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Thank You for the Kreativ Award

Lord, thank you for your love and grace in every moment of my life and for finding me worthy of this award. 

A big thanks to Nivedita for this Award. I don't know if I deserve it but you make me feel that I do.


You, the reader, helped me improve through every post. Your feedback and suggestions motivated me to write in the only manner that I know: from the heart. Thank you all for the love and patience. A big thanks to all my Twitter friends who have placed their trust in me and humbled me with their overwhelming support, friendship and acts of kindness.

As the rules for accepting this blog award make it necessary for me to share 7 facts about myself, here we go:

1. Kochi is my favorite city. It's in my soul 24X7.

2. I dislike certain traits in people such as dishonesty/corruption, boasting, constantly finding fault or being judgmental about others to camouflage their own faults, leading purposeless but extravagant lifestyles and taking advantage of friendships for wrongful reasons. 

3. I worship Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba as the embodiment of absolute, pure, all-encompassing love. My dream is to be a volunteer in Puttaparthi and serve humanity with true, unconditional love just as I have seen Him do.

4. I wanted to be a singer and a script writer in Malayalam cinema but that never materialized.

5. The day I met Sanand, it changed my life forever and I am so grateful to God that I found someone who is so honest, hardworking, down-to-earth, family-oriented, and true to himself. I also think he's got the sexiest smile and eyes:)

6. English books, Malayalam music and friends are my weakness (and strength).

7. My Blogging and Twitter friends have changed my life and supported me at every phase. I can't thank them enough.

To the following bloggers, I want to pass this Award:

Nikhil: for his remarkable enthusiasm in pursuing every contest with unwavering confidence and passion. I think the post woke me up and taught me a lot about how we need to learn a lot from children and sometimes, the abandon with which we make decisions when we are children.

Tania: for her young and peppy posts and in particular, her passion to help others as is evident when she pitched in to help her sister deliver cookies for the RedCross for Haiti Relief

Divya: for her awesome Spinach Banana smoothie, that is power packed with the right nutrients and so are most of her posts! We gain nutritive value from them!

Jackie: for her lively and informative posts for parents of pre-schoolers. In particular, I loved her Scrap Box idea because it teaches me to save resources and use it creatively to teach something important or invaluable to my kid.
 
Sheela:for her creative posts, particularly the one on kid art and marbling techniques. I loved it.

AdukkakaVishesham: for the delicious, melting posts on the blog.

R's Mom: for sharing personal snippets from her daily life with total candor and it just brightens my day to know what's on her blog because it makes me feel connected to another busy mom.

Rules for accepting this award:

1) Thank the person giving the award

2) Copy the award to your blog

3) Place a link to their blog

4) Name 7 things people don't know about you

5) Nominate 7 bloggers

6) Place a link to those bloggers

7) Leave a comment letting those bloggers know about the award

So, congrats to the winners! My dear readers, tell me what I can do better to make things more peppy for you when you visit me.

Most importantly, thank you all and don't hesitate to let me know how you feel! 

Comments

mathew said…
i too would like to write script for a movie..:) congrats for the award btw!
Jackie said…
Thank you so much for the award. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend.
Wonderful post!

Congrats for winning the award!
Congratulation on your award... and thank you so much for sharing it with us... truly appreciated...
Nithu Bala said…
Congrats Dear:-) Happy V Day:-)
BK Chowla, said…
Congratulations, and my best wishes.
Raji said…
That's cool! Congrats!
R's Mom said…
Congrats and Thank thank u so much..it means so much to me...I will work on the award later..R is screaming her head off :):) Thanks so much ya!!!
DreamTNM said…
Congrats on your award and Thank you for passing the award to me too!!! :)
LIFE_REFACTORED said…
Congrats. I don't know about this award or its significance. But me thinks you are a good writer indeed. So, congrats anyways !
Thanks to all of you for the encouraging words.
Gomathy S said…
COngrats on your award!!
And for your interest in film industry... you never know... :)
Unknown said…
Love your blog. Thanks for sharing the award with me!
Sheela said…
Swapna:: So sweet of you - such an encouragement! I am so excited! Sorry for the late response - it's been hectic, both kids are down with something... I shall do the Kreativ Award post soon :)
Emmanuel said…
A high five for "Kochi is my favorite city. It's in my soul 24X7". Same here. :))))
Once again, a big thanks for the warm wishes!
Rohini said…
Hey. Thanks for dropping by and delurking over at my blog. :)
Cool Lassi(e) said…
Hey,
First time here. Loved reading your post "Chaos at the airport". It was like a flashback to me as I myself went through a similar experience a few months ago. If you are interested check this post:
http://pangravykadaicurry.blogspot.com/2009/12/troubling-tale-my-maiden-plane-trip-to.html
Malar Gandhi said…
Good to know more about you today...congrats on the award buddy.

Yeah 2nd point is so much like me, hate double-standard people.

Wanna be a singer and writer...don't give up, its not too late or anything. Wish all ur dreams come true:)
Thank you all for wishing me so warmly! Keep me in your prayers and do continue visiting me with your thoughtful comments and feedback:)
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