Of Beauty, Health and Diet!

All of you boys who after reading the title have gone...."Oh! A girlie post again!" read on. As I think there will be stuff that even you will find useful. ;)

This weekend that just passed - I finally gathered courage and decided to put eggs on my hair! And considering the fact that I'm not such a huge fan of eggs and their smell used to make me nauseous for years...it definately was a big feat for me to undertake!

And all that for what? - for silky, shiny after effects!!

While making my mind about the whole egg-thing...I struck a conversation with a punjabi friend. He used to be a sardar till about 2 years ago. And I thought if anyone would know about hair - he would!
So, I told him my plans and he said, "Hey! I'll tell you what, use Beer!!!"
I was like :O "You gotta be kidding me!"
But he was very serious. He said that he had used it many a time and his locks would turn out absolutely great. And he'd recommend it to anyone who was willing to try!

Yet another girlfriend told me - "Use black Tea!"
Then she went on to explain that hair rinsed with black tea that has been cooled down (to prevent burns!) gives instant shine to hair! An excellent trick for last moment bling to your tresses!

Wah!! I havent tried the beer and the black tea trick yet - but all those who have known about it or better still who have tried it -Please concur!! :)

The above two incidents gave me an idea! I thought that with sooooo many blogger-mates that I know in blogsville, surely some might have awesome tips n tricks like these. For Beauty - Health and Diet!

So I Call Upon Thee,
O wise Blog-mate of mine.
Write down for me,
Three tips that'll make me shine!

:D So, your choice - Give one, two or all three kind of tips if you know any or have been imparted the wisdom by your Granny!!

Mine -
Beauty: Use Vitamin E (in capsule or serum) on your face to get smooth skin and lighten acne/cut marks etc.
Health: Leave work during your lunch break - put on your running shoes and have a jog around the block everyday.
Diet: Make sure to have atleast 2 serves of fruit per day!


NEXT!!

The ninteenth day....

of the month of August of the year 2005..



Today we celebrate "Daffodil Day" in Australia.
This day we support and help Cancer research by buying Daffodils or Daffodil pens or pins etc. and all the money collected goes into funding this great cause.

My sixth year of support...and today it has a special meaning.
My "Naanaji" (my mum's father) has been diagnosed with cancer just a few months ago and he is undergoing treatment for the same.



AND.....

"Rakshabandhan" is here again!

A brother come,
A brother lost.

The first rakhi ever....without Anant Bhaiya.
And the first rakhi after five years, when Suraj is here with me.

A time of mourning? A time of celebration?



My best wishes to all the brothers and sisters out there!!

The VBM that was......

record breaking,
timezones spanning,
highly entertaining
and best of all so much fun!!!


A very big Thank You to all my dear fellow Bloggers who were able to make it to the Independence Day VBM that I hosted this weekend! My thanks to all those that came even after I left.....hours after I left!

The VBM went on for over 14 hours!! And that is definately a record in itself....plus the number of bloggers that came from a number of countries in the 3 continents! The whole outcome was just massive to say the least. And I could not have asked for more.

When I had thought of the ID VBM - having a meet where bloggers could meet, no matter what country they were in and what time zone they fell under - I had not even in my dreams imagined that the VBM would literally "follow the sun"!

Just amazing how bloggers came and went, cooked food, had meals, did their work, chores around the house, took naps, even some who were up all night and continued the VBM on!!

It was just simply soooo convenient and so much more than I had expected it to be!

We definately have to do it again. A long weekend maybe...*oh that'll be a tough one!* where more than 70% of blogger-mates are able to make it.
And we can call it the 24 Hour VBM!! Who is up for it???!!!! :D *evil grin*


I wish I could thank individually each and every one who came.... but I don't have the full comprehensive VBM script just yet!
But I'd like to give my special Thanks to -
-- Ricky my co-host who did make it to the meet on time. :)
-- Kapil and Invincible for staying up all night.
-- DJ, Amit L and Anubha who kept the whole meet going for hours.


Love you ALL!!!

Until next time............


*my Oscar-style speech is over!* :D

My best wishes.....

....to all Indians, in and outside India!

Thank you so much to all of you who came online yesterday and made the first ever Independence Day Virtual Bloggers Meet, such a great success!!!

It was a lot of fun. And I'm still laughing reading the whole meet's notes as I am going thru it to make a post about how the meet went. :) You guys... you're hilarious!!

Will be back with the post soon! Till then....Take care! Cheers!! :D

VBM Agenda...

Hmm......ok people. The countdown into the last 48 hours to the first ever Independence Day Eve - Virtual Blogger Meet has begun.

And most of us know what the VBM launch was about, what the VBM Info had detailed and who our lovely VBM Attendees are - so its time to figure out what the heck are we going to talk about in the VBM itself!!!!

Before I forget, a couple of quick things...

• It appears that most of us VBM attendees have the latest Yahoo Beta - the one with PC to PC calling and I'm told that it does support Voice Conferencing very well. So lets all make sure that we are updated to Yahoo beta before the VBM begins. (I shall probably test it sometime on Saturday..at random.. chatting with whoever is online ;) )
  
• All VBM attendees please make an effort to get urself a PC mic and headphones so we can yell out..and make ourselves heard!! (have no idea how I'm going to control a rowdy rowdy crowd as this one *sigh...* but I shall give it my best shot :P !!!!)
  
• All late comers have been added to the Attendee list this afternoon. And any one later than today may not get added to the list any more. We will have to leave the intro's to the VBM itself and there the people can post their blog addresses and get other attendees to check out their blogs as we go. Please bear with me on this one...if I get the opportunity I will most definately add late comers here in the list.
  

OK...where was I ? The VBM agenda..ofcourse...okay!

VBM will begin at 2pm AUST sharp-

• After the first 10 minutes or 'Hello's n 'Hi's all VBM Attendees at that point in time will sing the National Anthem - "Jana Gana Mana" , and officially start the meet.
  
• All VBM attendees will go alphabetically - post their blog urls and give a brief intro on their microphones. *So you better not have a sore throat that day/night!*
  
• Various topics to be discussed on the VBM are - What do you think about India's progress in the last 5 years? Why have you left India - study/work/play? OR Why do you want to leave India? Don't you think you have a moral responsibility towards your nation? How many truly think that they are satisfied with the way their life is right now?
  
• Then we will take a 15 minute break by singing patriotic songs like - Vande Maatram, Nanha munna rahi etc.
  
• More topics on India will continue like - What has a greater effect on the Indian youth - Bollywood OR Indian Politics? Do you think Aishwarya is ever going to commit to one guy? What is the inspiration behind Ekta Kapoor's serials? Will Big Brother series ever be run in India?
  
• Then we will have a game of Antakshari - only patriotic songs allowed.
  
• Then all bloggers outside India will beg for money - credit card and paypal accounts accepted - to collect funds to visit India.....
  

:D Ohhhoooo!!!

What we are going to talk about in the VBM - who cares..!!

;) All I know is that it will be great. The best part is that there are a lot of new faces *ahem* bloggers - among all the old familiar ones. And that just makes it all the more fun and exciting!!!!

So.... in short - BE THERE or BE ..........