100 weird questions...100 steps closer to knowing me! :-)

1 - First Name?

Raakhee

2 - Pseudo(s)?
Raaks, Rocky, Chi, Ammu, 'Venugopaali' :-D

3 - Girl or boy?
Girl till I die….I have no choice L Wanted to be a guy…still do…keeping fingers crossed for my next birth (if ever there is one!)

4 - Towns? (Birthplace and living town)
Born in happening Ernakulum (Kerala, India), bred in the exotic Middle East, studied in Study-centric Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) and currently living in Doha-Qatar

5 - Size?
Shoe size-41(!!)…other sizes are indecent enough to be excused:-P

6 - Age?
Flirty 30! Woo hoo! :-D

7 - Colour of hair?
I'd like to call it deep brown…sad that I can't call it something snazzy like 'chestnut brown' or 'ebony black' L

8 - Colour of the eyes?
Same as hair…deep brown. And no, I don't wear spectacles.

9 - Employment / current occupation?
Working as Procurement Engineer with the Qatari Govt.:-D

10- Astrological and Chinese sign:
I'm a true-blue Saggi and a Monkey-Girl who's verily living up to her name:-P

11 - I like/love?

Music, Reading, Computers, Garfield, Tamil actor Surya and my eye-liner! :-D

12 - I don't like/hate?
Slimy veggies (read lady's fingers etc.), body odor, spelling mistakes, possessiveness, criticism (yeah, yeah! I know I shouldn't despise criticism…but I can't help it) and child abortion of any genre (feticide, infanticide, etc.)

13 - If you can meet one person of your choice, dead or alive, known or not, who would this be?
My grandfather J Never seen him…

14 - What do you like to do, generally, during the weekend???
Hmm….just chill out. Maybe snuggle up in a cozy sofa with a good read and something to munch on. Listen to some of my favorite music. But these days, I just spend time with my family. It's the only time in the week when we're really together.

15 - The town/country that you want to visit or even live in?
Wanted to visit Paris since ages but I don't think I'll like living there. India's the best place to settle down for me. Mumbai has always been the first choice but I guess it'll be somewhere down south finally:-/

16 - The first thing you do when you come back from school or work?
Change into something comfy, freshen up and then grab something to eat. I often wonder how the heck I'm able to keep my hunger under my thumb all day long! :-S

17 - Style of music or radio that you prefer?
It's Buddha Bar and Enigma all the way for me. But I guess my choice of music varies according to my mood. Like I listen to a lot of Backstreet Boys (:-D *faints*), The Corrs, Indian classical music, Jagjit Singh, and even some Retro Bollywood.

18 - The most beautiful song, which exists for you?
That's a toughie…. I give a lot of importance to the lyrics of a song and so there are so many to list. So I'll single out a few 'makes-me-go-weak-in-the-knees' songs…

1.      'Neelathamare…' – Neelathamara (Malayalam) (2009)

2.      'Picha Vecha Naal…' – Puthiya Mugham (Malayalam) (2009)

3.      'What makes you different…' - OST 'Princess Diaries' – Backstreet Boys

4.      'Ondraa rendaa…' – Kaakha Kaakha (Tamil) (2003)

5.      'Puthu vellai mazhai…' – Roja (Tamil) (1992)

6.      'Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein…' – Kabhi Kabhie (Hindi) (1976)

           

19 - The singer or band that you prefer?
BandàBackstreet Boys!!! I'm a 100% fan of theirs since 1996! :-D

Singerà T. K. Karthik, Shaan

20 - The reality TV shows that you prefer?
I like Oprah though I don't get to see it much lately. Besides that, I like 'Khana Khazana' and 'Nach Baliye'

21 - The advertising that you prefer?
The cheeky kind ;-) The kind that doesn't really strike the average viewer at first glance and then the message kind of dawns on you and you go 'Ohhhhh! Wow!'

22 - Are you single?
Yup :) 

23 - If no, are you happy?

N/A

24 - If yes, are you happy?

Very much....thank you very much!

25 - Have you ever known an unhappy love affair?

Yup…plenty of them. But I'd be sued if I were to list them out here ;-)

26 - How many Harlequins' collection (books) do you have?
None…I hate those! I've read a couple and I consider the time spent for it as wasted.

27 - Have you ever read "NOUS DEUX" (to make the bond with England, "Nous deux" is a tabloid)?
Nope :-/

28 - The magazine that you never miss?
I used to love 'M.A.D'… haven't been able to get my hands on one since a long time now. Besides that, I like Readers Digest and National Geographic Magazine. The photographs in it are mind-blowing!

29 - Your bedside book?
I usually keep the book I'm currently reading on my bedside table. Right now it's 'Water Music' by T. C. Boyle.

30 - The novel of which you would have liked to be the author?
'Five-Point Someone' by Chetan Bhagat. Our writing styles match J

31 - Your society game (or console) favourite?

N/A

32 - The dish, which you prefer?
I love junk food though I stay off it most of the time. My preference is always junk food but family (read Mom) restrictions limit me to more traditional sit-down meals. North Indian food is my favorite J

33 - What do you buy when you go to the fair when you are hungry?
Maybe waffles with strawberry or maple sauce topping! Or maybe a Cinnzeo® Chocó roll:-D

34 - Drink preferred?
Coca Cola with extra ice! Ooh! When I'm back home, it's the roadside vendor's lime juice that I prefer J

35 - Colour preferred?
Black

36 - Fetish number?
5 and 14

37 - The quotation, which you prefer?
'Cheer up…things could have been worse'

38 - Film counterpart, which you prefer?

Jyothika :-D

39 - Cult movies?
The Goonies (1985)…boy oh boy! Was I a fan or what??!

40 - Preferred series?
The Wonder Years, F.R.I.E.N.D.S and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ;-)

41 - Your more beautiful quality?
My resilience after a major downfall is what I consider as one of my biggest assets.

42 - Your worst defect?
I am way too trusting and painfully optimistic L

43 - Your worst nightmare?
Nightmares and I are old buddies. I have a new one almost every night:-P Most of them are about me getting drowned or falling off an edge:-S

44- The worst shame of your life?
:-S It's way too embarrassing to declare in print!

45 - The most beautiful thing, one made for you out of love?
All those cute hand-made cards my sister has gifted me on different occasions :')

46 - The thing of which you are proudest?
My command over the English language… I do realize that I am not the best, but I do know that I am way better than many I know. ;-)

47 - A fairy lends his magic wand to you for a wish: what wish do you make?
A world that knows no hatred J

48 - The first thing you do in the morning?
Get up (okay, that was a PJ!), put the cat out and then brush my teeth.

49 - What you think when you are not able to fall asleep in the evening?
'Now what did I eat/drink that's not letting me sleep? Onion? Pepsi?? Darn!'

50 - What will you bring with you on a desert island?? (5 max)?
My sister, some food for us, my mobile phone, a beach umbrella and a bed-sheet…reckon I'll turn the stranding into a picnic :-D

51 - If you have to buy a handbook to survive, that would be which?
Linda Goodman's 'Sun Signs' J

52 - Your bedroom take fire (or is flooded, it depends of the place), what do you rescue at first?
o_O Nooooooooooo!!!! There are too many important things in there to select just a few! :-S but I guess I'll rescue my University autograph book first J

53 - Quelle(s) peluche(s) partagent ton lit? (What cuddly toy/s shares your bed?)
My yellow teddy bear! (*grins sheepishly*)

54 - What do you have on the wall of your bedroom???
A picture of the Rasaleela, Lord Ganesha, Goddess Lakshmi and a couple of Mom's stained glass paintings. It's the inside of my cupboard door that's more happening ;-) I have a childhood picture of myself and one of my sister, Audrey Hepburn and an old pic of me and my classmates that we clicked when we went to Delhi in 2003 J

55 - Pets?
Yup…cats! And no, I'm not telling you how many I have! I'm superstitious and fear the evil eye K

56 - Do you get on well with your parents?
Yeah I do…98% of the time.

57 - With your brother and sister?
Sure we do…we're inseparable! J

58 - Which is the cartoon which you preferred as a child?
Tom & Jerry and Care Bears

59 - And now?
Tom & Jerry…it never will change, I guess ;-)

60 - Which is the job that you dreamed to have as a child?
Air hostess :-D

61 - Why the lady is big of her belly?
Well…:-/

62 - Tell us your more beautiful memory of childhood.
There are so many beautiful moments I spent with my sister but I guess one of the most beautiful ones of those was when one afternoon, we were playing and fell asleep on a haystack at dad's place. We woke up itching all over and rushed to the bathroom for a cold shower. J

63 - Were you already scandalmonger (to say evil of people behind their back)?
No, I don't think so. I believe in the saying 'One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self'.

64 - You have the possibility of saying your four truths to the person whom you hate more in the world, which you would say to him?

I'd tell him/her why I hate him/her and that I hope in earnest that our paths never cross once again in this lifetime or the many lifetimes that follow.

65 - The 'insult' which you say more?
'Bloody Bugger!'

66 - The word or expression, which too often returns in your language?
'Oh…ok' J

67- Do you speak any other language than English?
Yeah I do… my mother tongue Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and a bit of Arabic too ;-)

68 - Have you already gone in a foreign country?
Lived outside India all my life K

69 - The area (or the place) of England, which you do prefer?
Never been to England…but I'd like to visit Ireland someday.

70 - You have the possibility of making the farm celebrity, would you do it? So yes which activity would prefer you to make?
Is this a 'Farmville' question? If yes, then Farmville and I are far faaaar away :-D

71 - If one day you become hyper famous, in which field would you be?
Maybe as a writer? :-D

72 - What you would you buy if you won the lottery?

I'd buy an Infiniti 4WD for Dad, a new house for Mom, and a 32GB I-Phone4G for my sister J

73 - Where and how do you see yourself in 2011? In 2040?
In 2011, I will (in all probability) be still here in Doha, working and with my family. In 2040, I'll be settled in India and enjoying a retired life, travelling and enjoying my leisure time.

74 – If it is possible for you to use a "Stargate", where would you go?
Maybe to some other galaxy from where I will not be able to return:-D

75 - The Earth is destroyed. You have time to flee, where you go?
If the 'stargate' is still available, I'd use it. Otherwise, I'd go to the moon (unless it's already over crowded already)

76 - The Earth will be destroyed. You do not have time to flee. Which is the last thing, which you do?
Pray that all those stories I heard in my childhood of mythical characters coming to save the good people be true…and then hug my family for the last time L

77 - How many children do you want?
Three…if possible. Otherwise, definitely two J

78 - What would you call them?
That's a secret ;-)

79 – What should they resemble you?
They should have my eyes and my permanently happy disposition J

80 - If you can change a part of your body, which one do you choose?
My nose! L I hate my nose!

81 - You dye hair yourself. Which color do you choose?
I've always wanted to dye it with streaks of mahogany or deep violet…

82 - If you can have a tattoo, what will it be?? And where??
Maybe I would have a tiny \ tattooed onto my wrist J

83 - Are you beginning, intermediary or expert when it comes to acts of Internet?
Somewhere between intermediate and expert :-D

84 - What is there on your mouse mat?
I don't have one…rather, I don't use one.

85 - Which is your bottom of screen on your ordi?
On my what…? :-/

86 - What can we find under your bed (with share the breeding of sheep) ?
My shoes and all the stuff I tend to hit and push down from my bedside table while I clumsily plop my novel before I turn out the lights :-D

87 - How many times a week do you come on Internet? How many hours?
Everyday! At work, I'm on it all the while (almost!) and at home, maybe for a hour or two at the most.

88 - What do you think about the breedings virtual on Internet? (Like kochonland, dadavalley,...) ? Are you registering?
What are those…?

89 - What was your resolution on the new year?
To practice being more laid-back and to blog regularly.

90 - Do you do it?
The first one, it's taking time getting used to it. Blogging…yes! J

91 - The best gift that somebody offers to you?
When they acknowledge that I have made them happy in some way J

92 - The worst gift that somebody offers to you?
A goodbye L

93 - Somebody offer to you a house. You choose an igloo, an Indian tipi, an African box, the same house as your parents, a farm?
I'd choose the same house as my parents J

94. Kilos to be taken?
He he! Again, the figure is too indecent to be declared in public and in print!

96 - The best teacher do you have?
My Mom and my experiences…the two best teachers ever.

97 - The worst teacher do you have?
Some from high school x-(

98 - Dedication this questionnaire with somebody?
I don't think many would have had the patience to sit and read through. I'd dedicate it to the people who actually did. It shows a lot about what you feel about me and how much worth you have given to my thoughts and to what I have to say…a genuine interest in knowing me J

99 - What do you think of this questionnaire?
It's fine…but very time consuming. But it was fun J

100 - Which message of advice you would give?

Nothing is permanent but change… understand this and if not anything else, you would definitely have lesser number of depressing days.


Raakhee