Awards, Honor, Recognition : A Note of Thanks

Oh My God! Its August, already a couple of months passed since I was nominated for the first Liebster Award by my friend Rekha (Dew Drops) in March. I was quite new to blogging then and honestly, didn’t know much about the rules of awards and nominations. So, just smiled at the post and liked it. Then came another set of few nominations again from Rekha by July and from my co-blogger Lauren (Scully Speaks). So many awards have been going around in my little circle the past while. Thank you so much, and I am finally accepting it. 🙂

Rekha had nominated me a set of awards which I am not even sure to deserve but I am very thankful to her. She had been an inspiration point since the time I had started blogging. In fact, I should say she is the one who dragged me into the world of blogging. She has been and still is a Mentor and Guide in many ways.

Thanks again Rekha for this bunch of awards and believing in me. You know I am a great fan of your writing and you have a long way to go. Waiting eagerly for your publications. 🙂 I would like to thank Lauren who had recognized me and my posts and nominated me for The Liebster Award.

I had found an instant connection as I read through her posts and knowing her. To sacrifice her career for raising her kids and giving them personal attention was what I had to do myself. I am sure her babies would be proud to have a mother like Lauren.

As I am new to this blogging awards, I had to do a little research and Googling on Internet to understand it and got through with few links (Blog Award Origins and The Official Rules) to help with the rules. Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. Isn’t that sweet? Blogging is about building a community and it’s a great way to connect with other bloggers and help spread the word about newer bloggers/blogs.

Facts about me… Hmmm… Let me see!

1. To start with, I am a home-maker by choice specially for my two little angels who require my presence to grow up into beautiful human beings, the world could be proud of.

2. I am a full-time dreamer. I dream almost every time with my eyes wide open too. My thoughts are the asset I cherish most. My writings are based on the volcanoes and tsunamis that keep erupting inside me. 😉 It was just a fine day that these weird bubbles in my mind took place on my blog jumping out of my diary.

3. I just love cooking and am a big time foodie. New recipes, tasty dishes and colorful ingredients just make me crazy and I am in no position to resist the temptation, both to cook them and eat them. I have my own culinary page on Facebook, I Eat Cos I Love to Cook, with a variety of recipes and other topics related to cooking. My journey towards cooking has been very hillarious (What’s Cooking).

4. I am a social animal. Can’t even think to live my life in solitary for even a day. I love being in a big company and am crazy about partying.

5. Driving and talking with the wind, travelling, reading, watching romantic movies are few of my many interests as it’s a long list.

Ten Questions from Scully Speaks:

1. Who do you love most in your life?  My angels, 11-year-old Anashwara and 2-year-old Tweety 🙂

2. Which 3 items would you take to a deserted island? My tab, my tab and my tab 😉

3. What is your favorite charity? Charity for Empowerment.

4. Why do you blog? As I said earlier, it’s a medium for me to pour out my feelings and thoughts that keep erupting inside me. Also, I get to know that I am not the only one who feels it.

5. If you have children, how many and why did you name them what you did? If you don’t have children, what would you name your future children if you had to name them right now? I am blessed with two beautiful daughters. My elder is named Anashwara, meaning something that can never be destroyed. She is the first child of our family and very dear to my mother. So, she was the one who named her. My younger one is named Advayaa which means unique or the only one. It was a result of search for the whole 9 months.Though no particular reason but just found it very appealing. But yes, she is nicknamed Tweety by me after a month of her birth cos she resembles the cartoon character Tweety so much specially her beak-like lips which have a natural pout. 🙂

6. What is the first concert you ever went to and how old were you? If you’ve never gone, who would you want to see? Oh! that’s a tough one cos honestly I am not a very big fan of live concerts. Did get a lot of opportunities to attend a few, but lend them to others. But, now that my elder one is into music and dance, I might as well go and watch her concert one day.

7. How much money would you pay to be front and center at the event of your choice? (I.e. world series, super bowl, concert, world cup, broadway musical, etc). If its my darling’s concert, nothing is costly. 🙂

8. What’s your favorite YouTube channel? Just For Laugh Gags for sure

9. Describe Scully Speaks blog using 5 adjectives. Though I am yet to read most of her posts but by the few I have found the blog Interesting, Informative, Appealing, Agreeable and Intelligent. 🙂

10. In your opinion, does time heal all wounds? It’s a very tricky question. I believe that every human’s best quality is the ability to forget. God has created us with this very unique quality which otherwise could be taken for a negative attribute but mostly works for our own good. The only difference would be the time span taken for different individuals. So, yes, I do believe that time does heal all wounds.

Finally, as the rule goes, I would like to shower The Liebster Award and I Love Your Blog Award to under mentioned amazing blogs I had been following.

1. Rekha – http://rekspoursout.wordpress.com
2. Lauren – http://scullyspeaks.wordpress.com
3. Pratiksha – http://pratikshasrivastava.wordpress.com/
4. Hitchy – http://hitchwriter.wordpress.com/
5. Sitara Nair – http://sitaranair.wordpress.com/
6. Angelart Star – http://angelartstar.wordpress.com/
7. Terry – http://terry1954.wordpress.com
8. Shreya Sudesh – http://shreyathinks.wordpress.com/
9. Abhishek – http://abhi325.wordpress.com/
10. Vinay – http://feelmearound.wordpress.com

Questions for the blogs I have nominated:

1. How long have you been blogging and do you blog every day?
2. What did you want to achieve by starting your blog?
3. Has your blog changed direction since you started?
4. What kind of blogs do you follow?
5. Which is your favorite post that you’ve written?
6. If you were an animal, what would you be?
7. Do you have any pet peeves?
8. A sentence or two describing a happy memory from your childhood.
9. Something that you learned recently.
10. What is your favorite season of the year?

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