8 Things To Know About Me

I have been tagged by A rose is a rose is a rose

8 TV shows I like
Seinfeld
Gilmore Girls
Boston Legal
The Big Bang Theory
I dream of Jeannie
Biographical shows on Fox History
The Soup
The Simpsons

8 Favorite Places to Eat
The Cellar
Sagar Ratna
Indian Coffee House
Polka Bakery
Kamat Hotel (In Bangalore)
Rooftop Restaurant at Shivalik View (yum chinese)
Shangri La
Haveli

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
I made some yummy Aloo Gobi
Son forgot that it was Thursday and he had to wear a white uniform
Because of that I had to go fetch him from half way to school
Was busy at work
Walked around with a friend at tea time and remarked on how hot it was
It rained cats and dogs just as I left office, and I got wet
As I neared home, there was no rain and my wet look drew glances
I went to bed early.

8 Things I Look Forward To
My daughters visit in November
My Nephews wedding in November
My 50th Birthday in October
New salwar kameez that I will get next week
A raise (will it, wont it ? - appraisals were deferred due to ahem.. recession)
My son getting taller
Nicer weather
A drop in prices (veggies, dal, sugar - sigh )

8 Things I Love About Winter
Snuggling in my rajai for a nap/sleep
Not feeling hot
The good food - Sarson ka saag, methi, makki ki roti, moongre
Eating oranges while sunning
Reading on the balcony, sprawled on a chatai
Being able to roam around in the afternoon
Wearing silk and crepe
Wearing pretty sweaters and jackets

8 Things on My Wish List
Being able to go on long vacations
Roaming India and the world
A lovely house
A laptop with wifi
Large plasma TV
A big courtyard for kids to play and me to lounge
A private swimming pool
8 more things to wish for, please Kind Fairy !

8 Things I am Passionate About
Music
Nature
Books
Surfing
Blogging (koi shaq)
Walking by Sukhna Lake
Happiness
Love

8 Words or Phrases I use Often
Aaho! ( I am a punjabi afterall)
Achcha
Chalo
Haanji
I have told you 36 times (to kid)
Kithe ('where' in Punjabi)
Uth ja beta (morning) / So ja beta (night)
Bhaiyya alloo kaise diye !

8 Things I have Learnt From My Past
Never complain never explain
Dont try to improve people
Be lively - everyone loves a happy face
Dont judge - it is the imperfections that make people interesting
To love is the most important thing
Always be a fakir at heart
Enjoy life as much as you can
Do what you think is best.

8 Places I would Love to Go or See or Visit
All the seven wonders of the world
Goa
Darjeeling
Kanyakumari
Paris
New York
Berlin
Switzerland

8 Things I currently Need or Want
A house of my own
A car
Laptop
Lose some weight
Good shoes
Red Jeans (long time fantasy)
Contact lenses
A new washing machine

8 People to Tag
some of my favorite bakras !
Samir
Vee
Couchpapaya
Shayari
Angel (she needs to fly)
Wian
Valarine
Spikeace
(I am itching to say - Smita - but will spare her)

Name Tag Be Glad you are not called Xerxes !

Tagger ! A rose is a rose is a rose

Tag Rules: It’s harder than it looks!(Mind It). Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag your friends. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real… nothing made up!(nahi to police pakedegi Savdhan !!!) If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question. Have Fun!!

1. What is your name: Ava

2. A four Letter Word: Alum

3. A boy’s Name: Amit

4. A girl’s Name: Ameeta

5. An occupation: Agriculturist

6. A color: Amber

7. Something you wear: Angrakha

8. A food: Aaloo

9. Something found in the bathroom: Aqua (water)

10. A place: Ahemdabad

11. A reason for being late: Anything

12. Something you shout: Aha !

13. A movie title: Aye Din Bahar Ke

14. Something you drink: Ale

15. A musical group: Abba my favorite

16. An animal: Anteater

17. A Street name: Akbar Road

18. A type of car: Astar

19. A song title: Aaja aaja me hoon pyar tera

20. A verb: Act

Taggees - Anyone called Xerxes? Yasmin ? Z.....?

Jhatpat Tag

Was tagged by A Rose is a Rose is a Rose


1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4.

In the light of discussions above and visulisations, we can again say that every..


2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can & catch air?

a tissue


3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

Rabbit Proof Fence


4. Without looking, guess what time it is?

10.05 am

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

10.16 am


6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

Hammer blows on the construction work going on in neighbourhood


7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

I went out to pay the koodewala.


8. Before you started this Q&As, what did you look at?

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose


9. What are you wearing?

A nightie (blush) am abt to change !


10. When did you last laugh?

This morning when the elecrticity returned in 5 minutes, I was expecting a 2 hour cut.


11. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Baba Nanak's picture, wall clock.


12. Seen anything weird lately?

The absent monsoon ?


13. What do you think of this quiz?

All quizzes are fun.. make you think about mundane things.


14. What is the last film you saw?

Rabbit Proof Fence


15. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?

A house in a posh sector in Chandigarh, one in the hills, one in Goa.


16. Tell me something about you that I dunno!

My keyboard is wayward.


17. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

Poverty ( A rose said the same thing and I agree wholeheartedly)


18. Do you like to Dance?

Ballroom dancing, in a lovely gown, in a lovely hall, to some lovely music.


19. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

Hena, thats for real. For a granddaughter, I would like to call her Leah.

20. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call her?

Angad, thats my first son. Wanted a name that began with an A.

21. Would you ever consider living abroad?

Yes, Rome, Italy, Venice, Greece


22. What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

Hi, had fun down there?

In my turn I tag - Vee, Smita (hehehe), Shayari, CP

The Cream and Scum of Blogging

Ours not to reason why,
Ours but to do an die.

Ummm Life is like that isn't it? It is full of choices which may or may not appeal to us. I like life as it is, full of contradictions, a little rough, a little sweet, kabhi khushi kabhi gham kinda scenario. Is blogging any different?

Bloggers seem to stretch from here to eternity. Techo, movie buffs, music buffs, just-airing-their-view-on-anything, letting-it-all-hang-out types. Celebrities, of whom Shobha De seems to invite most brickbats (even from me). There are guys who lost their jobs because they were too hasty to run down the companies that had just employed them. Some lucky ones like Maureen Dowd get famous because of their blogs.

I first stumbled across blogs god knows in which year. I didnt even have an internet connection at home. I used to surf in cyber-cafes, exploring this medium and spending a lot of money in just fooling around. I had created a profile on rediff blogs and wrote to a couple of bloggers. Didnt really get along with the medium, created a blogger profile and lost it. Discovered Jai Arjun's Jabberwock, followed it for a while, lost it. Yada Yada Yada, and here I am with a healthy blog and a good amount of blogger friends who are on my phone and email lists even. I have met a couple and chatted with a few.

It has been a wonderful journey and I have no intention of giving it up. That is the cream for me.

Scum - hum ! I guess there are plenty of bloggers who would put me off. But hey, they have as much right to this world as I do. Let us all swim together in this large ocean.

I like honest bloggers who have a good style and don't bore me. I bypass bloggers who bore me/seem affected/have a bad style. I wouldnt call them scums, just that they are not my type.

Our kind multiplies:We shall by morning
Inherit the earth.
Our foot's in the door.


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