The Liebster Award
August 19, 2012 3 Comments
After a very busy day of wandering about in Delhi looking to buy the iPad, but returning empty handed (a very long story, more on that later), I was feeling very tired and just logged in to check my blog. And what do I see? A fellow blogger Wanton Creation (hereafter WC), whose blogs I really like, has nominated my blog for the Liebster Award. (See http://wantoncreation.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/the-liebster-award/)
‘The What Award?’
Well, really, I had no clue about what this means because I am only 2 weeks old on Blog-land and wrote only a handful of posts. Then I went through his detailed post and other posts linked with it and that’s when I understood what the Liebster Award basically means.
So, let me start off by saying a big THANK YOU, WC (I can’t figure out your actual name from your pages so I hope you don’t mind me calling you WC for now). It is very nice of you to nominate me and I hope I will do justice to your questions.
The Rules
So, here is how it works. The award is targeted for those bloggers who have less than 200 followers. I had 15 when I started writing this post and 16 when I finished, so I guess I qualified pretty nicely.
Moving on, the rules say that I must answer 11 questions put up by the award giver. Fair enough, I will do so below.
Next, the rules go on to say that I must, in turn, pick 11 people of my own choice for the award and pose 11 new questions to them as well. Now, that’s pretty interesting. I am also listing my list of 11 below and hopefully you, dear reader, will find them interesting as well.
But I liked the concept. I really did. It is a really nice way to introduce new bloggers like myself to the rest of the blogging community and give us some platform to talk about us and hopefully, a larger no. of bloggers will read what I have to say.
So, without further ado, here are my answers to questions put up to me, after which I will post my 11 nominations and their 11 questions:
Wanton Creation’s Questions (and my answers):
Q1. What’s your favourite word in the English language?
— My favourite word in English language is: “Sweetheart”. It just is.
Q2. What are you listening to as you write the answer to this question (if not music, what sounds)?
— I am listening to the slow hum of the air-conditioner in my room.
Q3. What was the last thing you ate that you really, really enjoyed?
— My mom cooked chicken curry at home and I went ballistic.
Q4. You’re at a job interview, and the interviewer asks you to make them laugh. What do you do or say?
— I would say, “Sorry Sir, but my doctor told me not to be myself today until I reach home.” And then I would look towards an imaginary figure behind him and wink.
Q5. The world is about to blow up, but you’re being saved, and are allowed to take five things to another planet (aside from the clothes you are currently wearing), where you and only 999 other people will now exist (ignore the bleakness of this question). What do you take?
— 1. My complete collection of Books.
(special mention: The book ‘Pale Blue Dot’ by Carl Sagan, so that I can remember my home planet when I miss it.)
— 2. My complete Photos Collection.
— 3. My iPod.
— 4. A Telescope.
— 5. My folder that contains all the Greeting Cards that I have ever been gifted.
Q6. What’s your favorite drink to consume first thing in the morning?
— Tea.
Q7. What was the last book to make you cry?
— Love Story by Erik Segal.
Q8. What’s the most ridiculous or silliest way you’ve been injured?
— I was reading a book and got a paper cut and it bled.
Q9. What’s your favourite city in the world? Why?
— My favourite city in the world has to be Paris. It’s just an awesome place to be if you are living there, or just visiting. There is absolutely so much to see and enjoy. Plus, I found people there to be partying really well in the few days that I stayed.
Q10. What’s the most embarrassing album in your music collection? (Be honest)
— Well, when I was a kid, I bought the album “Govinda” by an Indian actor turned one-time-singer of the same name. I basically did it because I was a big fan of the actor and I loved whatever work he did. In hindsight, I feel though he did make a serious effort of singing, the album was mostly crap.
Q11. To borrow an old line from a Crowded House song, would you rather a mansion in the slums or a caravan in the hills (i.e. a nice house in a not nice area, or a tiny living space but with views)?
— A caravan in the hills.
My list of 11 nominated blogs for Liebster Award:
My list of 11 questions to each of these award recipients:
Q1. What is your favourite book of all time?
Q2. Which is your favourite post from your own blog till date and why?
Q3. You’re meeting your girlfriend/boyfriend’s parents for the first time. What do you say or do to break the ice?
Q4. You are 100% free from work and other shackles for today. How would you like to spend your day? (in couple of sentences at most)
Q5. Have you ever read a book that challenged your intellect? Which one and how was it challenging?
Q6. Mention one of your obsessive compulsive habits that you’ve ever had. (like climbing stairs two steps at a time.. come on, everybody HAS something)
Q7. One thing that you have always been really good at.
Q8. One thing that you have always been really bad at.
Q9. What did you want to become when you were little and what have you become? Is it the same?
Q10. One thing that you would love to procrastinate forever, if it was so possible.
Q11. Favourite age at which you could go back and live it again.
I wish the nominees have a fun time trying to answer my 11 questions. I hope to see everyone’s response very soon.
Good Luck and Enjoy blogging….
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