Picture speak a thousand words

2009 February 3

Indyeah gave me a picture perfect assignment. While tagging me she says “FIRST ONE is Solilo! Because I seem to have a connection with her. Her ‘Abhi’ always makes me smile!:) .”

Abhi is right.  We do have a connection. The first time while exchanging comments we started chatting as long lost friends. It has to do with our similar backgrounds and upbringing, I guess. She keys down her thoughts from soul. I am sure once you visit Indyeah’s blog you would concur with me.

This is my first tag ever. I find this one really interesting and am glad it came from a person I am really fond of. So what do I do? I grab it the very instance I got it.

The rules are really simple and the best thing is you don’t have to think or write much. Just use Google chachi and post a picture. Still to be a bit more clear on the rules,

1. You will be given a set of questions.

2. Google the image which best suits the answer and post a picture from first page of image search with minimal explanation. As they say, picture speak a thousand words.

3. After you finish tag 5-6 other blogger friends and let them know.

So here I go…(Disclaimer: The pictures used here are from the result of google search and mainly for this tag purpose. I have no ownership over these and have no intention of violating copyright laws.)

1.Your age on your next birthday

30…ahem..1..ahem :D

2. A place you’d like to travel to

I have traveled to many parts of India but never North-East region. I would love to go there some time to meet the people, to learn their culture, language, food habits and to just enjoy the scenic beauty.

3. Your Favorite place

4. Your favorite food/drink

Being far away from home all I crave for is a traditional Kerala sadya (feast).

I love Cocktails and Margarita is my favorite. The picture here is of Raspberry Margarita.

5. Your favorite pet

 I am allergic to most.

6. Your favorite color combination

I find Bluish White serene.

7. Your favorite piece of clothing

I am most comfortable in pajamas but my favorite piece of clothing is Skirts. I am waiting for Summer.

8. Your all time favorite song

 

Now this was difficult as it depends upon mood. So I listed the one which was probably my first favorite song. I remember sometimes in late 80s once Doordarshan had Raj Kapoor film festival and showed all B/W movies. This movie and song stuck  with me. On a casual conversation with someone after that I mentioned this as my fav. song.

9. Your favorite TV show

I used to love Udaan starring Kavita Chaudhary and Shekhar Kapoor but I couldn’t find any pictures or video of the show.

and

10. Full name of your significant other

Let’s just call him ‘The Other half’ :)

11. The town in which you live

Beautiful Oregon state

12. Your screen name/nickname

I couldn’t find a picture.

Oh boy! I should have chosen some good screen name. When they see Solilo which is short for Soliloquies, people think that it is a Spanish last name. Don’t have doubts there. I am an Indian living in US.

13. Your first job

Report Analyst with John Deere

14. Your Dream Job

Interior Decorator. I have helped my friends with choosing curios and designs to match their style. I love neatly decorated homes with personal touch.

15: Bad Habit you have

Absent-mindedness. I know some of you already know about this :)

16. Your worst fear

 Losing a loved one :(

17. The one thing you would like to do before you die

Bungee jumping. I am sure I am never going to do it but still would love to if I ever get the courage.

18. The first thing you’ll buy if you get $1,000,000

Save it and use it for all my future vacations.

19.Your favourite credo in life.

Don’t waste it with redundant negativity.

Who do I tag?

Between Indyeah and Usha, they have tagged almost all bloggers whom I would have chosen too :) . So not repeating them I choose these 6 blogger friends

Poonam, Nimmy, Shail, Kiran, Enchanted, Vimal (Each of them have a unique personality and I would love to know more about them through this tag.)

and anyone who is interested in doing it.  There is no pressure. You guys take your own sweet time. Let me know after you finish it.

41 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 February 3

    lol :P nicely done for your first :)

    Me: Thanks Vishesh :)

  2. 2009 February 3

    Nicely done. :) We are the same age by the way!! ;)

    Me: Again..age is just a number ;)

  3. 2009 February 3

    Faxing from a toaster that is really the limits… lol… hope its not happening in real life !

    Me: Mostly its making a toast in Fax machine :D

  4. 2009 February 3

    (((Hugs)))) :) love all that you said…and all of it applies to you coz you say it with such an open heart…:)
    okie now,lets proceed step by step…;)
    I love the way you did this!lol@age!*ahem* yeah just a number!lets keep telling ourselves that ;)
    N-E yup!beautiful place!you will love it!:)
    and :D I too hope to taste the kerala sadya at a friend’s wedding:)
    cocktails/margaritas…(kinda like an apple martini?:D..:)n the pics add a dash of colour too!:)
    bluish white !soothing!kinda like hitchwriter’s:)both colours are serene!
    Ditto for Bharat ek khoj (I love the title song)and Udaan!:)Kalyani!awesome woman!
    and skirts!!ooh!why did I forget?:)I live in them !indian summers!
    and such pretty skirts too!:)
    and WHAT a song!amazing and beautiful and evergreen!:)darn thoughtful!

    AND ‘Report Analyst with John Deere’?
    *faints*
    OMG!I am zapped!:)in a good way!:)
    you haff brains dear girl!I am proud!:)bungee jumping?*whew*me dead scared of heights..even *ahem*swings!:D(yeah!go ahead laugh your guts out!):P
    Hey beautiful creative soul!loved your dream job and your credo!
    they define who you are!:)
    love and Hugs!!
    **long comment** :D …*say hi to the’other half’*:D
    Indyeah!:)

    Me: Abhi, Seeing your smiley attack I can say that you are Visheshified now Ha..ha. Vishesh is the one who uses maximum smileys hence the name.

    Kalyani was awesome. I searched and searched but couldn’t find a single picture. Only one news that her real life sister is a DGP now. Aren’t skirts comfortable and beautiful?

  5. 2009 February 3

    oh dear god!look at the smilies!
    didnt realize there were so many of them!they look scary now! :D

    Me: As I said Visheshified Indy. :D

  6. 2009 February 3

    Great stuff…I particularly like the one about the fax in the toaster! And, of course, afetr a point, age is really no more than a number….that you want to forget?!!

    Me: Yes! age is just a number once you hit 30 ;)

  7. 2009 February 3

    Gosh i am also supposed to do this one!! I should spend ten days only finishing these tags!
    I love that song too…. and think where our TV serials have to from Udan and Pukar!

    Me: IHM, you were first on my list as usual but then I saw Usha tagged you. I am eagerly waiting to read yours. Which one is Pukar? Don’t remember that. Isn’t it sad that all our serials are now reduced to Saas-Bahu and Pati? Progressive times.. Hmph!

  8. 2009 February 3

    Hehe… so I am tagged once again! Actually I am swamped under tags…but haven’t got around to doing them!! :(

    You have done this one with panache.

    Me: Oh! you already tagged for this one? Thanks.

  9. 2009 February 3

    Hey hey Solilo.that was really interesting..Trust me,way before i saw my name,i felt that you were going to tag me,honestly i felt so..Hmm,some telepathy is action :)

    Will surely do the tag..

    p.s: I like your atitude,indeed vibrant and positive..I won’t say that i understand the whole of you as a person by just reading a few lines,but still,i feel good that i am your friend :)

    Bye bye

    Me: I am not surprised as even once before both of us wrote a post on almost similar theme and when I saw yours published, I didn’t bother to complete mine. Good! am already looking forward to yours. Thanks yaar :)

  10. 2009 February 3

    Nicely done. BTW u have a problem with using a copyrighted cartoon. I had once received an email from cartoonstock guys. Since then I stopped using their cartoons.

    Me: Welcome Reema. That’s what came to my mind when I saw this tag as this asks for google pictures which obviously isn’t ours. That’s why I posted the disclaimer too before I started the tag. I have seen on some discussion forums which I am part of, members remote link to cartoon stock. Did you? Anyways I e-mailed them that the picture was used just for fun purpose and not for any commercial use.

    There is no other way to do this tag :) Best thing is to not remote link and steal anybody’s bandwidth.

  11. 2009 February 3

    Your dream job is mine as well :-D

    lol @ the toaster thing…I also have been tagged for this one…need to do it :-(

    Me: Looking forward to yours.

  12. 2009 February 3

    Loved it :) There is this quietude that stems from the words and pictures [even bungee jumping, would you believe] a dash of tongue in cheek humour :) and also gentle fun!

    Hmmm dream job vs the one you have is an interesting combo.. :)

    Enjoyed reading this!

    Usha: I don’t know if I will ever be able to bungee jump. Too scared. Hope I get the courage for that one day :)

  13. 2009 February 3

    onam sadhya is my favvvvvvv too :)

    Me: I miss simple vegetarian Kerala meal though I try to make all this during Vishu and Onam still nothing tastes like the one back home :(

  14. 2009 February 3

    I liked the pic number 16 and the message what you wanted to connote. TC and keep blogging!

    Me: Thanks

  15. 2009 February 3

    Lovely! :)

    Bungee jumping eh?! I would be too damn scared!

    Me: I am a scary cat myself. Hope I can some day.

  16. 2009 February 3

    loved all of it!

    Me: Thanks NM

  17. 2009 February 3

    Hey one more thing Solilo, do aim for bunjee jumping…. aim for “Sky Diving”….
    it is the ultimate….. i can say that coz i did that a couple of months back…..
    you have to experience it……
    http://quintessentialhope.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-i-felt-like-peregrine-falcon-and.html

    and yes, i did get onam sadhya here in LA this year (2008) …. we have a kerala association of Los Angeles…. (KALA)…. :) here

    Me: I am just too scared. I need to wish for courage to do that :)

  18. 2009 February 3

    Very Nice!

    Udaan was such a gem of a TV show. As was Bharat ek Khoj!

    Me: that was before Ektasization of TV.

  19. 2009 February 3

    That was interesting!

    I have done a similar tag here: http://alchemistpoonam.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/flickr-mosiac-tag/

    But I will do this one too, but in some time. I hope that is ok with you?

    Me: Poonam, Take your time. As I mentioned, no pressure at all. :)

  20. 2009 February 3

    and yes, discovery of India was a great programme… really super !

    Me: :)

  21. 2009 February 3

    Thanks for your comment, you made my day!!!! :D

    And I wish: You’re age stops at 30, (Well i would have said, 21 or 25 but you mentioned 30 ;) ) year old Report Analyst with John Deere, who travel to kerala for Sadya, and win a Dvd cover of all the episode of ‘All in the family’! Hey isn’t Number crunching opposite to interior decorating!!! And Absent-mindedness is a sign of Genius :)

    Me: Ha..ha..ha.. Revenge.

  22. 2009 February 3

    hey, u worked with John Deere?
    They were our clients in my first job :)

    Me: Yep! I reported to Charles Finney. Small world indeed :)

  23. 2009 February 3

    hey awesome it was….very nice tag….i have done a similar one as u knw! I njoid reading this!

    and somehow i am not getting ur feed updates in my reader…..[grrrr]

    Me: Oh why? :|

  24. 2009 February 4

    hey bout that feed and rss… can you help me with it.. how do i actually do it ?? no clue really !

    Me: Sure! let me post on your blog in a bit.

  25. 2009 February 4

    Hey,I’ve done the tag too!You like malayali sadya too!So we hve somethng in common.YaY!!!Bungee-jumping,eh??Even thinking about it gives me shivers!
    Loved the tag,Solilo(smiling)..nope,I wont use another smiley now,you’ve already been swamped enough!

    Me: All of us start missing our traditional food when we move away. Don’t we? :)

  26. 2009 February 4

    Our TV serials were going fine even when Zee TV initially started. There were some good ones like Daraar, Parampara, Siddhi and Trikal. But the moment Balaji came, television turned into a nightmare.
    Even I want to do Bungee jumping!!!
    And I was in Munnar last year and had a great Kerala feast there! :P It was great!

    Me: I have never heard of those shows. I was never an avid TV watcher but yes! Ektacization of TV spoiled everything. The standard is set to mediocre and now even the good ones don’t work anymore because people are so used to this mediocrity.

  27. 2009 February 4

    Lovely one :) I did it too some time ago. Btw have you done CSS upgradation for this template or is it one of the wordpress has offered ? Looks more like a blogspot blog :P

    Me: Welcome Bluemist. This one is 3 column theme by Andreas09 on wordpress :) . I too think Blogger theme have variety.

  28. 2009 February 4

    i did this meme sometime back myself… i like fish too… used to have a small fish tank once..but then the task of maintaining it was handed over to me… n soon enuf we had no fish n no tank!

    Me: Ha..ha..

  29. 2009 February 4

    loved it, lady. u’re in oregon? we gotta talk on fone sometime and then prolly get together for cocktails …. heheh

    lovin the song !! vah mahua vah. :p

    love blue/white combo too … although yellow/white is more appealing to me … i like pink/white too hmmm :D

    hate fish hate fish hate fish.

    would love to go to northeast too hehe

    okie those are all the things i feel strongly about :D

    really lovin’ the song. :)

    Me: You too? Give me a holler.

  30. 2009 February 4

    Thanks for tagging me ! Will come out with it soon.

    No.3,14 and 16 were too good.

  31. 2009 February 4

    hey there are so many things i can directly use from your tag ;-)
    but i will try to find different pictures.
    Are u sure using pictures from net will not have any copyright issues?

    Me: Naah! no cheating *where is my danda* :D Everyone on the net has already done this tag. Add that disclaimer I did and then continue.

  32. 2009 February 5

    Nice to know more about u :)

    Me: N, I believe Indyeah tagged you for the same. So looking forward to know you more too.

  33. 2009 February 8

    nicely done ..nice pictures :)

    Me: Thanks and welcome to this blog :)

  34. 2009 February 10

    Oregon, you say! Yayyy the pacific northwest!!
    and I am with you on # 16

    me: Welcome Mythili. We have interacted when I used to have food blog long back ;)

  35. 2009 March 28
    RaiulBaztepo permalink

    Hello!
    Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
    PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
    See you!
    Your, Raiul Baztepo

  36. 2009 August 15

    Cool! Nice to know few more things about you.
    So, you are not that old. :P
    I also love this song (duniya banane vaale).
    I’m sure Oregon is very beautiful. American South has it’s own charm.
    Oh, you worked for John Deere..so, is your area of work finance?
    But, I think, you should pursue interior decoration if you really want to do that and feel it will give you more happiness. I’m sure you have flair for that.
    Losing a loved one is the only fear I have.

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