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Jubilations! I have just been seen worthy for my first award.Big thank you to Melanie from over at Read It In 7 Days. And here it is in all it’s glory!
Now that I’ve received this award, the rules are I have to pass it on to 15 other fabulous blogs that I have just discovered. I also have to link back to the person who gave me the award (as done above) and say 7 things about myself that you wouldn’t otherwise know… ok, so here goes!
7 Things About Zee
1. I am currently writing a novel and a script. I can’t say any more than that because even I hide the script away from myself at times. Despite having graduated in English and creative writing, I have discovered that the real lessons in writing begin after you’ve got your degree.
2. I don’t have any pets. That’s right. It’s not that I hate animals – on the contrary, I begged my parents to get me a cat when I was little. But they wouldn’t because it was too much maintenance. I got two naughty budgies and a canary instead which kept biting me. Poo.
3. I love martial arts. I love watching it, practising it, learning all about it. I’ve been a fan of the sport since I was a kid. But besides the incredible physical beauty of it, the philosophy is what makes it so unique. After all power is nothing without control, and I have a deep respect to masters like Ip Man and the late great Bruce Lee (his disciple) who opened the world of martial arts to the West.
4. I am a Japanophile. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not Japanese and I doubt there is any Eastern blood in me. But something stirs deep inside me when I see those places.
5. Besides reading and writing, I also paint. Admittedly I haven’t done any for a few months now (blogging has taken over), but I do have a few commissions that I am behind on! My favourite artists are Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Alphonse Mucha and the multi-talented Rene Lalique.
6. I have a not-so-secret crush on Timothy Olyphant. Blame it on the ‘Hitman’ movie. Can’t wait for the next installment.
7. I suffer from insomnia. I’ve gotten used to going to bed just before 2AM. That’s good for me.
Ok, so here’s my 15 bloggers!!
Reading Vacation
My Views
Her Book Self
Caught Between The Pages
Forgotten Bookmarks
Gonzobrarian
The Friande
Thwok!
Girls Trek Too
The Bookend
Leeswammes’ Blog
Novroz’s Favourite Things
Puss Reboots
I Totally Paused!
Alita Reads
That’s it folks! I wished I could add MORE, but it says only 15. I’d like to give this award to all the blogs I’ve discovered because so much hardwork goes into it. I’ll be contacting you to tell you about the award. Congrats!
Wordly Obsessions 
Congrats on the award!
Thanks Savannah! Thank you for passing it onto readitin7days, who passed it onto me lol!
Thank you for the award zee 🙂 I’ve written about this award before and 7 things about me include the same thing as you are … I love things Japanese.
Since we are fellow Japanese lover, I’ll put you in Nihon-suki list.
Ps. I’ve already written this in my reply, Laruku IS STILL TOGETHER 🙂
Have they got back again?!?! YAY! But they never really split up properly did they?
I’d love to be on your Nihon-suki list. Love love japanese! And you deserve the award a second time because you have such a cool blog. Glad to have found it!
They never split up 🙂 they have breaks here and there to get rid of the boredom but they set a schedule to get back together again. The 1st break was before releasing SMILE.
Arigatou Zee-chan 🙂 I’ve already put your link in my Nihon-suki list.
Thanks for the award, Zee!
You’re so creative, good luck with the writing. And don’t worry, I don’t have any pets either!
You are welcome! I love this award. I get to celebrate other great bloggers too!
Thanks for the award Zee. All the best for your novel. Your reviews are great and your novel will surely be fantastic, I have no doubt in it. Moreover am also an insomniac for the last three years but now I’m forced to change myself.
I hope so too, if I ever get it finished!
Fellow insomniac, I feel your pain! I’ve discovered that listening to stories helps get me off to sleep. You might want to try that one. Audiobooks might help lol.
How kind of you Zee, I bow in your virtual presence. Consider yourself linked. Well done with your blogging and huzzah!
We Gonzo-in-arms must stick together. Thanks for the link, can’t wait to see who you’re going to pass it onto 🙂
Thank you so much for the award! It’s a great award, I love learning about new blogs 🙂
I tooooooooootally have a crush on Timothy Olyphant too, he won me over many years ago in Scream 2!
Haha! I never noticed Timothy until ‘Hitman’. Apparently he did have a role in TFATF, but it never caught my attention. Gorgeous man. Love his eyes.
Congratulations on the award, Zee, and best of luck with both your novel and your script! I’ll be following your progress with great interest! –Cheri
Thanks Cheri! It’s blogs like yours that give me the little push I need to get it done everyday. You are a wealth of knowledge.
Congratulations Zee!! And I’m super honored to be one of the new recipients chosen. (I’m so new to book blogging that it really is encouraging to get that glimmer of recognition from peers.) And I can’t think of a blog more worth of the name “versatile” because I always enjoy the variety of topics and books that you write about. Very fun to read the random things about you too – with martial arts, painting, and writing it’s neat to see that your life is as versatile as your blogging! I look forward to checking out the other blogs you’ve mentioned too!
🙂 I hope I can add more versatility to it in years to come. It’s interacting and reading other peoples’ blogs that makes it all worthwhile. I get wonderful ideas from you all, whether it’s memes or post topics or book recommendations.
And Lisa, I think your blog is fantastic. Dynamic and full of fascinating author interviews. You may be a starter, but your blog is more versatile than mine. Keep it up everybody!
I’m honored to make your short list. Thanks, Zee. I’m eager to check out the other blogs you’ve listed, as I sense that our tastes coincide quite a bit. I agree that Timothy Olyphant is super sexy. I liked him in Hitman, too. Did you see him in “Catch & Release” with Jennifer Garner? That’s when my crush started. Oh, and it’s a good movie, too.
Nope. Not seen that one yet Cara. But trust me I will be soon 😉 The blogs I’ve listed are all very good. Esp. Cheri’s, she’s a writer too and shares a lot of her experiences on her blog.
Oh, and of course I meant to say congratulations, too. I must have glossed over that part because it just seemed normal to me: of course someone would want to give Zee an award… she’s an amazing writer! Can’t wait to read your book when it’s done.
thanks Zee! i feel like i’m back in the game now…it’s been a while since i’ve gotten an award 🙂 good luck with your novel and script. just keep persevering! if you need me to send you my copy of “on writing” just let me know 🙂 haha
Thanks so kind of you Sarah! I think I’m gonna have to pass up on the ‘On Writing’. I’ve cleansed my system and I’m not going to have it contaminated again!
Thanks for stopping by, you deserve the award!
Congrats on your award, and thanks so much for passing it down to me! I, too, did the whole begging parents for pets thing, but I’m yet to have a pet. Which is very upsetting because I LOVE animals – probably more than humans sometimes. Good luck for your novel and script!
Aww. We’ll still have pets yet methinks! Yes it’s true. I love animals more than humans sometimes too. Thanks for the good wishes, hope you get many awards.
Thought you’d want to check out my acceptance post for the award (mentioning you, of course!) here – http://thefriande.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/free-haikus-for-uh-one/
Thanks again!
Zee, here is a link to my award post – thought you might like it see it.
Congrats on your award and thanks for passing it on 🙂
So… will we get to see some of your painting?
Haha! Maybe later on I’l post some up Alita.
Just been over to see it and I see that my award has brought you one other! lol. Double congrats Leeswammes!
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Thanks for giving props to Thwok, Zee, and congratulations on receiving it yourself!
A good friend of mine also suffers bouts of insomnia, which, for all its frustrations, gave him an unfair advantage in being extra well-read like yourself.
Which martial arts discipline is your favorite?
No probs! The award was well-deserved. Your blog entries always make me laugh. It’s great to read your thoughts.
Insomnia seems to be a common evil among the bookish. For the longest while I thought sleeping was a waste of time. I could be doing other more better things (like reading!).
I’m with the late, great Bruce Lee on the martial arts disciplines thing. I think all of them pretty much are equal, but in terms of aesthetic beauty I’m torn between Wing Chun and Wu Shu. Unfortunately I haven’t had the pleasure of practicing either, but would dearly give anything to go up into the Himalayan foothills for a few years, shave my head and train with the monks (if they’ll have me!)
Oh the good old days when you could just up and become a discipline of some obscure martial arts sect are long gone. Now we have to put up with Western dojo politics where money matters ruin everything and the sifus themselves go through belts like I don’t know what. What’s the use of being an 8th Dan BB when you are constantly feuding with your other instructors?
Just out of interest, do you practise martial arts too?
Feuding with other instructors? That sounds awesome to me! Though I’m picturing dramatic rain-soaked showdowns that likely don’t occur from them…
I’m not going to count my Ninja Turtle-inspired year and a half of karate when I was eight, but if you’ll allow for fencing (which I’d practiced for much longer), then yes indeed.
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