Sunshine Blogger Award #29

Sunshine Blogger Award

Recently, I was nominated once again for the Sunshine Blogger Award (yay!) by Natasha aka N.D. Jackson. She is a writer as well as a foodie that regularly shares incredible vegan dishes. You can find her books here and her recipes here. I also had her on my podcast, you can listen to the full interview here. Thank you so much for this nomination, Natasha!

Here are the rules for The Sunshine Blogger Award:

*Display the award’s official logo somewhere on your blog.
*Thank the person who nominated you.
*Provide a link to your nominator’s blog.
*Answer your nominators’ questions.
*Nominate up to 11 bloggers.
*Ask your nominees 11 questions.
*Notify your nominees by commenting on at least one of their blog posts.

Questions:

1 – Favorite song?

I don’t know if I have just one favourite song. But I listen to this one a lot:

I’ve also been unironically been listening to this one so much lol:

2 – Best place you’ve ever traveled?

It has to be Ethiopia, I had such a great time there.

3 – Time travel or Teleportation?

I want to say both but as a historian I feel like I would be remiss if I didn’t say time travel.

4 – What dish do you make to impress?

Definitely something Korean because that’s what I’m best at. Probably Kimchi stew or kimchi pancake.

5 – What is your favorite quote?

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses for what is said of you but answer, ‘He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.’ – Epictetus

This is hands down my favourite thing that anyone has ever said. First of all, awesome way to not let the haters get on your neves but also the response is just so funny and sarcastic that most people wouldn’t know how to respond to it other than awkwardly laugh. Which would of course put a stop to the gossiping. Seriously, what a fantastic response.

6 – What 2 topics can you nerd out about?

History and philosophy.

7 – Favorite YouTube channel?

Ummm… mine? Lol, just kidding. It’s Plan D, I love her videos and find them so calming to watch.

8 – Have you ever been on a cruise?

No and I used to want to go but not sure anymore. I’ve heard some weird stories…

9 – Where are you blogging from?

At the moment, Kenya.

10 – Best concert you ever attended?

I’ve never attended one, can you believe that?

11 – Who is a blogger we should all know about?

There are so many, I don’t think I can pick just one…

My questions:

  1. What’s your favourite animal?
  2. What TV show or movie do you wish you can watch for the first time again?
  3. What’s one thing you love unironically?
  4. What is your favourite dish to cook?
  5. Share the one joke that always makes you laugh no matter how many times you hear it?
  6. What was your favourite cartoon growing up?
  7. You get to bring three items to a desert island. What are they?
  8. What’s your go-to karaoke song?
  9. Are you more of a “stay in and binge-watch” person or “go out and explore” person?
  10. What’s your useless superpower?
  11. What’s the weirdest compliment you’ve ever received?

My nominees for the Sunshine Blogger Award are:

Christopher

Nari

Nigel

Bookstooge

Katiemiafrederick

Destiny

Wynne

Thomas

Pennizepics

mistermaxxx08

And anyone who is interested in participating in the award, consider yourself nominated! I wanted to nominate more people but wasn’t sure who would and who wouldn’t be interested in participating. If you would like to be nominated, please tell me in the comments and I’ll add your name to the list. And to those nominated, no pressure. Share your answers if you like and if your blog is award-free that’s fine too!

Final Thoughts

Thank you again, Natasha. This was so fun!

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83 responses to “Sunshine Blogger Award #29”

  1. Congratulations Pooj. I think it would be cool to be nominated but I don’t have much down time at the moment.

    1. Thank you so much. I could nominate you and you can answer whenever you like, there’s really no time limit.

      1. Oh okay, thank you Pooj.

        1. No problem at all. Adding your name now.

  2. Congratulations

    1. Thanks so much.

  3. Congratulations, Pooja. I just went and watched Plan D — wow, her channel is addictive. Awesome!

    1. Thank you. Yes, she has such relaxing videos and I always learn so much from her too.

  4. Yay, so great to be nominated a sunshine blogger twice! Keep it up Pooja 🙂

    1. Thank you, yeah it feels great to be nominated twice and these are always fun to do!

    1. Thank you ☺️

  5. Wow, so cool. I do like your questions 🤣😎🙃

    1. Thank you. Yeah, the questions Natasha gave me were great 😊

      1. You’re welcome!

  6. I love the Epictetus quote.

    1. Glad you liked it too. Such a brilliant quote.

  7. I recommend a theme cruise with activities you enjoy. I went on a songwriters cruise and it was a lot of fun.

    1. That sounds very fun, maybe if I find a good writers cruise I’ll give it a try.

  8. Congrats Sunshine Blogger…🎉

    great to know you more , Pooja 😋
    lol, your choice of quote… made me smile… awesome like yourself ✨

    thank you for the nomination 🤍🙏

    1. Thank you so much and you’re most welcome. So glad you enjoyed the quote too, I absolutely love it lol 😅

  9. Congratulations 🙏🌹

    Aum Shanti

    1. Thank you 🙏

  10. SMiLes Dear Pooja Congrats on Your Nomination For
    “Sunshine Blogger Award” And i Particularly Enjoyed
    Your Answer On Providing More Faults If Someone Points Out
    Our Particular Faults They View of Course In Many Cases What

    ‘They’ May Perceive as Faults May Be What We Enjoy to Do the
    Most So of Course to Share More of those Perceived Faults Will

    Only Be a Joy
    For Us as Yes
    i’ve Done this Before
    And Just Felt it Both
    Amusing and Humorous hehe

    As It’s True i Do Stuff Most Other
    Folks Wouldn’t Do if they Had a Million Years

    to do it HAha
    With That Said

    i Also Do it A lot so
    Instead of the Cruel and
    Unusual Punishment of Any
    Attempts of Finding my Answers
    to the Questions in the Body of one
    of my Bi-Monthly EPiC Long Form Poem

    One Hundred Thousand or So Word

    Blog Posts i’ll
    Provide them
    Here Too Now For
    Your Convenience
    And Do my Best to

    Be Concise And Precise in Flow

    (At least when i Start the Flow)

    What’s your favourite animal? Cat..:)

    What TV show or movie do you wish you can watch for the first time again?

    i Create my Own Reality Show on my Blog and Yes Hehe You are Now an Integral PArt
    Yes i Repeat the Ongoing Reality Show Every Day Without Fail
    Yes Though Pandemics, Heaven, and Hell too…

    What’s one thing you love unironically?

    The Song “Ironic” By Alanis Morissette..:)

    What is your favourite dish to cook?

    For 35 Years My Wife Doesn’t Let me in the Kitchen to even try..:)

    Share the one joke that always makes you laugh no matter how
    many times you hear it?

    One Word: TRuMP

    What was your favourite cartoon growing up?

    ‘Bugs Bunny’ my Mentor Indeed Love Befuddling
    Every Local ‘Elmer Fun’ With Wit No Guns Required..:)

    You get to bring three items to a desert island. What are they?

    Considering i’m Practically Useless without my Wife Yes Must Have
    my LiVE iN Angel With me Plus a Smartphone to Contact the Carnival
    Cruise Line Ship to Continue the Delivery of Her Epilepsy Drugs with No Tariffs..:)

    What’s your go-to karaoke song?

    Any Song Will Do One of my Autistic Splinter Skills is Any Song With SMiLes..:)

    Are you more of a “stay in and binge-watch” person or “go out and explore” person?

    Rather Create Than Watch..:)

    What’s your useless superpower?

    Hehe It Depends on Who i Ask..:)

    What’s the weirdest compliment you’ve ever received?

    It Was A Question of “Are You Superman” in College for
    Earning 3 Degrees at Once With 3 Part Time Jobs It Was Strange

    Because in Middle School No one Wanted to Sit By me at Lunch…

    Yet True The Weirdest Non-Verbal ‘Compliment’ i Received is Back in
    2018 When One of the Voyeur Videos Taken of me Public Dancing Went Viral with 90K
    Views and the Young Folks Were Actually Kneeling With Clasped Hands Mocking Worship…

    Oh Yeah and On a Website i Visit Called the “Wrong Planet” Still on the Online Record
    A Participant There Said i Was “A Perfect Definition of God” For the Demons i’ve Overcame in

    my Life Yet to Be Clear
    i Understood it was Just

    A Metaphor Not to be taken
    Literally it was Weirder for
    The Rest of the Folks in the
    Website Audience Who took it Literally…

    Sorry That Was 3 Yet they Came to Mind in Flow

    Like Most Everything Else These Days Naturally Does too With SMiLes…

    And Yes Somedays it’s More Like a Tsunami With SMiLes as i’ll Stream

    Off Now
    Not to Overflow
    Your Blog More With SMiLes

    Indeed When i Get in Flow of
    Dance Or Song Oblivious to
    Who May Be ‘Looking’ Hehe…

    Thanks for Nominating me for
    The “Sunshine Blogger Award”
    This Was Fun to me at Least HAha..:)

    1. So glad you participated and I enjoyed reading your answers very much! 3 degrees and once with 3 part times jobs is incredibly impressive. I barely got through one degree and one part time job.

      1. Thanks for Your Kind
        Welcoming Ways
        Rarer These
        Days Yet
        So Valued For Real

        Dear Pooja

        With
        SMiles☺️🙌

  11. Congratulations to the SunShine award. Those were interesting answers that were fun to read (and listen to). Also thank you for the nomination I will get make a post in one or two days.

    1. Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed the answers and I look forward to reading yours.

  12. My goodness, you got tagged again? I guess people like you or something 😀

    1. Haha I guess so 😉

  13. Awesome quote…and no I can’t believe you haven’t attended a concert b/c you’re clearly such a music lover!

    1. Thank you! I know, it’s so crazy but it’s mostly because no musicians I like have performed in Kenya so far and the concert I hoped to go to in Canada got cancelled due to the pandemic 😩

  14. You’re a rare ray!

    1. Thank you, that’s so sweet!

  15. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
    A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

    Congratulations on the nomination.

    1. Thank you so much.

  16. Congratulations!

  17. Congratulations! Keep blogging and keep shining,

    1. Thank you so much!

  18. Felicidades ㊗️

  19. Congratulations, I just unleashed mine. I hope to get your support

    1. Thanks so much. Yes, I will try to support you as much as possible.

  20. Ooh, this was revealing! Going to check the planD channel, and I love this quote so much!

    1. Thanks so much. You may enjoy her videos, they’re so relaxing and she recently moved as well. And so glad you liked the quote too, it’s definitely easily my favourite!

      1. The videos are very sweet. I’ve watched a few of them now.

  21. I’m very honored that you nominated me again! 😊💕And my goodness that Epictetus quote is so hilarious! Wow! 😂🤣

    1. You’re most welcome, I loved your answers last time and am looking forward to how you respond to these questions 😊
      Lol for real, when I read that quote for the first time I was like Epictetus was a savage and I love it 😅

  22. Congrats, Pooja, and I enjoyed your answers. I also love “Hallelujah” and have never been on a cruise, and now I’m not interested in going on one. 🙂 Have a good weekend! 💞

    1. Thank you so much. That song is so beautiful, it always calms me down to listen to it. Glad you enjoy it too. Yeah, I feel like the more we think about it the less fun a cruise sounds. Have a good weekend too! 💗

  23. Sweet recognition, PJ and thanks for the link to Natasha’s site. Fun to learn more about you and that is a great quote by Epictetus. 👍🏻🌻

    1. Thank you so much, I hope you enjoyed Natasha’s site she’s wonderful 😊

      1. You’re very welcome! I have her site open – will be checking it out. 🤓

  24. Congratulations Pooja

    1. Thank you so much.

      1. You’re most welcome

  25. Congratulations, Pooja! 🎉🎉

    1. Thank you so much! 😊

      1. Bloggers nominating other bloggers for the awards– it reminds me of my early days here. A blogger’s awards is equal a Nobel prize.🏆😂

        Hoping to read more from you. I was disturbed because something bad happened recently.
        Maybe I have started hating myself for many reasons. I feel mentally and emotionally tired, vulnerable.

        1. Yes, it reminds me of when these awards were so popular back in the day.

          I’m so sorry to hear that. I was wondering why you deleted your posts again. I hope you feel better soon, my friend. Don’t let the bad stuff get you down.

  26. Congratulations, Pooja! Another fun bit of insight! 💞

    1. Thank you so much! 😊

  27. Awesome reward, congrats!

    1. Thank you so much!

  28. Congratulations. You deserve it 🙂

    1. Thank you so much 🙂

  29. Never heard of this. But will try my best to participate..always fun getting to know others 😊 thank you, Pooja.

    1. You’re most welcome and thanks for participating, I’m excited to read your answers 😀

      1. I’ve saved it, so I’ll remember to work on it this week. Hope you are well, Pooja

        1. I am and hope you are too, thanks.

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  31. Congratulations

    1. Thank you so much.

      1. Most welcome 😊

  32. It was fun to read your responses, Pooja. Love to you.

    1. Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed them.

  33. Wonderful Post Thanks

    1. Thanks so much.

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