Liebster Love!

I have been awarded the Liebster Award by thrice by my co-bloggers, Bushra, Richa & Sakshi, in this month and before I get more lazy and forgetful ... here I am to acknowledge it, talk about myself, answer the questions and pass it on to other bloggers. Woo-hoo! :D

Golden Liebster Trophy by Bushra

To being with, I thank all the three talented ladies to show their love and appreciation towards Coffee Beans.
And a special thanks to Bushra, for taking the pain in explaining about it to a complete novice like me.


About Liebster in brief:
The Liebster Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. So, what is a Liebster?  The meaning: Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. 

The terms:

1. Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves.
2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you, then create 11 new questions for the bloggers you pass the award to.
3. Choose 11 new bloggers (with less than 200 followers) to pass the award to and link them in your post.
4. Go to their page and tell them about the award.
5. No tag backs.

Pink Liebster Badge by Richa and Sakshi

Here are the 11 random somethings about me :

1)   I am very wordy.
2)   I am a die hard F.R.I.E.N.D.S & Harry Potter fan.
3)   I love DIYs.
4)   Cooking is stress buster for me.
5)   Spring and Monsoon are my favorite seasons.
6)   One of my loves, sweet corn, gives me tummy aches.
7)   I absolutely love green tea sans milk and sugar.
8)   One of my dreams is to own a library like the one featured in "The beauty and the Beast".
9)   I am both a morning person and a nocturnal owl... I keep switching between the two.
10) I can sketch really well.
11) Books & Movies fascinate me.

Questions & Answers:
Answers to Bushra's questions.. (she had only two besides the "11 something about me")

1) Why do you love blogging? What is writing to you?

= Blogging gives me the pleasure of being read by others. The criticism pushes me to improve whereas the appreciation tells me I am doing the right thing.

= Writing to me is a way to introduce my thoughts to others through words, and not just in anyway but in an ornamental way. I love weaving words creatively, to put forward my views & my feelings. Writing gives me peace and happiness.

2) Have you made any blogging friends? Who are they?
= I have met some wonderful people; Bushra, Richa, Jack, Indrani and many others, through blogging and though, I don't know whether the mutual admiration can be termed as friendship yet... but, I am sure I can safely say, we are somewhere around that zone.


Answers to Richas's questions..

1. If given a chance what would you let go off your behavior and why?
= Procrastination. Many times it keeps me behind my schedule and I end up multitasking at a jet speed at the last moment.

2. An incident that changed your mind or life in some way.
= There are many. Mentioning any one of them would be injustice to the rest.

3. If not what you are today, then who?
= As a person I would have been the same. By profession I might have been a Fashion Designer or a Journalist.

4. Would you say you can earn money without your degree and how?
= Yes, I can.. through my writing.

5. Your favorite book and why?
= Pride and Prejudice. I am in love with the characters and the plot. Specially the characters, one can relate to them even today. Its a beautiful love story written in pure literature form. This book is the reason why Jane Austen became my favorite author.

6. What is the one thing you judge people on?
= Usually I try not to judge people, as the saying goes, never a judge a book by its cover, however, somewhere in my mind I do judge people on how they behave with others.

7. A quality that defines who you are.
= Awesome *smug look*

8. A person who means the most.
= There are two…My parents.

9. Why blog?
= I have answered this above in the first set of questions.. kindly scroll up :) 

10. Is this your first leibster? If yes then how do you feel if not who did you the first time?
= Yours is my second. Bushra awarded me my first Liebster. :) 

11. What is it that you think about my writing?
= Your writing has wittiness which strikes the right cord with me as a reader :D


Answers to Sakshi's questions..

1. Simple living and high thinking, or high living and simple thinking? Which do your prefer?
= High living and simple thinking.

2. What intimidates you about the opposite sex the most?
= Nothing. I might get little shy in presence of a man with a striking personality, but not intimidated.

3. Do you believe in God?
= Yes I do… however I am not religious.

4. Who/what would you like to be reborn as?
= I would like to be reborn as myself. I love being me. :D

5. What came first – the chicken or the egg?
= The egg. Now, don’t ask me how; I will have to time travel million years in the past to prove myself and that can be a daunting task.

6. When not writing, what keeps you busy in your free time?
= I have many interests and hobbies to occupy myself in free time..Reading, Movies, Cooking, DIYs, blah-blahing with Mom…etc etc.

7. Your idea of feminism.
= To say and act for the betterment of women in the society.

8. The most difficult thing for you to give-up forever would be?
= My wisdom.

9. Spare the rod and spoil the child. You think so?
= No. A mind as tender as of a child’s, needs love, patience and understanding.

10. One thing you try doing to keep healthy and fit?
= I am a fitness conscious person so, I do many things to keep myself healthy and fit.

11. What do you think of my writing? 

= Your writing is very lucid and hence enjoyable :)


Now by the terms of the Liebster Award, here I name my 11 fellow bloggers followed by the 11 questions for them.

My Chosen 11 Bloggers: (Technically I need to give away 33 names but I am sticking to the randomly chosen 11)
Anupam : http://www.anupamtimes.com/ 
Purnendu : http://www.mutinousindian.in/
Jack : http://mysay.in/
Panchali : http://panchalibolchi.blogspot.in/ 
Chaitanya : http://chaitanyavs.wordpress.com/
Titli : http://titli15081977.blogspot.in/ 
Mehroo : http://www.frommissindiatomotherhood.blogspot.hk/
Shweta : http://simplyspeaking.blogspot.in/ 
Niranjan : http://truethoughts-niranjan.blogspot.it/
Brendan : http://brendanantondabhi.blogspot.in/
Jiggyasa : http://shrimaan-shrimati.blogspot.in/


Questions From me:

1)   When did you start blogging and why?
2)   What inspires you to write?
3)   When you become a world renowned writer, would you give up blogging?

4)   How would you describe yourself in one sentence?
5)   Which is your most cherished memory till now?

6)   Something that you learned recently...

7)   What is your pet peeve?
8)   Did you ever have an imaginary friend? If yes, tell us something about him/her.

9)   What is your idea of heaven?
10) Which fictional character from a book would you like to be and why?
11) Whom would you like to play you, in a movie on your life and why?

Congratulations & Enjoy :D