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…!

Update day again people and this time we'll try and keep it short and sweet!

New topics starting effective 23nd May, 2007 till 5th June 2007

1. A picture to be posted by each member and explain why it is important to you (won the poll)
2. 3 tech features/ideas/suggestions to add to BUF (put up by us to get your feedback)

You can do either one of the two or both the topics. Also start voting for the new topics!

Thank you all for the overwhelming response to Puja's post…and hoping our prayers will help lil' Prachi.

Thank you again for the warm welcome extended to the new BUFers - Vishesh, Amutha, Nadya - who joined in since the last update and for your wonderful response to the previous topic!

What else is new at BUF? Read on…

>>>Check the new BUFer's page on our website (link below)

http://members.betweenusfriends.com/bufers.htm

It lists all members based on their location and provides links to their profile / blogs.

>>>If you notice the blog loads faster :-) … *applaud for our tech team* … and we're also working on more ideas to improve the blog technically which is where you can help us through your posts on the second topic mentioned above.

25th May, 2007 - The birthday boy this week is none other than our very own JOHN :-) … so time to pull out your party hats and sing him the birthday song….! Wishing you a wholleeee lot of luck, happiness, joy, fun and everything you could wish for….!! Enjoy your special day! And he was sweet enough to let me have the pic below to share wid all of u. Usually he's quite hesitant to share his pics and more so have them put up as display pics or in blog posts. So here's another exclusive look at Mr J :-)

27th May, 2007 - We also have another fellow BUFer (now missing in action for sometime due to personal reasons) celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Many here were regulars on his blog. Which in it's time was the most happening blog around! Yes ppl, here's wishing Puneet and his lovely wife Archana a Very Happy Anniversary!!!

Ok ! That's it…Happy Blogging everyone!

Enjoyyy!