Just another tag!!!

Sep 25, 2009 by sammythewizzy

Well, I've done it.. I've successfully applied for CAT'09 after many false starts (the application form was more confusing than i expected).. Will be writing that exam on 30th November.. With CAT preparation and other things taking up my time, I haven't been able to blog as much as I'd like to.. But as I hate seeing the same post on the top of the blog for almost a month, Ive decided to fish through my tags and respond to one - so here goes (this one is more personal!) .. (Oh and special thanks to Rads for the tag :) )

1. What is your current obsession?
music, tweeting, football and my Nokia smartphone :)
2. What are you wearing today?
the usual... - tee-shirt + jeans combo (can there really be anything else??)
3. What’s for dinner?
no idea!! got to decide which restaurant to go to (missing home food :-( )
4. What’s the last thing you bought?
a packet of fruit-break (really yummy :-) )
5. What are you listening to right now?
'Already Home' by Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK) .. Amazing song!!
6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
An amazing and special person, and also a great friend.. Rads
7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Hyderabad (my home city rocks) :)
8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
er... hmm.. well.. do i really care about such stuff? Besides, summer is sooo far away!
9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Stamford Bridge, London, England :)
10. Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish
11. What’s your favourite quote?
Whatever you do, give your best!!
12. Who do you want to meet right now?
er... i dont know!
13. What is your favourite colour?
Green / Blue / Fluorescent? (or any combination will do)
14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?
Well.. Clothes are clothes..
15. What is your dream job?
Astronaut!!
16. What’s your favourite magazine?
Chip or Digit magazine (i guess)... Get a lot of "free" computer games with it :)
17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
A Les Paul guitar!.. An i-phone wouldn't be bad either...
18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Really not much into fashion.. But I guess.. er.. Well, I don't really know
19. Who are your style icons?
None..
20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Maybe this question is not meant for me.. I mean there is only one kind of haircut, isn't it?
21. What are you going to do after this?
Dinner at some restaurant
22. What are your favourite movies?
any action/sci-fi/adventure/thriller type is great :)
24. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?
!!!!!!!!!!! (now why on earth did you tag me for this question rads???)
23. What inspires you?
Great music
24. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?
Never, ever, ever, ever experienced that feeling, and never, ever, ever will in future too
25. Coffee or tea?
50-50.. Maybe coffee right now..
26. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
Play my guitar or listen to music
27. What is the meaning of your name?
Samuel means 'called by God' (a Bible name) and Pradeep means 'glowing light' (tried my best to translate there!!)
28. Which other blogs you love visiting?
All the blogs in my Blogroll
29. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Fruit Salad with Vanilla ice-cream
30. Favorite Season ?
Winter anytime!!!
31. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
Well, considering my culinary skills, don't expect anything more than plain maggi noodles :)
32. What's your favorite cartoon character?
Tom from (Tom n Jerry) and Johnny Quest (well.. from Johnny Quest, duh)
33. My question: why did you respond to this tag? :P

Rules for those who are tagged (I didn't frame them):
Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag eight or ten other new set of people.

Behold the tagged ones:

Vyazz, Dheeraj Bhai, Stillness/Tranquility :), Reva, Visa, Kaddu, Josyula

Labels: Relationships, Tags | Chai Talk: (6)

"International" Blogger's Award!!!

Aug 5, 2009 by sammythewizzy

While I've been away busy preparing for the changes in my life (er.. and also busy merrily sleeping and being lazy), I've been very lucky to bag a few awards :) .. Now, an award shows that you are in some way special to the person who has presented it to you, and that your writing/blogging is appreciated. When I first started regular blogging back the end of January this year, I never thought that I'd make friends like that so soon.. Must say I've been very fortunate in that regard.. Anyway, here is one of the awards Ive been presented by Rads, and I'm proud to pass it on to other special bloggers :) There were some rules for passing on this one!

Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Copy the image above, the rules and the questionnaire in this post.
3. Post this in one or all of your blogs.
4. Answer the four questions following these Rules.
5. Recruit at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll by sharing this with them.
6. Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNeR (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) at http://bloggistame.blogspot.com and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List.
7. Have Fun!

Questions & Your Answers:
1. The person who tagged you: Rads (Radhika)
2. His/her site's title and url: Rads Blog-a-zine (http://rads-blogazine.blogspot.com/)
3. Date when you were tagged: July 8th '09
4. Persons you tagged: Ninad, Visa, Sharkey, Dheeraj, Vyas, Stillness Speaks, Ronnie, Rads, Dexter, Kadambari, Reva, Pushkar, VB,

Labels: Awards, Relationships, Special Posts | Chai Talk: (10)

Embarassed and Remorseful!!!

Aug 1, 2009 by sammythewizzy

Argh, this is so sad to write!!! So embarassing!! The reboot of the blog malfunctioned disastrously with the blog stubbornly refusing to come out of its comatose state. (Hey, its totally the blog's fault, Im just a poor blog owner :P)

Anyway, I could spend hours writing about how bad i feel about not being able to update the blog in the past month - coz i really feel bad - but that would be pointless really. I dont think I will ever attempt a relaunch of the blog ever again!! Once burnt, twice shy right.. There has been a lot of change in my life in the last few months - started an internship at Elecon Engineering in Anand, Gujarat (India) (where we have a 6 day work week!!) and also enrolled at T.I.M.E baroda (coaching centre) to train for the famed Common Aptitute Test (CAT) to get into the IIM's on sundays. With so much going, it took time to get adjusted. Am writing this post to get the remorse at neglecting the blog out of my system. Will be back to regular updates pretty soon!

Signing out (for now) - Sammy

Labels: Special Posts | Chai Talk: (6)

Reboot: Chai-Coffee 2.0

Jun 3, 2009 by sammythewizzy

Well it has been more than 5 months since i regularly started posting on this blog. Its been absolutely awesome to have my own space on the net to keep ranting. In hindsight though, being in college was one of the main reasons I was able to regularly post on the blog. Freely available 24 hour internet, coupled with an absolute lack of other entertainment options (there is nothing much to see and do in Pilani other than the BITS campus) in addition to the monstrously hot summer weather, contrived to keep me online all the time. It is amazing to see how much one can blog when exiled to a remote corner of the world with no scope for entertainment (other than friends - obviously).

But now, after I've come back home to Hyderabad, there has been so much to do and so many ways to have fun. Its like there has been a sudden explosion in the fun things-to-do list. Especially as I'm going to stay here only for a month before my internship starts, Im trying to make the most of perhaps the last few weeks of my student life (darn, that sounds so gloomy!). So in the midst of having all this fun, blogging has taken a temporary backseat for the past one month. One thing the vacation allowed me to do, however, was to take a critical looks at the blog and think about ways to improve it. The first thing that struck me was the template. So after some searching and much experimenting, I have finally changed the template (yeay!). The template is still a work in progress, so please chip in with your suggestions, bouquets and brickbats. I'd be grateful for that :). Hopefully you will see better posts in the new chai-coffee blog.