Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Knock knock! Santa is here! :)





I came home from work quite late yesterday and found an amazon package on my bed which I didn't order. Well, there is no-one on earth who doesn't like surprises but when there is no occasion around and especially your B'day is also not near then it becomes even more exciting to open gifts. I had no idea that who sent me the package but like kids I opened it with great curiosity and glittery eyes. There was nothing mentioned on the front side of the invoice either, that who ordered it. I don't get gifts often so I thought it would be ordered by someone for one of my flat mates, also my college buddies (as sometimes we order things online on each others' name as per our availability at home). But I was wrong, totally wrong! As soon as I unpacked the package, I found this....


And somehow I knew that this gift was intended for me,not to my friends. I knew that none of my friends had the habit of sending gifts and that too a photography related gift.Ahhh! Never! To be honest, more than the gift, what I really loved about it was that it was a book and related to photography. I just cannot express how happy it made me last night, after a hectic day at office. Extremely happy! :)

Well, I searched for the sender's name inside out of the package and after spending some time, I found it on the back side of the invoice.And as soon as I read the name, it brought a big smile on my face. The sender was Jaibala a.k.a. Jai, a very experienced and lovable blogger and one of my favorites. Also, it came through Blogchatter's Secret Santa initiative, in which many of the wonderful bloggers enrolled with Blogchatter to send a gift on the occasion of Christmas to the person randomly selected by Blogchatter's algorithm (I believe). ;)

I never met Jai in person and we had only interacted thru comments on blog posts and twitter. Also, I didn't mention any preference of gift on the Blogchatter's link. And when I saw the book, it was actually a big surprise for me that how Jai figured it out on her own that I have a thing for photography. I believe, she noticed my love for photography in my blog posts during blog hopping and chose this wonderful gift for me. Well, her comments on my blog posts weighs more than any physical gifts and this book was a cherry on the cake. 

I can't thank you enough for this lovely gift, Jai (Beautiful Santa)! Hope we meet soon. And loads of love to S and you! :)

Wish you merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year in advance!


19 comments:

  1. I am so glad you liked the book. Hope it inspires you, and I hope to see a book like this of yours soon. All the best.

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    1. PS: Thank You for all those kind words

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    2. Thanks for this wonderful gift, Jai! I was really not expecting anything like this as I had not mentioned my choice of gift in Blogchatter's form. It was really an awesome surprise for me. Thanku so so very much again! :)

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  2. Waoo.. that's so awesome Saumy and kudos to Jai.
    I can imagine your happiness 😊

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    1. Yeah, she made my day by sending this perfect gift, Anshul! Really loved it :)

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  3. That's a great deed...good to have such friends around! A way to spread happiness too.

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    1. Absolutely, Alok! It's always good to have such wonderful friends around! :)

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  4. Thats so sweet. Its so fun to receive our surprise gifts..isn't it? I also got it few days back and was equally surprised at first. Secret santa is always so much fun especially when you need to guess your secret santa :)

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    1. It is always amazing to receive surprises. I saw your gift on twitter and it was fab too. Secret Santa was indeed a great initiative. :)

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  5. That's the perfect gift for your Saumy! Enjoy the book. And I must get my act together and send my secret Santa gift soonest!! ;-)

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    1. hehe...Indeed, it's a perfect gift for me! I really like it :)

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  6. Enjoy and make the best use of it. Looking forward to see more of your pics. Have a merry christmas

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    1. Thanks a lot for stopping by, Anindya da! I will definitely try to make the best use of it :)

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  7. That's a great gift. Enjoy and a very Happy New year to you!!

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    1. Indeed, Prerna! Thanks and wish you too a very Happy New Year! :)

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  8. Enjoy this wonderful gift.Secret Santa is a wonderful initiative and it's great that your Santa chose so well.

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    1. Thanks a lot, Abhijit! It's indeed a lovely gift :)

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    2. That's such a lovely secret santa campaign , it's wonderful to get gifts , what to talk of secret santa gifts ,wow I loved the idea blogchatter ,and happy for you that u got a gift of Ur interest

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