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 ;)