Halt - This is a bit lengthy post… My award speech… So have
sometime to read it fully... And many thanks for going to continue with
patience. J
I took a week long vacation from writing and so didn’t scribble
anything new in my dear blog but only returned back to find out that I have
been nominated for not one, not two but THREE Liebster Blog Awards. My humble thanks to my blog friends Akash Govind, Saro and Anjan Roy for
this nomination. And my heartfelt Congratulations to them too.
The Liebster
Blog Award is given to new or up and coming bloggers who have less than 200
followers. ‘Liebster’ is a German word means ‘favorite’. So that means this is awarded
to the nominator’s ‘favorite blog’. And this award is then passed along to
other bloggers in the same category to help spread the word, which also to encourage
and support one another.
It was like a dream… ‘Am I getting my Liebster? That too 3
nominations in a row. How cool…!’ I thought when I saw their messages… as they
honored me by choosing this little nibbling blog as their favorite. Wow… It's
nice and encouraging when we get to know that there are people actually read and
appreciate our writing and that too with an award. Yeah, you know, getting awards
usually encourage and motivate people to bring out their best in what ever
profession they are.
I’ve never been a writer in my life before this blog happened,
but have always been interested in trying to do it on my own terms. Whether I’m
any good at it is debatable but I will say, I most definitely enjoying the
process. When I started this rat’s nibble, I didn’t even know if I am
able to write some readable posts. Now I am happy that I made friends here and I
too did impress few with my writings and also managed to get this favorite
badge for my blog. Cool Nah... J
But this award doesn’t come with a gold statuette or like the
black beauty in this Oscar season. What it does come with is a questionnaire to
answer, i.e. for me it is supposed to be 33 different questions set by my 3 nominators which I must now
answer to snatch my own favorite badge.
The rules for this award state that you answer the 11 questions
asked to you by the blogger who nominated you. Since three nominations, 33 questions
been posed in front of me… But I learnt I have the liberty to pick any 11
questions from the whole set. I had a good time answering them and also had fun
preparing my own set of questions to my nominees. Visit my ‘favorites’
and the great writers I felt cool and deserving…
Ok here is the scoop on the Liebster rules (I wonder why it’s
not added in wiki yet…)
* Post 11 things about yourself. Well like an introduction… ok
here my random I Me Myself.
I AM…
1.
Meera, named after my great grandmother.
2. Also a Rat… Yeah, my
brothers call me 'little rat' at home… hence becomes
my nick here to blog.
3. A September
born - Virgo woman.
4. A movie buff
and a chocolate cake craver.
5. A wavering
minded person who takes more time to make a decision. And if I have to dislike
a thing about me, it is this.
6. An avid
lexulous and scrabble player.
7. Having a
driving license but it’s been years I drove my car.
8. Least interested
in getting surprises. But indeed I am very much delighted with these 3 liebster
surprise package.
9. Interested in
books but not an avid reader cos of my frequent reading block.
10. Quite
secretive, bit reserved but a friendly person.
11. A sensible
but quite a sensitive Tamil speaking Muslim.
* Answer 11 questions… Mixed set of questions from my 3
nominators.
1. Does art imitate life or life imitates art?
Art imitates life.
2. What do you really dislike about other people's blogs?
So far I like many blogs and keeping in track of it… but in my
early days of blogging, I remember I happened to visit a blog randomly that had
a post talking abuse things about another religion and its people. Even though
it represents our freedom of speech, we shouldn’t be misusing it and hurt
others beliefs and ideals… I think we should have some courtesy and deal with diplomacy unless
otherwise it’s a social problem.
3. Will you want to spend all your life with someone who likes
to be with you but doesn’t love you or someone who loves you but for some
reasons ignores you?
I prefer that someone who likes to be with me… cos I
don’t like to be ignored.
4. Have you watched any Rajinikanth movie? If so, which one?
Being a pakka tamil ponnu… I indeed grew up watching super
star’s movies. Many movies I’ve seen and the recent watch was an old but my all
time favorite - his comedy film – Thillu Mullu.
5. The person you miss at this moment.
My two grandfathers… who passed away 3 years back in a month’s
difference. And it is their 3rd anniversary month. Well, I miss them a lot.
6. Which thing do you look for in a date, if at all you have had
one before or in the future?
(Money/ Profession/ Physical
appearance/ any other)
If I am supposed to date, then I must feel the love more than
anything.
7. Favorite hangout place to spend time with your friends.
Mostly I prefer for the friends get together at our homes. But recently
I like to hangout in Skywalk, Chennai.
8. What's more important- earning money or spending it?
Spending money is more important. Cos we should act frugally
while spending our hard earned money.
9. If you were given the option of naming a star, what would you
name it?
Hira.
10. If given a chance to go back into your past…Name one thing
you would change in your life.
I don’t wanna change anything cos even the mistakes I have made
are meant to happen and helped me learn something in the course of life.
11. Name one characteristics of a person which will enable you
to judge him/her (in terms of good or bad)?
I don’t usually judge people cos no one can be categorized as black or white.
All have their grey shades.
Done with my answering part… J
* My set of 11 questions to my nominees.
1. What is the best word to describe you?
2. Tell me your wildest fantasy.
3. What scares you the most?
4. What is your greatest achievement so far and why do you think it is so?
5. What you think could be the best way to eliminate poverty?
6. You are stranded in a life boat with Richard Parker. Do you think that Bengal Tiger would not eat you?
7. What is the best trick you think you have done to impress your crush but turned the other way?
8. Which movie’s climax you didn’t like and wanted to change and how?
9. What is your favorite example of architecture style?
10. Do you feel superior to your opposite gender? If yes, in what
way? If no, why not?
11. What's your true and honest opinion about A Rat’s Nibble?
* And the Nominees are…
You guys rock :P
In fact, many blogs inspired me. But I like to specially mention Valli’s
Poetry My Feelings. With her beautiful lines and soulful poems, if not she
exceeded her member’s list. I’d have chosen her for my liebster nominees…
* Whoa. I am almost done… Now the only thing is I have to drop
my word in their respective blogs and make them come back here to collect their
award…
Wait… Yellow
Signal… Don’t go anywhere… I will be back in a jiffy ;-)
Cool… I am done with it too…
Once again… Thanks Akash. Thanks Saro… Thanks Anjan… for seeing this Rat's Nibble as your favorite blog. And many wishes...!
Now let me copy paste the badge… I can’t wait to flaunt my blog
with my Liebster…
Get set... Ready... Go... Party Time… J
