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I was very surprised to be nominated for the first time to continue this beautiful award by my bloggy friend, Zan, over at Flourishingathome. She has shared most of homemaking experience and some special cooking recipe. She has a very structured and well organised blog. She gives me great encouragement to be a better homemaker and blogger through my blogging journey. Don’t forget to visit her blog sometime!
Acknowledge the nominating blogger.
Share 11 random facts about yourself.
Answer 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.
List 11 bloggers. They should be bloggers you believe deserve some recognition and a little blogging love!
Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate answer & let all the bloggers know they’ve been nominated. You cannot nominate the blogger that nominated you.
- I love playing piano and just started learning in my 30s.
- None believe me that I am from Indonesia.
- I cannot speak any Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese which people think I am from.
- I love watching Korean drama because I love the film original soundtrack.
- Once I was successful decrease my weight up to 15kg by managing my diet and having regular fitness training together with my hubby.
- I love reading books a lot. Even I read my Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender is The Night” for 15 times.
- I have a dream of overseas vacation with my husband and sons. I would like to visit all continents LOL
- My favourite games are The Sims, Chocolatiers, Plants vs Zombie, Daze games, and all food games
- I love Bali and Hongkong a lot.
- I am afraid of height, except in a plane.
- I love pizza, pasta, and all kind of pies
1. What is your favorite relaxing technique? I love having sauna after finish working out. Going to spa is also wonderful, but I love playing the piano most of all.
2. What is your favorite dessert? I like ice cream a lot
3. How old is your oldest child, if you have any? He is 11 years old now
4. What is your biggest pet peeve? I don’t like the dirty smell.
5. Where were you born? I was born in Surabaya
6. Have you ever traveled outside of the country? Yes, I have. I love New Zealand and Hongkong a lot.
7. How many books do you typically read in a year? It depends, but my estimation is 10 books target.
8. What is your favorite genre of movies? I like Korean Drama
9. What is your favorite breakfast? I love salad and cereal
10. Do you make your own laundry soap? No, I don’t
11. If you had a choice between ice-cream and chocolate, which one would you choose? I prefer chocolate
My 11 nominees are as follows:
I will give one for my homeschooling buddy in Indonesia: Mira@ Rumahinspirasi to continue in Bahasa
Bethany @ Teachingnook.com
Sara @ Underthesun
Amanda @ Palmerfancyfreelance
Elisa @ Harveyeverafter
Katie @ thrivinghere
Bonnie @ LadyBlogger
Kathryn @Kathryntallandstrong
Liga @Ligassweetcreations
Irene Soh @singaporemomblogs
Louisa @artofbeingamom
11 Questions the nominees need to answer.
1. Give 3 reasons why you blog, please.
2. Do you have any schedule of blogging? Please share how it works.
3. Have you been to Indonesia? Which part of Indonesia would you visit or have you visited?
4. Do you play musical instrument? What is it? (if you play) or What might you be interested to play? (if you don’t)
5. If you have children, what is your favourite time to spend with them? If you don’t, what might be the favourite time to spend with children?
6. What are your 2 favourite Fiction books?
7. What are your 2 favourite Non-fiction books?
8. Whom do you think is the best blogger mentor for you and what is his or her website?
9. How do you usually spend your weekend?
10. Which part of your country do you like best and would like to promote?
11. What is your favourite food you cook?
It is great to learn more about you! I will be sure to post a reply to this tomorrow. As far as the last question (you answered) I would have to say that I love chocolate on my vanilla ice cream. So I would say both please!
LOL… great. Thanks for stopping by.. Nice to have a blog buddy like you.
I love blog awards because it helps us get to know you better. I used to play piano as a kid and can’t anymore because Rheumatoid Arthritis has damaged my hands. I really miss it and enjoyed playing classical music. It was really relaxing, even our doggie would come lie by my feet as I played and take a nap. I will have to settle for teaching my 3 boys to play so they can make beautiful music for us! Congrats on the award I enjoyed reading your post.
Thanks a lot Tanya. I also enjoy playing piano as well. I just did my ABRSM exam grade 4 this morning.
Congratulations!! I love reading your blog, and love learning more about you. I’ll make sure to visit the other blogs.
Sure my great blogging buddy
Great to know you better. Thanks for your post. Here are my answers to your questions.
1. Give 3 reasons why you blog, please. To help my writing skills; To share life and give encouragement to others: To get some of what is in my head out of my head!
2. Do you have any schedule of blogging? Please share how it works. Working on that but not right now.
3. Have you been to Indonesia? Which part of Indonesia would you visit or have you visited? I have not visited Indonesia and am not sure what part I would visit.
4. Do you play musical instrument? What is it? (if you play) or What might you be interested to play? (if you don’t) I used to play the piano and would love to play again.
5. If you have children, what is your favourite time to spend with them? Any time I can. I am now an empty nester.
If you don’t, what might be the favourite time to spend with children?
6. What are your 2 favourite Fiction books? The Traveler’s Gift; The Notebook
7. What are your 2 favourite Non-fiction books? The Bible; Same Kind of Different As Me
8. Whom do you think is the best blogger mentor for you and what is his or her website? Michael Hyatt; michaelhyatt.com
9. How do you usually spend your weekend? working or hanging out with my husband
10. Which part of your country do you like best and would like to promote?
I love our city New Bern, North Carolina – small, historical town on two rivers whose claim to fame is where Pepsi was founded and was the first capital of North Carolina
11. What is your favourite food you cook? Chocolate Chip Pie!
Great, nice to see you and I want to know you much better. I love reading together with my children. Looking at their eyes when they are enthusiastic, excited, scared while reading a story aloud makes me more grateful about their existence. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.
Congrats on your blog award! I know a couple of your nominees and am looking forward to checking out the others. 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Thank you for your encouragement all of the time.
Congrats on your award! It’s great to learn more about you! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Kristen. I often visit yours too
Congrats, that’s awesome and well-deserved! I think it’s great you took up a new skill in your 30s! And traveling to all the continents would be so neat.
Thanks Steph. I haven’t done with your Liebster yet, but I have got couple of things in my mine. Lucky to have encouraging buddy like you.
Congrats on the award! Love the idea!
Thanks a lot Miki.
I love that you learned to play the piano in your 30’s – I have played since the age of 3 and I know it gets harder to learn (or remember in my case) as you get older. Great list & congratulations on your award 😀 ~ Renee
That was fun learning more about you, and I like the questions you chose for others to answer. Zan is wonderful!
Thank you Tammy. I am seriously curious about the answer of each questions. Indeed, Zan is awesome.
Congrats on your award, that is always so nice to get. I love learning new things about different bloggers, we are all so unique and fun!
Thanks a lot Rochelle. I love wondering around yours, especially about ASL.
Thank you for the award, I have pass it on to my friends: http://rumahinspirasi.com/sunshine-award-lemparan-cinta-antar-blog/ ^_^
Wow, so cool mbak Mira. Semoga bisa menjadi umpan untuk kebiasaan menulis sesama HSers ya. Thanks a lot…
Adelien, thank you for promoting my blog and yours, too! I am so glad to help and very glad we met! I will check out your nominees blogs, too!
Sure Zan. I feel so lucky having a blogging buddy like you who has already given me chance to step up on the next journey. Have a great day…
Thank you Adeline……….I cannot wait to read more of your posts:)
I have checked out all the blogs you listed and liked their facebook pages…
It is nice to have a supportive blogging buddy like you. Thanks
Thanks so much Adelien for the nomination!
I do really like your blog. Good luck and have a nice day.
Hi Adelien. I’ve been in one of these before, and they are fun. You get to know a lot about people. I’m glad I will get to know you through UBC. We have some things in common. I love ice cream (it’s one of the essential food groups, isn’t it?) and chocolate and I also love playing the piano. I started when I was 8 and just last month closed my music studio where I had taught for 13 years after leaving public education. It’s great to make new friends.
All the best,
Leslie
Oh, great to know you love piano like me. Why did you stop teaching? I have just started learning