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I'm currently based in Penang and is in love with her blog, books and camera. Am totally addicted to black coffee (no sugar and cream, please) and nasi lemak makes me a happy, happy girl. When not reading (or working), I’m a shutterbug using mostly my good ol' Nikon D40 (and now I'm obsessed with my iPhone) to take the photos you see here in this blog. The Amazon Kindle, Dell Mini (a Netbook), Loverboy Bear (a hunkish teddy from Vermont), and Combat Bear (a plush teddy from Rhode Island) are a few of my favorite things. RSS me. And get connected through Email, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Of Mailbox Monday and Blog Award

Today is a happy, happy day for me because of two things: 1) a blog award and 2) pressies, both from wonderful book blogger friends.


A Blog Award
Sandy Nawrot of You've GOTTA read this gave me The "Uplifting Blogger" Award and I'm so thrilled to receive it! Thank you, Sandy! She has a great sense of humor (you've GOTTA visit her blog!) and she always leaves the most thoughtful comments.

Now, I have the good fortune of knowing many uplifting bloggers and I would I like to mention them here (in no particular order):



  1. Melody @ Melody's Reading Corner
  2. Julia @ Julia's Books Corner
  3. Wendy @ Musings of a Bookish Kitty
  4. Vivienne @ Serendipity
  5. Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts
  6. Kathy @ Bermudaonion's Weblog
  7. Beth @ Beth Fish Reads
  8. Kathleen @ Boarding in my Forties
  9. Carol @ Carol's Notebook
  10. Dar @ Peeking Between the Pages
  11. Diane @ Bibliophile by the Sea
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Mailbox Monday. This meme is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. I get to participate again this week (YAY!) because the package from Melody arrived today! She sent me two books (one I won at her book giveaway, and the other one is a bonus!), AND a Christmas card AND a super cute bookmark. Thank you so much, Melody!

  1. Fishing for Bacon by Michael Davis (from the giveaway)
  2. One True Thing by Anna Quindlen (the bonus)
Melody is very thoughtful because she sent me the Anna Quindlen book that's been on my wish list for the longest time. I can finally drop it from my list. Thank you again, Melody. God bless you!

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18 commented:

Melody said...

Thank you for passing on the award to me, Alice! :)

And yay that my package has arrived! I hope you enjoy reading those books! :D

Sandy Nawrot said...

See, even when you are on a book buying ban, you get new books! Melody is the best! And you are welcome for the award...you deserve it. You are such a positive and upbeat person, and that comes through all your posts. You have a great list of recipients!

bermudaonion said...

Congratulations on your award! I'm so flattered that you thought of me to pass it on to. Melody is a great blogger and sounds like a wonderful friend, too. Happy reading!

Vivienne said...

Thank you for the award and well done on receiving it in the first place.

Barbara H. said...

Congratulations, and thank you!!

carolsnotebook said...

Congrats on the award and thanks for passing it on to me. Enjoy your books!

Kathleen said...

Congratulations on your award and thank you so much for mine! Your blog always brings a smile to my face!

Julia said...

Thanks for passing this award to me, Alice! I've pass it back to you, well post this soon at my blog :) Happy to hear you got the two books and congrats. Melody sure is a truest friend :)

stacybuckeye said...

Congratulations on you well deserved award and new book :)

wisteria said...

Congratulations on your award Alice. Happy new books!!

Nymeth said...

Aww...Melody is so sweet :D And congrats on your award too!

Ladytink_534 said...

Love that Fishing for Bacon cover. Congrats!

Diane said...

Thanks so much for the award. Very sweet of you indeed. Thanks again.

naida said...

congrats on the award :) and great books in the mail! happy reading.
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

Alice Teh said...

Melody, Sandy, Kathy, Viv, Barbara, Carol, Kathleen, Julia, Stacy, Wisteria, Ana, Jen, Diane, Naida: Thanks for your uplifting comments! You are all wonderful bloggers and I thank God for each and everyone of you.

Literary Feline said...

Those books both sound like they will be good, Alice. I hope you enjoy them!

Thank you so much for the award! You definitely are deserving of it too. You are such a good hearted person and certainly lift up my spirits when I most need it.

Beth F said...

Thanks so much for the award! This is what I get for being busy and falling behind in my blog reading.

I haven't read One True Thing, but I used to read the author's columns in the New York Times back when she worked there.

Alice Teh said...

Hi Wendy, you totally deserved the award. You've been such a good friend and I'm really thankful for you and all the others.

You're welcome, Beth! Don't worry about falling behind. I'm so glad you're always here no matter how busy you are and I really appreciate that.

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