Awards from Sanghi

Sanghi of Food Delights has passed on the following awards. Thanks Sanghi for the lovely awards.


Rules of the award:

* You must thank the person who has given you the award.
* Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
* Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.
* Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
* Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.
* Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
* Leave a comment in the nominated blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

7 things about me:(I have already done the tag here)

1. I am so much addicted to filter coffee that I open my eyes properly only after a dose of it, every morning.

2. I love the taste of raw onions, tomato and cilantro mixed together which makes masala pappad & masala kadalai (boiled peanuts chaat & not the fried ones) my favourite food. I generally love chaats for the same reason. Gangotri in Chennai & a chaat shop at Spencers are my fav spots.

3. I am a staunch vegetarian and don't eat even eggs. However I eat cakes since I developed a taste for it even before I knew it had eggs. But dislike it in all other forms. I love all vegetables including bitter guord and greens. I can survive on just boiled veggies. But, I do make a proper meal everyday.

4. I love to read books ( a lot of magazines & fiction), listen to good songs particularly maestro Ilayaraja's songs, mind games and solving puzzles. I love to read culinary books & blogs and one good thing is once I read a recipe, I quickly put it into my mind and don't have to see it again.(well, most times).

5. My favourite place is my hometown - Chennai. I love everything about the city and miss it. My favourite road is Sardar Patel road that runs from Raj Bhavan to Adyar. That is where my college is located.

6. Few of my favourite smells -fresh jasmine, freshly brewed filter coffee or ground coffee powder, muddy smell of rains, tempering of upma, cilantro...

7. I love to travel and see a lot of places. My long term goal is to visit as many countries as possible.

Passing these lovely awards to Subha, Jeyashri, Vidhas.

Awards time again!

Brinda has passed 4 awards to me, out of which one is designed by herself. Great job Brinda!

Thanks for your nice words.

I am really overwhelmed with joy on receiving so much love from my fellow bloggers.

Sangi has also passed on the above award to me. Thanks Sangi. The award comes with the following tag. Sangi says, it should be answered with single word. But, Brinda's tag didn't have a rule like that. For a talkative person like me, answering in a single word is near impossible. Moreover, tags are after all to know more about our fellow bloggers. Being a sweet person that Sangi is, I know she won't mind me breaking the rule. What say, Sangi?

Now, for the tag.

1. Where is your cell phone: no mobile. cordless on the couch

2. Your hair: Black

3. Your mother: Retd. bank emp

4. Your father: no more

5. Your favorite food: Indian

6. Your dream last night: a funny one. I went to 'Seattle saravana bhavan' in Chennai where they had only fish on the menu :D Hope saravana bhavan does not sue me

7. Your favorite drink: Filter coffee

8. Your dream/goal: Own and run a shopping complex which sells A-Z goods for women & kids. Well, soon extend that to men as well.

9. What room are you in: Living room

10. Your hobby: Trying out new recipes, blogging about it, reading books, travelling, listening to music, shopping in a complex, mentioned in point 8.

11. Your fear: reptiles, eating veg food in a hotel which also serves non-veg(specially in India. I'm sure they mix up both)

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years: Chennai realizing my dream/goal

13. Where were you last night: Home

14. Something you aren’t: Causing damage to public properties like littering on roads and jumping lines. Any such unethical activities which an average Indian does. I am not trying to boast. I try my best to follow this.

15. Muffins: Orange

16. Wish list item: A lot of money to buy the other things in my wish list ;)

17. Where did you grow up: Chennai

18. Last thing you did: Watched a TV show

19. What are you wearing: T shirt & pants

20. Your TV: Off

21. Your pets: I hate pets

22. Your friends: As I said in my earlier tag, I don't wanna mention names. I love all of them equally

23. Your life: Something great is in store for me

24. Your mood: Great after a sound afternoon nap and heavy dinner

25. Missing someone: Family and Chennai

26. Vehicle: Camry

27. Something you’re not wearing: bangles,watch

28. Your favorite store: Westside

29. Your favorite color (s): All colors

30. When was the last time you laughed: After my yesterday's funny dream

31. Last time you cried: embarrassing question.

32. Your best friend: my mother. She knows everything about me and my life. I owe her a lot.

33. One place that I go over and over: spencer plaza,pondy bazaar

34. One person who emails me regularly: facebook :D I

35. Favorite place to eat: To mention, top 2 :Saravana Bhavan,Gangotri (I can go endless. I have one best eat-out for every dish. I am a foodie!)

This award is the best of the lot since it is designed by our very own, creative, Brinda. Good job, Bittu!

Passing these awards to Lata,Rohini,Sangi,Chitra,Priya,Divya
Pass these awards to 6 blogger friends. I would like to give an option. You can choose to post the awards, which you have not received till date.

Thanks friends, for being with me.

Hey did you guys notice the change in my blog design? I slogged for a couple of days to come up with this design.

As Lata rightly pointed out, I feel this design is more spread out and readability is better.

Pour in your thoughts!

Update: As Rohini pointed out, my blog header picture does not get loaded in IE. It comes up well in firefox and chrome. I stopped using IE, for a long time now. The picture size is 70 KB and I don't know why the heck it doesn't appear on IE. Any inputs?