On receiving a Liebster Blog Award

What is a Liebster Blog Award? 

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. “Liebster” is German for “favorite”. This award is the “favorite blog award” then.

Who Nominated Me ?

I was nominated by my fellow blogger and a dear friend Medha Kapoor. I really enjoy reading her posts and I am honored that she thought of my blog.

What are the Rules ? 

The rules… Start off by writing 11 random facts about yourself and then answer 11 questions which were left for you by your nominator. Then you can nominate up to 11 blogs and leave 11 questions for them to answer in return.Isn't it so interesting !?!

 

 So I will start off with 11 facts About Me…

1. I hope to write a book someday.
   
   2.  I have to start each morning with a cup of coffee or I just don’t feel right (it’s an addiction, I know!) 
   
   3. I hate waiting.
   
   4.  I am a literature student.
   
   5. I am the most pampered child of my family. (I love it!)
   
   6. I am a sucker for small joys of life. 
   
   7. Reading books gives me inspiration to write more and more.
   
   8.  I love to chase my dreams.
   
   9. I am a confused soul sometimes.
   
   10. I hate watching movies. (Yes that's the truth!)
   
   11. I love my hair.
   
    
   11 Questions from Medha :
   
   
   What's your favorite color?
   Without any doubt I love the color Red. It makes me feel confident!
   
   What's your favorite cuisine?
   Anything Italian. 
   
   What are you most afraid of?
   Snakes. 
   
   How religious/spiritual are you?
   I am a religious person. Pray two times a day so now guess how religious I am ;) 
   
   Are you a feminist?
   I am an individualistic and therefore not a feminist.
   
   What are your views on same sex marriages? 
   Should be legalized everywhere. 
   
   What is your favorite odor?
   Love sandalwood.
   
   What music do you listen to when you're alone?
   When I'm alone, I listen to rock music and sometimes dance too. LOL
   
   What do you like to do on your birthday?
   I'm very much crazy for my birthday. I love the 12am calls till late midnight. And this day always has been surprising for me. Something new always happens and my family and friends make it so special. I spend half of the day with my friends and rest with my family. It's kind of reunion for me filled with amazing surprises.
     
   What is your favorite genre when it comes to reading?
   I love reading mystery, humor and fantasy genres. Difficult to choose favourite among them.
   
   What is your favorite genre when it comes to blogging?
   I really enjoy reading all blogs – such a wealth of information out there. Everyone has their own views. I love them all!
   
   
   Here are my nominees :
    
   Jyoti Mehta
   Priyanka Banerjee
   Ankit Minglani
   Surbhi Mehra
   Prerna Priyam
   Abhinav Mathur
   Priya Arora
   Jasmine Bhatia 
   Yukti Sehgal 
   
   
   And now the questions I want to ask them:
   
   
   Q1. Who is your favorite author?
   Q2. What accomplishment are you most proud of?
   Q3. What inspires you to write?
   Q4. What book are you reading at the moment ?
   Q5. Your favourite movie in recent past which doesn’t go out of your mind?
   Q6. Do you believe in life after death? If yes, what would you like to reborn as?
   Q7. What is the primary focus of your blog?
   Q8. What music do you listen to when you write, if any?
   Q9.  Favourite place to read?
   Q10. Do you have special plans for this year 2013?
   Q11. Three things you want to do before you die ? 
   
   
   Congrats to the nominees, accept the award and forward it to the ones who deserve it.
   
   
   
   

Lost In Your World Of Love

The first time I saw you, you invaded my heart.
Your eyes made me lost in you!
Your essence made to forget me the essence of rose,
Your charming voice made me addicted to you !
When you are not around, it feels like
Sun has no light, moon is black.
When you are around, it feels,
Time has ultra supersonic speed.
One hour is like a minute!

Your smile makes me fall in your love with you even more.
When we behave like strangers,
It feels like I am getting crushed by a road-roller.
When you touch, I feel like I am in heaven.

Your feather soft touch makes me feel like I am holding a flower,
Getting addicted to girl, you making me addicted to you! 

You are my drug .. and it feels too good to get addicted to you!
You are the air I breathe, you are the life that I live.
You are my whole world ..
You are the music on which my heart beats.
You are my heart's soul.
Me without you is lifeless!
You were in my destiny that is why we met by chance.
Never leave me girl as I am lifeless without you.
You are like a fire burning in my mind.
You are my everything that I have always wanted in my life!
 I keep thinking about you 24*7.
 I love you sugar-beer, I love u too much baby ♥ ♥

P.S. : This was sent to me by someone, so thought to share it with you all! Love the simplicity of the language.

Pampered by Panteen & Indiblogger!

"Pantene & IndiBlogger bring you an afternoon of fun, relaxation and blogging!
Let your hair down and kick your feet up at the Pantene Nature Fusion IndiBlogger meet. Come over and celebrate the fusion of Nature & Science with us. Trust us, you wouldn’t want to miss this one. "



Pantene organised a blogger meet in association with IndiBlogger on 14th October at ITC Sheraton. I was confused whether to attend the meet or not as I just had one day off from my office. And after attending the meet, I was happy that I went. It was one of the best blogger meets I’ve attended until date, and the very first Indiblogger one.

                                             ITC Sheraton (Pic Courtesy: Google Images)


I was gobsmacked as I entered the ITC Sheraton . As I entered the lobby, the first thing that stucked my mind was the amazing interiors full of fragrance of flowers and then was guided by the soft spoken staff of the hotel.

                                                The Lobby (Pic Courtesy: Google Images)

 As usual I was lost in my own world and full of excitement, I entered the Ballroom and realised I was not so late, but there were few women already present there. I registered myself and got a paper with number '37' which was my number for my hair spa. It was a pleasant surprise (thank you team for this wonderful surprise). Believe me since we all bloggers entered, the whole meet was full of surprises. I could not stop myself gazing at the graffiti wall filled with the spray paints.

                                                  Graffiti Wall (Pic Courtesy: Priti Singh)

As we settled down, the meet started with one of the surprising activity (told you the whole meet was full of surprises), there was a balloon under our chairs and toothpicks on the table. We had to save our balloon and prick others balloon. It was so much fun I tell you. My balloon got pricked in the starting itself but I got the prize for pricking most of the balloons. It was very much interesting!

                                Women in action during the game (Pic Courtesy: Priti Singh)

                                             My gift which I won during the balloon game

As soon as we finished this game, we were divided in to a team of 8 members and had to wrap one of the member as MUMMY. We just had 5mins. to wrap them. Our team's Mummy was wrapped bit shabbily but my tweet saved Atula (the Mummy) from being eliminated.

                                               That's Me, Atula (the mummy) and Eshna

Blogger introductions was something I was looking forward to. Getting to know other women and the stuff they write about was the best part. Right from women who wrote on life, relationships, cookery, traveling to women who wrote on technology, game designing, mom blogs and even art! It was so delightful knowing my fellow bloggers! It was such a pleasure meeting all of them Eshna, Medha, Vandana, Kiran, Priya, Priti, Anukriti, Anisha and it goes on. Special thanks to Priti for the wonderful pics you had send. Appreciate your efforts.

                         That's Eshna, Priya, Me and Medha (L-R) (Pic Courtesy: Priti Singh)

                                         Me with Eshna and Priti (Pic Courtesy: Priti Singh)

And then it was our turn to have our lunch. Trust me the food was so yummilicious and tempting. 

                                         The tempting food (Pic Courtesy: Priti Singh)


Just after our lunch a short talk was followed by Lais Koelle explaining the fusion of nature and science. It was again followed by a surprise. A box was kept under the table which had a shampoo and a conditioner. There was a Ques & Ans session with her in which she gave remedies for hairfall, dandruff, breakage, etc. And Pantene is for oily hairs hairs too. So all you girls who have oily hairs like me, get ready for using the best oil free shampoo ever with a fusion of nature and science. 

                       

                                                   Lais Koelle (love her hairs!)



And then comes next Yashodhara Lal, the author of ‘Just Married, Please Excuse'. She motivated us to write as much as we can by taking out time from our busy lives. And she has a contest going on for all the inspiring writers to get published by sharing your story.

                                              Yashodhara Lal during the talk session

Now after the talk sessions, we had last but not the least Flower Arranging Competition with a unique element which was provided in the bag given to us. Unfortunately, I had to leave this in the middle as it was my turn for the hairspa (for which I was early waiting :p). I didn't want to leave this wonderful competition but it's ok as I could not compromise with my hairs :p. 

Don't have words to tell you about my hair spa. Aaaaah, simply amazing! And extremely relaxing! Was pampered so well. A blow-dry and styling followed.  The shampoo had such an amazing fragrance and was absolutely wonderful! Made my hair super smooth and super silky! You know that feeling when you touch your hair and you feel like doing it over and over and over again? That’s what I’m talking about! THANK YOU Pantene for such wonderful hairs. And really at first instance I could not believe that they were my hairs.



By the time my hair spa got over, I just came to know about our team flower arrangement. Here it is, have a look :

                                                             Bouquet with No.8

And here comes the end of the blogger meet. But no, we had a surprise here too!! We were given gift hampers from Pantene and a shirt from IndiBlogger with their slogan on it .

                                                   The wonderful hamper by Pantene!

                                                            Shirt by IndiBlogger!

                                                      That's me near the tweet section ;)

This was one event I’ll never be able to forget! A Sunday well-spent, after ages! Thanks IndiBlogger & Pantene for their hard efforts for organising such a successful meet.
This blogger meet also gave me the chance to bond with my fellow bloggers. Eagerly waiting for the next meet to happen now. Thank you again for the meet and awestruck surprises.



Here are few pics which my friend Priti took it while departing!

                                                           With my fellow bloggers!

                                                Me and Medha posing for the shutterbugs!
 

Happy Mother's Day

Moms are the sweetest gift from Gods to us. There is no way we can ever really thank our mother for all she does for us nevertheless we must make it a habit to keep reminding ourselves of the various sacrifices she made while raising us. Mothers' Day is the best time to say in words how much we love and care for our mum. 

Mother's Day is special to all of us, isn't it? All of us look forward to this day to let our mummy dear know how special she is to us. But do you know just how this day came into existence; when was it first observed or who celebrated it first? If you don't, read on to know about the fabulous history of Mother's Day. You are sure to enjoy it.

The tradition of Mothers Day started with the ancient Greeks who celebrated their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many Gods and Goddesses in the Greek mythology. Ancient Romans too celebrated a spring festival by the name of Hilaria in honor of Cybele, a mother goddess, some 250 years before Christ was born.

Mother's Day is celebrated on second Sunday of May.The festival of Pâthâre Prabhu is celebrated on the same day only in Bombay and the Southern part of India . The Pathare prabhu caste always celebrates this holiday.It is based on a legend about a mother whose children kept dying after only one year of living and it has a very remote origin. Although it's also called "Mother's Day", it is unrelated to the modern celebration, which is copied from the US (second Sunday of May) and is celebrated in the whole country.

Here's a poem i wrote it a yr. back for her n thought to share it with all of u :)

A halo that reflects a life of
wisdom, kindness, and caring.
Eyes that sparkle with pride
and show how much she believes in you.
Shoulders that have been slept on
and wept on and
carried a world or two.
Arms that never run out of hugs.
Hands that know
just when to hold on
and when to let go.
A mind filled with amazing things,
from fairy tales to family tails
and long-ago stories of you.
A smile that can jump right into your heart
and warm you faster than hot chocolate.
A heart of gold
that holds more love
than you can possibly imagine. 

I love u mom :) 

Now have no more words to express my love but now my eyes are filled completely with the tears of joy that how lucky I am to have a great mummy :)

"My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being.  I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune." - Geetanjali Juneja