Awards

When I started BakeSlave in late August 2012, I never did think I’d get past the grand readership of three – you know who you are – let alone meet such a cool, huge community of like-minded food lovers. This blogging thing is great! Why didn’t I get into it earlier! I guess it is true, old dogs like me can learn new tricks, although I still have a long way to go to hone my kitchen and writing skills 😛

So Thank You to my fellow bloggers who have made special mention of BakeSlave in sharing their chain awards. Hugs!

(Nominated by Vinita of vinicooksveg & Veena of Vina’sdeliciousrecipes!)

 The rules of the Very Inspiring Blogger Award are as follows:

• Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
• Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and link back.
• Share 7 random things about yourself.
• Select other blogs for the award and let them know.

BakeSlave Does 7 Random Facts

1. I am not a trained baker (that’s pretty obvious, ha ha). I am, however, trained in the complexities of triturations, levigations and compounding, which, I suppose, allows me half the street cred to claim some  level of competence in the Mixing Up Stuff department. (I am a clinical pharmacist, currently on a self-imposed sabbatical)
2. I once backtracked on a highway to pick up a newborn kitten huddled in the middle of the road.
3. I don’t like pink, princesses, and pink princesses.
4. I could eat Marmite on toast all day. Bliss.
5. I do Slash on my air guitar, to the utter bewilderment of Master Six and Ms. Three, who have been initiated into the their mum’s worship of Guns N Roses, the poor things.
6. I totally dig The Far Side Gallery, and the Argyle Sweater, and am holding out for the day that Scott Hilburn will be revealed as Gary Larson’s nom de plume.
7. I have wondered what it will be like to watch the entire box set of the LOTR in one sitting, loo breaks permitted of course.

Like the flu, this is contagious, so I’m passing on the love (in no particular order) of the Very Inspiring Blogger Award to bloggers who have set the bar higher (and I apologize to not being able to cope yet with collating the desired numbers):

• Art and Kitchen for having a great eye for bold colours and contrasts
• The Hungry Mum for having such supermom-phenom chops
• Feeding Your Appetite for such polished banter that precedes her recipes
• Kiran’s Cooking Club for the joy of learning something new each time
• Sixpuns for leaving me in stitches everyday

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(Nominated by Namita of Namita’s Kitchen, Ankit of The Food Gypsy on 23 March 2013, and artandkitchen on 6 May 2013)

Here are the rules of the One Lovely Blog award:

• Thank the person who nominated you.
• Add The One Lovely Blog Award to your post.
• Share 7 things about yourself.
• Pass the award onto other nominees and let them know.

BakeSlave Does 7 More Random Facts:

(This time, I thought I’d do maladies)

1. I have math anxiety.
2. I am normally in a state of constant physical inertia.
3. I am allergic to cats. Ironically enough, I am a Leo.
4. I am absolutely fearful of clowns. Hello? Stephen King’s It? Need I say more?
5. I also have globophobia. Yup. I am scared of balloons. When I was 7, we had a Sports Day relay race; my task was to run up to the balloon and blow it up until it burst. In my face. I have not been enjoying birthday parties ever since.
6. I don’t always complete my course of antibiotics. Ssshhh.
7. I am a bit of a hoarder.

Here’s a shoutout to deserving bloggers I’d love to nominate for the One Lovely Blog Award (in no particular order):

• Vina’s Delicious Recipes whose blog makes me wish we had Willy Wonka touch-screen technology
• Chocolate Spoon and The Camera for incredible photography
• A Life of Fun and Leisure for a mouth-watering tang yuan recipe

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(Nominated by Wendy of A Life of Fun and Leisure)

Rules of the Sunshine Award:

• If you are nominated you must include the link in a blog, linking to the person/blog that nominated you.
• You must answer some questions and nominate fellow bloggers and link their blogs in your post. Let the people you have nominated know that you have nominated them!

Here are the questions:

1. Who is your favorite philosopher? Epicurus – “I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.”
2. What is your favorite number? 118. Is this cryptic enough?
3. What is your favorite animal? Sharks. Fearsome. Yet awesome.
4. What are your Facebook and Twitter URLs? BakeSlave is on FB & Twitter.
5. What is your favorite time of day? When the offspring are asleep. Better yet, when all are in simultaneous somnolence.
6. What was your favourite vacation? A soul-searching one, on a remote island getaway with my bestie.
7. What is your favorite physical activity? Lollygagging.
8. What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink? Milk.
9. What is your favorite flower? The poppy.
10. What is your passion? Making sure I am a useful human being.

Passing on the torch of the Sunshine Award to fellow nominees:

• Vinicooksveg for bringing sexy back to vegetables
• Namita’s Kitchen for knowing her craft so well
• The Modern Home Kitchen for being jawdroppingly awesome
• What’s On My Plate Today for such painstaking details

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(Nominated by artandkitchen on 18 November 2012)

Beautiful Blogger Award Rules:

The idea behind the Beautiful Blogger Award is to recognize some of the bloggers we follow for their hard work and inspiration.

• Copy the Beautiful Blogger Award logo and place it in your post.
• Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
• Tell 7 things about yourself.
• Nominate other bloggers for their own Beautiful Blogger Award, and comment on their blogs to let them know.

BakeSlave does random, again:

1. My heart doesn’t skip a beat for white chocolate.
2. Food has three syllables. Yup. That’s how I roll.
3. I use a Wallace & Gromit kids’ apron.
4. Caffeine is my drug of choice.
5. I don’t “get” Ants on A Log. But I still love PB.
6. My favourite bread is sourdough.
7. I like to bite down on my cod liver oil capsules. For that olfactory assault. Because I’m a tough cookie that way.

Passing on the love of this Beautiful Blogger Award to Spontaneous Tomato for being the gold standard; Allison’s photos are the bee’s knees. Drool.

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(Nominated by artandkitchen on 6 December 2012 & Fae of Fae’s Twist & Tango on 8 December 2012)

 The rules of the Liebster Award are as follows:

• Post 11 facts about yourself.
• Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and create 11 questions for people you’ve nominated.
• Choose eleven people (with fewer than 200 followers) to give this award to and link them in your post.
• Go to their page and let them know. Remember, no tag backs.

11 Facts about BakeSlave

• I have never watched The Sound of Music to the end. Never. Probably caught it 15 times but I have never sat through the movie in its entirety.
• I am perfectly alright with movie spoilers.
• At the risk of upsetting fans, the actor whose name sounds like Prad Bitt doesn’t make me swoon.
• All those cookbooks I have? I don’t cook, I just look at the pictures.
• I dig the durian.
• I heart Jon Stewart.
• I don’t own enough cake tins apparently.
• KitchenAids are sex-xay!
• I monologue while baking.
• Corny elephant jokes are the bomb. Split my sides. Every. Single. Time.
• I wish we had the Sriracha Rooster sauce here in KL. The real stuff, that’s what I’m talking about.

Questions I answered, set by artandkitchen:

1. Your favorite spice? Cardamom
2. Tea or coffee? Cham (a local brew of tea AND coffee)
3. For breakfast: Salted or sweet? Salty usually
4. Your favorite language? French
5. Your favorite season? Sales :p
6. Where would you like to live? Up in the hills
7. Your favorite color? Orange
8. Your favorite artist? Banksy
9. Rice or pasta? Pasta
10. Sun or moon? Moon
11. Mountains or sea? Sea

And from Fae’s Twist & Tango:

1.  As  a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be in Jacques Cousteau’s team
2. What is your dream career? To be a Michelin inspector
3. If money were no object, where would you live and why? Japan, for the cuisine
4. What is the place you most want to visit? Morocco
5. What is your favorite meal?  Dessert? Favourite meal – nasi lemak sambal sotong (rice cooked in pandanus and coconut milk, with a fiery squid sambal, toasted peanuts, crispy deep fried anchovies, sliced cucumbers and a hard-boiled egg on the side; a.k.a a typical Malaysian breakfast) and durian cendol for dessert
6.  What historical figure do you think made the greatest contribution to the world? The person who first thought of trading spice
7. What person currently living do you think is making the greatest contribution to the world? Sir Tim Berners-Lee
8. If you had magical power and could solve one global problem, what would it be? Poverty
9. Who are three of your favorite artists? Klimt and Dali (I have only two)
10. If you were to give a speech on any topic, what would it be? Why sugar should be its own food group

My nominees for the Liebster Award are:

• Namita’s Kitchen
• Adventure’s of a Cake Diva

My new Liebster Award questions:

1. Do you think shortening is evil?
2. Which fruit do you think is the most versatile?
3. What’s your ultimate meal breaker?
4. Please share a few of your favourite foodie websites.
5. Do you have music on while you cook?
6. What gets chucked out of your fridge?
7. What are three staples in your pantry?
8. What’s the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten?
9. Name one dessert that will move the ground beneath your feet.
10. What ingredient would you like to work with?
11. What would you do to a fish?

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(Nominated by Charu of soulofspice on 12 December 2012)

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(Nominated by artandkitchen on 8 December 2012)

“The ‘rules’ for this award are simple:

1. Select another blog or other blogs who deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award;
2. Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award;
3. Include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award at the Thought Palette and provide these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)
4. Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them
5. You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience
6. As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

The next part:
Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!
When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!
There are a total of 6 stars to collect.
Which means that you can check out your favorite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!
For more information check FAQ on The Thought Palette”

Passing on the Blog of the Year to fellow nominee: Texana’s Kitchen

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(Nominated by Teresa of cantstayoutofthekitchen on 24 December 2012)

Super Sweet Blogging  Award Rules:

• Give credit to the person who chose to nominate you.
• Answer the Super Sweet questions.
• Nominate a Bakers’ Dozen.

Super Sweet questions:

1. Cookies or Cake? Cake
2. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
3. What is your favorite sweet treat? Salted caramel
4. When do you crave sweet things the most? After having a savoury meal
5. If you had a sweet nickname, what would it be?  Bee

My nominations for the Super Sweet Blogger Award:

• Soul of Spice
• Art and Kitchen
• The Hungry Mum
• Fae’s Twist & Tango

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(Nominated by Fae of Fae’s Twist and Tango on 27 March 2013)

The rules for Pirate’s Admiration Award are:

1.   Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2.   Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and a link back.
3.   Put on somethin’ frilly, ‘n be tellin’ a blogger ye desire to admire that a Steamin’ Pirate admires ya, ‘n yer passin’ that admiration to him or her to be plundered, if ye so desire.
4.   Nominate up to  ?  bloggers for Pirate’s Admiration Award, provide a link to their blogs in your post, and notify them on their blogs.
5.   Copy and paste the award somewhere on your blog.

“Ahoy…Thar be thousands of pirates in history but if I were to be off to sea, I’d like these fine Women and Men thar wit’ me. Would be me honour to have ye on board”:

• Feeding Your Appetite
• The Hungry Mum
• Art and Kitchen
• The Food Gypsy
• Now Entering Flavor Country

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(Nominated by Fae of Fae’s Twist and Tango on 27 March 2013)

The rules for Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award are:

1.   Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2.   Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and a link back.
3.   Answer 10 questions given.
4.   Nominate up to ? bloggers for Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award, provide a link to their blogs in your post, and notify them on their blogs.
5.   Copy and paste the award somewhere on your blog.

10 Questions:
What is your favorite color?  Blood orange
Your favorite animal?   Sharks
Your favorite non-alcoholic drinks? Milk & caffeine
Facebook or Twitter?  Facebook
Your favorite pattern? Paisley
Do you prefer getting or giving presents? Giving ! Most definitely.
Your favorite number? 118
Your favorite day of the week? Friday
Your favorite flower? Poppy
What is your passion? Faith, family & food

I am delighted to nominate the following  Bloggers for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award!  Congratulations!

• Feeding Your Appetite
• The Hungry Mum
• Art and Kitchen
• Now Entering Flavor Country

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(Nominated by Fae of Fae’s Twist and Tango on 27 March 2013)

The rules for Wonderful Team Member Readership Award are:

1.  Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2.  Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and link back.
3.  Finish the sentence “A Great Reader is” …
4.  Nominate up to ? blogs for the award, a link to their blogs in your post, and notify them on their blogs.
5.  Copy and paste the award on your blog somewhere.

A Great Reader is …….. constantly allowing him/herself to be taken on a journey with every turned page. 

I am delighted to nominate the following Bloggers for Wonderful Team Member Readership Award! Congratulations!

• The Food Gypsy
• Feeding Your Appetite
• The Hungry Mum
• Art and Kitchen
• Now Entering Flavor Country

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(Nominated by artandkitchen on 6 May 2013)

Rules of the Best Moment Award are:

1. Winners re-post this completely with their acceptance speech.
2. This could be written or video recorded.
3. Winners have the privilege of awarding the next awardees!
4. The re-post should include a NEW set of people/blogs worthy of the award; and winners notify them the great news.

RESOURCES:

What makes a good acceptance speech?
-Gratitude. Thank the people who helped you along the way
-Humor. Keep us entertained and smiling
-Inspiration. Make your story touch our lives
Get an idea from the great acceptance speeches, compiled in MomentMatters.com/Speech
Display the award’s badge on your blog/website, downloadable inMomentMatters.com/Award

BakeSlave’s Acceptance Speech

I’d like to thank ArtandKitchen for her generosity in passing on the award to me. I can only hope that someday I will be able to hone my skills to her excellent standards for detail and eye for colour and composition. I am truly not deserving!

Passing on the love to:

• Soul of Spice
• Fae’s Twist & Tango

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(Nominated by artandkitchen on 6 May 2013)

Rules of the Shine On Award are:

1. Show appreciation of the blogger who nominated you and link back to them in your post.

2. Add the award logo to your blog.

3. Share 7 things about yourself.

4. Nominate ? bloggers you admire

7 random things about BakeSlave:

1. Number One Bookworm.
2. Air guitar (and air drummer) expert, especially when stuck in traffic.
3. Deathly afraid of the dentist.
4. Inconsistent health freak.
5. Horrible at sewing/stitching.
6. Thinks the Cinnamon Challenge is a waste of a whole lotta cinnamon.
7. All photos on BakeSlave are snapped on my iPhone 4 because I can’t wrap my head around a DSLR.

My nominees are:

• Soul of Spice
• Fae’s Twist & Tango

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