Tagged for a meme by one of my favourite bloggers, Linda of Out Of The Garden, so here goes:
Four places I’ve lived in:
- Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
- Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Chennai, India
- Singapore
Four jobs I’ve had:
- Sub-editor, Indian Express, Chennai
- Sr sub-editor, Business Line, Chennai
- Exec sub-editor, The New Paper, Singapore
- Personal secretary (current)
Four places I’ve holidayed in:
- Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
- Munnar, Kerala
- Wellington, NZ
- Dublin, Ireland
Four favourite foods:
- My mother’s vendakkai pitla
- My periamma’s peas pulao
- My uncle’s taro root fry
- Sweet, seedless, refrigerated purple grapes
Four places I’d rather be:
- With my family, pretty much anywhere
- At Gogarty’s Pub in Dublin, listening to live Irish music
- At my uncle’s place, playing carromboard with my cousins
- Scotland, by a peaceful loch, listening to the silence
I’m absolutely certain everyone’s done this meme, but I’ll be more than happy if anyone wants to take it up – and let me know, because I’d love to know your choices too!
Wow.. u are a sub-editor to Indian Express.. Lovely..:D
ReplyDeleteShyamala nice n sweet Meme!!
ReplyDeletewonderful to hear your tastes n choices!!!
I used to be a sub editor on The Asian Age. Funny co-incidence!
ReplyDeleteHi Shammi, thanks for playing along -- loved to read your meme and get to know a little more about you! You have certainly been to some wonderful places! Now, when are we going to see recipes for your fav. dishes? :)
ReplyDeleteThats a nice meme to read...nice knowing about you
ReplyDeleteThats a nice Meme... its good to know abt u :)
ReplyDeleteur jobs are pretty impressive, i must say....sub editor for a newspaper is hell of a big deal...nice knowing a bit about u
ReplyDeleteSiri: That was my first job out of college! :)
ReplyDeletePadmaja: Thanks :)
Mallika: Aha, a few newspaper hack! Nice to know :)
Linda: :) Patience, grasshopper!
Srivalli, Cinnamon, Bhags: Thank you all! :)
Ah carroms! I played a few games recently! Do you like Scrabble too?
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear about your tastes and above all that you were a sub-editor to one of the prestigious newspaper..
ReplyDeleteSra: Do I LIKE Scrabble??? I play online all the time :) And Sudha's a keen Scrabbler too - it's good fun!
ReplyDeleteApple: Thanks! :)
You lived in Jampot? When??
ReplyDeleteTisco or Telco area???
"Patience is a virtue, for certain, but one in which I am sorely lacking" ;)
ReplyDelete-- Grasshopper
The Cooker: Way, way WAAAAAYYY back :) In the Tisco area.
ReplyDeleteLinda: Hehe.
I share the carrom-board memory with you:) lovely meme..surely enjoyed reading it!
ReplyDeletebtw, how come I'm missing on your fellow foodies list?:(
Hi Mansi
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed reading the meme :) You're on my blogroll now - but my bloroll is mostly redundant now because I check everybody's posts on Food Blog Desam! :) Which is why I missed the fact that you werent on my blogroll!
Did you mean me Mommy's peas pulao? Or someone else's? :) LOVE my mom's any and every dish...and your mom's thengai thogayl especially:) Think the secret of my figure is GREAT food any/every where in the family!;)
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