happiness and food

As it is with first job, first love, first kiss, first salary, and so many firsts in life, the first award is always the most treasured and remembered. Any form of recognition boosts morale, encourages and motivates to do better every single time.

Thank you so much Aruna (RipplesnReflections) for nominating me for the Liebster’s Award. It means a lot to me. I have been blogging regularly for over a year now and a peer recognition like this one is indeed a lot of inspiration.

Per the award rules, Aruna wanted me to answer these questions below:

1. Why do you blog? I love this questions and I have three reasons:
   • I believe that expression is extremely important in every aspect of life. As humans we have an inherent capability to express emotions, thoughts, views, opinions and a lot more things. Blogging to me is form of expression and a lot of times I feel I express clearly when I am writing. Not to say that I am shy to speak up or I prefer writing over anything else. But when I blog, it’s of interest and needs much more expression than just talking about it.
   • I believe we all can make a difference and when I blog on social topics I wish the same. I wish to leave the world a better place (I know it’s a big thing to say but yes I do) and maybe someday someone will seriously make an attempt to change.
   • Life is not measured by how much is your net worth or anything materialistic for that matter. In the end, this will never hold any importance. What will be of  importance is how many lives you have touched and blogging is my way of touching lives, making people smile and to be remembered long after I am gone.
2. What is your favorite time for writing? By choice or by design, I love to write mostly during late evenings or over weekends. All I need is my laptop and a cup of tea 🙂
3. Do you like social media? Which is your favorite? I LOVE social media and my favorite is Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. I know what you are thinking! As I said, I love social media and I can’t pick one.
4. Do you like reading? What would you pick as your favorite author or book? I enjoy reading and I have read a lot of books. It’s really hard to pick one but if it’s about sharing here – grab a copy of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” and it will leave you feeling better.
5. Do you like to day-dream? Oh yes! I love to dream. I believe that only when you (day)dream, dreams comes true.
6. Do you love pets? Do you have one? Did you have one? Now, this is a hard one. I think I would love to have pets but I had never had one. May be someday I will have a dog and I will name it Snoopy.
7. Do you believe marriage is necessary? No. Not at all.
8. Where do you live? I am the one who will say India and not Karnataka. I am a Bangalorean by heart and a UPite by birth.
9. Do you like to travel? I LOVE to travel and I wish to see the world. May be make a living out of travelling.
10. Do you like poetry? Again a hard one. I have liked some poetry like the ones by Nida Fazli or Ghalib but now I am not too sure.
11. What is your favorite cuisine? Anything made by my Mum – Indian, Chinese or Maggi!

Recently, we had a fun activity at work and to know each other better, we listed 10 things about us that we wanted to share with the team. Here is my list of 11 things and yes, it fits the rules of this award too.

I wish to nominate the following fellow bloggers for this award. Please feel free to accept/decline this award per your blog rules:

• Embarkwithmythoughts – A blog by Shashank and like the name of the blog, you are going to love the way he helps you embark. His writing style has creativity, fun and an element of surprise.
• UnorganizedChaos – A blog by Anshul who loves to travel and shares his beautiful experiences with readers. The places, the pictures and the perfect narration make his blog not at all chaotic.
• IndianScrewUp – A blog by Ritika. I like her witty narrations, candid thoughts and must read posts – which is actually every single one.
• It’sallaboutus – A blog by Narmada who writes things that make you reflect and ponder. She is a psychologist, a NLP trainer and works full time. She also plays piano and I am glad I know her.
• FromPeopletoStories – A blog by Ritika. She is a dear friend, dog lover, creative, talented, an awesome photographer, and she is tall and awesome!
• AFewHandpickedThingsinLife – A blog by Ranjini. I like her way of expression and it means a lot to be able to open up the way she does on her blog.
• Sudipa’sThoughtKitchen – A blog by Sudipa where she talks about a lot of things that matter to all of us. She has just started blogging and she has a long way to go.

There are so many others who I want to nominate but I see that they already own the award so guys – you all know I love your blog.

Now it’s time for my question – All you guys who I have nominated, just tell me once story of your life that has made you who you are or has changed you in some way. Read the rules of the award here and Congratulations!!! 😀

Happy Blogging!!

Aruna – Thanks a bunch again! Your encouragement means a lot!

Linking this post to the Write Tribe Pro Bloggers Challenge – September (Post #2). A pledge to write everyday.