Friday fillers

kind fives meme

May 23, 2008

ZAM tagged me to do this meme, which is called the Kind Fives and you have to list five kind things you do for yourself; five kind things you do for your closest friend, partner or child and five kind things you have done for a stranger. You then have to tag five people. Five [...]

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still complaining of gas prices?

May 13, 2008

I got this email from work with the subject line: “Statistics that will make you feel good”. So read on and see if it comfort your rage on the soaring gas prices lately. Hi Everybody, During my recent visit to India, we were at a petrol station filling the car’s fuel tank, and I thought [...]

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the housekeeping meme

May 2, 2008

What three kitchen items do you use the most often? A cling wrap, pot holder and chori bashi (long chopsticks for cooking) What kitchen gadget do you wish you had? My onion mincer/dicer. Don’t you just feel great when you can dice or mince onions without looking like you just saw a tragic movie in [...]

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knowing me, knowing you

April 25, 2008

I grabbed this from MakiMeji.  1. What is your occupation? Technical Consultant/Translator 2. What color are your socks right now? black 3. What are you listening to right now? the sound of the keyboard only since everyone is asleep. 4. What was the last thing that you ate? Brown bread. 5. Can you drive a stick [...]

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Your birthday month and you

March 28, 2008

The Month of My Birthday – Look in November for my answers Here’s the rules: 1. Pick the month of your birth. 2. Bold the 5-10 things that most apply to you 3. Strike out everything that doesn’t apply to you. 4. Place the list of all the months under a cut. 5. Tag 6 [...]

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Random 5

March 14, 2008

I grabbed this from Shiera:  1. Name one thing you do everyday. * Write a blog post. 2. Name two things you wish you could learn. * playing the piano- I wish I started early and continued the lessons I took 4 years ago. * fiction writing – I love reading fiction and I wish [...]

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Spreading some linky love

March 2, 2008

Genesis the Expat Mom has tagged me for this linky love meme. Start Copying Here* I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. [...]

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spreading like a virus

February 29, 2008

Claudia tagged me with this cool (Technorati score enhancing) meme. Rule #1: Copy all the links below and replace a single link under the appropriate letter of the alphabet. If your domain name, or even the title of your blog, starts with an “A,” you’d replace the link under that letter and put the replaced [...]

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