Tuesday, March 19, 2013

My very first Award


Wohoo !!! 3 awards in a week.

 Am I not really glad. Chitz of Indulge, Priya of Yummy Foods and Pavithra of Potpourri has passed me over the Leibester Award.



Thanks very much ladies. All three of them are the proud writers of their lovely blog featuring some really catchy recipes and Pavithra...I really enjoy reading your posts. Almost everything under the sun is featured there!

over to the award.....

The name of this award comes from a German word “Liebster” which means 'Favorite'. Hence, this award is the "Favorite Blog Award"
There are certain rules for this award:
Write random facts about yourself.
Answer the 11 questions given by the person nominated you.
Fabricate 11 new questions.
Nominate 11 bloggers who have less than 200 followers and mention them in your post.
Tell the person who nominated you, along with the people whom you have nominated. 
 
 11 random facts about me

1. I have been anticipating to be on a diet and lose weight but end up with  a platter of biriyani and finish it full. Am a biriyani freak, got to admit.

2. The one thing that i keep telling my kids the most is to stop
shouting....keep quiet, but while all are off to school, i dread the silence and wait for them to be back.

3. I love listening to music, listen to others sing..but just cant sing one line perfect to tune.

4. Am an optimist, loves to take thing as it comes.

5. I love to go for walks pushing the pram with one of our little ones in.

6. I enjoy "ART" of any forms - be it in crafts, paintings, food...and its kind of respect that if feel towards the artist.

7. Would have loved to be an architect or interior designer but ended up as a civil engineer.

8.I always tell my husband that my dream job destination is "Bollywood" or dont mind "Hollywood" either..but...dont get me wrong..not as any actor....rather, as a part of the movie set design team..preferably working under Speilberg or James Cameron ( !!! )..well...u can dream, cant you...no limits there!

9. I cherish cooking, and making it creative and just cant keep wondering, how in the world do the other bloggers come up with such lovely setup for the clicks. I am blank zero in doing a proper presentation most of the time.

10. My worst part is the "starting trouble". Needs some real motivation to get going with something new..but once on, i will be really into it.


11. I intent to attent some professional cookery classes next time i go down to kerala for vacation...esp on fondants, gum paste . Love the edible creativeness it brings to life.

Here are the answers to the 11 questions i have been asked. But as with the 3 awards, i cant be answering all 33 questions. So, will very well stick on the the first person who awarded me - Chitz. So, off to your questions Chitz.

1. If you were allowed to change something about yourselves, what would that be?
My hair. Its curly and absolutely disobedient. My husand and our elder son has such lovely straight hair and i keep envying them.

2. Your favorite time pass other than cooking
Browsing the net for recipes and saving them for future trials...(might be a 1 in 50 will be tried)

3. According to you which is most important in a blog - presentation, recipe or pictures? 
Firstly, presentation coz at first place what catches your attention is the presentation. A beautiful picture holds the viewers who then gets interested in the recipe.

4.Your ultimate dream
Lose about 15 kilos of fat....the pen-ultimate dream !

5. Three qualities you would love to see in others
Smiling face, positive attitude and loyalty.

6.One prank that you played on someone
God! cant think of any...seriously..think i need to do something about that asap.

7.Your favorite vacation spot
Places of Buddhist architecture - Tibet, China....

8.Cooking according to you is
Passion

9.Who influences you the most? Like you would always listen to what this person says
My father-in-law. A person with soo full of positive energy.

10.Your favorite dessert
It was and still is the simple old fashioned caramel custard.

11.One habit that you cannot change for life
Am a lazy brat. Keep things off for the last moment..would want to change that, but till this moment, haven't.
 
 And the 11 nominees are -

 
And, the 11 questions for each nominees....here you go:

1. Your favourite timepass
2. Which do you prefer - reading a book or browsing the net?
3. What/who inspired you to blogging?
4. Which dream  food you have always wanted to prepare?
5. Your favourite personality
6. What dress makes you feel most comfortable in.
7. Person whom you admire the most
8. Which cuisine do you prefer - traditional or continental
9. Your preferred shopping destination
10. Coffee or tea ??
11. Are you a regular blogger and approx. how many posts do you do in a month.


Anyways..once again...thanks for the award and congrats to the Award Winners as well...

 

37 comments:

  1. looks really good dear... well done... :)

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  2. lovely writing and i simply appreciate your cake work. way to go girl

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  3. Beautiful cake dear, My kids love that song, and they dance all the time.

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  4. Congrats for the award and lovely cake...well made

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  5. Congrats... Great knowing u...wonderful cake...

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  6. Congrats for the awards and Thanks a bunch for choosing me to pass on this award..

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  7. Congratulations.loved your gangnam style celebration
    .tc,
    Humi

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  8. Congratulations again for 3 awards at one shot!! You deserve it clearly.
    And the cake , OMG how are you this creative, it must have taken a lot of time to make this cake and thanks for the humble piece of cake :)

    I'm an optimist too & I too take life as it comes, we share that quality! Good to know.
    Also loved reading the answers to Chitz's questions. I especially liked the answer to question number 5, Lovely.

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  9. Enjoyed reading about you dear.. And oh my creative mom.. Thats an awesome Gangnam style man !! Loved the look of your cake :) Kids must have had a great time eating it..

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  10. Congrats on the award Sona. Glad to know more abt you. And the cake looks so good. You are so creative :)

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  11. THE GAGNAM STYLE.... perfect.. like it a lot

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  12. Congrats...this looks absolutely gorgeous...

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  13. you ar an artist. this looks Fab. Thanks for sharing the award:) appreciate it. keep visiting

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  14. very creative ! luks yummy

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  15. wow!! thanks all for lovely comments and likes...u all make my day. i have just updated the post with a picture of my kids posing with the cake - Oppn Mario boys with their Gangnam cake.

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  16. Too good, just loving that cake!

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  17. Congrats on ur awards,loved ur ultimate dream,mine is also the same. Btw way gangnam style cake looks mindblowing and you rock.

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  18. Congrats on ur award dear.... Cake is simply amazing... Really worth ur effort
    Event: Dish name starts with R till April 15th and a giveaway

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  19. Sorry for the late reply dear... Thanks for sharing your award with me.. Your gangnam style cake looks fabulous.... Awesome creativity..

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  20. u r very creative.....cake looks suuuuuperb.....

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  21. Beautiful work...looks very lovely and inviting. Loved the way you presented it, kudos:)

    http://kitchentantras.com/mor-rasam-thanjavur-special/

    http://kitchentantras.com/the-zodiac-diet-menu-ideas/

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  22. congrats on your awards,Great cake..lovely work..Loved reading more about u & cutee kids as well:)

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  23. Congrats on your award.....cute kids with lovely smile...so yummy cake..glad to follow you.

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  24. thanks again for the likes and comments..:)

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  25. Cake looks fabulous Sona. Thnx for thinking about me to pass the award! The best part of your post, your boyz and they short forms. LOL. Love it

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  26. your gangnam style cake is so cute,hehehe..

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  27. @Sumee - :) easier that way!
    @Sonia - thanks...waiting for u to do a post on pad thai, dear

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  28. love gangam style. check it out my page now i moved followe list on top of page so you will find it.

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  29. Congrats on your award Sona! Thanks for trying this recipe. The cake looks fab! You've done a great job!

    Cheers
    Maria

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  30. @Maria - wow!! am i not previledged to have you visit my space and drop a line. Thanks very much!!!

    @Kitchen Queen - thank you, and will try it out that way.cheers...

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  31. what a gr8 effort, beautiful cake n congrats dear...

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  32. Congrats & the cake and the work on it looks simply lovely.

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  33. that is an interesting cake:)
    thanks for visiting my blog dear..happily following you back

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  34. You truly deserve the award... Love all your creative recipes :-)

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  35. Congratz and the cake looks awesome

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

My very first Award


Wohoo !!! 3 awards in a week.

 Am I not really glad. Chitz of Indulge, Priya of Yummy Foods and Pavithra of Potpourri has passed me over the Leibester Award.



Thanks very much ladies. All three of them are the proud writers of their lovely blog featuring some really catchy recipes and Pavithra...I really enjoy reading your posts. Almost everything under the sun is featured there!

over to the award.....

The name of this award comes from a German word “Liebster” which means 'Favorite'. Hence, this award is the "Favorite Blog Award"
There are certain rules for this award:
Write random facts about yourself.
Answer the 11 questions given by the person nominated you.
Fabricate 11 new questions.
Nominate 11 bloggers who have less than 200 followers and mention them in your post.
Tell the person who nominated you, along with the people whom you have nominated. 
 
 11 random facts about me

1. I have been anticipating to be on a diet and lose weight but end up with  a platter of biriyani and finish it full. Am a biriyani freak, got to admit.

2. The one thing that i keep telling my kids the most is to stop
shouting....keep quiet, but while all are off to school, i dread the silence and wait for them to be back.

3. I love listening to music, listen to others sing..but just cant sing one line perfect to tune.

4. Am an optimist, loves to take thing as it comes.

5. I love to go for walks pushing the pram with one of our little ones in.

6. I enjoy "ART" of any forms - be it in crafts, paintings, food...and its kind of respect that if feel towards the artist.

7. Would have loved to be an architect or interior designer but ended up as a civil engineer.

8.I always tell my husband that my dream job destination is "Bollywood" or dont mind "Hollywood" either..but...dont get me wrong..not as any actor....rather, as a part of the movie set design team..preferably working under Speilberg or James Cameron ( !!! )..well...u can dream, cant you...no limits there!

9. I cherish cooking, and making it creative and just cant keep wondering, how in the world do the other bloggers come up with such lovely setup for the clicks. I am blank zero in doing a proper presentation most of the time.

10. My worst part is the "starting trouble". Needs some real motivation to get going with something new..but once on, i will be really into it.


11. I intent to attent some professional cookery classes next time i go down to kerala for vacation...esp on fondants, gum paste . Love the edible creativeness it brings to life.

Here are the answers to the 11 questions i have been asked. But as with the 3 awards, i cant be answering all 33 questions. So, will very well stick on the the first person who awarded me - Chitz. So, off to your questions Chitz.

1. If you were allowed to change something about yourselves, what would that be?
My hair. Its curly and absolutely disobedient. My husand and our elder son has such lovely straight hair and i keep envying them.

2. Your favorite time pass other than cooking
Browsing the net for recipes and saving them for future trials...(might be a 1 in 50 will be tried)

3. According to you which is most important in a blog - presentation, recipe or pictures? 
Firstly, presentation coz at first place what catches your attention is the presentation. A beautiful picture holds the viewers who then gets interested in the recipe.

4.Your ultimate dream
Lose about 15 kilos of fat....the pen-ultimate dream !

5. Three qualities you would love to see in others
Smiling face, positive attitude and loyalty.

6.One prank that you played on someone
God! cant think of any...seriously..think i need to do something about that asap.

7.Your favorite vacation spot
Places of Buddhist architecture - Tibet, China....

8.Cooking according to you is
Passion

9.Who influences you the most? Like you would always listen to what this person says
My father-in-law. A person with soo full of positive energy.

10.Your favorite dessert
It was and still is the simple old fashioned caramel custard.

11.One habit that you cannot change for life
Am a lazy brat. Keep things off for the last moment..would want to change that, but till this moment, haven't.
 
 And the 11 nominees are -

 
And, the 11 questions for each nominees....here you go:

1. Your favourite timepass
2. Which do you prefer - reading a book or browsing the net?
3. What/who inspired you to blogging?
4. Which dream  food you have always wanted to prepare?
5. Your favourite personality
6. What dress makes you feel most comfortable in.
7. Person whom you admire the most
8. Which cuisine do you prefer - traditional or continental
9. Your preferred shopping destination
10. Coffee or tea ??
11. Are you a regular blogger and approx. how many posts do you do in a month.


Anyways..once again...thanks for the award and congrats to the Award Winners as well...

 

37 comments:

  1. looks really good dear... well done... :)

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  2. lovely writing and i simply appreciate your cake work. way to go girl

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  3. Beautiful cake dear, My kids love that song, and they dance all the time.

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  4. Congrats for the award and lovely cake...well made

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  5. Congrats... Great knowing u...wonderful cake...

    ReplyDelete
  6. Congrats for the awards and Thanks a bunch for choosing me to pass on this award..

    ReplyDelete
  7. Congratulations.loved your gangnam style celebration
    .tc,
    Humi

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  8. Congratulations again for 3 awards at one shot!! You deserve it clearly.
    And the cake , OMG how are you this creative, it must have taken a lot of time to make this cake and thanks for the humble piece of cake :)

    I'm an optimist too & I too take life as it comes, we share that quality! Good to know.
    Also loved reading the answers to Chitz's questions. I especially liked the answer to question number 5, Lovely.

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  9. Enjoyed reading about you dear.. And oh my creative mom.. Thats an awesome Gangnam style man !! Loved the look of your cake :) Kids must have had a great time eating it..

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  10. Congrats on the award Sona. Glad to know more abt you. And the cake looks so good. You are so creative :)

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  11. THE GAGNAM STYLE.... perfect.. like it a lot

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  12. Congrats...this looks absolutely gorgeous...

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  13. you ar an artist. this looks Fab. Thanks for sharing the award:) appreciate it. keep visiting

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  14. very creative ! luks yummy

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  15. wow!! thanks all for lovely comments and likes...u all make my day. i have just updated the post with a picture of my kids posing with the cake - Oppn Mario boys with their Gangnam cake.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Too good, just loving that cake!

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  17. Congrats on ur awards,loved ur ultimate dream,mine is also the same. Btw way gangnam style cake looks mindblowing and you rock.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Congrats on ur award dear.... Cake is simply amazing... Really worth ur effort
    Event: Dish name starts with R till April 15th and a giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  19. Sorry for the late reply dear... Thanks for sharing your award with me.. Your gangnam style cake looks fabulous.... Awesome creativity..

    ReplyDelete
  20. u r very creative.....cake looks suuuuuperb.....

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  21. Beautiful work...looks very lovely and inviting. Loved the way you presented it, kudos:)

    http://kitchentantras.com/mor-rasam-thanjavur-special/

    http://kitchentantras.com/the-zodiac-diet-menu-ideas/

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  22. congrats on your awards,Great cake..lovely work..Loved reading more about u & cutee kids as well:)

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  23. Congrats on your award.....cute kids with lovely smile...so yummy cake..glad to follow you.

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  24. thanks again for the likes and comments..:)

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  25. Cake looks fabulous Sona. Thnx for thinking about me to pass the award! The best part of your post, your boyz and they short forms. LOL. Love it

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  26. your gangnam style cake is so cute,hehehe..

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  27. @Sumee - :) easier that way!
    @Sonia - thanks...waiting for u to do a post on pad thai, dear

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  28. love gangam style. check it out my page now i moved followe list on top of page so you will find it.

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  29. Congrats on your award Sona! Thanks for trying this recipe. The cake looks fab! You've done a great job!

    Cheers
    Maria

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  30. @Maria - wow!! am i not previledged to have you visit my space and drop a line. Thanks very much!!!

    @Kitchen Queen - thank you, and will try it out that way.cheers...

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  31. what a gr8 effort, beautiful cake n congrats dear...

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  32. Congrats & the cake and the work on it looks simply lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  33. that is an interesting cake:)
    thanks for visiting my blog dear..happily following you back

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  34. You truly deserve the award... Love all your creative recipes :-)

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  35. Congratz and the cake looks awesome

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