Marina’s Bloggariffic is the winner for the 2007 Weblog Awards – Best Asian Blog! This is so surreal. YAY!
I can most definitely not have made it without the help and support of everyone whom voted, cartcart, my PR Managers, my wonderful blogger friends from ping.sg, my colleagues and especially from Hisyam whom has been unbelievably supportive of me since the begining of the competition.
Rinaz and Hisyam on Racial Harmony Day
Of course, at the same time, there will be detractors that says that the weblog awards is nothing more but a popularity contest. And in a way, I do agree – but at the same time, I have to emphasize that I have put in time and effort to research, to showcase and share the experiences that I’ve gone through. Just read through the archives. To negate this fact is personal to me.
Not to say that the competitors are less worthy. Among the list, I think that both Terroir Byte and Webbed Feet are wonderful bloggers, each of them writes about their point of view in a facinating and engaging fashion.
With that said, I agree with Footsteps in the mirror saying that this competition needs to have someone who has thick skin – I find myself psychologically trapped, deperately doing everything I humanly can to get votes – from mass posting in friendster, daily twitter messages, messaging everyone on msn to the point of some getting hostile by it, as well as approaching colleagues to have votes – trust me, its not as easy as it looks. We worked really hard.
Anyways as a closing thought, I really thank everyone who’s voted from the bottom of my heart, and gosh, I won passes to the Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas! I wish I could go! I would have liked to meet Matt Mullenweg, one of the developers of WordPress, as well as Kevin Aylward and Sean Gleeson from Weblogawards. Argh!
p.s. Yes, yes, I owe you guys 385 cups of coffee @ Geek Terminal. Lets set a date after my exams! :D
Congrats babe! :)
yay! congrats babe! :)
Hisyam
So sad :( We’re gonna miss a batch of wonderful students this year … *cries*
Daphnemaia
How come? And how dare anyone wants to lose you as a friend! The impudence! Humph!
Yanni, Jacelyn, Mystika
Yeay! Thank you very very much for the well wishes! :D
Congrats, Rinaz! :-)
Hey, are you still in Singapore? Or already happily settled in Italy?
Lol relax man… haha anyway haiz i kenna scold by teacher.. haiz.. my business ar weather i wanna to call principal teacher or not.. if like this dont teacher or mr or mrs.. call by name…. lame right my mouth not his mouth what.. lame.. spoil my mood.. come to his part conform suai.. haiz.. damn it..
Anyway i do understand what u mean juz now regarding something.. hope you remember ? we seat outside the school hall.. haha.. anyway i read all the comment already.. anyway just hack care whatever the person said ok.. haha.. as long as you are a winner.. haha.. they loose their business.. you win that is your business.. sorry to tell i’m a type of person who straight forward person.. haiz.. very disappointments with some who loose but still wanna to complain..
It that lame?? do you agree with me.. haiz hack care ar.. you never done anything wrong right?.. anyway juz to inform you dont be sad.. all the grduation will come back and see some teacher and etc.. Hope you still keep contact with us ok.. you take care bye..
Before i end my speech don’t forget to send all the picture thru my e-mail ok.. thank you =)..
SIGNING OFF
H!$Y@M
Congratulariffic for winning the award! Popularity or not, a winner is a winner! Here’s to your bloggarific Best Asian Blog! Cheers!!!
Hi Rinaz, just pop in to congratulate you on winning the award, you deserved it, keep up the good work……!
Matahari
11/14/2007
Rinaz:
I knew you would win! Like I said before, from what I’ve seen your blog has really come a long long way! I remember when I first started to read you had only a few pictures then you increased the pictures and then when you added video it opened a big window to your life! I want to thank you for sharing! I hope you will not stop blogging! What would we all do for enjoyment!
Congratz from sunny California
Gary
11/14/2007
Clappingtrees
Thanks for the well wishes! :-)
I’m still in Singapore right now, hehehe but we’re still planning on the wedding and the move :)
Hisyam
Its just very annoying and childish. I did anticipated hate comments because people do have their own thinking. But I was hoping that they would make more logic and reasoning rather than the inane comments that they are making.
I dont mind intellectual banter.
But childish comments completely put me off. I dont want to waste time with people who are too dense to do research on their own and instead blame other people for their own mistakes.
*annoyed*
Err … I still havent extracted the graduation pictures yet, still busy with the exams …argh!
*runs away*
Edroos
Yeah! 385 people cant be wrong! *beams* :D Hehehehe
Matahari
Thank you so much :-) You’ve been so sweet to me :)
Gary
Thank you for the sweetest comments there! *hugs*
You dont have anything to worry :-) I’d never stop blogging and will persevere to the best of my abilities. I think that everyone has their own unique story to tell, in their own point of view! And my personal enjoyment is the sharing of these stories.
My only worry is that if anyone would continue to read them … Hehehehe
congrats babe :) sorry this is late hahaha
oh i understand your situation.. But this is what i think that different people ,different thinking. this is what i believe in.. so i hope you understand what i mean.. anyway hisyam doa kan that your exam, pass with flying colour. ok hope you can do it ok.. so i think end here you take care.. bye =)
Faddy
We both have been busy from the exams, but late is still better than nothing :D Thank you for the well wishes :)
Hisyam
Thanks :)
Congratulations Rina! All your hard work has finally paid off. You must be in cloud nine, plus being in love with your Dearest.
maybe it’s not THAT late…ehem…CONGRATS!!! hehehe…
congrats marina!!!!!!!!!!
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