Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Sunday!!!!

After about 5 years, I went to our dear little church. My mum was furious when she heard that I was bunking catechism classes every Sunday. So this Sunday...I decided to make my mum happy. I got all my things ready Saturday itself. A notebook(since I dont have the textbook), a pen, a T-shirt(nicely ironed), jeans and a scarf?? oh...now where the hell did I keep my scarf 5 years back?? Now our church has gotta slightly eccentric priest(forgive me father almighty....but yeah....he has got slight manufacturing defects!)..our priest has forbidden girls to attend mass without covering their heads...so anyway...after about 2 hours of vain searching,I told mum that I lost my scarves...

me: ma...I lost those old scarves...U r gonna get me new ones...eh??
mum: Go without a scarf..
me: WHAT??!! *mr priest* will kick me out then..
mum: I dunno...I'll get u one next month
me: NEXT MONTH??? MUMMMM!!
mum: or u wear a salwar...u only havta cover your head..
me: Do I even have one?!?!?!
mum:oh yeah...you adjust tomorrow...Ask your friends if they have extra scarves
me:uh!!
I decided to go scarf-less to the church...Afterall the 10 commandments(10 rules which all christians are expected to follow) has nothing to do with covering heads. But before that..I had one last place to search...my cupboard! yeah...that is the last place where I'd wanna search...it looks like a clean n perfect cupboard when viewed from outside. But it looks like a corporation dustbin when opened. So after I-dunno-how-many-years, I opened my rusty, old cupboard. There were clothes of all kinds....you know....very old school uniforms, old T-shirts and socks, an old saree of my mum (which I borrowed to make a tent...), colour pencils, sketch pens, my old barbie dolls(oh..they looked pathetic!!), CDs, powder tins, sunscreens, glitter lip gloss(I was searching for it all these years..but now I think itz too old to use:(..)...then a few bags, and clothes n clothes n more clothes....I have enough to run a big junk sale..My cupboard had everything which I thought was lost. But it did not seem to have my scarves...then I found an odd piece of cloth..a shawl? what was the shawl doing inside my cupboard??( Coz that is the last piece of cloth that you can expect to see inside my cupboard) It wasnt long enough to be my mum's...then? oh yeahh...I had a ghagra choli or something...oh..so finally!! something to wear that Sunday!! I tried the ghagra choli on...but it was a bit loose...Which ultimately meant that I lost weight!!kewl!! but I couldnt afford to wear something that wouldnt flatter my figure. I decided to stick on to my T-shirt n jeans..and the shawl of my ghaghra choli..it did not look that bad though..So with enormous satisfaction...I went to bed..

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It did not take much time for me to get ready for the church next day...Itz not coz I like the place so much..I was so desparate to get my catechism certificate..u cant even get married without that certificate!! damn!! Our horrible choir was there singing a familiar hymn...well..horrible in the sense..horrible singing....there are 7 members or so...and all the 7 of them sing in 7 different pitches(I think they r tone deaf)...for this reason...no instrumentalists dare to perform in our church!! anyway....I sat next to one of my old friends...she then started examining(and admiring) my new bracelet...the mass started when the priest began with the sign of the cross...Hah!! I knew all the responses and hymns....same old church!! I was almost lost in thoughts when the mass started...but after some time, I heard irritating voices from the back rows..they were two old grandmas, too busy talking about somebody's bad marriage reception!! Then...I had my dear friends copying their catechism homeworks....then...my attention was directed to the boys' section...they were standing in holy poses and seemed to be drinking in every word that escaped our priest's lip..later, I found out that they were actually looking at one of the pretty choir girls...Was anybody paying any attention at all???

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I rushed outta the church as soon as *mr priest* said "Mass is ended.....Go in peace"...I barely reached the door when I saw one of my old catechism teachers-Sr Maria Gracia..Okay..I was found guilty of 2 grievous sins.
1) I was running in the church
2) I wasnt wearing a scarf
I knew the best way to get myself outta trouble...Just smile:D....And I flashed my pearly whites...
me: Good morning sister...How are you??
she: Oh my girl!! Now I'm really busy with all the..blah blah blah
me: No wonder u lost weight;)
she: Did I???
me:oh yeah...u did..
she:(giggles)...when was your last confession anyway???
me:OMG!! WTF?!(I giv another sweet smile)... I forgot when my last confession was...
('Precepts of the church' says that you have to confess ur sins atleast once in a year...and...ehemm..my last confession was about 8 years ago)
she:(rolling her eyes)D'ya have any idea??
me: yeah...before my first communion..
she: Shame on you!! dont u feel ashamed to say that u r a catholic????

Okay...then u can imagine the rest....she unleashed her tongue n I was embarassed in front of the whole church...anyway...after that I went to the catechism classroom with my friends...I found my way to the back bench..the reaction of my catechism mates made me feel so unholy!!

"Oh orion!! it has been months since I saw u....when was ur last confession??"(why is everyone so obsessed with confessions??)..

"orion, how much didya score for the boards??"
who wants to face these tormenting questions just for a shitty certificate??I'm done...Which means...no more catechism!! and yeah...I mean it!!


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

When you have the fear of GOD , people believe, that there is a control on you.
.I frankly dont knw what to say....
read ur post carefully & have to admit u've presented ur case quite well.
i believe in god...never seen it ...never felt it..but still do belive HIM....thats iTT!

Anonymous said...

hmm...I may have no comments on this...

but you can get them yourself reading out G-man's Point of View in his blog....the link is on my site..

and..good style..Keep it coming dear...

Orion said...

Vipin...nowhere in my blog have I mentioned that I dont believe in God..;)..But I just cant accept the things that our religion is teachin us...u r a x-ian..and u may be aware of the rule that we r not supposed to marry outside our religion...if God created all of us, then why is the church preventing us from marryin another creation of God?? and also...we are supposed to confess our sins atleast once in a year...so indirectly it meanz that we r xpected to sin atleast once in a year..I'm just sick of the baseless rules that we r xpected to follow..

heyy nitin...I'm a big fan of g-man's blogz...and yeah...I already read the other post..anyway...thanx..

Nanditha said...

Aaah..well got nuthin to say abt religion...buh then.!if that certifi is absolutely essential for marriage,go Get it:D

Niketh said...

i cough up blood.............since when was the last time i even visited a holy place............hah........

and yes.........who made this religion and crap.......wat are we finally...........dust

SID said...

girl...dont wait 4 long...go get that certificate !!! i agree wid niketh ...finally we all turn into dust....all of us bleed the same coloured blood and we all have brains ec etc ...and wats wid coverin heads??? wats wrong wid showin ur head??