My post starts with an apology! I did receive mails and comments saying not able to comment or view posts! really sorry. But all is well now.I was moving from blogger to a self-hosted site. After a lot of work I finally managed to move to my new abode! It’s called www.sunshineandzephyr.com ; I couldn’t think or relate to any other name than this. I find it feminine and more me!!
Very special thanks to Alok Vats without whom this would not have been possible. He never gave up to my questions and helped built the site right from a conceptualisation to what is looks now. A big thank you to Alok, one of the most humble, helpful and down to earth person I have met.
So now, I am brand new and arrived and what better could I start with two awards that landed in my kitty.
I am quite happy to receive the ’Very Inspiring Blog Award‘from my blogger friend Shashank Tiwari whom we know as Shanx. Thank you Shashank for nominating me for this award. Shashank writes short stories and 5 sentence fictions at Embark with my Thoughts and conveys mammoth thoughts with just few words.
Now as per the rules:
- Link back to the blogger who nominated you. Accomplished in paragraph one.
- List the Rules and Display the award. See above.
- Share 7 facts about yourself
Now this is a tough one
- I am a vegetarian and I know plants too have life.
- I am not a foodie and can manage without it too.
- Like all Gujratis I too love to play garba, sing and talk aloud.
- I like to travel and know different cultures.
- I am a major movie buff and love sci-fi and thriller suspense and horror movies.
- I love lip syncing dialogues to Ramsay horror movies.
- I am learning guitar and my teacher in Swiss is Brit who teaches me hindi songs J
Nominate 15 other amazing blogs (not in any order) and comment on their post to let them know that they have been nominated.
All of my fellow bloggers listed here have inspired me in one way or the other through their writing. I wanted to add more but had to restrict it to 15.
Kokila Gupta – http://sunshineandblueclouds.blogspot.in/
Lata Saun – http://www.werebel.net/
Anju Gupta – http://www.anjuscorner.blogspot.com/
Ravish Mani – http://www.ravishmani.tumblr.com/
Alok Vats – http://www.inewsindia.com/
Vinay Nagaraju – http://inspire99.com/
Amit Agarwal – http://amitaag.blogspot.com/
Tomichand Matheikal – http://matheikal.blogspot.com/
Jithesh Prabhakaran – http://hardboilers.blogspot.in/
I B Arora – http://www.ps4kids.blogspot.in/
Indrani – http://isharethese.blogspot.com/
Mridula – http://blogs.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/
Prasadha – http://prasadha.blogspot.com/
Gaurab – http://processingthelife.com/
Anshul Thakur – http://aestheticblasphemy.com/
One more in my kitty since long so I accept the Liebster award from my blogger friend Prasadha who writes at http://prasadha.blogspot.com/. Thank you Prasadha for the award J
Now for the rules
1. Thank the person who nominated you, and post a link to their blog on your blog. – Just did!!
2. Display the award on your blog — by including it in your post and/or displaying it using a “widget” or a “gadget”. (Note that the best way to do this is to save the image to your own computer and then upload it to your blog post.) – Done that too.
3. Answer 11 questions about yourself, which will be provided to you by the person who nominated you.
4. Nominate 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award, who have a less than 1000 followers. (Note that you can always ask the blog owner this since not all blogs display a widget that lets the readers know this information!)
5. Create a new list of questions for the blogger to answer.
6. List these rules in your post. Once you have written and published it, you then have to:
7. Inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster award and provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it (they might not have ever heard of it!)
Questions from Prasadha for me
1) Why did you start this blog?
I wanted a place where I could share the experiences of life without anyone being judgemental about me. Thus what started as a hobby is now a passion.
2) What makes you smile?
Honesty makes me smile, simple honest things makes me think this is life.
3) What is one of your talents?
I can whistle full songs (well I can sing them too) J
4) Who is a hero in your life?
My Pa is the hero of my life. I have learnt to work hard and be dedicated in life. His motto is Having work is better than no work and its mine too.
5) What is a great memory from your past?
My grandpa at 97 saying he is proud to have a granddaughter like me is the best memory I treasure.
6) If the sky’s the limit, what would you like to do next?
I would like to have a mind that is blank and free of thoughts, then I would be able to reach the sky for sure.
7) What is your favorite season of the year?
Rainy season. Am a Pluviophile!
8) What is a piece of advise you would like to share?
Be nice, it’s important to be nice!
9) If you have some spare time, what do you do?
If I am at peace I would read and if its just my physical self that has free time then I would cook.
10) Do you prefer a home-cooked meal, or to go out to a restaurant?
Surely, and only my mom’s made food! Am hungry already.
11) Are you a planner?
Yes, I am disciplined and structured; I plan things but not over plan them.
My 11 nominees for the Liebster Award
Maniparna – http://maniparna5002.wordpress.com/
Sreesha Divakaran – http://petrichorandclouds.blogspot.ch/
Datta Ghosh – http://dattaghosh.blogspot.in/
Siddharth Majumdar – http://purposeofexistence.wordpress.com/
Rahul – http://bloggerinterviews.blogspot.in/p/welcome.html
Nimi Arora – http://mightieroption.blogspot.in/
Shashank Tiwari – http://embarkwithmythoughts.wordpress.com/
Bikram – http://www.mann-bikram.blogspot.ch/
Anunoy – http://anunoys.blogspot.in/
Ilakshee – http://ilakshee.blogspot.ch/
Arun – http://movieretrospect.blogspot.ch/
Lastly my 11 questions for my nominees
- Tell us something unique about your blog?
- What time do you best write on your blog and why?
- What if you had a super power what would that be?
- What is the most adventurous thing you have done in life?
- Are you an impulsive shopper?
- What makes you angry?
- What do you mean by the word freedom?
- What is your favourite cartoon character?
- What is that one object you can’t live without?
- Do you believe in destiny?
- What is your biggest learning of life so far?
All the best…keep writing!
Hey Shweta, many congratulations on going independent with this new website. The name is long, but good.
And, my heartfelt thanks for conferring the award 🙂
Cheers,
Blasphemous Aesthete
Thank you Anshul, am glad you liked the site 🙂
I cannot whistle songs…forget full songs.
I am a huge horror movie buff too!!1
Congrats on moving to a .com!!!
Thank you very much!
Thank you so much Shweta for awarding me the ’Very Inspiring Blog Award‘ and all the good words which you said about me in this post. It was a pleasure to see your website online with a domain name liked by you. I am glad that I became a part of all this…
That is being modest Alok, thank you for all the help.
Thanks Shweta for the prestigious awards. And lots of well wishes for this new blog.
You are welcome Ravish and thank you for your wishes.
Thank you very much for nominating my blog for the award and lot of well wishes for your new website.
Thank you Arun and you are most welcome!
I have never accepted any awards for the blogger Interviews Blog but I will make it a point to accept it today.
I will come back with the desired soon I finish my backlog.
Thanks for the award.
Thank you Rahul for making an exception and accepting it.
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 🙂 I got an awardddd .. thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and horror movies are my thing toooo 🙂 and what makes you smile . I loved the answer .. yes simple is always the best ..
Bikram’s
You are most welcome Bikram and well deserved too! Thank you for liking my answers.
Thank you so much Shweta for awarding me,I humble accept the same,
You are most welcome Rahul.
Humbly**
Wow… so sweet of you Shweta…. I’m really honored 🙂
But see last year I had already participated in this award chain: I http://anunoys.blogspot.com/2013/03/liebster-award-you-blogging-pretty-well.html , so, may be we should collaborate for a different award soon 🙂
Thanks again…
Definitely Anunoy, am glad you already have it, double confirms it.
🙂
Thank you so much Shweta.. 🙂 your new blog is looking great and Alok is helping you and lot others with the same stuff ( a nice guy he is ) …
Really an honour for me and will accept the award as soon as possible….. love and hugs..<3
Thank you Mani that you liked the site and welcome for the award! It’s so well deserved.
Just saw some really gorgeous girls are praising me. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much Maniparna 🙂
ha ha ha…..You are a star Alok 🙂
Thank you so much Vidhya 🙂 Good to hear that I am a star 🙂 🙂 🙂
P.S. Ramsay horror movies…. my fav too 😀 😀
Oh I can see them anytime, all of them are such comics…did i say comics (read horror) lol.
Thanks a lot, Shweta, for the award. I do feel honoured. Time constraints may deter me from fulfilling all those wonderful obligations that the award entails 🙂
And sorry for not responding to your mail earlier.
The thoughts shared on your blog are truly inspiring Tomichand. So the award is a small token of my appreciation of the same. Thank you for the acknowledgement
Thanks Shweta for the nomination. It really feels great. Congrats for the new domain name. It looks great! I must say that is a great gesture by Alok. Thanks again Shweta.
Dearest Datta, your friendship is surely now beyond thank yous isn’t it. Thank you for your wishes on the site. It was quite a task I must say,
Thank you (for the kind words about my blog up there) and thank you (for the award) Shweta 🙂
Will accept it soon 🙂 (So many questions to answer 😀 The lazy brain is quite scared 😉 )
No worries Shashank, take you time to accept it. And the regular short fictions is something I look forward too.
Congratulations Shweta on the accolades…Wish for many more such feathers in your cap.
Enjoyed knowing a lil about you…Man! you can whistle a full song, that’s amazing yaar.
Good luck with your guitar learning.
PS: These days I am seeing Alok’s name reference everywhere….Deep Respect to this kind hearted man.
Wow a basket full of wishes, thank you so much Vidhya, it takes a beautiful soul to appreciate like this. Thanks once again.
Wow, thank you so much Vidhya 🙂 Thank you so much for the respect which you gave to me. Though I am not sure where have u seen me or my name 🙂
@Alok, I recently saw your name appear yet again on Anita Explorer’s blog. I am sure there are a few more which I may not have known….and of course all the chit-chat among Maniparna and Shweta above in comments (counting that too) 🙂
Thanks a lot Shweta for this award. It means a lot. Thanks.. 🙂
Now you are double welcome for the immense gratitude.
Good Read!
You are most welcome Siddharth.