Celebration

And the award goes to…

I am often questioned, “why do I blog“? Well, personally, I find it to be very nurturing, a form of my stress-reliever and a hobby. But penning just these reasons aren’t enough. As I’ve mentioned in the about-us page, blogging is one of the most essential tool of communication with our families back home. It is often used to chronology our travels or daily rants for the ease of our family’s to keep abreast of our activities.

Ever since I was introduced to the blogging world, I’ve discovered many hidden gems. Some of their writings are based on fiction, comedy, personal rants, politics, social and much more. The possibilities are endless. One of my favorite blogger is Reema, from My Random Thoughts. Not only because she has recently bestowed the immaculate Addicting Blog Award to Chatterbox, but the way she manages to make blogging look so simple and exciting. She rants about her daily life as a college professor, a M.E. student, friend, daughter and a sister. Her blog carries multiple topics and tones. An array of spices for different moods, I’d say 🙂 Head over to Random Thoughts and get to know Reema your self 🙂

I'm loving it 😉

Thank you Reema, for this wonderful award! Now, let’s not be too greedy and keep this to myself. I would love to bestow this award onto some of my favorite bloggers who have supported us with great reads:

Drum rolls………

And the Addicting Blog Award goes to: Amreekandesi, eLekhni, Solilo, Museditions, The Mad Momma, Meena, Su Yin, Priyank, Ching Ya, Frat Mustard, Holly, Jaden, Ruhi, Shefaly, and Dinu.

Congratulations!!! 🙂

Voting for the 2009 Orbbies begins Nov. 2 at 10 am and ends on Friday, Nov. 20 at 5 pm (US Eastern Time). Have you cast your vote for us yet?

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Diwali, the Festival of Lights

… is celebrated on October 17th, 2009 that marks a very auspicious festivity in our life. With a whole amount of muscle needed in coping with cleaning, baking, cooking and rituals performed, surprisingly I am still in a very high festivity mood. We ushered in the celebration by adorning new clothes and the house is brightly lit with diya’s all over.

I cooked so many dishes! But no photos, except for one. Sigh. Sorry guys! So occupied getting ready for diwali celebration with friends that I forgot to take some photos. Just one, taken in the afternoon to drool over. I made an Indian version of stir-fry with medley of vegetables. Drool away!

Medley of vegetable sabji !

With a full tummy, good company of friends and Disney fireworks, Diwali was celebrated with thoughts of family’s and friends back home. We miss you all. It gets very tough during festivities. Nonetheless, it was celebrated with loads of blessings and love from every one. Thank you all for showering your love and Diwali greetings via calls, sms, Facebook, Twitter and emails. Can we ever survive without technology? Not us! Come on, give us a break! We are so far away from every one…

Image courtesy: sneha1967.sulekha.com

Happy Diwali! Hope you had a blast celebrating it with your loved ones.

A fire extinguisher is not an option, but a necessity during this festivities or performing rituals. We do not want to be in the predicament as such. People should learn and practice safe fire etiquette’s. It’s not worth celebrating and mourning at the same time.

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Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards

God, I am way behind in this post. Totally forgot about it!

Have you cast your vote?

Presenting, Asia Pacific Blog Awards 2009 by Nuffnang – Asia’s first blog advertising community. I do not want to delay this post any further, so please go and vote for your favorite blogger’s in 12 categories. The voting phase would end on October 11th 2009. You need to cast votes for all categories. But the best part is, you are entitled to re-vote in every 2 hours!

This is also a chance to discover many blog of interest out there. Some are hidden gems. Grab a box of Pringles* and vote!

Vote for Meena!

Updates: Kindly cast your humble votes for Meena from A Whiff of Lemongrass in the Best Food Blog category. She is a fabulous foodie with creative writing and her blog is adorned with droolicious food photos. Seriously. Drool away and don’t forget to vote for Meena!

*the author has no affiliation with the labels or outlets as mentioned above, whether in the form of gratuity or advertisement revenue.

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Natural Beauty

Now, I know the title sounds cliche’. But aren’t we all beautiful from the inside, as well as out? Honestly, how many times have you tried scouring through the Net for different reviews, opinions, samples, trials and out-of-pocket expense to find the “right” beauty product? And how satisfied are you with the results?

I have been using The Body Shop (TBS) products for many years now. Nothing is more refreshing than caring for your skin with nature’s made products. With botanicals as one of nature’s ingredients, my sensitive skin have finally found it’s match made in heaven. Let’s leave the product reviews for some other day, shall we? Anyways, many beauty bloggers from around the world actively promotes natural beauty that embodies kindness to nature’s creature, environment and encouraging self-esteem, from inside-out. TBS sees the importance in recognizing Natural Beauty Bloggers initiatives that echo’s natural beauty and environmentally product messages when discussing with their readers. It’s the Emmy’s you guys. For you Natural Beauty Bloggers out there.

So, here is the deal. If you are an avid reader of a beauty blog that promotes, discusses and encourages natural beauty theme, take some time to nominate your favorite blogger for the Natural Beauty Blogger award by leaving their name and blog address in the comments section of TBS post. What are you waiting for? Encourage one another, vote, support and spread the true meaning of “natural beauty”. I love anything and everything made with nature’s love, without any harm to creatures and the environment. Most importantly, made without harmful effects to our skin. Love who you are, the way you are, inside-out. I ♥ ME and of course, The Body Shop*!

*the author has no affiliation with the labels or outlets as mentioned above, whether in the form of gratuity or advertisement revenue.

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This is it

Rest in Peace Michael

Michael Jackson’s “This is it” movie tickets are now available for purchase. Go and grab your tickets soon before it sells out. Discover the men you never knew in theater’s on Oct 28th 2009, for 2 weeks only. I can’t wait to grab the tickets for us as well 🙂

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