midnight mass... and 2 am walks...

i attended the midnight mass on christmas eve at the St. James Church!

okay... so i've told EVERYONE i went to St. james.... BUT the night did NOT end there... coz after singing silent night and oh holy night in a high falsetto..(and i thank god that my voice hasnt gotten totally ruined) we decided to go enjoy the beautiful night outside...

St. James's Church....



oh come all ye faithful.....





H, me n S, two colleagues of mine.. had gone to the church to cover the mass for teh christmas story... all of us live in the general north campus area so we thought it would be fun.. but then H said she had to go south for a christmas party... so that left me n S.. he's the photographer btw.. n me in my carol induced high suggested that we walk back... from St. James to college.. at 1:30 am...

and we did... walked from St. james up mall road to college.. clicking pictures on the way.. coz i had my little digicam as welll.. n he had his SLR ofcourse.. n we were having a rather animated discussion about photography and what a picture can truly capture the mood... these are the pix I took...


lampposts and trees.... mist on the mall road..


got home at 3 am after the 4.5 km walk that left me frozen.. took a break on the way for chai n cigarettes at the kashmere gate bus adda.. a hot glass of tea at 2 am on a freezing december night is a heavenly thing.... and then walked up the mall road amidst the mist and mystery of the night.. hoping to god that none of the speeding trucks would crush us.. and wondering if it was a good idea to throw a lit cigarette on a CNG container at the petrol pump...
oh n the last 500 mt stretch on university road where half the streetlights were broken and the ridge formed a scray jungle on one side. no thanks to u S.. for scaring the bejeezus out of me.. H would have probably screamed louder than me though...

to S.. here's hoping that we have many more such random walks and photo sessions..
hopefully we shall not freeze our asses off next time..