Reliving the alphabet days

Its been a gr8 day @ work day. One of our critical releases for which we slogged day n night has been successfully deployed and we are all celebrating! It is indeed a blessing as we have won a mighty client esp. in such recession times. Yay!  N am gonna celebrate by doing this tag 😀

Thanks to Ashwathy who has asked me to do the alphabet tag.  Also, Lively and Shruthi asked me when am I gonna post next!! Here for all of u 🙂

A – Available?

Nope.  Busy 😯

IM status I mean!

B – Best friend?

So many of them, inc. my dear blog-pals have been better than the best!!!

C – Cake or Pie?

None.  Am a sweet person but not one who likes anything sweet 🙄

D – Drink of choice?

Coffee One cup of hot steaming coffee serves as elixir!

E – Essential item you use every day?

Toothbrush – atleast twice

I am very very scared of dentists. Always reminds me of Ogden Nash’s ‘This is going to hurt just a li’l bit‘ Yes! I say a prayer too when I brush that I wud never want to visit one 😳

F – Favourite colour?

Blue n Red too

G – Gummy Bears Or Worms?

Neither

H – Hometown?

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I – Indulgence?

U know na – Blogging ofcourse 🙂

J – January or February?

February – I get my salary credited sooner 😉

K – Kids & their names?

Watch this space n u will get to know sometime in future 🙂

L – Life is incomplete without?

F – family n friends

M – Marriage date?

U will get to know soon 😉

N – Number of siblings?

1 lovely sister

O – Oranges or Apples?

Facepack ?? – Both will do 😛

P – Phobias/Fears?

Skid-o-phobia. Have been on monsoon treks too but somehow I have this fear that I will skid n fall ;).

Q – Quote for today?

The greatest sin is to think urself weak!

R – Reason to smile?

Life is beautiful and a smile makes it all the more.

There are hundreds of languages in the world; but a smile speaks them all.

S – Season?

Monsoon

T – Tag three people?

Yay! All those who wanna recollect A for Aliyaa Apple, B for Bhaiyya Bird 😉

All those who have not yet done this are tagged! Plsssss .. am waiting to read 🙂

U – Unknown fact about me?

Its unknown to me

V – Vegetable you don’t like?

Dill leaves

W – Worst habit?

That I don’t tell anyone what my worst habit is 👿

X – X-rays you’ve had?

Had a chest X-ray as part of official medical check-up! N they said I will be alive n get to eat ur heads thru this blog for a longgggggg time to come 8)

Y – Your favourite food?

I luv F.O.O.D  – Spicy food

Z – Zodiac sign?

Cusp of  Gemini n Cancer



275 Comments

              1. Hey isn’t that song, yakla putnanja nam putnanji na hodidyanthe, yakla putnanja.. jakkan jakkan jakkan ja.. starring Kumar Bangarappa, Amala and Shruti?
                😉

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                    1. Oh yeah.. I used to HATE that song back then. But now it’s kinda amusing. I would like to listen to it again, just for the kicks. Nimgu aa haadu ishta na Pixie n Swaram?

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                    2. I added u on gtalk swaram. Accep madkoli.. U not online?

                      Ningi ningi is an awesome song. Lovely and romantic.

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  1. LOL @ Dill Leaves!!
    I was thinking of you only when I prepared saaru and palya out of it!! 🙂 🙂

    👿

    I did this tag long time back… should I do it again and see if any of my answers have changed?!!

    He he .. lemme check 😉

    LOL@ IM status!! 🙂

    😆

    Oh and before I forget – Super Congrats on the successful Release…

    Thank u 🙂

    I am waiting for Aug 8th for our Relase to get over!! So many issues, so many headaches… uff

    Oh haudha .. let it get over soon 🙂

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  2. some intelligent answers there.

    He he .. thanks 😉 Ur blogroll hs done a gud job 2day na tara .. bhagoooooo

    but, u dont know ur marriage date.. hawwwwww..

    Ayyo I know .. n I also have a post written n scheduled for the day. So, some surprise there 😛

    and for kid’s name we need to watch this space haan? what if u decide to codename them something like peanut or poohi? 😀

    He he .. I too hv a list of pet names 😉 Lemme c which one makes it to the blog .. my husband ws teasing me that I mite select a blog name before deciding upon a real name !!!!

    bhagooooo from solz n winnieee

    😆

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                    1. You guys have all gone crazy 🙂 But this is the first time somebody has confused me with Winnie 🙂 Normally, people come to mine and leave comments for Hitchy or vice versa 🙂
                      When our blogs looked similar 🙂

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                1. no no i was definitely talking abt poohi the kid and her mother who i think is smitha..

                  meenu is winnie who has a different blog altogehter 😐

                  is that right?

                  thank god u call urself swaram 😛 this is what i was thinking till now and as i wrote that i realized that u are swathi n not smitha.. am i right there? god, i am still confused i guess..

                  now u know how bad i am with names and here is my apology to meenu n smitha 🙂

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              1. poor tara!
                Even i was confused with swarams blog initially as it has the same name as Winnie a.k.a Meena’s blog..
                as Swaram said, world is too small and blog world even more.. with so many blog names,real names and blog adresses to remember!

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                1. Hitchu told me abt Meenu’s blog recently .. that the names r almost similar .. we both sing songs of life 😉

                  Nt sure if I make ppl run away though 😛

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  3. Cool! Congratulations on ur release! 🙂
    I just moved teams From functional to deployed stream… n now i actually miss releases! 😦

    Thanks .. oh is it?

    A-Z sounds so cool.

    Do it na 🙂

    LOL at skid-o-phobia
    😆

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  4. This time I’m earlier .. 🙂

    Yay! U r 🙂

    Fun post. I’m tempted to take up the tag. Shall do so probably next week..

    Do it na .. plssssss

    Cheers,
    rohitha

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  5. ROFL busy IM status, we talkig in that now days dont we… IM, blog, twitter, FB 🙂 🙂

    Ha ha …

    so the ann is round the corner?

    😉 😉 Smart girl 😛

    on trek u know i dread dread leeches eeks i stuff my shoes and apply salt all over my body and snakes…

    Oh yeah .. 🙄

    ok i will be a good girl and do it

    I know u r 🙂

    oh dill leaves paranthas are too good i had posted a rec once try it out

    Ayyo; my folks used to love it; they look like hairs to me … bhagooooo

    loved reading this
    🙂 🙂 🙂

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    1. monu, don’t listen to Swaram about her description of Dill Leaves!! 😛

      taht’s one thing we seem to be differing on!! 🙂

      how come, you didn’t reply back when I pinged you Monu?!!
      Hmmph! 😦

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      1. 😦 I know .. pls dont listen to me 😦

        My hubby is the same too 😉 So, me hs company

        Rab ne bana di jodi 😉 😉

        N when is Monu online????/ Hv u blocked me 😦
        I don’t c u @ all *sniff* *wail*

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            1. nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

              u guys cant strike against me yaar

              nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

              are yaar i am online quite sometimes but dont see u online at all

              😦 😦

              add me again must be some issue with gtalk

              muah girls

              u r too precious to be ignored and blocked

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            1. ya i like it too…. but i like my vodka better with cranberry (breezer) or tender coconut water…

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  6. February!!! lol… Started loving that month too 🙂

    And your pic doesn’t suggest you love food, or is that because of intelligent cropping 😛

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            1. No actually had lunch and then a power nap in one of the dark rooms in office 🙂 My weekend has started but have a web conference so am still lurking around in the office!!!

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  7. Nicely done tag swaram,i am tempted to do it 🙂

    Come on then!

    U don’t like dill leaves,u can make good biryani with it,super taste

    I dnt eat Biryani too 😉 😉

    Even i love coffee but i can’t drink it 😦

    Oh 😦 Chai also gud na 😉

    Hmmm Monsoon i am missing it 😦

    Come come .. lets njoy here

    Me too love spicy food 🙂

    Same pinch 🙂

    congrats on the achievement at work 🙂

    Thanks dear .. so sweet 🙂

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  8. OMG!! You are a comment magnet! I had that Ogden Nash as part of my school curriculum and everytime we had a test on it felt like going through Frakenstein’s dentists office! 😀 I saw that you have linked it but I dint dare to read it!! 😉
    Good one Swaram …

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    1. LOL – I thot I am a comment monster 😉
      May b magnet cum monster 😉

      Me too .. had it in school n I had planned to leave all the qs on that unanswered 😛

      Do the tag na 😉

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    2. 🙂 The sweet lil Comment Monster cum Magnet!! 😉 What a name, should draw up appropriate cartoon too!!

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  9. OMG! I was checking this page like once 30 mins and so many comments have to come for a new post while I was just on an official one hr call. Not fair, not at all fair.
    Have done this tag long time back 🙂

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  10. oh my stars!!!! hahahah! 😀 i’m so glad i asked u to do this tag…. u seem to have had a rollicking time doing it!

    i like ur A, C, J, O, R, U as well as W.

    go rock, fellow cuspian 😀

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  11. phew.. ababbhaa.. yeshTu comments-u :-O
    I forjot only what i wanted to type.

    😆

    I remember, you have written something about kids’ names alwa. What’ll you name your kid/s? jesht I am asking generally ok dont throw kallu (stones) at me 😛

    No no .. me too thinks names hv to carry some meaning even if they r different 🙂 I like so many – Naman, Stuti, Aastha soooo manyyyyyyy 😛

    You know I don understand the kinda names todays’ kids have. full confusing only 😦 cant spell them at all. Very innovative and all, but difficult to pronounce I feel 😛

    Bring back those old names to-be-mothers/ fathers. Please. My humble request this is.
    On another note, I somehow like the name Jhanhavi a lot.

    C for Cheers!
    Yay! Hegide kelsa ivathu?

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    1. Am here Pixie, finally 🙂 Yes, yes, 2 cups of coffee coming through – one for you and one for me 🙂

      Swaram – u there? Fancy some coffee too?

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      1. i don’t care about godzilla rakesh….. but u called me “cute lil bundle”

        aiyooooooooo

        *Rakesh is Crafty’s newest best friend*

        😀 😀 😀 😀

        teeeeeeee heeeeeeeee

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    1. Veda vakhya ??? Attack of the Malyalis – is it?

      I have to run now…

      Btw, something’s wrong with my comments, they don’t appear the first time and when I try the second time, both of them are there… WP is drunk on Vodka, cranberry breezers and coffee…

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                1. Arre .. isliye we r asking u to enlighten us na 😉

                  What does that mean but 😛

                  Me don’t want to collect rotten eggs n tomatoes any more; so I want to better be careful 😉

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                    1. Bahhhh! Ae kya sikha rahe ho Rakesh .. that too pehla paat !

                      *Swaram makes note though* may be of help somewhere 😉 😉

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                    2. Sindhi.. wow! 🙂

                      I never knew anyone before who spoke Sindhi…

                      nice gravatar Pic Rakesh!!! 🙂

                      Crafty is cute!! 😀 😀

                      and yea, we are kind of crazy!! LOL!

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  12. All of you are reminded of childhood days, eh kya ???

    Chaddi dosts 😉

    How many ABC posts shld we read ??? But thank God, they dont read as Apple, Bird…..

    😆

    Gud fun, reading ur version of ABCs.

    :DI

    Now a days, the comment section is gaining more importance than the post – what a racket it is !!!!!

    I know .. I just wait for comments 😉 Its diff to get up .. alwayz rolling on the floor laughing my heart out 😉 😉

    That Quote is by Swami Vivekananda, right ??? I like to read his books. They inspire you a lot.

    Yeah it is!

    Skido-phobia ???? First time, hearing something like that.

    M weird .. remember 😉

    Lots of fun reading.

    He he he .. thank u 🙂

    Are you off tomorrow ?? Do u have varalakshmi puja ????

    Puja – yes 🙂
    Off – no 😦

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      1. Yeah ofcourse .. the main thing!

        But this one is a vratam @ my Mom’s place; very grand.

        At my husbands, its nt vratam; my MIL has nt taken up; so I am nt supposed to do it 😦

        We just keep a photo n do simple puja .. missing all those festivities @ mom’s place 😦

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        1. Oh ho ! Same here !

          Grand festival at mom’s place, but my mil has nt taken it up. Am feeling sad, that I’ll miss all the goodies too…

          They’ll be making modaks, vada, payasam… OMG ! I want to go to Mummy’s !!!!

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  13. gosh..so many ABC tags..whats wrong with everyone today..
    nothing meaningful to post, eh?
    one day i was out of office and not connected….this is what happens!!!!

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    1. LOL! Everything is rt only today 😉 😉

      Ha ha ha .. its so meaningful Masood 😛 Read it na pls 😉

      Ha ha ha .. ur presence makes so much diff!!!! :O:

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  14. Am wondering if anyone is reallllllyyyyyyy reading this post!!!!

    Crafty, this comment section requires u!!!!!
    Skip the post .. land here 😉 😉

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    1. DANGANAKKA DANGANAKKA in trademark colour colour head gear!!!!!!

      Swaram!!!!! is it evene POSSIBLE that i don’t appear in ur comment section???????

      yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

      😀

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  15. sweetie pie…this is the 3rd post that I’ve come across today on this tag…which means I’d better get started with my version…
    chal,let me go and read yours now 🙂

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  16. OMG Swaram! I keep scrolling and scrolling down, your comments list is endless 🙂 You sure are having some fun blogging 🙂

    BTW, you don’t like sweets, how wonderful is that! You can diet effortlessly.

    I’ll do this tag, its a cool one.

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    1. He he yeah .. more fun with comments than the post itself 😉

      I am blessed with a stupid body nature too – cn put on weight very easily 😦

      Icecreams make for it though 😉

      Its fun .. do it .. luv to read 🙂

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        1. Ayyo! Bolo bolo! I hate cheese, sweets everything.
          Still my body will speak if I take the luxury of skipping exercise even for a week 😛 Superb nature na!!!!!

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          1. You hate cheese too? You hate all the fattening stuff!!!

            I used to think – a long time ago that I could eat all this and not put on any weight.. That worked till I was 25 – then it all changed 😦

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  17. B – Best friend?

    So many of them, inc. my dear blog-pals have been better than the best!!! …AWWW YOU’RE NO LESS A TREASURE,SWEETIE 🙂

    Yes ofcourse! U all r the sweetestest cutestest bestestest 😛

    D – Drink of choice?

    Coffee ❗ One cup of hot steaming coffee serves as elixir!..THE SMELL OF COFFEE IS ITSELF SO REJUVENATING ISNT IT?

    EXACTLY

    F – Favourite colour?

    Blue n Red too… THATS A WONDERFUL COMBO

    🙂 🙂

    J – January or February?

    February – I get my salary credited sooner…I’M ON MY WAY TO BLR..JUST BOOK A TABLE FOR TWO AT THE TAJ.ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE SOMEONE HAD TREATED ME TO A SUMPTUOUS MEAL.THIS IS A WELCOME SIGN 😛

    PLS COME .. IN FEB I MEAN 8)

    K – Kids & their names?

    Watch this space n u will get to know sometime in future …WILL WAI WITH BATED BREATH!

    He he he … 😉

    L – Life is incomplete without?

    F – family n friends…SO TRUE 🙂

    🙂 We think alike 🙂

    M – Marriage date?

    U will get to know soon..WHAT A DIPLOMATIC ANSWER..CHUP-CHAAP BATAA WHAT IS THE DATE?? 😀

    wait for (30-10+90-100)*3 – 22 days 😉

    O – Oranges or Apples?

    Facepack ?? – Both will do …LOL

    😆

    R – Reason to smile?

    Life is beautiful and a smile makes it all the more.

    There are hundreds of languages in the world; but a smile speaks them all….TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU,SWARAM 🙂

    Thats like my soul sistah!

    Very nicely done tag,Swaram. ((((HUGS)))) & MUAHS 🙂

    {{{{HUGS}}}}}} n MUAH MUAH MUAH

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    1. Girl u know what 😦
      I ws almost ready to open yatra.com in another tab n book tickets to Blr 😉 i thot u r really cmg there!!!!!

      BAD BAD BAD

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  18. Now after the crush tags, we have a season of the ABC tags! 🙂
    They are fun everytime I read them on a blog!
    And what is this? You have dodged all the tricky questions!
    Not fair!! 😛

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  19. ‘A – Available?
    Nope. Busy
    IM status I mean!’ – That was imaginative!!!

    😛

    H – Hometown?
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – Me too!!! I miss Bengaluru soooo much!

    Awww .. how sweet 🙂

    January or February?
    February – I get my salary credited sooner – ROFL!

    😀

    Oranges or Apples?

    Facepack ?? – Both will do – rofl!!

    Though i use neither 😉 😉

    Swaram, That was a very nicely done tag 🙂 Loved the way you did it 🙂

    How sweet of u all 🙂 U accept whatever I write n say nice na. Nazar na lage is bond ko **Kala tikka***

    And now off to read the comments – they sound like fun 🙂

    U cud hv skipped the tag .. nt the comments I tell ya 😉 😉

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  20. i have done this tag earlier…quite some time back actually..

    Oh let me check out …

    i like the monsoons too.. everything about them except the musty smell and the fungus everywhere!

    😉 😉

    lol@ the Feb logic..

    😀 😀

    btw,i love Nash .. he is one of the few poets i understood in school!

    Yeah .. I like his work too 🙂

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  21. what a lovely tag swarammmmmmmmmm
    !!!!!!

    Awww hugs 🙂

    me loved loved loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!shilpu has tagged me for it! must to get on with it!!!!!

    Do it na .. wud be fun reading i know 🙂

    orange n apple for face pack???? 😛 😛
    😀

    arre…u don’t want cake or pie??? GIMME UR SHARE!!!!!!!!

    🙂

    ROFL on aliyaaaa and bhaiya……
    then C for crafty????? haudu haudu swaram!!!!!

    ROFL 🙂

    skid-o-phobia!!!!!!
    LOL!!!!!

    He he 😉 😉

    u r the cutest!!!!!!

    Thatz u !!!!!!!!!!

    😀 😀 😀

    accha…now u know na how we always end comments at ur blog?
    so come, lets dance! 😀 😀 😀

    DANGANAKKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yes yes .. headgear rt in place 😉

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  22. che che…itna small comment ho gaya…..

    but i was stopping myself, coz even i wanna do the tag! and if i discuss t here, what will i write????

    but stilll……must to have looooong comment…..reputation…..
    cheating chalega kaya swaram????

    *crafty doesn’t wait for permission*

    SWARAM

    I

    LOVE

    YOU

    AND

    I

    LOVED

    THIS

    TAG

    TOO

    YAYIE

    WOWIE

    YIPPEEEEE

    DANGANAKKA

    *swaram has fainted* 😀

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  23. Crafty wants to thank all those who remebered her and gave her hiccup marathon when she was at work…..
    now i see why…….

    Oh sweety 🙂 {{{{{{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}}

    as is my social life in office is hitting below zero reading, now by hiccuping all day long, it will fall in the minus readings!

    he he he 😉

    who cares! 😎

    😎 They will know how lucky they r to hv u 🙂

    *crafty walks away hoping she hiccups tomm too*

    ***Hv enuf water okie close to u .. nice filtered one okie 😉 ;)******

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  24. B – Best friend?
    So many of them, inc. my dear blog-pals have been better than the best!!!

    Wow, so many best friends. Lucky you 🙂

    Thanks to u all 🙂

    D – Drink of choice?
    Coffee ❗ One cup of hot steaming coffee serves as elixir!

    Same goes here too! This is making me feel like grabbing a coffee right now in this chilly night!

    Ha ha .. lets meet over coffee some time 🙂

    O – Oranges or Apples?
    Facepack ?? – Both will do 😛

    LOL 🙂

    😀 😀

    Z – Zodiac sign?
    Cusp of Gemini n Cancer

    hey, bday yaavaga ??

    June 21 … ee varshada gift chance mugithu 😦

    Nicely done tag. Me too will do it soon.

    Yeah put it up .. fun read 🙂

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  25. Ok, now did I miss something here ??? I thought you were married already !!!! Man, have I started seeing things again !!!

    Oh I am .. i just said u ppl wil get to know the date soon dude 🙄

    Ok, one small favor, how do you color your text in wordpress???

    Next to ‘Paragraph’, there is ‘Underline’, ‘Alignment’ ; whatz after that is for font colour!!
    N this is nt a favor 8)

    BTW, such a small comment 😦

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  26. Oops…took a long time to scroll down…..nicely done….I wonder whether mine would be so interesting …

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  27. I have a question for u – Why did you shift from blogspot to wordpress?

    Mainly bcoz of comment section Rohitha .. so many of my friends dint comment bcoz they were nt nested!!!

    I’m finding blogspot a real pain for templates/comment moderation. Thought I’d find out from others who moved before I take the drastic step.. 🙂 You can mail me in case the reasons are too many.. Lol.

    its easy to keep track of stats n what ppl visit ur blog for also without external add-ons!!!

    Added u on gtalk .. online idhre we can chat

    Btw, my new post awaits you !! 😉

    Madhuri Dixit alva??? Haven’t i left a comment there 😛
    Sorry .. marthirbeku .. cmg rt away

    Cheers,
    rohitha

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  28. Glad to know so many things about you and enjoyed the comemnts too, though could read only the initial ones!! hee…hee… 225 are way too much to follow! 🙂

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  29. Sorry for being lil bit late here.. 🙂 I enjoyed this tag.. 🙂

    Glad u liked it 🙂

    tried to comment by yesterday but the comments went beyond 70 and my mobile wont allow me to comment after that 🙂

    Oh i c .. u do it from ur mobile too! We can’t stay away from the blogging world for long na 🙂

    /*I – Indulgence?

    U know na – Blogging ofcourse*/

    ha ha ha.. true 😀

    😀 😀

    /*Q – Quote for today?

    The greatest sin is to think urself weak!*/

    superb one and true too 🙂

    Its from Swami Vivekananda!

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  30. wow.. that was enlightning !

    Really 😉

    and Like it or not, you are tagged !!
    🙂
    Ha ha ha !!

    Thank u I love it as i need nt think what the next post wud be 😉

    (i remember ive to do your tag too, but im waiting for a good pic to come by my way.. will do it promise)
    😉

    Nw am really waiting .. all ur pics r gr8 .. ifu r waiting for a gud one, it shud beat all the others!!!

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  31. OMG! I was wondering if I will see the end of this comment section, so that I could type out mine.!!! 😀 you guys all got some great line of communication there!

    Congrats on the critical release n all. Nice tag too. I will try and attempt it. 😀

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  32. mast hai …intelligent answers and the best is February salary creditted soon……
    you know coming to blog late has got some advantages as well you enjoy comments all the more ….confusion tara, poohi,meenu…oh

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  33. ooops it was a mistake:) ……….By mistake i saved the post in draft 🙂 .You can read it now:)………

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      1. yeahh 🙂 what 2 say fortunately or unfortunately ,thatz wht happening now 🙂 …..
        But nyways i’m always happy with there choices 😛 (hope knw one heard tht :D)

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