks pissed. onion and potato inside. it's kinda soggy, but it tastes good
fatly fingers some salad, shoves it in
lots of mmms!
hasn't had paneer in forever, loves the big chunks
it's not real biryani rice, it's just coloured rice.
her teeth are grey.
the restaurant....?
they live in an area with a huge indian population, there's so many little indian restaurants
we saw when salah took her out for a date at a fancy indian restaurant
the food was good, but this takeout stuff is more flavourful
the butter gravy or whatever
the fancy place was five times the price
the whole meal was 1.75kwd (the takeaway) - helpfully gives us conversion (5.67USD, 8.08CAD, 4.53GBP, 5.13CHF)
when she lived in Canada... have we ever had an indian bhaji?
they don't let you pick your spice level in Kuwait
in Canada she always used to eat at this indian place... she likes eating the onions but it gives her fire breath
she would brush her teeth but it tastes like crest and onions
SHE ALWAYS USED TO EAT AT THIS INDIAN PLACE (THIRD TIME) and part of the reason she was going broke - it doesn't matter how much money you make, if you spend unwisely its gonna go.
her teeth are brown.
look at people who have won the lottery, they're broke
she was never a millionare, she was a thousands-are
everyday, she's spilling the tea on herself, jeffery is the resident fly king around here
SO! everyday, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY, she would order..... a wheelchair
which, if you know you know, we'll call it a treat (puts edible in the top left corner)
SO! that was, she doesn't remember how much it was. maybe $35. (puts $40 in the top right corner)
then, she would get drive through
dumps paneer masala on rice
do we remember starbeeze?
there's big chunks of garlic. do we love garlic? she does.
then nashies, two nashies would turn you $10
"cat went to bug dad dad for chicken lolol" - there's an arrow pointed at the far right of the screen, i can't see shoit.
then later at night, paneer, with deliver on uber eats. $40 - or popeye, still $40.
i can hear salah, saying something like go. she moves the camera so you can't see the door anymore, then starts talking to julia while side-eying the camera.
gas station snacks. $30+
fatly drops her spoon on herself
while she does eat takeout here, well, she eats it a lot, nothing compares to how she would spend in Canada
then she'd go order stuff on amazon. over consumption is something she wants to stop.
she spends a lot of money on food, but its a fraction of the price. they only eat at affordable, delicious restaurants
she's subdued again.
do we know what she means? this is really good.
it's like, real. indian food.
she feels like she's in little India (is that why there's so much trash around)
she'd love to go to India one day
they don't have amazon in Kuwait
she finds people.... she was the queen of overconsumption
that box mountain in the villa was from overconsumption
she still overconsumes food
this meal is fayre
chugs some coke
her fingers look almost white
does she feel ashamed? hell yeah
she feels so ashamed, and she's learning her lessons. she's learnt her lesson.
when you try and keep up with the broke joneses, you just end up in more debt yourself
it's been a hard lesson... but a valuable one
if you don't learn, you're gonna keep going
she feels super blessed. its not that she has less, its that its, you know, um, a bit starter
its also good being with a partner whos more financially responsible than you
good rice but they always give you too much
people trip on her eating too much rice, but she never eats it all
anyway!
she loves the side veggies, they're crunchy
okay, well, she tattled on herself.
learn from her. be financially responsible. the takeout food in Kuwait is much more affordable.
she still needs to cut back.
fin.