Last evening at choir practice, Rochelle and I were deciding on our funeral masses......Rochelle would like the choir to sing "God will make a way where there seems to be no way"....Sorry Roche....I hardly think God needs to make a way for you when u r already @ da pearly gates (Catty, I know). Me, well......for the entrance hymn....Amazing Grace....final hymn - Softly and tenderly hopefully no one sings "Come back to me" for communion or they would so have me haunting them......that would be fun (for the haunter, not the haunted).
Yes, there would be a dress code.....black tie for men and pretty sarees and dresses for women.....I would want a professional to dress me up.....with makeup. I would expect my friends to shed at least 2 tears each for me.......or else look up the last para on hauntings........ No serving Papa Joe's pattieces.....sendme away elegantly.......serve stuff on a toothpick....cheese and olives etc.......then maybe a lovely wine.....
Speaking of arranging funerals, I really think the time has come for all brides in India to submit a wedding gift list with the wedding cards.......I mean....wouldn't a girl like to receive what she really wants instead of being stuck with a dozen flasks (recycled from previous gifts received).....I got 3 for my wedding....(also dry fruit trays...cheapskates had already finished off the dry fruits)..We Indians are known for pinching a rupee till it bleeds, but this is just cheap kanjoosi......
Ok.....so if we can arrange our own funerals and ask what we really want for our weddings,...then shouldn't baby showers come in the same category (hint, hint).