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Saw this Brochure, maybe its me but I found something funny with the Maths on the offers.. and also what is this Cupping Therapy don’t understand that either 🙂
This was in a Indian sweet shop 🙂 Yeah I still love my Samosa-Jalebi, no wonder I am getting Fatter and Fatter each day …
I have been very lazy and not done the Awards that were forwarded to me by some of the lovely bloggers and they are pending from almost 2012, So I thought I should take them up and complete them, also lately all I have been doing is putting pictures this is a change from them too ..
So Today a liebster award .. let me show off it ..
Here are the rules:
A. Thank the blogger who gives it to you.
B. Answer the eleven questions he/she asks.
C. Nominate eleven bloggers with less than 500 followers.
So let me thank all , Thank you so much Tandooripanipurilife , Chipmunk , DwindowSeat,Alka Narula Its been a long long time Since I got an award yayyyyyyyyyyyy, I feel honoured. Thank you. I am blessed to have such lovely human beings who are so nice and genuine people. Thank you all for being so good to me, God bless you all and here’s wishing all your dreams always come true..
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Tandooripanipurilife Gave me the following questions to Answer..
Here, we go!!
1. What made you start blogging?How is blogging different than keeping a diary for you or is it the same?
I need to thank a Lovely human being who made me start the blog a few years ago now, I did write a diary earlier and YES i do think blogging and writing a diary are two very different things, First of all a diary is very personal as no one gets to read what it says, while a blog is read by so many and all who read make up their own image of who you are. Which can end up good or bad. Also blogging actually helps as people who genuinely read you will hopefully give you some advice , which will help one in becoming a better human being.,
2. Do you have a pet? If yes, which one? And if not, why?
Well I love pets, back home in india , I have a few and I miss them like anything. Here in UK I got some fish and that’s about it , I did have a dog called rocky , who I kept for a few weeks but gave it back as I felt I was being horrible to him. I left for work early morning and came back late night, Rocky had to remain alone which was not fair on him.
3. Which city do you think is the best to settle down in India? And why?
Well off course MY CITY, CHANDIGARH.. the best place on earth for sure where my Mom and All my friends Live. I have lived my childhood and my youth in that city, have had the best time of my life in there. It has been beautifully planned, big clean, broad roads. The rock garden, the Rose garden, the lake, the movie theaters, the eating places, “Hot Millions”, “Tehal Singh” , The “Golden rooster” in sector 8, missing the lovely chicken soup. OH GOD now I have got all emotional
4. What is the one thing that you ordered in a restaurant and it turned out to be totally yuck and expensive?
Oh this happened this week, Went to Chiquito’s and WHAT A MISTAKE IT WAS, I had gone to visit my cousin and we planned to go for dinner to this Mexican place,Had to book a seat, the lady on the phone told us that the heating was off, so it might be a bit cold, That did not bother us much as it was not that cold, We went and made ourself comfortable. Now I do eat a lot so I ordered something that sounded HUGE and also it was the most expensive in the menu 🙂 I can be greedy I know. So I ordered this Chicken & Chorizo Skewer, for almost £15 pounds.. which boasted of “Succulent chicken breast skewered with chorizo and mixed peppers and served with lime & tequila sauce” before that we had a sharing platter of nachos and I ordered a Margarita while waiting for the food.. Mine was supposed to be a sizzler too, so out it came and the sizzling sound made my mouth water .. at the thought of having this whole thing ALONE.
the girl put the dish in front of me reminding me to be careful of not touching the metal plate that was very hot.. so picture this a Hot plate with TONS of Onions sliced.. sizzling, and On top of that were TWO KEBABS oh yes it was nothing but TWO kebabs with chicken pieces and different coloured Peppers..
I took One bite , it was COLD.. it was like they had taken two kebabs from a freezer, put it in microwave for a couple of minutes , put them on a HOT plate with lots of onions JOB DONE.. The worst ever dish I have had and PAID for it tooooo … Never again , I left half of it on the plate.. then went to a local Indian Punjabi pub ordered a Chicken Tikka with a Nann .. that cost me £3/-.. Yummyliscious that filled my stomach 🙂 Nothing can beat that now can it ..
5. If you see your enemy (or simply somebody you dislike) in a helpless situation, will you go forward and help them? Or leave them and enjoy mercilessly?
I think I know for a fact that I am an Idiot and it has been proven a lot many times , hardly learn from my mistakes. I would probably go and help them out . But I am one who never forgets what they did to me and I will never be friends again with them no matter what ..
6. Have you ever been caught by your parents doing something totally inappropriate for your age?
Inappropriate well , how can someone says its inappropriate because if I did anything like this , then I did it because I thought it to be appropriate.. :). Although I must say I have a long list , I have done a lot of stupid things. I have had a drink or two and got caught.. I had had a fight with someone and got caught.. I remember one incident one of the Teachers had refused to fill up my lecture’s in second year and we had to have 75% attendance to get the roll number, I had requested the teacher to help me out , but he would not budge .. So we declared a strike in college and I remember Walking into lecture rooms asking everyone to Vacate the college as We had called a Strike.
As I was going out .. in walks my Father with his friend who was My English teacher and Saw me Shouting at the students ..
it was an embarrassing moment as I was supposed to be a good boy at home 🙂 he he he he
7. What is that one thing that you criticize publicly, but do the same in private?
hmmmm .. I am not sure. I probably do a lot But I do my best to do what I say .. and I do wish god gives me the strength to do it all the time ..
8. Do you like water sports? Which one?
I LOVE THEM.. I have done a lot now, Jet ski ( Oh I have an experience in that, I had gone to Australia , gold coast where me, my brother-in-law and two kids went for a jet ski, one child with me and the other with him, we ere enjoying so much riding the waves , etc etc , when all of it finished as we were heading back to park the Ski, my nephew says , MAMU let me touch the water and he bent over, his hand did not reach the sea so I bent to the side a bit more, The next moment We were both in the water with the SKI on top of us .. As we came up, all I could hear was the little guy shouting SHARK SHARK he he he he .. so we managed to climb up the ski but to our bad luck when I tried getting up because of my weight (OVER WEIGHT) we went down again ) … he he he he
Speed boats, Scuba dive.. it is FUN
9. Have you ever thought (or actually did ) of harming somebody very badly in order to get back at them? How?
Yepp .. when I was growing up college time was the time of gangs and trying to be the strongest group in college so we have had a few major fights etc.. I have been hospitalised a couple of times with stab wounds , broken leg .. but then those days are long gone I have grown up now well so I think 🙂
10. Do you fart and behave like the other person is guilty of the crime?
Oh yes.. have you used the Fart balloon.. it is fun in a crowd you press that balloon and it makes that funny noise, suddenly there is an odd silence 🙂 he he he Yes I am bad like that.
11. Have you ever been caught by the police ( or worst locked up)? For what reason?
I am not saying anything on this 🙂 My lips are Sealedddddddddddddddd…
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Chipmunk who blogs at Chipmunk
1.If you want to thank god for one reason for what it will be?
I thank god for everything, For making me who I am .. What I am …
2.Do you believe in love at first sight and butterfly fluttering?if yes! have you underwent.
Yes I believe in it .. I have undergone and even now when I am alone and think about I get butterflies.
3. What will be your reaction on a fine morning when u wake up from a deep sleep and come out to balcony just see that ur home is the only one standing on a piece of ground and rest all collapsed leaving a hollow underground
Well the first reaction would be to run down the stairs, Get out of the house to two door down to see if i can save that beautiful Girl who lives in there. 🙂
4.If u can change things by toughing which one u will change first?
I would not change anything, I am who I am , what I am and I love that.. I don’t know why we want to change ourself all the time, I do think its this constant want to change ourself which makes us do silly stupid things .. 🙂
5.Have u ever put yourself in the shoes of a boredom teacher who makes the pupils to sleep??? what will you do? will u make them sleep as she does or how?
NA, why do that. let the kids sleep have some peace.. I will join them 45 minutes of blisssssssssssss 🙂
6. What will you do if you find a big moustache the next morning when you wake up?
I do have one, I see it every morning ..
7. which will be the most happiest and wonderful moment u have experienced
I have been very lucky and have experienced some beautiful and happy moments for sure , so can’t give one particular. God has been kind to me and I am thankful for that.
8. One fine incident where you wished to bang the other person but you couldn’t
Well If i have to bang a person than that can’t be a Fine moment 🙂 Again loads here is a list of them WHACK-CHAPED-GHASUN
9.Funniest prank that you have made so far
Used my friends mobile to send a txt to his Gf “Dont worry it’s ok, she will never find out X X X X” (XX is for kiss kiss 🙂 ) .. 🙂 what fun it was
10.One memory that makes u smile irrespective of the situation you are in?
the days spent in college with my friends..
11.One dream destination you wished to go for a honeymoon with your better half…
Maldives.
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And from DwindowSeat who blogs at D WINDOW SEAT
1. Which is one place you would want to go back to again?
My village
2. Do you have a favorite souvenir from any place?
Actually now that I think I have never bought souvenirs too busy exploring the place and i hate shopping 🙂
3. The 3 things in your backpack that you dont travel without?
Camera,Money,RainCoat
4. Do you plan your trip well in advance, like a fixed itinerary before you set out or believe in just booking the tickets and hotels and go with the flow?
No, I am the worst planner, my plans always go for a six, so I have now stopped planning and just go with the flow.. the only thing constant is the TIckets To and Fro .. Rest is all as it comes and happens
5. Do you like the beaches more or the hills more?
Hard question .. I love them both.. but Hills definitely have an edge over the beach.. after seeing some of the beautiful beaches in australia-spain-greece I now find them almost Same but hills have a mystery , they are so different ..
6. Which is the one place you would highly recommend to your fellow travellers?
For pure DESI fun, come to our village .. It has everything Rivers to swim, vast land to play around, Pure food Nothing can beat that EVER.
7. Which is the one place you would not like to go again and Why?
Washington DC .. I found the people Rude but then that could be because of the colour of my skin ….
8. List any 5 destinations and tell us why its your favourite?
Punjab :- its HOME.
Vancouver :- Beautiful clean place and one of my best friend lives there 🙂
Australia (Gold coast) :- Sun-Water-Sand Fun all together
Scotland :- Hills-mountains- Greenery
Africa :- Nature – Wild life.
9. One thing that is on top of your bucket list?
African Safari.
10. Who or What is you inspiration to travel?
Not sure about who.. but can answer WHAT.. Nature is beautiful , I have one life so want to see all that I can possibly.
PS:- I have a few more that I need to SHOW OFF.. so please bear with me .. and Shweta dave , DI , Ramya , Soumya, Chitra Jagdish ,Jaish and ADIC and Vinay Leo R. I have not forgotten the awards and tags you have showered upon me , I promise I will take them up very very soon .. Promise
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The above pictures will give you an idea what the true answer was to the Contest :- What might this be .. I would like to post this as the Wordless Wednesday too, I know a Day earlier but hey .. its OK 🙂
The Winners are … DRUMROLLLLSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss — CLAPPPSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Tain tain tainnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
1. Bhavia
2. Greenboochi
5. Privytrifles
and This is what you win
Your Prize..
Thank you to every one who participated :- but special mentions for the first 5 participants 🙂
1. Sunny
2.Mak
5. NRIGirl
Thank you All..
See you again on the next contest …
I was having this interesting conversation with a friend of mine, when the topic of Blogging came up specially Commenting.
A couple of interesting views came up
1. I was asked how come I go and comment on a lot of blogs, even when it is seen that they probably never visit me or if they visit they don’t put a comment or even reply back to the comments I make.
Well I am sure I have replied to that umpteen times, I guess its in my habit (right or wrong) I don’t know , I always have something to say which sometimes has put me in trouble too. I also feel that since the author has taken the time to write what they have written, maybe it will be good if we also read what they have written and give our two cents worth of view.
I am sure like I feel happy to see all the comments pouring in they too would feel good.
Although I must say I try my best not to write two-word comments as I think there is this culture in blogosphere that you comment on mine only then I will comment on yours, Which I have recently understood. I am sure a lot of people have written about this phenomenon a lot many times.
So Now I think I will have to change the way I look at this place too.
2. Indiblogger and Voting :-
On Indiblogger there is a forum called indivine where We can put our latest post . The people in your group then can come and Read it, Now all this is fine but I have always had this problem with Indiblogger on the voting phenomenon.
I have been involved in a few nasty discussions too over time , But I can’t understand this VOTE thing. What is it for.
Although to vote one has to open the post, yet in my eyes if as a reader I have opened the post then I should read the post fully, Why bother voting if you don’t read the post. It takes a lot of marketing skills to get lots and lots of votes.
I have realised that most just press the button again quickly to vote, hoping others will come to vote too. I don’t particularly like that idea as again I doubt if all who are pressing the VOTE button actually Read what one has written.
In my eyes I would much prefer people to come over , at least read what one has written and yes also let me know if they have liked or disliked ,they agree with what I have written or not agree, If people don’t tell that then how is one going to learn. How can one learn that they are doing a mistake, till someone points it too.
Blogging world has become a lot like attention seeking sorts. This voting process seems more of getting a hit or traffic on your blog.
I am not the one to shy away from saying yeah I put my article up there , So people in my group know I have posted a new post. I am lucky many of the people do come and read what I have written which is a good feeling.
3. How come MEN or the male species don’t comment in that number on blogs written by other Men compared to those written by the lovely ladies.
I had not noticed this until recently, It was pointed out by this good friend. I did not know what to say . So I thought about asking everyone who visit here and read what all junk I write about, what is the reason.
I in no way am saying I don’t want the pleasure of the company of beautiful lovely people who already come , But why is it that the male version who I definitely see at almost every other blog written by ladies and whose blogs I do sometimes comment on , Not comment on this blog 🙂 .
Is it some sort of man thing , which I am not getting. Because I visit blogs irrespective if they are written by a woman or a man, would be fun to know the reply to that one . I think there is a Gender Bias in blogging too, I dont want to give examples and embarrass people but I have seen it happen.
What do you think people.. Do you feel the same way as I do, OR am I completely off my nuts as usual ?
Does it matter to you who visits your blog ?
Does it make you feel bad if people don’t read what you have written but just comment for the sake of it .. Or press the Like button.
Do you feel bad when you see people whose blog you have commented, they don’t even reply to you and WORSE still they Reply to every other comment but yours on their blog..
What do you do, Do you stop going to those blogs. ?
You can tell me that I am just being a moron 🙂
Contest and Award :- What do you see … (3) I have finally got to declaring the 5 winners of the contest, I know its taken a long time , as it was tedious for me to make name slips of everyone who gave the right answers and then asking a colleague to pick up 5 names ..
Thank you all for participating and it seems Everyone has almost got the answers correct, So after much deliberation and talking to a couple of blogger friends , I thought The award will go ot the First Five who commented.
Clapssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss– Drummmm ROLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssss… TAAAAAA DDDDAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
2. Deepak Karthik (I remember the threats you gave me , of burning everything is you don’t won, I got afraid toooo ) he he he h
3. Simran
4. Rosy
5. Swarnali
Please do accept this award as and when you get time, I will email each of you on the email address you have used to add the comments..
Thank you for participating
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They say its not the winning but the participation that matters .. SO Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to come and read the post and comment too, so here’s to all of you ..
Thank you All..
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On the post Bikramism’s What to do for Fun:) .. part 4 I had promised to tell what Two of the list I have been involved in , well here it is I have done
1. If it’s a general store or a big food shop, What we can do is Get some boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people’s carts when they are not looking.
This was at the Birmingham airport, One of my friends was getting married and we were to go for his stag do to brussels, It was an evening flight, which got delayed by 4 hours , we had already had enough to drink so there was no chance we could have drunk more and allowed to board the plane , so we thought of what we can do which will be funny, When my turn came BOOTS (the pharmacy in the departures lounge) looked very inviting and some of the boxes of condoms found their way into the que of people standing to be served .. HOW they reached there I have no idea .. I was drunk so I don’t recollect he he he he , blame it on the alcohol .. nothing to do with me
2. Get into a fitting room, shut the door, wait awhile, and then Yell very loudly, ‘Hey! There’s no toilet paper in here.’
This was again on of those stupid dares, nothing worth telling other than the face of the guy standing in front of the changing rooms was worth taking a snap shot of my friends said , Also I was told by a few of you who have emailed me that I should have taken one of those prank scents , that gave out a smelly smell.. to have made it more real.
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Last but not the least the Guest Post The Little Children of India I had given for Rachna Parmar of Rachna Says got picked up by blogadda as their Tangy Tuesday pick.
I would like to thank Rachna for giving me the opportunity , and thanks to all the lovely people who read that post and commented there, If not then do have another look.
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Well there you go all in all a very good last week and a lovely start to the month of june I guess 🙂 other than off course the crappy weather we are having , which is making me go mad. It been raining os much , I guess the few days of sunshine that we had a week ago was the summers for us in UK. Please do pray that we do get some sunshine. I am so looking forward to all the flowers and plants that I have sown to grow, they are all being over watered and i fear a few more of these days and they will all be spoilt.. the lupins have flowered but the wind has brought them down to the ground … We need SUN..
Hope you all are having a great JUNE …
The Results of the previous post ..
1.
Do you see the arrow between the second “E” and “x” ??
I had never noticed this before. {but i will every time i see it NOW!}
2.
2nd and 3rd “t’s” are two people sharing a tortilla over a bowl of salsa.
3.
Probably the world’s most famous bike race. The “R” in “Tour” is a cyclist – yellow circle front wheel of bicycle.
This is what you get 🙂
All the best 🙂
Thank you all for participating and it seems Everyone has almost got the answers correct, So after much deliberation and talking to a couple of blogger friends , I thought The award will go ot the First Five who commented.
Clapssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss– Drummmm ROLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssss… TAAAAAA DDDDAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
1. Sunny
2. IHM
3. Rahul Aggarwal
4. My ERA
5. Bhavia
A special mention here for a very very very Innovative and a Reply which I am sure no one would have guessed ever .. I am going to cut paste it here
All the three logos have the name of chemical element in them.
Fedex – Fe – Ferrum
Tostitos – I – Iodine
Le tour de France – Fr – Francium
Specially the award goes to KIRTIVASAN
Thank you everyone for participating, Next contest coming out soon 🙂
I would like to ask a couple of questions from everyone who read this, Especially the ones who believe in GOD.. 🙂
I had gone to The Gurudwara Sahib, as I entered there was a huge list on the notice board with several names etc of people who had donated money for various reasons, The headline of the notice was “DAANIYAAN DI SOOCHI”.. ( name of people who have Donated”.
Although when we translate it in english it somehow loses the meaning of the word DAANIYAAN
It was a co-incidence that the Person who was reading from the holy book and trying to tell the meaning of the words written in Guru Granth Sahib ji, He made a startling comment on that headline too which sort of is still going through my mind, Hence the question Just wanting to know If I am right in thinking what it is.
We are all individuals so I am sure many of us will have different ideas on the question or maybe different interpretation..
What does Daan (donation) mean ?
Who is it given TO
Who is it Given By
Why is it Given..
That is it just a simple set of questions, although I might just start another controversy here once I tell the What I think and what the Guy said … (The questions are in context to God-religion.. Not otherwise)
Update:- Let me re-iterate the above questions are in context to God-Religion , What we donate to temples/ religious places in name of god etc.. Have our names in that list of Donateee’s , We say we donated to this religious place.
PS:- My previous post on justice for a child, here is the original court judgement and One my blogger friends has given a view from the lawyers perspective, which is quite good and She has given a good reply, as to what and how the law of land works, which does need to change. A good point of view.
Hello Everyone .. I realised that the last post was the 300th post once I pressed the publish button.. I usually have done tags and published the awards that have come my way over the time on such occassions, So this is one of those posts.
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Got a Award from Jhanvi
She had condition to getting this “award” (though no compulsion) – an honest criticism of Her blog, So I have one request for all the readers PLEASE when you comment Do give me a honest Criticism of the blog that i have. I dont mind anything maybe it will help me in writing better .. Thank you.
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Another Award from Destination Infinity , MaverickShree and Chhavvi
I am to write 7 things about myself .. which I have written here .. so please click 🙂
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C.
I was recently tagged by Smitha from Any Excuse to Write…
What this is about: To unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.
Rules:
1) Blogger is nominated to take part
2) Blogger publishes his/her 7 links on his/her blog – 1 link for each category. The links are:
– Your most beautiful post
I love all my posts, I know everyone says the same , but then I cant decide which one is more beautiul than the other, Since when I am writing at that precise moment that is most beautiful. I will cheat from Smitha and ask a question here.. When you are commenting DO tell me Which one you think is the best Article I have written.. Go on give it a try?
– Your most popular post
It seems one of the recents posts on my birthday has been most popular.. 11-11-11 It’s got the most comments
– Your most controversial post
I think I get into trouble in a lot of posts I write especially about the nation, and on NRI’s who are settled here abroad., But I liked writing the one on Slut walk and the comments that came after that were good too , it was fun replying to them all too , Another was the One where I asked the Terrorists to kill the parasites of our great nation rather than killing the innocent hard working people, that brought a lot of lovely comments too .. to the fact that I was said to have written to it just to get a few comments 🙂 .. To the Terrorist.
– Your most helpful post
Well Again how do I know, I have found that sometimes the post that we write to say something rarely get read or commented upon, while some stupid posts which are either put for the sake of putting one or just a picture gets a lot of Comments, Maybe its sign people telling me how bad a writer I am 🙂 … I think since christmas is round the corner Would like people to read this one on Drink and Drive.
– A post whose success surprised you
Now that is a Good question, Frankly each and every post that I have written brings a surprise, For I think I am still learning and have got a long way to go. Lot of my friends have given me advices, Some have shown surprise with eyebrows raised thinking have I written or HOW did I manage to write that post.
– A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
Some of the posts that I have written on problems faced and how the Govt is taking us for granted probably needed more attention by fellow bloggers. Farmers of our nation.. They are the backbone of our country
– The post that you are most proud of
I am proud of a lot of posts. I am a emotional person and I live a lot with memories missing a lot of people , my posts on my Father, my Friends , My village are very close to me. I usually write what i feel irrespective of what others think :). I have a few to mention here .. Fathers Day , Anupinder , Ravjote, Babbar
3) Blogger nominates up to 5 more bloggers to take part.
Now the Fun time in who to Tag, 5 for me is too less but I will try to keep it to 5.
1. Insignia
2. Punam
3. Sandhaya
4. Harman
5. Destination Infinity
Thank you everyone for all the love and care you have shown me and my blog over the last 2 years ..
Me and My Random Thoughts 