If I Were...

I am tagged by Mitch on this "If I Were..." meme and its great fun to do it.....




If I were a month, I'd be October
If I were a day of the week, I'd be a Friday evening
If I were a time of day, I'd be evening
If I were a planet, I'd be Venus.
If I were an animal, I'd be a squirrel
If I were a direction, I'd be upside
If I were a piece of furniture, I'd be a Tiffany Lamp
If I were a liquid, I'd be a strong coffee
If I were a gemstone, I'd be a diamond
If I were a tree, I'd be a redwood
If I were a tool, I'd be a pen
If I were a flower, I'd be a big carnatians
If I were a kind of weather, I'd be a cool sunny day
If I were a musical instrument, I'd be a flute
If I were a color, I'd be orange
If I were an emotion, I'd be happiness
If I were a fruit, I'd be a mango
If I were a sound, I'd be the wind chimes chiming
If I were an element, I'd be the water
If I were a car, I'd be a Lexus
If I were a food, I'd be a anything Italian
If I were a place, I'd be the beach
If I were a material, I'd be a flexible
If I were a taste, I'd be salty
If I were a scent, I'd be citrus
If I were a body part, I'd be a heart
If I were a pair of shoes, I'd be a boots
If I were a facial expression, I'd be the smile

Thanks a lot Mitch!

As for the tagging part, I tag all my dear friends HERE and everyone who stops by and reads this post. Have fun!!

New Look! New Music! New Awards!

NOTE:  My first LONG post; courtesy Gnetch Awards. Let me know honestly if you managed to read it all

24 hrs of patient searching, googling, you tubing, RSS feed and blah blah blah……I finally gave my blog its first makeover..ta da!

I downloaded some 20 odd templates, tried then on and shucks! Just wasn’t getting it right. So the geek inside me knocked and I edited the html myself. M a software engineer afterall ;-) couldn’t stop tweaking around. And guess what yesterday was "Happy Geek Pride Day". I came to know of it reading another amazing blog from Eline @ RPG Called Life

Still a lot to do but here is its first look.

I was dead for almost the entire week and came back to life after reading some of my favs blogs. And she did it again :-) Yes Naughty Gnetch tagged me for A-W-A-R-D-S

Award 1.
A photo meme where I have to post the 8th picture from the 8th folder in My Pictures. So here it is.

Maymere Falls

This is when I was in Seattle. I and my hubby visited the Olympic National park, Washington. Seattle has been one of my best memories so far with regards to natural beauty. I am in love with the place.
  
Award 2.

Thanks Gnetch! I can be a brag now ;-)

7 facts about me 

• I am a human :-D
• I love music and can’t imagine myself without dance in my life
• I have only read two books in my life so far. The first one was enough to bowl me over and I failed to love reading. Though I did read Harry Potter
• The Hard Life by Charles Dickens
• Harry Potter series
• I am a chatterbox. Probably nothing new for being a girl. But when I am quite people around me know for sure I am not fine
• I am an independent person and responsible enough not to blame anyone for what happens in my life. Afterall it’s my life and I make my decisions. So why crib
• My first crush in high school was Leonardo Dicaprio. Yes Titanic. But I was crazy to an extent that I totally believed I was Rose in my last birth (I am rolling)
• I love making friends and am really good at it

Ain't it lovely when people let you talk about yourself :-p

A Bag Full of Goodies

It has been over a week since I wrote my next post. And I know how much I was missing blogging all these days. I was missing my mom on the Mothers’ Day as she is back in India. I spent most of the afternoon reading my bloggers friends’ posts. Some of them were touching, some happy, some sad. But they shared one thing in common – immense love and respect for moms. And as I was reading Mitch’s blog I found an award for me :-):-):-) The Master of Karate and Friendship Award!

Though I do not know Karate et’ all…hehehe

Thanks so much Mitch!

I love your blog and look forward to reading every next post. Glad I found you. Talking about that, friends please don’t miss reading Mitch’s latest post “My Heaven on Earth” – a beautiful post supporting a beautiful school organization.

And here is another one from Mitch again. She is amazing and truly deserves this award! This is my 4th award in two months and I am on cloud 9.

Following the rules of this award I need to pass it on to seven friends and write about 7 things about myself.

  

7 things about myself

• I am a positive person in love with life…no complaints
• I feel blessed to be have married the one I love
• I can’t imagine my life without dancing
• I love cooking
• I am opinionated and feel probably I should not be
• I am a chatterbox ;-) and make friends easily
• I am proud of my parents for shaping me up

 7 friends I would pass on this award

Eatomanic :) yummy blog with lots of vegeterian receips

Neeti -- my dear friend. we had lot of good times when she was in US. A recent blogger but doing a great job

Jennifer Marie - Her Blog brings a smile to my face everytime

Mary - a Hawaiian blog

Vivian L - a cool blog

Rihanaa - the style blog

Ria - The serious shiny blogger

Tiffany - a lovely stylish blog

Appreciation Matters

Here comes another award for me from my amazing friend Gnetch. And I love to show it off on my blog. Don’t forget to check her at Thank Goodness for Good Ones. I just love her blog spirit. I have read her latest blog thrice so far and it brings a smile on my face.

Thanks Gnetch.

This is my second award and it feels great to receive it. Appreciation Matters! Keeping that in mind I pass it on to my other great blogger friends –

Ratz - What Can I Say : ur posts about sister is what I really loved. Great writing.
Aly -   My Solace : amazing music with her posts
Ria -   Serious Stuff About Life...ooo Shiny thoughtful blog
Mitch - Upside Down  great blog
Tiffany - Stylish ChatterBoxing the name says it all
Kinsey - I dont know why

!! Tagged Tuesday !!

Between loads and loads of work and numerous meetings, I opened up my personal mail and saw a blog update from Janjan. I had like 10 min between my meetings and decided to have my lunch reading her blog and it brought a smile on my face :-)

I got tagged! Yeyyyy! 






Thanks much Janjan. It really made my day.


Janjan is my new friend through Google friend connector and a 20sb member. I haven’t met her yet but her comments encourage me writing and loving the entire idea about blogging. Now c’mon who on earth doesn’t get inspired being appreciated.


As I have recently become active on 20sb, I first wasn’t sure why she had put my name in her post. But just seeing my name made me so excited that cheating on the meeting I started finding links to understand what does “Tagged” means…hehehe. I just want to make sure I don’t ever share my blog with my boss ;-)

Navigating I reached to Gnetch blog, which no doubt is in my fav list, to understand what does tagging and getting an award means. To find the rules click here


Rule 1: Thanks again Janjan. You are awesome:-)

Rule 2: List the things that make me happy

• Getting back home everyday in the evening after work to a lovely husband -->
• I was in a travelling job earlier and used to get back home only on weekends. Seriously, I used to hate going back to my hotel room after work. Call me home-sick.
• Cooking -->
• I work long hrs and the only stress reliever for me is cooking.
• Shopping -->
• For some reason I am never have the right dress for any occasion. I buy a new every time. Even if the occasion are on the same weekend ..lol
• When someone leaves me a comment -->
• Feedback plays a key role in keeping things going well.
• Seeing my blog followers list grow -->
• It gives me a feeling people like reading me and I should not disappoint them.
• Music -->
• Music is the food of my life.
• My friend Jaya -->
• We commute together to work everyday. I met her early 2008. Have been together since then. She is an amazing personality. Very talented, down to earth and the go-to person. Thanks for being such a good friend Jaya.
• My work -->
• My work is my passion. I cant remember when did I took a day off as probably never felt the need. I love my job.

Well I am happy soul. I make my own choices and hold myself responsible for results. So I have no complaints from life. So this list could be never ending. Before it eats up my writing space, I better switch to the last rule.


Rule 3 : Hey friends, I tag you all -:

• Audacious Tori
• Working Girl Two
• Megan K