I'd like to thank my husband, my parents, my sister, my friends, my colleagues (and especially MS who wants to know when I'm going to write a book), my computer, my TV, my newspaper guy (for regularly delivering my paper rain or shine for me to read it every morning), my neighbours, their kids, the kid's girlfriend.... :P

Anyway now on a serious note, I'm super thrilled that I got FOUR yes FOUR awards in the past two days. Like they say "Dene wala jab bhi deta deta chappar phaad ke" (When the One Above has to give even the roof of your house will give way to accommodate all that he gives).

Well Keshi has given me three awards.

Firstly this ward for being a Fantastic Blogger Friend. Well Keshi not known you for very long, but I know I have a true and good friend in you. Thanks gurl!!!

Then the next award is for being a certified Honest Blogger. Thanks again Keshi for seeing that I write my feelings here and not what I think will be what people would like to read. As Arjun said it, this is my domain. I am the empress of my empire. A friend, whose opinion I generally value, once told me I write too much about myself. He said this is not your diary - noone wants to read all this. Write about the news and the current affairs and the law etc etc. I told him if someone wanted to read the news, they'd visit the news sites and not my blog. This is where I talk about my myself. Those who want to read are most welcome, and those who think I'm narcissistic - so be it.

The third award from Keshi was for a Brillant Weblog. Thanks gurl...once again :)

And this one is from Akelamalu and she has given this to the whole Wordzzle gang. Thanks Akelamalu for giving me a chance to walk on the red carpet.

This is Arjun & me on the red carpet collecting our awards 

I am a print addict. I have been hooked to reading ever since I read my first Noddie. I picked up this habit of reading from my father. He showed me that a whole new world exists in books - I could be a dragon slayer or  an astronaut or a a little green man or a millionaire or whatever I wanted to be. I read Malory Towers and pestered my parents to send me there, until they were forced to explain to me that, Malory Towers like Santa  Claus was  fictitious.

Now Keshi has tagged me on this "Wonderful Quotes" tag. The rules are that I have to jot down 5 of my favourite quotes from the various books I'v read and also tag 5 people at the end. If I don't have the books with me, then I may google them. S0 here are my favourite quotes - quotes which really got me thinking: 

  

"...and they lived happily ever after."

This is from "Cinderella" . I loved the idea of the prince and his love getting married and living happily ever after right from the time I was a kid. Maybe that's why I so love Mills and Boons. They also believe in the 'happily ever after' ending. I like happy ending for everyone...and also for my meals :)

"After all...tomorrow  is another day." 

                                                        -  Scarlett O' Hara

This is the last line in "Gone with the Wind" and the first line in "Scarlett", the sequel to Gone with the Wind. I like her attitude. What has happened today has happened. Tomorrow is a new day. That's my philosophy too. Things always look better after a good night's sleep.

"Never pass up new experiences [Scarlett]. They enrich the mind."

                                                                                                           - Rhett Butler 

This is also from "Gone with the Wind". Interesting thought isn't it?

"If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does."

        - The Duchess

This is from "Alice in Wonderland" . I completely agree. The world today is an ugly place. We need more people who think like the Duchess.

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do."

                                                                                                              - Atticus Finch

This is from "To Kill a Mockingbird". I completely lived this book. Also one of my early influences to study law. My dad told me to pay close attention to this book when he gifted it to me. He also taught me that courage is not holding a weapon in your hand. Real courage is to finish what you began, including my food :P

I have completed the five quotes but I just had to include a few more:

"A day is like a whole life. You start out doing one thing, but end up doing something else, plan to run an errand, but never get there... Your whole life has the same shape as a single day."

I don't remember who said this. Anyway this is from "Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton". Life does not always go according to what we planned.We have to be prepared for twists and turns which we had not even thought about.

"I live in two worlds. One is a world of books. I've been a resident of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, hunted the white whale aboard the Pequod, fought alongside Napoleon, sailed a raft with Huck and Jim, committed absurdities with Ignatius J. Reilly, rode a sad train with Anna Karenina, and strolled down Swann's Way. It's a rewarding world."

                                                                                                           - Rory Gilmore, Gilmore Girls

My sentiments exactly.

In conclusion I quote Robert Fulford from "The Past Times of a  Print Addict"
 

"A print addict is a man who reads in elevators. People occasionally look at me curiously when they see me standing there, reading a paragraph or two as the elevator goes up. To me, it's curious that there are people who do not read in elevators. What can they be thinking about? "

I tag Utopia, Ria, Anu, Dianne and Raven.