Movie time!

So I forgot to tell you what I did with the rest of my weekend.

Sunday afternoon is usually spent at Ashish’s place watching some or the other movie.

The rules:

#1.Nobody is supposed to arrive on time

#2.Not all the movies you watch might make sense, and most usually are a waste of time

#3.Ashish only gets as courteous as offering his guests some water, or if in a good mood, coffee…The dimly lit theatre (aka his filthy room) may sometimes be too over crowded so watch your step.

#4.You are allowed to voice your opinions at any time and may even walk out if you find the movie boring, confusing and/or utterly stupid.

#5.It is compulsory to emit high pitched screams when watching a horror movie, only to add to the effect of nailbiting fear, and when watching a bubble gum romantic comedy, it is absolutely necessary to go “awww..” at all the kissing scenes.

#6।Trying to predict what happens next is the only other entertainment, while watching a boring movie and for those who’ve already watched a particular movie and know how it eventually ends, it is compulsory that they ruin it for others!!

#7।The main idea behind 'Movie time' is basically to waste time and also to make fun of one another (popularly known as 'spending quality time with one's friends' )

#8.At the end of 3 hours if you are still bored, Coffee House is always open ;)

Now that you know the rules…..picture this Ashish, Nicole and I watching “A walk to remember” starring Mandy Moore! (All Nicole’s choice!!) The name Mandy Moore gives you an exact picture of how the movie will be. Mandy will be this ‘sweet lil thing’ and will fall for a guy who’s either the geek, the nerd, the popular guy (of course later she’ll find out he’s not all he’s made out to be, so he obviously she’ll dunp him or for the sake of more drama he’ll dump her) the pretty boy or the bad boy. By the end of the movie, the events that follow somehow manage to transform the geek, the nerd, the popular guy, the pretty boy or the bad boy into a perfect gentleman, and there you have it!!...Happily ever after…..All’s well that ends well!!

But alas this movie turned out to be a let down!. As it started it didn’t even seem like a Mandy Moore, girly chick flick!. It turns out Mandy was the geek and the bad boy falls for her. After hearing that you’ll say, so ok, by the time the movie ends Mandy will be a teen queen and that’s how it’ll end. But it didn’t??..Surprise surprise, in the end Mandy dies and her out law boyfriend, goes to medical school??

What kinda crap is that!...Mandy Moore movies aren’t supposed to end like that!!....What a disappointment!!...

Finally Nicole and I lost all points for not being able to predict the end, and Ashish just kept himself busy by watching the two of us solve the puzzle and getting ready for his next ‘engagement’ of the evening!.....

However in the end rule #8 still applied and Coffee House was still open ;)

The Sunday obligation!

Sunday! As all Sundays begin for me…।get up at 8:30am, be at church by 9, to sing in the church choir (More often than not, due to not enough practice, or just plain laziness on the part of all members of the choir, or maybe because of singing Evanescence songs in an empty church (which sounds awesome by the way) instead of practicing the songs we are actually supposed to)…well blame it on whatever you want, but the Youth Choir somehow manages to make fools of themselves in front of the entire congregation in church almost every Sunday, so much so that we’re all pretty used to it। There are of course times that we sound unbelievably good, but most of the time, it something out of the ordinary if someone doesn’t screw up…।But don’t get me wrong we all the take the choir seriously and honestly make efforts to sound good…Most of the time our efforts are futile…but we are fighters aren’t we??...ok ok lemme just laugh for that last statement back there…

Now this is a ritual, Sunday mass is ALWAYS followed by “Coffee House”…this is a two hour ritual, that mostly consists of a group of about 5-6 friends…all mostly choir members…. ordering a few rounds of extra strong coffee, talking way too loud about everything you could imagine, which includes making fun of the person who screwed up in the singing too, eating some south Indian food (I would marry a south Indian just so that I could have some Sambhar Vada for breakfast every day of the week) and in general being themselves (by the way you’re not supposed to offend coffee by using the word “cup”…Obvious fact: I LOVE coffee)

Which brings us now to Coffee House….
Coffee House is this dingy, old place filled with cigarette smoke and the aroma of south Indian food, that’s been around for about 40 years or more, servicing people and relieving them of their days pressure with some good old caffeine.

I’ve been a frequent visitor to Coffee House for lets see, 6 years now, and it’s like home!! Sure you have your CCD’s and Barista’s but you can’t compare any of these classy not to mention expensive places to Coffee House। I mean where else can u buy a solid strong coffee that costs only 7 bucks!! Where else are you allowed to talk and laugh as loud as you want and nobody gives a damn, or be as crazy as you want, or smoke suttaas and drink coffee, or sit for hours on end entertaining the many people that occupy the tables of a humble coffee shop with amateur music? You’ll find a group of youngsters, a couple old timers smoking their lungs out, laughing about who knows what, or even that quiet couple in the corner over there, hoping to spend some quality time together ;)

Here's something Charlene came up with, just for Coffee House
"Coffee peene ki yaha har kisi ki aukat nahi hoti....
do-teen ghante bekar na ho...to raat nahi hoti...
yeh coffee house hai bhai....
binaa suttaa aur maa-bahen ki yahan baat nahi hoti!!"

That should give you a very clear picture now??...Isn't it?

So now you know my Sunday obligation, that’s as obligatory as going to church ;)

P.S Sorry about the bracket thingy can't seem to get myself to stop that ;)

Finally!!

Ahh…it’s finally here..

My very own blog….so No, I don’t have much blogging experience, actually none at all, except for the usual school girl “diary” I once owned, if that even counts. This I reckon is much better though, because I definitely type way faster than I can write (thanks to insane amounts of time spent chatting on the internet). But more importantly I get to share it with all you beautiful people out there ;)

“The Chronicles of my life”. I must warn you, it’s not really that interesting, except for the goofy, embarrassing things I do from time to time (read quite often), or the fact that I find my self stuck with a whacky lot of friends….or the outrageously hilarious, extremely fun, obviously memorable things that make life worthwhile. Plus, I have to say I don’t know too many “big” words….but I’ll try to impress you with my limited vocabulary…. ;) I can so hear dad say,” Read more novels instead of ‘Archie and Jughead’ ;)

I have lots of things to say. My mind just isn’t working right now (the effect of extreme lack of sleep caused by the Indian Education system…..or the fact that everyone just studies one day before the actual exam…well almost everyone). Finally done with the 12^th grade…phew!.....That behind me. This is my life, my thoughts, my interests, my crazy fundaas that normal people sometimes don’t get…..but hey I’ve got time to try and explain….

So, this should be fun…see ya around the corner