Monday, December 18, 2006


Please forgive me cause I fall asleep when it is warm!!!

Angels from the realms of glory,Wing your flight o'er all the earth;Ye who sang creation's story,Now proclaim Messiah's birth:Come and worship,Come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King!


Shepherds, in the fields abiding,Watching o'er your flocks by night,God with man is now residing,Yonder shines the infant Light;Come and worship,Come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King!


Sages, leave your contemplations,Brighter visions beam afar;Seek the great desire of nations,Ye have seen His natal star;Come and worship,Come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King!


Saints before the altar bending,Watching long in hope and fear,Suddenly the Lord, descending,In His temple shall appear:Come and worship,Come and worship,Worship Christ, the newborn King!



Christmas in London a magical affair I always have lived with this belief. I love this city. It is boring and I wouldnt want to spend my life here but nothing can change the fact that it is magical. I love it the reasons I believe not many would flatter me and agree with me but I truly believe that is the one sole reason why I love it.

The first Christmas Carol service of my life. This carol saved me from a lifetime of humilation. I was so sleepy in that warm dark hall with the choir singing one carol after the other. I wasn't sleepy because it was a boring affair quite the opposite, I was delighted by it but I fidget a lot and hence can't quite get too sleepy in places which are very warm. So I was standing when I fell asleep and very nearly fell on the floor, when my excellent reflexes saved me from falling on my head...

I realised this had gone too far usually I only fell asleep in roll calls or assemblies or talks or in classes and them I have chewing gum to remedy it but in this case I was helpless.

So like I always love flattering myself with (I always ahave a plan B) I came up with an idea to keep myself awake and sang this carol with all my worth.

I quite like the words and no one was in agony over my singing. I guess christmas spirit saved me the boos (oh god I am self centered... no one cared whether I sang or not they were too involved in the proceedings and unlike me not sleepy).

The words which I felt made this one special are:

Glory

Creation

Shephards

Contemplations


Very very satisfying singing this one...


Poetry lessons anyone???

4 comments:

Pavitra said...

Excellent reflexes hmmm? I'll reserve judgement.

But yeah I always loved this one too! And yes theres magic everywhere in this city....because all the books that we have ever read more or less came from this part of the world....they taught you how to imagine before anything else did!

I had sung for a carol service on xmas eve once...its amazing to hear the whole church sing together holding the candles. You almost think you can hear the words glory, creation...get goose bumps everytime. I think its the entire feel of everyone singing whole-heartedly together!

Gosh ur really expressive pRicky!!

Anu said...

:) glad ure njoying London!!!
i am still trying to find my hogwarts!!! 9 3/4ths anyone!!!

Me Thinks.. said...

Carols rock.. this one sounds good, try and see if you can find 'Hark the herald angels sing' and 'oh come all ye faithful'..
Just beautiful..

Ree said...

u actually reminded me that christmas is around...man, get so sucked into life's races...