{"id":2879,"date":"2012-04-06T15:51:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T19:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2012-04-06T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T19:51:55","slug":"my-heart-is-filled-with-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/my-heart-is-filled-with-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"My heart is filled with gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/messenger.msn.com\/MMM2006-04-19_17.00\/Resource\/emoticons\/cake.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>bla..bla&#8230;bla..bla&#8230; Happy Birthday to me.<\/p>\n<p>And that my friends is how one crosses the boundary of self-loathing by wishing herself a very Happy Birthday. Ha! Singing for myself is so self-rewarding. I&#8217;d love to think it that way.<\/p>\n<p>The selfish gesture is simply because I am so grateful to my parents for having me in their life! Thank you Mommy &amp; Daddy &lt;3<\/p>\n<p>I love you, Husband. For your support, advise and tolerating my occasional ranting. It&#8217;s earful all the time, but you are a champ.<\/p>\n<p>Words cannot describe how much I LOVE my siblings, extended families and friends.<\/p>\n<p>I am also very grateful we are alive and well after <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/29\/life-altering-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">the accident<\/a> a few weeks ago. Nothing serious, but by just taking a moment to be thankful, it wouldn&#8217;t hurt one bit.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, I cannot express enough appreciation to YOU &#8212; each and every one of YOU who makes the effort to drop in, comment and support the insanity in me all these years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THANK YOU for making it special, each and every day!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gosh, this post is truly sounding like a speech I would give during Academy Awards nomination. But there&#8217;s something so important that I need to share before I burst from all the excitement:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sorry, but I didn&#8217;t had enough time to do a <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/age-is-just-a-number\/\" target=\"_blank\">Birthday v-log<\/a> this year.<\/li>\n<li>So sorry, NO recipe is posted today &#8212; it&#8217;s officially a self-declared OFF DAY \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<li><strong>I am one of the finalist selected by SAVEUR Magazine for it&#8217;s 3rd Annual 2012 Best Food Blog award (in Best Recipe, Sweet or Savory category)!!!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/food-blog-awards\/vote.jsp?ID=1000013340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.worldpub.net\/images\/saveurmag\/633-2012_bfbafinalist_badge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for the honor, Savuer!!! I almost threw up in excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Truly appreciate it if you can find time to register and VOTE for me (my recipe is labeled as &#8220;Kiran Tarun&#8221;). If you haven&#8217;t registered as a member of Saveur, it&#8217;s so simple and free:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/login.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Register or Log in<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the banner above or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/food-blog-awards\/vote.jsp?ID=1000013340\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to vote in my category (Best Recipe, Sweet or Savory).<\/li>\n<li>Click on the image labeled as (&#8220;Kiran Tarun&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>Scroll to click &#8220;VOTE&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>And you are done!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>ps: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Voting will remain open through 11:59 p.m. on April 26<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What more can a girl ask on her birthday (<em>besides shopping!<\/em>). Thank you so so much for your love, wishes, support and vote. Here is the nominated &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/2011\/09\/27\/paneer-tikka-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paneer Tikka Pizza<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0recipe. Wahoo!! I am off to wipe away tears of joy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me!\u00a0 bla..bla&#8230;bla..bla&#8230; Happy Birthday to me. And that my friends is how one crosses the boundary of self-loathing by wishing herself a very Happy Birthday. Ha! Singing for myself is so self-rewarding. I&#8217;d love to think it that way. 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