I'm a professional farmer now!

Over the past few days, I have found myself spending considerable time farming and I am loving it! Well, not the real farming though.
Yes, as few might have already guessed it, I am talking about the application 'Farmville' in Facebook. It all started couple of months ago when my friend, Sheetal talked about this game. She was(& still is) very much excited about this game and mentioned that its a cool interesting game which she is enjoying from quite some time. Basically, I am not a guy who enjoys these kind of online games, so didn't bother to give a try then. But the talks n praise for the game didn't stop there. Another friend of mine, Nithya told me that she has found this game very interesting as well and only then I 'actually' thought of giving it a try. Many days passed by without getting online on Facebook and hence without any farming. After few days, I saw many of my colleagues busy in some kind of online game due to offload season in office(which is not the case normally!) which included a square pasture of land. On inquiry, I found its the same game which Sheetal and Nithya talked about. That's when I decided to go for it. I immediately logged into Facebook and owned a farm!
From then on, its all about plowing land, sowing seeds, harvesting, and handling cattle :) Along with all these activities, the game is made interesting with other tasks where in you gift your friends(& neighbors) with different kinds of trees, animals, decorative and etc. You get points(coins & XP) and move up the ladder in farming(levels). I enjoy this game mainly because of these things:
- This gives me some activity which I plan and perform like sow the seeds which will be ready for harvest after a day or two. Gives some kind of satisfaction ;-)
- This gives me a place where in I arrange stuffs in a way I like it. You tend to keep your farm live with different kind of harvests, animals and make it beautiful. This tells that I enjoy arranging items and making the place neat!
- This gives a place to send silly gifts to friends. I just sent a nice looking rabbit and a banana tree to my friends.
- I move up the ladder in farming and gives a nice feeling! :) Who doesn't feel good when moved to next level?!

This game has created quite a fuss in the media as well. Yesterday itself I came across an article in Times where I saw many guys(like me) saying the similar stuff. And moreover, I see many people around me talking these things:
- "Please remember to send me nice gifts like cows, pigs and maple trees!" Sounds ridiculous in real life :-D
- "Yeppie, I made it to the 15th level". And what about professional career? huh
- "Hurray, I just moved ahead to the next level when the fact is that you started farming before me". Look at this sense of achievement! :)

Frankly, I like the game and spend around 15 mins daily in it. If you havn't tried it, please do and let me know how you feel. And if you are already a 'Farmville' fan' let me know your level and your thoughts about it and and.. if possible share your farm snapshot :)

Random things about me

I am tagged by Amruth to post 25 random things about me.

The rules being:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. If I tagged you, its because I want to know more about you.

Here are the 25 random things about me:
1) I believe in the following quote - 'Be the change you want to see in the world'.
2) I enjoy getting totally involved in the movies I watch (This really pisses off few of my friends watching along with me because of the expletives exploding off my lips :-) ).
3) I am a big fan of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' TV series.
4) I dream of completing a marathon or at least a half-marathon.
5) I dislike snakes. Or may be I suffer from Ophidiophobia :(
6) I once won the first prize in 'threading-a-needle' competition :)
7) I follow an unwritten rule or policy of wearing formals on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays while casuals/jeans on Thursdays and Fridays to office.
8) I like to play cricket, badminton and table tennis.
9) The fastest speed ever achieved by me in my bike is 95 kmph and in a car is 105 mph.
10) The best character I have ever read about is Barney Livingston from the book 'Doctors' by Erich Segal.
11) I am a fan of Saurav Ganguly.
12) I love mathematics and once had plans to give tuition classes to school students during my graduation days.
13) I hate when people forget their mobile phones and hurry off without realizing the fact that their silly ring tones create nuisance. (An idiot who sits in the neighbouring row just did this.. huh)
14) I like Bengali sweets which I really enjoyed at lunch today.
15) I like to go around visiting new places meeting new people and knowing new things.
16) I try to learn a new word daily. But that seldom happens :(
17) I love dancing. And love it more when I am dancing well and have a nice partner ;-)
18) I wish to travel to all the continents expect Antartica as I don't see anything interesting there :)
19) I recorded a speed of 9 secs to type from A to Z. (Please give it a try sometime in Facebook)
20) I was once saved by my friend when I was drowning next to a nice water falls. Bad experience! I know.. (Hey, I am a good swimmer basically but was very tired to pull myself up in the deep waters :))
21) Immediately after my birth, I didn't cry(respond), so the doc had to slap couple of times on my little butts. One heartless doc I should say! (My mom narrates this story whenever I yell at her that I am not her real son :) )
22) I don't like blogging at office, but due to lack of work I am doing exactly that now!
23) My mobile number is 9740596642. (This is for all those beautiful single-ready-to-mingle girls in Bangalore. And believe me, many people have complimented me that I'm tall, dark and handsome :))
24) I like blogging but havn't been able to do in last couple of months :(
25) And I 'strongly' feel that commenting on the posts/articles you read is a good practice :)

I do not have 25 people in my list right now to tag as per the rules but would love to tag the ones in my list i.e. Nandy, Sheetal, Smita, Deepthi, Mummy bear and Anuji.