{"id":2161,"date":"2010-07-26T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2010-07-26T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:31:33","slug":"the-pooh-i-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/the-pooh-i-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pooh I Knew!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been a frequent visitor of Pooh\u2019s Den since last year and on my each visit I can\u2019t help but stand amazed at the amount of creative activity that goes on in here! My friend Pooh has written on every imaginable topic &#8211; be it <em>namma oru samaiyal<\/em>, motherhood, crochet or conversations&#8230; Pooh\u2019s Den has something for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>This being my maiden blog here, I decided to write about Pooh herself!<\/p>\n<p>Pooh and I have known each other ever since school. Our moms worked together and we studied together. Apart from that, I don\u2019t remember having spoken to each other even once. But two things I do recollect \u2013 she was in \u2018D\u2019 section and I in \u2018C\u2019; she drove a Scooty and I a Ladybird bicycle! And the only thing we must have ever exchanged back then must have been a simple smile as we walked past each other in our school corridor!<\/p>\n<p>Oops&#8230; How could I forget her <em>retta jadai<\/em> and her dimple? \u2013 The two main ingredients of her charm! Well, that was the Pooh I knew more than a decade back!<\/p>\n<p>Time flies, doesn\u2019t it&#8230; Thanks to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. We stumbled on each other in cyberspace, probably a couple of years back! This time she was a graduate, an engineer, a wife and now a mommy. But the Pooh I now saw (in her FB albums) was no different from the Pooh back then \u2013 the same dimple, the same smile and the same charm.<\/p>\n<p>Little did I know she possessed such a flair for writing and crafts until I bumped on Pooh\u2019s Den. Reading through each blog, I noticed one thing&#8230; one theme! And that is PASSION &#8211; the passion that she shares for reading, writing, travelling, crafts, dance, music, people, family&#8230; and LIFE!<\/p>\n<p>Pooh, I am delighted to know the person you are now. You not only amaze, but also inspire me. You inspired me to get back to what I was passionate about once upon a time \u2013 blogging! Thank you, Pooh!<\/p>\n<p><em>Guest Blogger, Michelle blogs at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/mommyslittleprincess.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/mommyslittleprincess.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short flashback on how I got to know Pooh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-zen-spot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Pooh I Knew! &#8212; PoohsDen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/the-pooh-i-knew\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Pooh I Knew! 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