Blog Update..Topics...B'day/Anniv!! (Ishita)

Ok ok …. I know I am really late with this update! But a lot’s been happening around here and hence the delay.

This time lets start with the birthdays and anniversaries...

Birthday

10th July – Harjee – a wonderful writer and a brilliant photographer! Not frequent with his posts on BUF but you’d have to agree they’ve been memorable ones. He’s made his presence felt on the SB of course. Personally I’ve known him for a while now but missed meeting him on his last trip to Delhi…now based out of Mumbai, I hope the Mumbai BUFers get to meet up for his special day. Have a fabulous B’day Harjee…ENJOY! :D

Anniversary

5th July – Ishita & Rajiv – 8 years now :) … it’s been quite a journey so far and *touchwood* it will continue…. !

Goodbyes

Our first loss at BUF….well, first official loss that is coz there are others who’ve chosen to stay off BUF without informing or saying a goodbye.

Amy (Jewelrays) … you will be missed and more than you ever could think possible. Do remember that when I’ve said that I understood that “Nothing is forever”…. I’ve also taken it to mean … “Nothing…Not even Goodbyes….are forever”

New Topic effective 3rd July 2007 to 13th July 2007 (10 days)

Right so there were no topics to vote from last couple of weeks. That’s because we wanted to run the “Chain Story” topic for the following 10 days. It’s quite simple really. We start a story…and each BUFer continues it.

Now the question was who would start the story? Simple, the honor is given to the BUFer of the Week. We give the BUFer of the Week the choice of putting up a post of their choice and this time besides that, he/she gets to start the chain story!

Now some points to keep in mind, each continuation should be limited to a paragraph of 20 lines. A few lines plus minus but short and crisp would be preferred. Do check drafts to see if anyone’s post is waiting in queue and to avoid any clashes as far as post timings/story sequence is concerned.

And most importantly, each BUFer gets just one attempt at the story. Incase we get done with this before 10 days, the next topic will be put up without further delay.

Yes, do send in your topic suggestions to the team id. The poll counter will be updated in the next couple of days and you can start voting!

Incidentally, the second topic of the previous weeks was “Write a book/movie spoof” … many voted for that because till about the last couple of days that was winning but none of you attempted to write a post on that. Now why would you vote for it and not write? The choice is always there to do either or both the topics given! This topic will be also be on in these 10 days!!

Another point, we’ve had posts from some which are unrelated to the topics running. In case you have a post to share which is off topic, please send in an email and we’ll let you know if it’s ok to publish!

So far we have Mala and Royston doing Feature Posts – Monthly book review by Mala (that’s usually up by the 15th of every month) and Roy does the movie reviews (English) once or twice in a month!....

Anyone else who wants to a do a feature post, has to inform us prior to doing so!!! Please understand that it’s tough to keep taking off posts and keep sending out individual reminders every single time.

Those who have volunteered for admin work, please send in an email letting me know a time and date when we can talk/chat about joining in and the kind of responsibilities involved.

BUFer of the week – Who else but the one and only KESHI :) …. She truly rocks here with her participation on every topic… lovely posts… chit chat on the SB… comments! She makes the newbies comfy here and reaches out to one and all. A definite asset to BUF … she’s been here from the beginning and seen it grow through these past months. Thanks Kesh for being here… and you get to start off the new topic besides of course doing a post on a topic of your choice! Enjoy girl…!

Ps: This weekend Uttara and I went on a short 2 day trip to Mussoorie...the pics will be put up in my pic blog soon (later today) ... take a look here "Ishita's pics" !

And John...have a safe journey home! Welcome back to India (yeah yeah I know u're reaching two days l8r but wishing u in advance)....!!! :))