Sunshine Blogger Award

Thanks Chessy for tagging me!! :)

I am a sucker for these things! Hahaha.. (mahilig sa slumbook!)

The Rules:
1. Post a picture of the Sunshine Blogger Award.
2. Post 11 random facts about yourself.
3. Answer 11 questions from the nominating blogger.
4. Link back to the blogger who nominated you.
5. Nominate 11 wonderful bloggers that you feel bring sunshine to the blogging world.
6. Write 11 questions for your nominated bloggers.

11 Random Facts about Me:
1. I do not know how to eat raw food! (Sushi, Sashimi, Carpaccio)
2. I love love ballpens - not gel pens ha.. as in ball point pens..
3. I disklike shopping.. (except for grocery shopping!)
4. I still secretly want a real Cash Register machine
5. I have a twin brother
6. I drink only cold/iced water or really hot water (I dislike lukewarm)
7. I'm not a beach person - since its hot and my skin gets sticky!
8. I am so fascinated with the life of Mao ZeDong
9. I can touch type!
10. I looooooove butter!
11. The first drink I will buy in a supermarket aborad is milk!

11 Questions for my Nominated Bloggers:
1. Aside from answering this, what else are you doing?
Watching over the kids right now..

2. What was your favorite subject in high school?
Literature!

3. Comfort food?
Pizza!

4. Least chore to do at home?
Wash clothes

5. What’s your ideal me-time?
Grocery shopping!

6. If you can have any superpower, what would it be?
Ability to Time Travel

7. Theme song of your lovelife?!
Theme song? Wala ata eh!!

8. What’s your best/worst trait that you see in your kid/s?
Best - Cheerful disposition
Worst - Impatience

9. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I wanted to be a Lawyer

10. Online store suggestions?!
Amazon? Its complete from A to Z!

11. What’s your most expensive splurge?
If on myself - wala
If for others - I think I bought my Panget a cellphone..

I am nominating 12 bloggers (since I like the number 12)
Mindy Frannywanny Nikki Rowena Toni Badet Christa Tina Achi Pam Didi Peachy Michelle

My questions to my nominated bloggers:
1. What pushed you to blog? What made you start blogging?
2. Who is your first every blogger friend?
3. What inspires you to write/share posts?
4. Who influenced you to blog?
5. Who is your hero?
6. What is your impression of me? :) (hihi...)
7. What is your motto in life (sorry, slumbook!)
8. What is your all time favorite show?
9. Who is your favorite villain of all time?
10. If there was one person that you can bring back to life, who would it be?
11. What are your pet peeves?
12. If you were a TV character, who would you be?

Please don't forget to tag me!!

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