Unraveling

Tagged by Preethi

1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER:
Jodha Akbar - loved the costumes, grandeur and ofcourse, Hrithik!

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?
"Ladies coupe" by Anitha Nair. Just started with it. Hoping to complete in a week.

3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
"Snake and ladder". It was fun to play on the day of Vaikunda Ekadesi with my grandma....the more the number of snakes that eat you, the more the number of sins you have committed...that was her logic!

4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
I'm not really a "magazine" person but I used to read Sportstar regularly during my school and college days. "read" means admiring the pictures of Sachin, Mcgrath, Steve Waugh, Pollock etc :-)

5. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Smell of Jaathi malli (a different type of jasmine)
Smell of a Pooja room in a traditional Indian house....it's divine, thanks to the flowers, incense sticks and tulsi leaves.
Smell of fresh filter coffee

6. FAVORITE SOUND? Of MUSIC?
Any form of flute
Sound from a cuckoo bird near my window early morning.

7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
loss of a loved one....have experienced it once before and don't even want to think about it.

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE
Why is this alarm clock so punctual? Let me snooze for 10 more minutes!

9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?
Paani puri in Shiv Sagar, Bhel Puri in Ananda Bhavan

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?
Will a nick name do? :-) haven't thought of the official name yet....

11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D...?
buy a big farm house in Kumarakom, with lots of kittens, a tree house, a huge garden and my own canoe.

12. DO YOU DRIVE FAST?
yes, really fast!....my cycle can overtake a roadside buffalo and a lazing dog.

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
I won't call it as a stuffed animal.....but I love tiny stuffed toys and they all have names. One of them is very very special!

14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY?
Scary when I'm outside......but cool when I'm inside my home. can't think of a better time to sip hot tea and munch some snacks.

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
Indica might be the real name but I've named her "Reby". Hoping to take her for a drive one day!

16. FAVORITE DRINK?
Tea, anytime!.....Coffee is also there in the list but right below tea :-)

17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD.....
write all the stories that cross my mind and publish them into novels.
become a better cook.
read a lot of children fiction (Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton, Hardy boys all of which I didn't read during my childhood)
travel around the world and attempt to capture the beauty in my camera and in my words.

18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
Are those the pieces that sit in a corner of my emptied salad plate?

19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
Non-Harry Potter fans can pass on to the next question.
"Can I get a Weasley color please, to match my hero Ron?"

20. NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS YOU HAVE LIVED IN.
Chennai, Bangalore

21. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Cricket, Formula-1

22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU.
Preethi is a very sweet and friendly person, a great cook. She always has lots to chat about. A very interesting personality, so does her blog.

23. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
A couple of my MBA textbooks, novels from library, all fighting for my attention!

24. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN?
Definitely yes.....If I were reborn as myself, I would love to bunk classes and enjoy my college days more than what I did....Everything else remains the same!

25. MORNING PERSON, OR NIGHT OWL?
Night owl....I'm very lazy to get up early, my alarm clock bears the brunt.

26. OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
too complicated a question for a tuby like me!

27. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX?
my bed on a weekend, enjoying my afternoon siesta

28. FAVORITE PIE?
Is brownie a pie?

29. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Black currant and strawberry

30. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU TAGGED THIS TO, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
I would want my hubby to respond....this tag might pull him back to blogging!
Anyone else who finds this tag interesting.