Welcome to the 1st Occasional Blog Awards!

It’s that time of the year when Love is (supposedly) in the air folks!

Although I don’t see any cute, naked, Greek babies floating anywhere in my vicinity and no part of my cerebrum has turned to gooey mush or anything, this year I do have something to be especially happy about and say I love you too.

YOU!

I just got Liebstered!

And twice at that!

And this is what I'm supposedly supposed to do:

1.     Give 10 random facts about myself.

2.     Answer the questions given to me by my wonderful nominators.

3.     Nominate 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers.

4.     Write 11 questions for them to answer.

The lovely Momina and The Unicorn Lady have both tagged me for my very first shiny badge....of bloggy honour and pride and shtuff.

That's for you girls!

And a leetle controversy too.

Blog awards are nice and all but just passing them on kinda makes them like some mass forward SMS...If you’re in the right circles you get one and if you’re not, I'm sorry...*sad no*...which doesn't seem very fair.

But as long as we take them not as indicators of skill or anything and just as a fun way to ask crazy questions and get away with it....and an excuse to delay a post!
Viola!

First, the random facts:

1. I successfully predicted the headlines for the day Michael Jackson died.
2. I'm very obvious. And I tend to exaggerate.
3. It's raining for the very first time this year as I type this!
4. I palm-sweat. A lot.
5. I read in the shower. Sometimes.
6. Barf-fact: I saw a dead rat with its innards lying on the road today.
7. If I could pick a celebrity to turn into it'd be Jennifer Lopez(when I'm on an I'm-FAAAT streak only).
8. I can’t remember what I look like at times.
9. I think I’ll make a terrible wife. Or employee.Or anyone who can be called a responsible adult really.
10. I'm prone to unexplainable stupidity.

Second, the Questions. Instead of the usual 11, I have 22 questions...noffair!

Still...

Momina's set: 

1. Who is the last person you usually think about before going to sleep?

*Narcissistic smirk* That'd be myself. Saying sorry to God for all the dumb things I did that day. Or sometimes it's about whom I've been reading.

2. Something you do alone, but wouldn't do in front of others.

Dance. Like this:

Oh yes.

3. Do you have any strange phobias?

Not especially. I hate touching garbage bins. No, not even to change the bag.

4. One Favourite Novel that you'd like to recommend people to read and why.

The hard one! It keeps changing.

Currently, I'm all Gillian Flynn. And Jenny Lawson. Because they're brilliant.

Oh yes, C.S. Lewis...all time favourite. And Roald Dahl too.

5. Do you take the shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? :P

Nope. I’d take the stationery though!;)

6. Do you use Post-Its?

Nope. I collect them! All in pretty,different-coloured bunches.

7. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

I'm in a contented-bubble right now, so I’d say where I am now. Otherwise it would be Bhutan. Or Africa. Or France.

8. What inspires you?

Walking. I just realised it, I get all my ideas when I'm walking someplace.

And observing other people.

9. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?

NEVER. I'm terrified of heights. I'm even scared of going on a kid-sized slide.

Me at Water Kingdom!

10. Do you ever count your steps when you walk?

Nope. I'm too busy observing the hippy guy across the road.

11. Have you ever danced without music?

I suppose I have waved my arms around remembering the strains of some song I remember.

By The Unicorn Lady:

1. If you could change your name, what would it be?

Depends on whether I wanted to be a pirate or a Na'vi at that moment! But otherwise I like names that begin with a K or an A and have an L somewhere...stupid answer. Something like Keyla...or something. Naah.

2. Name the one thing/person that you love above all things or people.

Nope.

3.What's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say 'love'?

Absolutely!

4. Your favourite band.

Keeps changing. I like old stuff. Indian Ocean, Bombay Vikings, Blue are some I'm remembering now.

5. Who's your superhero?

This guy.He died trying.

6. Do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky?

Lucky. Though I don’t believe in luck being what gets people anywhere.

7. Describe yourself in three lines.

 I'm too many things all at once. And sometimes I'm naught. Either way I live!

8. Something/Someone that changed your life.

 Growing up!

9. Describe the love of your life. Even if he/she doesn't exist.

I really like this quote from the Three Musketeers:
The best thing about an imaginary opponent is that he is highly skilled, yet easily defeated.

Kinda like that.

Who am I kidding. I'm a Princess...I want Prince Charming. With a Mallu sense of humour.
On a second note, maybe I don't. Not a Prince Charming.

10. Why do you stare into emptiness, when you do?

Because I'm thinking. Or writing a post about whoever is sitting opposite me!

12. What are you made for?

To edify. Though I wish I adhered to it more.

The people I'm tagging:

I've tried to do this nicely and it was difficult. Really difficult. I'd have liked to pick everyone in my reading list and I've tried picking those people who don't seem to have a Liebster as yet and whose blogs I immensely love!

BrownGirlBloggin - ROFL ROFL crazy. Where being brown isn't a bad thing!

DWei - Calls himself a Derp. So derpiness is a good thing!

Ghadeer - Original.Crazy.Writer.Love!

Ginger - Journalistic.Tongue-in-cheek funny. She reminds me why I love the Irish so!
icyHighs - A vast vocabulary if well-used(with a shot of that sly humour) can lead to absolute infatuation with his blog! That's what I learnt. And he just released a book. About time I'd say.

Laila N Mysis - She's got the fun-nest family I've seen on a blog. And I love how she thinks. And writes!
Stutee - Repeat from before. Bold. Badass. Bindass!

Tangled Tofu - I'm going to see her on my bookshelf  one day. I know.:)

TayTay - Sensational.And she lives in South Africa. What more do ya need?!

The Narcissist - Narcissism is definitely good when it's this funny!

Zeba - How could I not?! Her writing is something I'd back-up if there were an Internet apocalypse.

Answer me!
I think some of you don't do the whole blog-awards thingamajig. If so, you're allowed to answer in the comments.

1. Sweatpants or jeans?

2. Your reaction when you get caught in the rain without an umbrella.

3. The phone's ringing, someone just rang the doorbell, the baby is crying and the tap is overflowing. In which order would you tackle these?

4. Something you absolutely cannot bear and something you love in a person.

5. Coolest job ever according to you?

6. One thing on your bucket list.

7. Pirates or ninjas? Why?

8. Current ear-worm or stuck-in-my-head song.

9. How many kids(if any) do you want to have?

10. Is Pluto a planet according to you?

11. What would you rather be doing now?

Yeah and before I forget, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you celebrating it and if you're not… 

That's for you Mark!

Keep smiling!:)

P.S. I just realised I haven't done anything about the badge that all of you I tagged are to get.

Thing is: I don't know.

Experienced bloggers...HALP!!!

I don't plan to hang my award anywhere on my blog but for those of you who are, go select one from here. Have fun.

And DISCLAIMER: All credit to Google.

Yeah Google, I've linked you right there.No lawsuits kay.