Tag Time
I was kind of brain-drained 'cos of lack of sleep from the past several days. I needed something to shake me off and buckingfastard gave me the necessary push. It came as a tag and the timing was purrfect. Thanks bf !! So ready, set , go!
1. What is your current obsession?
Diaries (it always is at this point of the year)2. What are you wearing today?
Sunday, so casuals and my self made flip flops3. What’s for dinner?
Parents have had typical Mallu food,with fish & fish fry too; am bunking as am veggie today and fasting tomorrow.4. What’s the last thing you bought?
big list of small things. main items(cost wise) was a couple of diaries and dog food.
5. What are you listening to right now?
my Mom nagging at me!6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
A guy who writes hilarious stuff as well as serious ones, and whose name hasn't ceased to amuse me yet.7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Agumbe, Karnataka8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Loads of water, vacation 9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
My first instinct was to say Bangalore,near my fiance -but no, he is sleeping like a baby. I'd rather go to Ernakulam near Nidhi, my best friend and listen to her talking talking and talking for the full whole hour.10. Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish -sexy language.11. What’s your favourite quote?
I think life is attrition and accumulation ; attrition of soul & accumulation of fat... Wish it was the other way round!12. Who do you want to meet right now?
wrong time. but I want to meet my guy, Manu , Browny (boo hu hu) and Nidhi. Of them whoever is awake, I'd gladly meet.13. What is your favourite colour?
scarlet and white14. Were you a Mamma's pet or Papa's pet?
Neither - I was my sister's pet (literally).15. What is your dream job?
a creative writing job, a great boss, a great office, awesome colleagues, cool work culture and a good ice cream shop nearby.. (Gee, am "in" my dream job)16. What’s your favorite magazine?
Readers Digest17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
$60 will go directly to my parents, $20 I'll buy a gift for my guy, $ 5 for toys for Manu, $5 to buy some stuff for Bruno(my pet), $10 for books for myself.18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
bling19. Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon?
Bipasha Basu (Her fans can ignore this answer)20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Anything that is preceded by oil massage, shampooing, conditioning .. (a great combo) . Brute Rocks!!21. What are you going to do after this?
Try to get some sleep.22. What are your favourite movies?
Chak De, Taare Zameen Par, Dushman, Ice Age 2& 3, Ratatouille, Up, Music & Lyrics.. and the list is kinda endless.23. What inspires you?
Creativity, Power, Intelligence and comments on my blog. :) 24. What do your friends call you most commonly?
Meens..Meenaksh.. Meenashki.. Blikuse.. there are more, but am not gonna dig my own grave here..25. Would you prefer coffee or tea?
coffee. black and sweet.26. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
have an ice cream or write or drown myself in music.27. What makes you go wild?
People invading my personal space, especially my personal physical space.28. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
All the blogs that am following.29. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Cake n Ice cream ; milk peda, guess I have a BIG sweet tooth. I love all sweets(not chocolates nor toffees)30. How many tabs are turned on in ur browser right now?
4 - gmail, orkut, blogger and banterbattery.31. Favorite Season?
Winter, even rainy season -provided I can stay at home.32.Whats ur current facebook status msg?
need to check. feeling lazy to open another tab and check wats the current status on FB.33. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
Press the ignore button and smile. 34. What are you afraid of the most?
Getting stuck amongst techie geeks who are adamant to rant on about servers and codes and what not; AND not finding a way to escape the torture.35. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
When I smile it kinda makes me smile too..36. What brings a smile on your face instantly?
Ice cream, Bruno, babies, talk session with Manu, call/msg from my guy.37. A word that you say a lot?
Shaaeeeee.... Pandaram adangan(which means, gosh! I don't really know).There's another word but am on ultimatum not to use it anymore.. zipped up :(38. Tell us a bad PJ u heard recently??
Why one? take a load. am surrounded by PJs
Q: Jackie Chan ki saas ka naam kya hai?
Socho, socho. Nahi pata?
Ans: D'Cold; Because..... Chan ki saans - D'Cold!!!!!!!
Q:Chalo ab batao, Jackie Chan ki bahu ka naam kya hai?
This one's really simple..
Ans: D'Cold again... Kyunki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi
Q: What did the kangaroo say when she found her baby missing?
Ans: ….Aaila!!!!! kisine mera pocket maar liya(someone picked my pocket)
Q: An elephant falls in love with an ant.but Ant’s parents r against their marriage…guess y??
They gave a solid reason…
Ans: Ladke ke daanth bahar hai.
39: Whats the best thing that's happened to you?
I was born.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 few new set of people.I go ahead and tag:
Miss_me
Hashir Tufail
Farila
Asif
Alley
Karthik
Blunty
Supriya
Shekhar Shimpi ( Shekhar, looking forward big time to your tag answers. I can bet them to be one of a kind.).
P.S. : Pals, if any of you have already received it and have done this tag recently, do ignore this. 'Cos I wouldn't want you awesome bloggers to redo a tag
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January 18, 2010 9:33 AM
LOL.. Meenakshi. It is lovely that you would settle in Agumbe .. I could visit you then and eat a bit of ice cream. It was interesting to read but I need some time to post it on my blog... busy right now with house-work, school work, children, studies and what else??????? I am lost.........
January 18, 2010 1:56 PM
HeHeee...You are the first to tag me...;)
Bahooot naainsaafi hai yeh.
Well its okkk...I'm wasting my time anyway so why not have some fun.Ha ha ha
January 18, 2010 3:36 PM
wohooooooooooooooooo....someone tagged me...!!!!! thank you soooo much...meenakshi!!! u'll get the updation tomorrow...love u!!!
January 18, 2010 4:29 PM
hi fish eyes,
thanks for being at my blog/s
art and the braggy'ne'..
yes 'mario' will rise again..,from tommorow. i promise you.thanks for reading mario.
about 'pandaram adangan' ...well that means death.
pandaram ( small pox) claimed many ..and there was nothing left to fight back, it used to take lives on it way out.
so we say 'nee poyi pandaramadangu' which means 'damn you'..stuff like that.
this is what i found,,not now jeez but years back i had the same doubt.
what an interview by the way...clap clap clap clap clap ..
allk hail mario,
manoj.
January 18, 2010 5:54 PM
good one good one!! :)
January 18, 2010 8:08 PM
aah, i love those PJs because they instigated an 'aiyyyoooo, nonsense' response from my husbanbd. i think he looks very funny when he says that :D thanks for those. interesting stuff to know :) and sum day, we shud chat and u shud tell me more abt growing your own veggies n fruits coz its one of my life missions. thanks meenakshi, i am thrilled you found my blog and i got to know ur blog too :) and i hope to know u more too!
January 18, 2010 11:22 PM
@Farila : I won't be settling down in Agumbe unless someone pays for the whole house and furnishing. Its a beautiful place. Do wanna have a small home there too. But Agumbe or not, we can surely keep in touch. Take as much time as you want, get things settled, find yourself and get the Tag done. All the very best.
@Asif : Everything has a first time, ain't it? aage aapko khoob sare tags mile.. hehehe.. hope you get lots of fun :)
@Supriya : Great to know am the first.. Cool.. looking forward to your tag updation.. Rock on babe!!!
@Manoj : Fish eyes?? Gosh, Meenakshi is not fish eyes (its Fish shaped eyes) :P
Thank God!! I thought you flushed out Mr. Mario.. I was worried. Relieved now... ..waiting for more.
You serious about "PANDARAM ADANGAN". I need to stop saying that too then. Thats an awful thing to say. :(
need to find new punch words.
Hail Mario!
@Sorcy: Thank u thank u.. :)
@The Wandering Minstrel : hahaha.. then I must send you a collection of PJs I hear on a daily basis, your husband is gonna get tired saying "ayyo nonsense". Yup we should chat one day.Hope we get to know each other better.Am happy too that I discovered your awesome blog and that you visit mine too.
About the veggies;if any doubts, full on guidance available. My mom says, it takes effort, but the veggies r more tastier(and healthier) when you grow them in your garden with your effort n' care.
January 19, 2010 12:16 AM
WOW....good that you visited mine..now i have another blog that i can look forward to reading...Ur welcome message and about me sections is pretty cool...and on the first visit....having a Tagged post is interesting...:)
January 19, 2010 12:53 AM
@Garf: Welcome to Banter Battery. absolutely my pleasure. Thanks a load for visiting my blog too.. and hope you keep visiting! :)
January 19, 2010 1:30 AM
@Meenakshi: Your comments have some more comments on them now...your thoughtful insights were a big welcome... :)
January 19, 2010 2:32 AM
I LUVVVVVV BIPASHA!!!!!!! :(:(:(
just coz i have done similar tags before with a lot of qsns repeated (n also coz u said bipasha is over-rated), i wont take up the tag...but thanx nevertheless!
January 19, 2010 10:03 AM
@Blunty : bu ha ha ha ha ha... told u to ignore If you r her pankhaa.. anyways truth is truth dear Bulnty. She is pretty but overrated.. :P :P :P
about the tag, no probs. The P.S did give you the option of not taking it up.. I knew some of you might have done this before :)
January 19, 2010 3:08 PM
Sister's pet :D Can totally relate to that even though I'm supposed to be the eldest one!
I'm totally doing the tag! :) Thanks Meenakshi!
January 19, 2010 7:30 PM
when i was in school.. we were a gang of 6..
5 boys and one girl and she used to be called panchaali by teachers.. a real tomboy she was indeed..
she used to bring chillie powder , flder in old newspaper and then oil in ujala bottle and we used to pluck mangoes...
her name was meenakshi..( well she is 'still' meenakshi i mean.. i dont want to sound like she is plucked fresh from an m t vasudevan nair short story)
we used to call her 'mathi kanni' which means eyes of 'mathi' the fish or in tvm we call it 'chaala'..so it can be 'chaalkanni'
so what i meant to say is that the mistake was just a nostalgia but the error was very deliberately put..
period.
( im a sitting duck..so why dont you pick the biggest stone?)
take care...
manoj.
'mario is back"
January 19, 2010 9:07 PM
@I know mario : I guess all Meenakshis are a different species in themselves.
Oh about mathikanni or chaalkanni, am sure she was a gentle soul to let you guys get away with it. :P
next time you deliberately put something, you stand the risk of being tracked down and ambushed ! am no gentle soul. bu ha ha ha. :P :P :P :P
January 19, 2010 9:17 PM
What are you listening right now? "My mom nagging at me." LOL
Awesome!
Loved your answers.
Thanks for tagging me, Meenakshi. But doing the tags myself is really boring, yar. :-( Will do when I don't have anything to do or write.
That was nice of you. Thanks again. :-)
January 19, 2010 9:22 PM
@Mea : great... waiting to see your tag done.. Njoy!!!
January 19, 2010 9:28 PM
@Karthik: thanks a ton. :) yea, i understand. happens.. no probs at all. just njoy blogging :)
January 20, 2010 1:00 AM
BIPASHA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!
January 20, 2010 1:12 AM
@Blunty : bu ha ha ha ha... yeah yeah.. blunty ki best.. happy? :) overrated otherwise.. :P
January 20, 2010 1:50 AM
Interesting answers!
Kitty x
January 20, 2010 10:47 AM
:D Enjoyed this post. I like the way these tags get the best out of us!
Do visit me again!
January 20, 2010 12:43 PM
@Kitty: Welcome to Banter Battery! Thanks dear for the comment. keep visiting :)
@ Butterfly: Thanks.. oh sure would keep visiting you.. but why don't you keep the follow button??it would make it much easier to know when you update your blog.
January 21, 2010 5:52 PM
19> seriosly...bipasha!!! admit ur plain jealous!!
27> invading personal physical space.. o_0 am i jst getting wrong meanings!!!
January 21, 2010 10:40 PM
@bf : oh puhleeaaasseeee... jealous of Bipasha??? there r scores of gals in Bollywood for that. on a serious note, not that she is not gud, but she isn't as gud as hyped... u think that she is tat gud??then u missing on a load of gud gals..I see better gals than her every single day !
yeah.. personal physical space.. you'd know the right meaning,if you have traveled in State buses.. I travel everyday for 2 hours..
January 22, 2010 9:26 AM
Interesting!
January 23, 2010 4:41 PM
I like no 39....you were born. HA HA HA HA good to know you, Minakshi