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If only you knew me…

Posted by: virginiaville on: September 25, 2008

…you’d know how much I love to sing

…you’d know what I want be

…you’d know how much I am hurting now

…you’d know what I’m thinking

…you’d know this feeling of desperation

…you’d know my pain, my fears, things that make me laugh, that make me cry

…you’d know how to make me smile

…you’d know that I re-enact everything that I could have done better

…you’d know that I love the monsoons

…you’d know I’d rather stay under my blanket with a book in my hand rather than go watch a movie

…you’d know that at times I am more lonely with people around me than without

…you’d know I could cry for almost anything

…you’d know how much I love JESUS

…you’d know how grateful I am for his saving grace

…you’d know.

15.09.2008 or 16.09.2008 – I don’t know, I’m confused…

Posted by: virginiaville on: September 16, 2008

Needy. Pathetic. Desperate. = ME!!

I want to run away.

Again.

I do that. A lot.

If something is unsettling or if I have done something stupid or if i just don’t know how to deal with things, I run away. I choose to take the easy way out. Ooh.. let me add coward to the list above.

I need some direction. Maybe, I need a holiday.

Urgh… very mad at self today!

Will try and go back to Dubai. Or will go to some place where i don’t know how to return from. Ever.

I want to go home. A place that feels like home.

I want everything to be normal. Or atleast the same as it used to be.

Today I blog!!

Posted by: virginiaville on: June 24, 2008

I know it’s been a while but I cannot possibly be sitting at the computer the entire day and check Facebook, read blogs and update my blog. I am a very busy person. Almost of celebrity status.

Firstly, I miss Justin at work. I really wish he comes back to work. It used to be so much of fun.Trying to sound very Mallu, attempts to electrocute everyone with static electricity, not-so-helpful jabs at the keyboard when typing something, doing Russell Peter bits to entertain people who didn’t care if he wore his underwear on his head, private distribution of movies… *sigh* This is not for the obituary, I hate it when things change.

What is it about growing up that makes you want to get closer to the world that you imagined and dreamed only to find that such a world only exists in your head and nowhere else? And any attempt to recreate that what was imagined is only tagged as ‘immaturity’ by the so called grown ups who at the mention of an amusement park go all giddy with excitement.

Waves of nostalgia overwhelm me right now. I want to go back to days where the only problems you had to deal with were in Math, days where tuition class, waiting for the school-bus, going down to play were important parts of the day, the golawala outside school, the watchman at the school gate, giggling over the fact that a boy just smiled, ‘going out’ with someone involved eating pani-puri at the nukkad, falling asleep in the History period, assembly lines with ‘one arm distance’, poignant patriotism on days like Independence Day and Republic Day, tiffin boxes, canteen uncle and aunty, class monitors and asst. monitors, school houses, first journey by train to Churchgate, the first time I thought I was in love and the second only to realise that both weren’t even close, dancing in the rain, field trip to Mahabaleshwar, ‘infatuation’ was the most common word, Sex Ed class being hilarious, introduction to the anatomy- rip roaringly funny, first day of school, waiting patiently to see the class teacher, recess and freeze bells and so much more… I wish those days would never go away!

But they have and it’s time that I grow up so the next time you see me, I might just be that – Grown up…….

Nah!!! Not possible… ever… Because I don’t know how to. Ignorance is bliss, they say….

Crazy Weekends, Even Crazier Friends and Lasagna!

Posted by: virginiaville on: May 19, 2008

Friday, 8pm: Was writing amusing blog with the help of Justin. (i really hope he now stops telling the world that he wrote it!!). Re-invented Jesse as SUPERHERO(INE). At the same time did a lot of work. Breathed sigh of relief. Accomplishment was life-altering for Jesse and me. For Jesse, don’t know how and quite honestly, don’t care. For me, now that Jesse has been established as SuperHuman, i don’t judge him anymore.

Friday, 10pm: Went home.

Friday, 10:30pm: Watched TV till 12am. Then remembered that have to go for Leaders’ Meeting. So tucked in.

Saturday, 1am: Tringg Tringg… Woke up wondering who could be calling at this hour. Then laughed at self. The only time i get calls is after midnight. It’s like after everyone has done with their day, they call me so that their day is complete and then nod off. Well, Sacheeta called… Was talking to her and cracked a really funny one and got no response… *Hullo… Hullo… Hullo*… After a few seconds, I hear, “grrr.. grrr”. Wondered why would Sacheeta imitate Dusky while i was talking. I didn’t even have the Bone in my hand. Then the penny dropped. She had fallen asleep. Said a few ridiculous things that i thought would wake her up. It was only fair that i would try to wake her. After all, she woke me to discuss something about her Pharmacy, i think. I wasn’t really listening. Then switch phone off and went to sleep.

Saturday, 7am: *dreaming about something very peaceful involving underwater creatures and one of the fish starts yelling about how irresponsible i can be* Wake up with a start wondering how does fish know so much about me only to realise that it was not fish but my mother!

Saturday, 8am: Leaders’ meeting begins. Virginia absent. *Fell asleep on the chair while brushing teeth*

Saturday, 11am: Work, work, work, work, work, work, work. Now firmly believe that ‘weekends’ are just another fancy name for a day full of work. Sitting at the coffee shop, reading a book, and the like are false realities of the make believe entertainment world.

Saturday, 3pm: Finally done with (house)work. Choir practice in about an hour. Fire on the mountain, run , run, run!!!

Saturday, 4:30pm: Made it to practice. Quickly ran through the entire list.

Saturday, 7pm: Packed up from the church hall and left to Kandivali for evening service.

Saturday, 10:00pm: Service ended. Dragged self out. Crawled into car and all the way home.

Saturday, 11pm: Watched TV till 1am. Very weird movie. Apparently, “Bhool bhulaiya” is a remake of some Tamil / Malayalam. Shocker :| … what would happen to Bollywood if it were the only film industry alive?!? who would they copy from? Parasites!!

Sunday, 1am: Couldn’t take it anymore. Too funny. Rajnikant doing weird tongue clicking ritual made me laugh so much that I lost the story line. Decided to go to sleep.

Sunday, 2am: Tying to sleep but in vain. Images of weird lady with big eyes and serious case of Split Personality Disorder keep flashing before eyes. Snuck in to the bedroom and begged mom to let me sleep in. After much begging and pleading, she let me. Thank God!!

Sunday, 9:30am: Church service begins. Toes have gone numb.

Sunday, 1pm: Reach home after service. Literally, pass out on the divan but struggled to stay awake to eat lunch. Slept for an hour.

Sunday, 3pm: Finally, we have a go on practice for the Meeting on Saturday which means must help at home first or else entire week sermon would include how family is important as is church work. So work, work, work, work, work….

Sunday, 6:45pm: Discover that there is no amplifier to plug in the electronic drum kit to. Hmpf… Half foot numb by now.

Sunday, 7:30: Started praying. Still no luck with the amplifier so practiced without kit. Prayer time was good. realised don’t need to be perfect, musically, to feel His presence. Very, very thankful that He overlooks our shortcomings. Sometime during practice Oscar turned up. Now HE is funny! And i think he really enjoys laughing at himself.

Sunday, 10pm: Went with Oscar, Eben, Violet and Mike to fill petrol in the car. (It really is a one man job!) Had a great time anyway. Whoever said that a trip to Borivali station wouldn’t be as fun as a 3 day camp for back slidden people in Khandala someplace…

Sunday, 11pm: Can’t recollect.. I think I had dinner and then went to sleep.

Today: Feels like I’m walking on stumps.

Phew!!!……If you are wondering why i have given an entire account of my weekend, then don’t… I just wanted to make myself feel important.

And Christine, if you read this then , let’s make plans to go eat lasagna sometime soon or let’s trick someone into treating us with some Italian fare.

Ta ta!!

It’s a bird, It’s a plane, It’s a Girl, IT’S …..

Posted by: virginiaville on: May 16, 2008

….. Read on, you’ll find out.

Today was a very productive day, work-wise.

Justin and me were brainstorming over breakfast about a lot of trivial but important issues. For instance, how do we divide 4 slices of yummy cake with the entire office? And how do we get more breakfast without Dharamraj (Guardian of the Food) threatening to stick his hand down Justin’s throat and pull it out? And matters of similar importance…

Well, the most important things we discovered that Jesse is a SUPERHERO(INE)!!! Let me explain.

While we were discussing ’stuff’, it dawned upon us that Jesse, in fact, is superhuman. And we made it our priority to design a costume and give him a name. Yes, I know… We made time out of our busy schedules to give Jesse an identity. (Jesse, you can thank me later!) So, setting all other matters aside, we began with the costume. First, the cape was going to be black because ummm…. because….. well, because I like black. And besides, it’s a nice colour and it hides stains. Along with the cape, a pair of purple shorts and a black tank top and the pièce de résistance is the ‘chaddi over the shorts’. Wait for it… it’s pink and it has pretty and oh-so-cute laced frills which then got us thinking about his pseudo-name. We thoughted and we thunk and we thunked and we thoughted but we couldn’t find anything that would match up to his super-ability to fix the Internet at the click of a mouse. You must see him when is at his best; face screwed up in concentration, steady hands which he moves towards the mouse and then CLICK!!! and he restores peace in the office. *Jesse SAVES the DAY*

After great deliberation, much effort and grey cells wasted, we came up with “GIRLMAN” because he finds every single thing cute, not nice or good or cool but ‘cute’. We saw that Jesse was in touch with his feminine side. Hence, GIRLMAN. He is someone who is not afraid to call things cute or find other guys cute or even a certain waiter-girl cute. Or, as mentioned earlier, EVERYTHING cute!!

Like I said, a very productive day!!

Sacheeta came home yesterday. If I ever quit my day job and decided to become a comedian. She would be the subject matter of every joke for the simple fact that, she does the darndest things!! Like how she got an ATM from her bank. Well, all that those scheming crooks gave me was a ATM card. Just a card. She gets a whole ATM!! She must be really rich.

Looking forward to this weekend being like any other weekday so I’ll sign off now…

Till Monday….

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Seriously?!?…

Posted by: virginiaville on: May 15, 2008

‘Frustration’ is an understatement compared to how I am feeling today.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing seems to be going right.

I don’t feel like writing right now. Or even talking, for that matter.

Very poor mind-hand coordination. Nothing I am typing is making sense so I’m going to spare the world(look at me!!I actually think the world reads my blog) of my mindless drivel.

I’m just going to go sulk for a while(hopefully only till tomorrow morning!!).

Hmmm…

Posted by: virginiaville on: May 13, 2008

Afterthought: Maybe I was not cut out to blog. I just don’t have the dedication.

Well, let me try…

I had a crazy weekend. Went to Water Kingdom on Saturday. Had loads of fun. Swam after ages and just realised how much I actually miss swimming. Everyone had reduced themselves to 3 yr olds who had been let in to the bath tub for the first time on their own. I think Benjamin was the most mature of the lot. Leena, Andrea and Ity with their crazy yet adorable antics. Very very very (can’t stress enough) very entertaining. While we are on the topic, I did my share to entertain the group. Almost catapulted off one of the rides. Thank God for elevated stoppers! That’s all I’m going to say about it because I have a nagging feeling that the others are going to be talking about it for a very long time!!

Must join a club or something. Do something more fruitful with my evening than sit around the house and watch TV.

It was Global Prayer Day on Sunday which, by the way, was awesome. Sang with Joshua from the ‘Yeshua’ fame. Is he talented or what?!? Everything was so well orchestrated by him. I was actually rendered speechless (which rarely every happens). And it was so nice to see someone so talented and humble. Very refreshing.

Manic Monday spilled on to Tuesday so it was pretty crazy at work today.

So much to do and just one me…

That’s all for now.

Good night and God Bless….

Day 1- An Introduction

Posted by: virginiaville on: May 6, 2008

I, finally, decided to blog!!

After all these years of contemplating, I finally have a blog. Yay!!

When I say years, I mean, YEARS. I used to write a diary but that was ruined for me when a certain ’someone’ at home decided to let my mom know that I had a diary where I wrote my thoughts (mainly gibber(rubb)ish). And then what followed can only be defined as third degree torture. Not like anything there was a big secret, it was just my view on many things of which a few were a little controversial.

Anyway. let bygones be bygones.

Everyday is a new day.

It’s like water under the bridge.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Forgive and forget.

Preaching to the choir (I know, I know. it doesn’t make sense. I just like this one!).

Enough for now, I guess.

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