Award and a tag

Hey people

Blame me for everything.
Come on. Throw all that you have. Tomatoes, potatoes, eggs, pebbles... everything!
And after you are done with all these, ask me: Why?

Simple, friends - I ignored my blog like anything... as a result, I did not write anything new. I hardly read what others wrote. My already under-nourished Google Pagerank went from a 1 to NA. The Alexa rank went from 1lakh-ish to 2,916,915!!!

Disgusting ! Ain't it?

And just when I was settling down to tear my hair apart, I received blogging awards from Preposterous Girl!



Now, now, guys and girls - no awards come cheap and this one isn't either. So I actually have to answer a few questions (properly!) before I really can accept them.

1. What is your current obsession?
Mafia Wars and Farmville on Facebook

2. What are you wearing today?
Bengali kurta and pajama..

3. What’s for dinner?
I usually have chappatis and vegetable curries and yes, boiled milk!

4. What’s the last thing you bought?
A rayban sunglass, that burnt a small hole in my pocket.

5. What are you listening to right now?
Bengali news in the next room...

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
A great blogging friend of mine! :)
Though I do not know her personally, there is an intellectual connect. She writes really well and expresses her individualistic nature freely. In true sense a free independent girl of 21st century India - one who would not buckle under pressure and would not give in to social prejudices! :D

7. Replaced Question : Do you believe in love?
Yes.. I used to..

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
A bermuda

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
My bed next to me! I am not THAT energetic! (though there are occasional surges)

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Language of girls! I really find it difficult to decipher...

11. What’s your favourite quote?
"It is amazing how much you can achieve when it does not matter who gets the credit".
Incidentally, this one is appended to my official signature as well.

12. Who do you want to meet right now?
None

13. What is your favourite colour?
Blue

14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?
Sherwani

15. What is your dream job?
Rockstar

16. What’s your favourite magazine?
I don't read mags..

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Save it in a bank. I need cash - thick and fast.

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Sorry.. wrong question for me

19. Who are your style icons?
Again..I hardly care...

20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Short conventional male hair cut

21. What are you going to do after this?
Go for a bath and then, a sumptuous lunch.

22. What are your favorite movies?
Too many..

24. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?
I do not use.. except a deodorant.

23. What inspires you?
Quotes and life stories

24. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Only one tip (if you ever consider that as a tip)
Do not follow the trend blindly, stand out from the crowd, be different from others - in a decent manner.

25. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?
I usually have 'something'

26. Coffee or tea?
Coffee

27. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
I find out the root cause

28. What is the meaning of your name?
A man who lives after his death through his actions and deeds... [tough ask living upto my name]

29. Which other blogs you love visiting?
Too many to list here..

30. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Malai kulfi, misti doi, rabri, chocolate pastry, khir.............. list goes on..

31. Favorite Season ?
Winter

32. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
Sorry madam, if there's none else around, you may have to do that yourself. I can't cook AT ALL! :(


Rules for those who are tagged:
Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag eight or ten other new set of people.

Ah... I can't tag many more, but this time, I would go with the 10, who I know are livid by now with my absence from their pages. Hopefully this would bring some smiles on their faces:

Vimmu
Oorja
Pawan
Indyeah
Varun
Piyu
Valerine
Alice
Ashwathy
Smita

People, congrats on your awards! :D

And yes, anyone who views this post is free to take this tag forward...

Number 4 - tagged

Hi all

Tagged once more. This time by preposterous girl. Without wasting much time, let me get into the basics. Somehow the tag creator has a fascination for the number 4 and he/she has explored it thoroughly:

Four places I have lived:
I have lived only in three places till now - all in West Bengal!

• Kolkata
• Berhampore
• Farakka

Four T.V shows that I love(d) to watch:
All in past tense, since I hardly watch any nowadays. Here they are:

• Chandrakanta
• Alif Laila
• Mowgli
• Tom and Jerry

Four places that I have been on vacation:

• Delhi - in class 8
• Puri - in class 9
• Digha - also in class 9 and last year 15th August
• Kolkata - during the Durga Pujas...

Four of my favorite food items:

• Rabri
• Biryani
• Pizza
• Chocolates

There are many more, but these are my top 4 favs!

Four websites that I visit daily:

• Google
• My blog
• My company web page
• Yahoo

Four places I would rather be:

• Talsari
• Ooty

I would like to keep the last two options open...

Four things I hope to do before I die:

• Become an artist
• Explore the whole world
• Love and be loved
• Leave a legacy

Four novels I wish I was reading for the first time:
Question not very clear

Four movies that I can watch over and over again:

• Pushpak (hindi)
• Agniswar (bengali)
• Sabyasachi (bengali)
• Hirok Rajar Deshe (bengali)

Four people I believe will respond to this tag:

• Valerine
• Vimmuuu
• Indyeah
• Alice

Hey, people please do it! :D

Alphabetical Tagging

I have been tagged by Pawan! And this one seems rather interesting to me... based on alphabets. These are the rules:

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 3 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag!

ABC of my life:
1. A – Available/Single?

Ans: Single
2. B – Best friend?

Ans: Many good friends. Impossible to pinpoint a single one/two.
3. C – Cake or Pie?

Ans: Enough of both.
4. D – Drink of choice?

Ans: Well boiled milk with malai.
5. E – Essential item you use every day?

Ans: Cell phone, Go-gear.
6. F – Favorite color?

Ans: Blue
7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms?

Ans: None
8. H – Hometown?

Ans: Kolkata
9. I – Indulgence?

Ans: Blogging at the moment. It varies over an extended period of time.
10. J – January or February?

Ans: February - this month has been quite lucky for me.
11. K – Kids & their names?

Ans: Haven't thought of marriage yet. Forget kids and their names.
12. L – Life is incomplete without?

Ans: Laughter and fun.
13. M – Marriage date?

Ans: No plans.
14. N – Number of siblings?

Ans: None.
15. O – Oranges or Apples?

Ans: Not very fond of either. But Apples hold a slight edge.
16. P – Phobias/Fears?

Ans: Fear darkness (and spirits).
17. Q – Quote for today?

Ans: "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
18. R – Reason to smile?

Ans: I thought who penned this question. Laughing gas would be an appropriate answer.
19. S – Season?

Ans: Winter.
20. T – Tag 3 People?

Ans: I shall do this at the end.
21. U – Unknown fact about me?

Ans: Unknown to me.
22. V – Vegetable you don't like?

Ans: Banana curries.
23. W – Worst habit?

Ans: Pointing out others' flaws and distributing wisdom to all and sundry.
24. X – X-rays you've had?

Ans: 3 teeth X-rays, 2 finger X-rays.
25. Y – Your favorite food?

Ans: Many. Includes Muri Ghonto, Pizza, Alu dam, Chaat, Rabri, Misti doi, Rasa Malai... the list is endless...
26. Z – Zodiac sign?

Ans: Libra.

Now as per the rules, I am supposed to tag three bloggers. This time I am tagging three girls whom I have never tagged before. Here they are:

• Piu
• Preposterous Girl
• Ashwathy

Image source: http://www.missscott.co.uk

Yey!!! Award!

Hey people
I have been awarded once more, this time by preposterous girl. Here it is:

It says, "International Bloggers Community". Ah yes, I am a part of it. And I am very thankful to Miss Preposterous for formally acknowledging that! :)

Every award comes with its rules and here they are:

• => Link the person who tagged you
• => Copy the image above, the rules and the questionnaire in this post(the easiest part) ;)
• => Post this in one or all of your blogs
• => Answer the four questions following these Rules
• => Recruit at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll by sharing this with them
• => Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNeR (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) at http://bloggistame.blogspot.com/ and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List
• => Have Fun! (this one is a necessity! )
  
  Here are the replies:

# The person who tagged you: Preposterous Girl

# His/her site's title and url: some info on stuff you might like... @ http://preposterousgirl.blogspot.com/

# Date when you were tagged: July 9, 2009

# Persons you tagged: Here are my fab 8 this time... Please accept this, guys and gals! This is a small token of appreciation from my end to acknowledge how you have enlightened the blogosphere!

• Oorja
• Vimmu
• Indyeah
• Varun
• Verbal Fiend
• Hope
• Alice
• Nikhil
  

So, that's it and all! Thanks preposterous girl! Thanks for sharing!

23 on 25

Hmm... I've been tagged once more. And this time it is by Alice.
I have to jot down 25 random things about myself. Let me try.

1. I am unpredictable. Mood swings happen at the drop of a hat. One moment I am over the moon, the other moment, I feel like committing suicide.
2. But all said, there is no one in this world who can gauge my thoughts. You can at most try.
3. I have a strong head on my shoulders. Though I have frequent up and downfalls, I am seldom affected. Bouncing back from setbacks is one of my strongest qualities.
4. If I would have let my inner feelings come out, a lot of people (who think they got the better out of me) might have actually feared me. :D
5. But I am not bad by any means. :)
6. There are two sides of my character (or face?). You remember Lord Voldemort? Just like that.
7. I can't fight. Last time, I fought in school and was badly hurt. What prevents me from being a good fighter is that I continuously think if I would hurt the other person badly.
8. I love to fall in love. But seldom, that gets reciprocated. My last crush is actually very happy that she could get rid of me. hehe.. :D At the moment she's busy mountaineering with her sweet heart. (whatever that means) LOLZ
9. I love chocolates and ice creams and pastries. Bring 'em on! :P
10. I write this blog to take out my frustrations and like being appreciated.
11. I am a jack of all trades, master of none. Trying to change it to 'master of all'. hehe.. :D
12. My secret ambition is to travel around the world and get familiar with unfamiliar people and places.
13. As I write this post, I am continuously turning to Alice's page to see if I can hire some ideas!
14. I am desperately seeking tuition on Loveology. Any tutors around?
15. I am a confused soul. I tend to lose opportunities even when they come knocking at the door.
16. I believe in God and seek His help whenever I am in distress.
17. I am all for equality and righteousness and justice.
18. People underestimate me all the time and I always enjoy proving them wrong.
19. I think I can make out people's characteristics very easily by just interacting with them. But I also err and often pay a heavy price.
20. I love varying my music according to mood. I think most of you do that!
21. I hate flirting and I hate girls who flirt just for the sake of it.
22. I don't like being given choices. Decide something for me and I would say if it is okay for me.
23. I hate politics (national, workplace or anything else).
24.
25.

I am leaving the last two blank, as I have run out of ideas. Comment about me if you think I missed something. Umm, let me tag Madhavan, Oorjas, Hope, Vishesh and Varun on this one.

Enjoy!!!

The longest tag!

Now now... this is a tough one... Oorja has tagged me and I have to answer 100 questions for her!!! And worse, the questions are very very personal indeed! Phew... Let me see if I can handle these without ruffling too many feathers. So, wish me luck, buddies! Here I go:

100 things about me
1. Last beverage → boiled milk (at dinner)
2. Last phone call → 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
3. Last text message → was to ascertain if I am eligible to vote this time!
4. Last song you listened to → Kabhi kabhi aditi zindagi mein yunhi........
5. Last time you cried → 3 months ago.

SIX HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice → N/A (not applicable, never dated! forget 'twice'!)
7. Been cheated on? → Yes
8. Kissed someone & regretted it? → Never kissed, 'regret' out of question
9. Lost someone special? → No
10. Been depressed?→ Many a time
11. Been drunk and threw up? → Never

HAVE YOU:
12. Made new friends → Yes
13. Fallen out of love → I have not counted...
14. Laughed until you cried → No. When I laugh, I only laugh (as of now) ...until it pains in my stomach
15. Met someone who changed you → No... rather I changed a few! ;)
16. Found out who your true friends were → Yes
17. Found out someone was talking about you → Yes
18. Kissed anyone on your friend’s list → Not yet!
19. Made the first Move → No
20. Do you have any pets → had one cute cat, but she died years ago! still miss her! :(
21. Do you want to change your name → No. I love it.
22. What did you do for your last birthday → an ordinary day in office, apart from the cake that I sponsored!
23. What time did you wake up today – 07:10 AM
24. What were you doing at midnight last night→ chatting under cover
25. Name something you CANNOT wait for → food when I am hungry
26. Last time you saw your father → 2 hours ago.
27. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life → wish I had one girlfriend, who would love me for what I am!
28. Most visited webpage → My organization web page.

ABOUT U:
29. What’s your name→ You know it. Don't you?
30. Nicknames→ Chiru, Chichi.. many more
31. Zodiac sign → Libra
32. Male or female or transgendered → Male
33. Elementary→ Nabarun Point
34. Schools → DPS
35. Colleges → MCET
36. Hair color → Black
37. Long or short → Medium
38. Height → 5′8”
39. Do you have a crush on someone? → Not at the moment
40: Ever been in love? → Zillion times
41. Piercings → None. Don't intend to.
42. Tattoos → I am afraid of needles.
43. Righty or lefty → Righty

FIRSTS :
44. First piercing → Refer to 42.
45. First best friends → my parents
46. First sport you joined→ "tie shoe lace and run" I had to really rectify the procedure of tying a shoe lace after the race!
47. First pet → my cute cat!
48. First vacation → I remember going to my maternal grandparent’s place.
49. First concert → It was of the rockband Fossils.
50. First crush → Was in class 3.
51. Eating → Typical Bengali diet.
52. Drinking → water
53. I’m about to → to kill the mosquito sitting on my left toe.
54. Listening to → dogs barking at a distance. Its 1:45 am now.

YOUR FUTURE :
55. Want kids? → Definitely
59. Want to get married ? → Yes
60. Careers in mind? → Trying to shape it up really well
68. Lips or eyes → Lips
69. Hugs or kisses → Both.
70. Shorter or taller → Shorter to medium.
71. Older or Younger → Younger.
72. Romantic or spontaneous → Romantic.
73. Nice stomach or nice arms → Nice arms.
74. Sensitive or loud → Sensitive
75. Hook-up or relationship → Relationship
77. Trouble maker or hesitant → Combo?

HAVE YOU EVER :
78. Kissed a stranger → No.
79. Lost glasses/contacts → No.
81. Sex on first date → No
82. Broken someone’s heart → Don't know.
83. Had your own heart broken → So many times.
85. Been arrested → Never
86. Turned someone down → No.
87. Cried when someone died → No
88. Liked a friend that is a girl/boy? → Yes. What's wrong there?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
89. Yourself → Absolutely.
90. Miracles → Depends...
91. Love at first sight → No.
92. Heaven → Where is it? It's all hell here.
93. Santa Clause → Yes.
94. Peace in this lifetime → Wish it to happen in the last part of my life.
95. Kissing on the first date? → N/A
96. Angels → Never met.
97. Is there one person you want to be with right now? → No.
98. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time in the past? → I hate repetitive questions.
99. You will die Young → Not to be, may be at heart!
100. You will end with the one you love and learn to love the one you are with –
The first part: I don't think so!
The second part: Well, yes! :D

RULES FOR GETTING TAGGED TO THIS ONE

• Whoever comments on this post, has to do this tag.
• Exemption for those who have already done it.

Taggo-mania !!!

Tonight I sat down to write a post on Valentine's day! And the plan got ruined, courtesy Vimmu. He has tagged me and I must fulfill it.

Quoting Vimmu, here is what needs to be done:

1. You are given a set of questions.
2. Google the image which best suits the answer and post a picture from first page of image search with minimal explanation.
3. After you finish tag 6 other blogger friends and let them know.

Here are my Google photo searches :

1.Your age on your next birthday

26

2. A place you’d like to travel to

gangotri

3. Your Favorite place
talsari

4. Your favorite food/drink
rabri

5. Your favorite pet
cat

6. Your favorite color combination rainbow

7. Your favorite piece of clothing sherwani

8. Your all time favorite song

9. Your favorite TV show
10. Full name of your significant other

alone

11. The town in which you live

kolkata

12. Your screen name/nickname

13. Your first job

14. Your Dream Job

15: Bad Habit you have blind in love

16. Your worst fear

losing a loved one

17. The one thing you would like to do before you die

18. The first thing you’ll buy if you get $1,000,000

19.Your favourite credo in life.

oh... finally this is over. No, wait. I still have to tag 6 of my blogger friends into this and here they are:
Hope
Alice
Nikhil
Oorja
High heels
Vishesh

YES. NOW THIS IS COMPLETE! :))

PS. All photographs are courtesy: Google search. I do not claim copyrights to any of them

Weird tag!!!

Yes, I got tagged by Hope. The tag is all about writing 6 weird things about myself. So, all you people out there, hold your breath! You have never come across something like this.... and HERE I GO:
(1) I am a master loser. In fact, deep inside my heart, I love losing. There's a kind of pain in losing things and that pain eggs me on to lose even more. In fact, I am not sure nowadays, what I really want.
(2) I am a master also at being misunderstood and getting my back stabbed. People, whom I think are friends, usually bitch behind my back and leave me wounded. Nowadays, I don't believe anyone, as a consequence.
(3) I am master of disguise. I like to keep a track of people I have interest in and check their whereabouts under-cover (007 anyone? ;))
(4) I am hot within and cool outside. As a result, people who feel I am weak are usually taken aback by the fire they encounter with when they try to mess with me. YES, I AM PROUD OF MYSELF! :D
(5) I can't go to sleep at night and occasionally stay awake till dawn!
(6) I am very particular about every single penny. So, even if you owe me Re 1, expect a reminder from me, every alternate day! :D

That's it! Now that I am done, here are the blogs (read blog owners), I would like to tag into this:

• Oorja
• Amreekan Desi
• Varun
• V-Lokam
• 18000 rpm

Happy tagging!!! :)

Graphical tagging :)

Hi friends

I got tagged by Varun. The words he gave me were:
Mumbai, Satyam, Blog, Friend, Movies
and I needed to use MS Paint and depict the words graphically.

So after much struggle, finally I could complete. Here they are. I admit there are hundreds of flaws, and somehow I was able to complete them. Hopefully you would be able to make out the words from the pictures. :)

Commentakshari

Finally I got the opportunity of being tagged. Thanks to Dineshbabu for this. The rule is pretty simple. If you can remember correctly, with the standard Antakshari, we needed to sing a song starting with the letter which had been the last letter of the previous song sung.
In Commentakshari, you need to pick the starting letter of the word same as the comment number and write 10 words, which are your favorites, starting with that letter.
Quoting Dineshbabu, " For example, if you are the 3rd commentator, you can pick the first letter of the 3rd word in your comment. If you do not have a blog, you can write your words in the comments section. If you do not like to play 'Commentakshari', you can comment on my post but you are free to reject it and move on."
In my case, I was actually the third commentator, and the first letter of the third word of my comment was "R". So, I need to give 10 words that start with "R" and the 10 words that come to my mind are:
RAIN --
Who does not love rain? It brings within me a feeling that is inexplicable!
RAINBOW--
The 7 colors of the rainbow when displayed in the blue sky is enthralling to watch.
ROCK--
I listen to 'rock' music often!
ROMANCE--
Oh so romantic! Yes, I am. This word had to feature in this list, simply!!!
RED--
The color of blood, the color of intimacy, of passion, of rose, of love and is one of my favorites.
RIVER--
It has been a long time since I last went to a river bank and believe me, it is wonderful just to sit there on the banks and watch the fishermen on their boats, with the sun preparing to set!
RAY--
Rays are vital! Be they rays of the sun or of hope or even of chemotherapy! They help people to survive! Oh I forgot, the great Satyajit "Ray"!
RAW--
Talent is raw, until it is polished and moulded. There is something smouldering in everything "raw".
RARE--
There are many stuffs which are becoming rare. The list is endless. We need to take good care of everything rare.
ROLE--
I am playing versatile roles everyday and some roles camouflage the others as well. Important word!

Huh! Finally I am through. So readers and fellow bloggers, now it's your turn!
Play on! :)