A Thank You Note to a Favourite Visitor

I intended to post the first installment of my next true story of Pinoys around the world but something amazing and special and humbling all at the same time came up. I only saw it posted by other bloggers but I never imagined it to be passed on to me.

You see, Jena Isle of Gewgaw Writings awarded me – take note, I have an award! She presented me with the Arte Y Pico Award. I honestly do not know on what aspect the awardees are considered. According to the Arte Y Pico site, there is no English translation for the Mexican phrase (arte y pico) but it roughly translates to lo maximo or “wow!”. Maybe it is an appreciation of a certain blogger (the one who conveys the award) for all his favourite blogs, whatever. One thing is certain, though: I am absolutely caught by surprise because one may look at it as insignificant, yet, for me it’s so wonderful that my writing has been recognized (for the first time at that!).

Not only is the gesture touching, but the person who gave it to me is one of my favourite bloggers/authors as well, so that makes it doubly special. As with most blogging-addicts, Jena Isle maintains a multitude of blogs – Gewgaw Writings is just one of them and it particularly showcases the author’s serialized fiction works. She writes with ease and a natural talent. One can perceive someone from the academe just by how she expresses her thoughts and constructs them to create a comfortable flow of the scenes and the plot as a whole. In other words, this blogger is worth reading. Go check her out to believe me.

To Jena Isle, thank you ever so much! I’m afraid I can’t yet give my five awardees at this time. I need to carefully give it a thought and then formally post it here as well. In short, this is simply a thank you note to you.

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