Fun Saturdays Vol. 14 : 5 Random Things about Me
Posted by Corallista | Posted in Fun Saturdays | Posted on 21-10-2012
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Hey everyone!
Its the Weekend and its time for the fun post of the week! I tag all of you to answer the 5 Questions in this segment. I look forward to reading your comments!
1. How many languages do you know?
I don’t have much to boast about there, I know a little bit of French apart from Hindi, English (and used to be very good at Sanskrit). I’m going to start learning Japanese soon.
How many languages do you know?
2. Have you ever had a garden?
We have a lovely garden back home and I wanted to keep some plants at my place here but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
That is a picture of my parents in our garden..
Our Garden at home
3. The one color you would never tire of?
Black! It is classic, timeless and sophisticated. I could have a wardrobe full of black and not get bored!
Little Black Dresses
4. The one thing that annoys you most about your city?
The Mumbai Traffic!
Mumbai traffic!
5. Whats on the menu this weekend?
Sundays are my treat days when I am free to stray from my diet! Last week I had a pizza, this week I haven’t made my mind yet..! I’m thinking Chinese..:P
Chinese-food
1. How many languages do you know?
2. Have you ever had a garden?
3. The one color you would never tire of?
4. The one thing that annoys you most about your city?
5. Whats on the menu this weekend?
You needn’t answer all 5, answer as many as you like! I look forward to reading your comments!
Hope you’re having a great weekend! 
i can speak hindi,english, punjabi n french (not perfectly but did study it for 7yrs in school so… )
never had a garden… ur parents pic is so nice:)
i can nver tire of pink n black
i hate the crime rate in delhi
ive kept a fast today for navratras so ya all the fast stuff is on the menu
I also did a few years of French in school but it was out weekend thing so wasn’t very regular. Hope to learn it properly again!
lovely garden!
i am fluent in english, hindi and sindhi.
i hv a decent garden, we grow seasonal flowers, vegetables, a few trees.. etc..
i love a lot colors, green is my fav. but can get tired of it sumtimes.
i live in jodhpur and i hate the temperatures in summers. it gets as bad as 50 degrees. newspapers wudnt tell u but i hv seen it on my gadget.
no fixed menu yet. going for student of the year. will have mexican after that..may be.
Vegetables from one’s own garden taste so good! My nana nani grow vegetables and their sabzis taste wonderful!
1. I know four languages English, Malayalam, Hindi to read,write and speak fluently and I can understand and speak little bit of Tamil.
2. No, I don’t like gardening. I can just enjoy looking at other’s!
3. Red and black
4. Water logging in Chennai even in just a drizzle!
5.since my husband is on 9 days fast these is no chance of special menu this weekend:-(
Just 2 more days of fast, then you can feast!
1)well im fluent in English,malayalam,ok in Hindi,know a bit of Tamil-learning to speak the language n im taking Arabic classes as well…..
2)Yes v have a garden back home in Kerala…..my mom n grandma both r crazy about plants
3)Same pinch yaar…Black it is:-) mainly coz it slims me down…
4)When I was in Mumbai t’was definitely the humidity n the traffic n here i cant bear the scorching summer heat…..
5)packing for a vacation in Dubai….
Enjoy your vacation Sophia!
1.can speak Hindi, english, Tamil, Telugu and learning Kannada now. Effect of living In too many cities. Can read and write Sanskrit fluently but speaking Sanskrit needs skills which I lack.
2. Have a lovely garden back home which houses guava, custardspple, papaya, coconut, amla, henna, curry leaf plants to name a few. Only potted plants at my home at Bangalore.
3.I’m never tired of reds and oranges in my attire
4. Bangalore traffic irritates me.
5.at my mom’s place this week , so binging on mom’s sambar and fresh veggies from garden:)
I’m missing my Mum’s sambhar now! My nani’s place has quite a few vegetables and fruits – guava, brinjal, labeda, lauki, lemon and many others which I can’t recall right now!
1.I can speak English Hindi and Marathi and french(little bit).
2.Never had a garden..but would love to have one.
3.Red…it will never go out of fashion.
4.I love my city…but traffic of Mumbai irritates me.
5.Nothing special,but i’ll try to make that Navratan salad(read ur post).
And your Mom and Dad look great together..
Let me know how the salad turns out
OOO this is fun!
1. How many languages do you know?
I speak Mandarin Chinese, English, and French fluently. I learnt a bit of Italian, Japanese, and Dutch but I don’t know enough to really speak!
2. Have you ever had a garden?
Yup! The family I lived with in Brussels have one, so I spent quite some time chilling in it when the weather was nice
3. The one color you would never tire of?
Don’t think that exists LOL. I might have to go with purple though!
4. The one thing that annoys you most about your city?
Hmm if we’re talking about Taipei, then the humidity. I’m fine with heat, but humidity makes everything 20 times harder!
5. Whats on the menu this weekend?
I just finished dinner. It was shrimp Laksa! I found these semi-instant noodles with the soup, so it was boiling everything and putting the noodles/shrimps in. I think I’m already hooked!
I hope you had a great weekend too Ankita!
Wow, you’re good with languages! I know what you’re saying about Humidity, Mumbai gets very humid and its unbearable!
1) English, hindi and punjabi.
2)Yup. I had one at home and there’s one at my new home (hubby’s) too!
3) Orange! I look fab in orange. My bridal lehenga was orange and red too.
4) Delhi traffic. Gets worse everyday.
5£ Everyone’s fasting at my place so tikkis and aloo chaat :p
Looks like you’re enjoying your fast
1. I can speak English, Hindi, Marathi,Kannada,Konkani, Punjabi, Gujrati (not very fluent).
2. Never had a garden but plan to have one soon. U have a beautiful one!
3.I can never tire of purples and blacks!
4.I was in Mangalore till 2 months back and hated it when people wouldn’t be punctual. I am in USA from last 2 months (for my PhD of 5 yrs) and I have no complaints now
5.Had some friends over this weekend so prepared rajma chawal and alu gobi
Wow you know quite a few regional languages! Rajma chawal and alu gobi sounds yummy! I just had rajma 2 days back
1) I speak Marathi, English, Hindi fluently, i can understand Gujrati (i feel living all my years in mumbai has helped me in this) and a little bit of French (7 years in school and college). I soo want to learn Spanish, i feel its cute
2) In mumbai so gardens??? only potted plants outside balcony
3) Pink
4) Traffic and the ever growing numbers of horrible drivers…
5) Lovely ajwain paneer that i bought from palladium
1. How many languages do you know?
That’d be English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali. Planning to learn Spanish. (Don’t those latinas from the sitcoms make it sound gorgeous!)
2. Have you ever had a garden?
Yes, back in the day when we had a full-time housekeeper to actually look after all the plants! She had the greenest fingers you’d see and planted flowers of every hue imaginable and some really succulent veggies! My grampa had a huge orchard where he’d grow grapes but I never got to see it
3. The one color you would never tire of?
Has to be black. I can horde and horde blacks and not flinch!
4. The one thing that annoys you most about your city?
Bangalore traffic. Phew! ‘Nuf said.
5. What’s on the menu this weekend?
Sunday is one day I am absolutely antisocial and my best friend is my bed. So the menu read pomegranate juice and flavored yogurt!
1. English is my most fluent language. My next is Russian. I can communicate on a very basic level in Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Spanish.
2. Our old house had a garden and it was beautiful! All the fresh vegetables.
3. I love neutral colors. I’m not crazy for brights on a daily basis.
4. It’s hard to find fun and safe things to do in my city. It’s either terribly boring or really dangerous to be in a certain area.
5. Not too sure yet, but I’m hoping fettuccine Alfredo, my favorite