My my.. I’m Versatile!

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7 facts about me, 7 Things, Award, Blog, Bloggers I admire, Morganna, People, THANK YOU!!!, Versatile Blogger Award

A treasure...

Very recently, I was awarded this Versatile Blogger Award by my lovely friends Morganna, Mia, Sonam, LadyNimue, ColdDeadHeart, JP Leddy, DragonKatet, Dhaami and Uma... Thank you, my dears, for honoring me with this beautiful award (a graceful bow)..

Now, according to the Rules for award acceptance, I need to:
Thank the person who awarded me and link back to them in my post.
Tell 7 Random facts about myself.
Pass the award on to 15 new-found (or known) bloggers.
Contact each blogger I want to pass the award on to and let them know that I’ve done so, and let the giver of my award know that I accepted it.

So here are 7even random things about me…
1. I have hated/still hate/will continue to hate waking up early! Besides, I’m not really into worms anyway 🙂
2. I love city life… the buzz, lights and the contrasting Moon above keep me motivated!! But when it comes to vacations, misty hill tops and stream-guided mountains work wonders for me…
3. I have a thing for birthdays.. I can remember people’s birthdays like it’s nobody’s business… even if I’ve spoken to the person only once (or even not met at all)! Some of my friends call me their walking-talking birthday diary!
4. I can’t swim for nuts!! I think I am afraid of water (in extremely large quantities – like in floods and oceans).. I mean I like cruises, rain, showers et al.. But I prefer imagining my shower as a waterfall over actually going and standing beneath a REAL waterfall…
5. I am CRAZY about eyes and eyelashes (natural ones ofcourse)… I have an affinity for people with beautiful eyes and lashes (eg. my awesome husband)
6. Earthy tones and shades of black and gray have a HUGE place in my wardrobe (and senses as well)! 🙂
7. I DIG Pink Floyd and Enigma! Well, any music appeals to me really… but I have this tendency to pay more attention to the music than to the lyrics. I have started learning to play the keyboard (for very obvious reasons)

So… that’s a bit about me for you…

Now, my nominations!! I got this award on Women’s Day… So I thought I’ll maintain the trend and pass it to my women-blogger-friends.. (no offence, guys… Please know that I ADORE your work just as much)… Without further ado, here’s my list (in no particular order):

Sonam

ColdDeadHeart

Suzicate

Olivia

Nandini

Christine

Janna

Lady Nimue

Ruth

Meghana

Heartspell

April

Annie

Thingy

Dani

Well well… While I’m off letting them know how much I appreciate their work, I hope YOU enjoy reading these lovely blogs by these lovely women… Trust me, you will thank me for it!!!

Adieu from me, for now… Catch ya soon, in a new poem!! 🙂
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Bandwagon and 3 things!

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3 things tag, Bandwagon tag

Recently, I was tagged by Christine, Jingle, Riika, Lisa and Ankita for playing these fun games…  Thanks a ton to these super cool friends for thinking of me…

So, without much ado, here I go….

Band-wagon Tag:

1. Why did you start blogging?
→ Here, I shall paste a bit from my About page.. “Mine is just an attempt to catch my thoughts before they jump out of my mind as they cross it, and decide to never come again! Mine is just a medium to know me as I was, by way of my thinkings, in case I am to ever lose my memory. So that my husband and friends (that’s YOU) can direct me to this site if such a day ever finds its way in my life.”

2. If you could travel anywhere in the world with no restriction of costs, where would it be and why?
→ Since there are no restrictions, I would want to see every part of this globe!! After all, I have to know my neighbors, and theirs, and theirs… don’t I?! 🙂

3. Did you have a teacher in school that had a great influence on your life? If so, what?
→ Hmm… as much as I admire anyone who has ever taught me anything, I still like to believe that it was I who decided to learn or implement it. So, to answer this question, yes and no! 🙂

4. If you could spend the day with a famous person, who would it be, and what would you do?
→ Gee.. is that a trick question?! 😉 But then again, I would love to meet David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and see how his fingers work on that guitar of his! OH GAAAWWDDD!

5. Toilet paper – over or under?
→ (sigh) Is this really necessary to know?

6. Name one thing in your life that you would do over if possible.
→ All of it!I like my life.. I can live it over and over (without changing anything about it!)

7. Tell about your pets – if any.
→ I have a human pet…does that count? 🙂

8. Do you live in a small town or a large town.
→ A HUGE TOWN!

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Three Things Tag:

3 places I would pack my travel bag for
→ California, Egypt, and for the third, I leave it to hubby.. let him take his pick! I’ll enjoy it anyway…

3 On-screen characters I love to watch
→ Hercule Poirot (David Suchet is AWESOME!!), and ofcourse Tom and Jerry 🙂

3 moods that describe me the best
→ Hazy(by that I mean “lost”), crazy and lazy!

3 things I always think of doing on a weekend
→ Trying out something new to eat, watching some movie, lazing around

3 things from my childhood that I cannot forget
→ Solving crosswords with daddy (yea!!), having to wake up early to get ready for school (grrrr..), staying with grandparents during summer (wow!)..

3 things I would never say no to
→ Music, chocolates, and gifts! 🙂

3 things I cannot live without
→ Hubby (but he ain’t a THING.. so this doesn’t count). Credit card(his), my iPhone, and water(okay.. maybe Coke)!

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And here, I will be breaking a few rules, and tagging all my friends… So, anybody who reads this, and feels like playing it, PLEASE DO, and post it up!!! I would love to learn more about you…

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NOW… I have been given some beautiful awards by some amazing friends here, and I have delayed putting up the awards :(… So, I thought I should do something to make up for all the delay…

Here is a small token of friendship and gratitude to all my readers and friends whom I have had the honor of getting to know. This is something I made for you, and I sincerely hope you like it enough to accept it…
Please feel free to download it and put it up on your page if you wish… I would love it if you do!!
Once again, I humbly thank you, one and all!!! xoxoxox

Enjoy a terrific weekend!!! 🙂

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Pinked up!!

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AWESOME, Cute, One Lovely Blog Award, Pink, Pink Award, Sweet

First, I have to admit that Pink is not really on the top of my list of favorite colors :(. Yea, and I have had my share of teasing from friends for this little fact. “You are a girl, and you DON’T like pink???”, “You are a real weirdo!”, “Hold on! I will gift you a pink phone on your next birthday! And then let’s see what happens!” and the likes. Now I’ve never really said I DON’T like pink… have I ? Okay, maybe I have. Don’t eat me up for saying that!! It’s simply not my favorite color. I am more of a brown/blue/maroon/black/navy/grey person myself. But yesterday, when I received this lovely pink award from Lisa and HeartSpell, I totally went pink!!! How could I (or anyone else) say NO to it?? It was the cutest thing ever! Besides, when I read Lisa’s cool reasons and examples for why and how one should use pink more often, I was all ga-ga over it! So now, pink is slowly climbing up on my list-ladder, only thanks to Lisa! She says “Give pink a chance”. And now, I say, “Okay… why not!” 🙂

And then, Fiveloaf, Mel, Joyce, Deadpoet88, DiamondsAndDogs, Weasel, HeartSpell, Kelley, Jamie, Riika, Alexis and Hoiden too decided to give it me … that was the sweetest gesture ever! I am so grateful to each and every one of you!! Truly Honored!!! And doubly, triply, quadruply (I am not sure what after that), infinitely excited! 🙂

I can go on and on here…but before I forget, let me show you the pretty award! Thank you Lisa, Hoiden, Joyce, HeartSpell, Mel, Jamie, Fiveloaf, DeadPoet88, Riika, Weasel, Alexis, Kelley and DiamondsAndDogs !!! Yaaayyyy… 🙂

Pretty.. isn’t it?! I knew you would say yes!

Now now… there are some pink rules that come with the award.. but trust me, they aren’t too tough to follow at all! Here they are:
1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award. (umm… did that already… but ….. THANKS LISA!!! THANKS HEARTSPELL!!! THANKS HOIDEN!! THANKS FIVELOAF!! THANKS DIAMONDSANDDOGS!! THANKS JAMIE!!! THANKS DEADPOET88!! THANKS KELLEY!! THANKS MEL!!! THANKS ALEXIS!! THANKS RIIKA!! THANKS WEASEL!!! THANKS JOYCE!!! 😀
2. Share 7 things about yourself. (Hey!! Haven’t you read my Mad Moments post? If not, here it is! That makes it 5 things about me. For the other 2: Well, I am a math lover (duhhh!!!) and a geek of sorts (you know, crosswords, sudoku…bla bla). And lastly, I am LAZY !!! Terribly lazy!! Ask my parents and husband, and they will all happily vouch for it! Hmmm, enough said about me.. Don’t you dare yawn!!! )
3. Pass the award along to 9* bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (*Ok… Lisa passed it on to 6, but 9’s a magical number AND it’s less than 10 – which kinda seems a lot! :))
4. Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.

This said, here are the super bloggers that I’d like to nominate for this pretty pink award:
1. Hoiden – Stories, poems, haikus, yummy stuff, she has it all!!!!!
2. Amanda – For being so consistently sweet, bright and supportive! Check out her recipes… Scrumptious!!! She absolutely ROCKS! xoxoxo
3. Amrita – My most recently discovered cool haiku specialist! 🙂
4. Keshav – He is the newest and craziest addition to my blogger friends.. He LOVES falling (jumping) off cliffs… 😉 And writes some fantastic stuff! Although this award is all pink and soooo not-guylike, I still wanna pass it to him…
5. Heartspell – Phhheewwww….what poetry!!! You can feel the brilliance radiating from her works!!
6. Jessica – Have you read her stories? OH.MY.GOD!! I think she is Goddess of short stories… You’ve got to read her latest Elizabeth series… Woohoo!!
7. Deadpoet88 – When it comes to spine-chilling dark poetry, she is your MAN!! 🙂 Her Shadows is like CRAZY GOOD!!!
8. Emmanuel – He truly is the LORD of good poetry!!! I soooooo look up to him! Lord (wink), please accept this girlie pink award from me.. 🙂
9. Jingle – She is my rockstar! She is my heroine! She is totally awe-inspiring! Need I say any more?! 😉

Now, I could show you my “true” math skills by going beyond 9… but I will spare you this time! 🙂

So, ladies and gentlemen up here, I hope you enjoy this award… Keep writing, rhyming, versing and ROCKING as ever!!! 🙂

And everyone reading this, thank you for your (much envied and appreciated) patience, and please do check out these awesome writers!!

Love y’all! (many hugs)

Ma Ma Ma Ma MAD huh?? Oh yea!!

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Contest, Crazy, Fun, Hilarious!, Memories, Moments of madness

First of all, sorry about the delay… It’s about 3.30pm here, and I was hungry.. so time had to stretch itself a bit…But even if I (my post) don’t qualify, it’s ok.. I just wanted to relive those fun memories, and wanted to share it with y’all..

For more on this awesome contest, visit BlogAdda! !!! 🙂 And by the way, this cuteness is sponsored by…. PRINGOO!!!!!

So here I go!
I am as boring as they come… Joyrides scare the hell out of me, unwanted risks pain me and the list goes on.
Yet, I have had my share of crazy mad moments…

Here’s 5 of them:

1. When I skydived!
Good God! What ever made ME wanna do that, I still have no clue… But going up those 13,500 feet above the ground, in that little thing they called a plane, was too much for me!!!!
And then, there I was, tied well to my tandem partner, standing at the edge of the plane, breathing in the ultimate freshness, and responding to his ONE .. TWO.. THR…Oh WTF! I am jumping… no no I am flying… heck no.. I am just falling!!!!!
A minute of free fall… and I knew what a rock must feel like, when tossed! 🙂 Sometimes seeing the sky, sometimes the earth, then some clouds, then some buildings….down down down down… and then…ZOOOOPPPP!!! The chute opens up! And I could hear myself screaming in a pitch that I never knew I could go to!
And then those 7 minutes of pure floating… hands free (in the truest and best of senses).. while my partner did all the parachute controlling. He knew I was no good, and that all I could do was scream and sing from up there! I even asked him to keep me in air for a minute more, and he did acquiesce to my whim… gee.. I love him for that!!! 🙂

2. When I stood on my seat and danced in a movie theatre, and was applauded too!
I was a little kid when this happened (thankfully!), and the movie was Sanam Teri Kasam. So I was with my parents, watching this movie, and the title song was playing… And all of a sudden, I stand on my seat and start dancing, total Bollywood style! 🙂
I used to and still do LOVE DANCING! So my action didn’t come as a surprise to mom and dad. And yet, they made valiant efforts to get me to sit.. But in vain ofcourse! And very soon, everyone in the movie theatre was looking towards me, whistling, cheering me and clapping… That’s when I realized what was going on, and just as suddenly as I had started dancing, I sat back in my seat, silent and embarrassed!! 🙂
This incident haunts me even now, cuz my parents don’t fail to mention it (or rather, bring it up again) to family and friends.. And all I can do is cringe and smile sheepishly..

3. When I spoke incessantly for hours over the phone with my now husband (but then, budding boyfriend) even AFTER I realized that he had fallen asleep listening to my talks!
Yea, it was my first ever cellphone, purchased with my own salary, from my first ever job! I was staying at this place, as a paying guest, and he was staying a few miles away from mine. After our usual evening hangouts with friends, he had dropped me off at my abode and had just reached his own house. And there! Tring tring.. I call him! I talk and talk and talk… he too was talking initially. Then I went up to the terrace (cuz the other girls had decided to call it a day!) and I continued to talk.. I heard him yawn over the phone, and even told him a good night! But I never hung up.. and went on with my yapping! And then I heard some steady breathing from the other end of the line. I was irked to the core by the fact that he had fallen asleep as I was speaking!!! But I didn’t want to admit this fact. So I continued to talk. And finally, after speaking for about 15 more minutes into a phone with no reply, I hung up!!!
Funny?! Crazy? I say stupid!!!!

4. When I was chased by a dog!
I was returning with stuff purchased at the local grocery store, and had decided to take a shortcut home, and jump gates! And there was this stray dog doing what he does best – taking a nap! Apparently, the noise from my jump woke him up. Now… some wise guy had once told me to NEVER RUN on seeing dogs. They sense that you are scared..something like that. But my good sense deceived me! And I ran… And that canine chased after me like I were a thief! I never knew I could run so fast! My groceries dropped, the milk spilled.. I didn’t care a damn! I ran! I jumped more gates and walls, and ran inside my building AND PRAYED that mom opens the door on the first bell! And she did!! BLESS HER! That dog didn’t stand a chance with me! Not on that day at least! I love you mummy!!! 🙂

5. When I “fell” on an uncle’s lap, in the bus!
I was getting back home from college, and the BEST bus was not so crowded (surprise!!).. It was a double-decker, and I was on the lower deck. My bus-stop was approaching, and so I was walking up to the dismounting area.. And then there was a red light! And the driver jammed the brakes! And I fell plop onto an uncle’s lap!! I was so embarrassed that I kept apologizing to him like crazy.. and he was very understanding about the whole situation too. But in all of this, I failed to realize that I never really got off his lap! Poor uncle!! When I realized that, I was doubly awkward, and almost jumped up and ran out!!! I even remember hearing him giggle after me… ugh.. But so did the rest of the passengers on board.. (sigh)

Well.. this was my bit! I know it’s a tad long.. but guess what.. I just wrote it as I remember it 🙂 And laughed too!
And I hope you enjoyed it as well…

Hey.. I ain’t crazy!! Things just happen!!! 🙂

Have a fun and memory-filled week ahead!!!