I've been nominated for the Versatile Blogger award by Smitha of Any Excuse to Write.....Thanks Smitha! You deserve your award because you are definitely one of the most versatile bloggers I know :)
Let me just copy and paste the rules for the Versatile Blogger award. We have to:
1. Nominate 15 fellow Bloggers. Err.....considering I read only about 20 blogs on a regular basis and most of them aren't personal blogs but work-related and travel, 4 nominations is all I can manage :) Here goes. I nominate:
2. Inform the Bloggers of their nomination. Ok done :)
3. Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your Blog Post. Again, done!
4.Share 7 random things about yourself.
a) I'm anal about throwing out junk. I hate clutter and my happiest moments are spent clearing and de-cluttering. I don't even like full mailboxes - at any point I can't deal with seeing more than 15 emails in my inbox :)
b) I'd love to be able to speak Tamil (my mother tongue) better. I can read and write but very very slowly. In fact, my Hindi is far stronger than my Tamil, and while that is very convenient (!), I want to set aside some time to improve my Tamil.
c) I used to write a lot of poetry until a few years ago. Now both reading and writing poetry have gone out the window.
d) The first serious job interview I attended was to be an air-hostess, straight after college, for British Airways. I got turned down!
e) Most days, I eat before my kids do :) I find I can deal with the whole meal-time routine and mess so much better when I'm not hungry.
f) I'm terrified of the rides at amusement parks - the giant wheel, roller-coaster etc. Physical courage and thrill-seeking behaviour is SO not me!
g) I used to work as a compere on All India radio (those were the days!), on a contract basis. I did it for 2-3 years and boy, the joy of getting a cheque of Rs 300/- in the mail (I mean postbox!).
Enjoyed writing this post! :) Thanks again, Smitha.
a) I'm anal about throwing out junk. I hate clutter and my happiest moments are spent clearing and de-cluttering. I don't even like full mailboxes - at any point I can't deal with seeing more than 15 emails in my inbox :)
b) I'd love to be able to speak Tamil (my mother tongue) better. I can read and write but very very slowly. In fact, my Hindi is far stronger than my Tamil, and while that is very convenient (!), I want to set aside some time to improve my Tamil.
c) I used to write a lot of poetry until a few years ago. Now both reading and writing poetry have gone out the window.
d) The first serious job interview I attended was to be an air-hostess, straight after college, for British Airways. I got turned down!
e) Most days, I eat before my kids do :) I find I can deal with the whole meal-time routine and mess so much better when I'm not hungry.
f) I'm terrified of the rides at amusement parks - the giant wheel, roller-coaster etc. Physical courage and thrill-seeking behaviour is SO not me!
g) I used to work as a compere on All India radio (those were the days!), on a contract basis. I did it for 2-3 years and boy, the joy of getting a cheque of Rs 300/- in the mail (I mean postbox!).
Enjoyed writing this post! :) Thanks again, Smitha.
That was a fun read..enjoyed every bit of it :)
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Glad you enjoyed, Shuchi :)
Deleteoh thank u - doing it now!
ReplyDeletewow..such a fun-filled list of seven facts..
ReplyDeleteI'll begin with the last first..
wowow..you were a compere on AIR..awesome!
I love those rides..:-)
hehe..ya, I can understand..am also not my best when am hungry..
I say, it's their loss..serious..you look great and even after two kids, so fit!
now, now..when am so shameless and show off my half-baked stuff around as poetry, aren't you inspired enough???
am totally with you on point one and two..could be me writing those..
thanks a ton for nominating me..now I need to rack my brains for some "interesting" ones..:-)
Uma, thanks for the kind words :) made my day!!
ReplyDeletei'm looking fwd to your post - i'm sure u'll come up with interesting stuff with no effort at all!
You like those rides...gosh...i'm dead scared of them, nowadays i have to put on a brave face so as not to scare the kiddos.
hey I find I was so overwhelmed at needing to make a list soon that I didn't comment here when I read it the first time, my bad :( !
ReplyDeleteCompere on AIR - seriously.. you should put that in your introduction or something, that's totally awesome!!
I love those rides too, what kind of a Virgo group do you,me and Uma form, so many common points, yet some terribly different ones too :).
Eating before kids, I feel the same. In fact if I have not eaten when S comes back from school I'll eat quickly and then sit down to give him his food ;).
Rest at my list.. hopefully soon :).
Ok now you are another weirdo for liking those rides :))
ReplyDeleteOh well....I wish I could be like that too, but they scare me silly.
I'm looking forward to your post. How come you haven't been writing much recently?