Liebster Award!!

Hi everyone,
So I was nominated for the Liebster award!! This is my first nomination. I was nominated by Christina Murray from http://firstpersonshopper.blogspot.ae/

I want to say thank you to Christina for recognizing my blog and nominating me. She has an amazing blog herself.

This is a word of mouth award and helps bloggers with under 200 followers gain some recognition.

The rules as stated on Christina's blog are:

• Answer the questions set for you 
• Post 11 facts about yourself
• Choose 11 new bloggers to tag 
• Add 11 new questions 
• Tell the bloggers they've been nominated!

 Answers to the questions set for me:

1. What is your favorite thing about yourself?

My willingness to be there for my friends and family when they need my support.

2. What is currently to your right?

A terrace at my friend’s house in Dubai with beautiful trees and flowers and a big fluffy orange cat.

3. If you could live anywhere other than where you live now where would that be?

I would live in Miami close to South Beach. I go there often and I love the city, the beach and the atmosphere.

4. What makes you happy?

Spending time with my family, sunny days on the beach, travelling the world, snuggling up in bed with my hubby and watching a movie.

5.  Do you collect anything?

I collect key chains from all the places I travel to and totes and beach bags from the places I travel to.

6. What is your biggest phobia?

I have a fear of falling so anything that has to do with jumping from somewhere high like parachuting, sky diving, bungee jumping ect  scares me. Tomorrow I will  face that fear when I go up in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world.

7.  Do you exercise?

Yes, I like to workout and I go to the gym but I don’t like gyms themselves. I also like hot yoga. I tend to fall off the wagon for weeks at a time before getting the energy to workout again.

8. Who was the last person you spoke to?

I spoke to my mom yesterday from my vacation.

9. Food of choice in a restaurant?

Pasta

10. What is your favorite memory?

My birthday is on Christmas Eve so my favorite memories are of when I was a kid, my family use to have these huge birthday/Christmas parties for me with all my family and friends and we use to party well into the night and I use to get tons of presents. 

11. What is your worst habit?

Procrastinating on things I have to get done but do not want to do.

11 facts about myself:

 1. I like snorkeling and I'm interested in marine biology

2. I LOVE to travel

3. I’m Canadian

4. My favorite colors are purple, black, wine and pink

5. I have one sister (Amanda) who I am very close to

6. I hate ANY and ALL kinds of sea food

7. I like doing adventurous things even though I’m usually scared out of my mind

8.  My favorite animals are dolphins and bunnies – (who doesn't love bunnies?!)

9. I love studying Ancient Egyptian culture and would love to go to Egypt

10. My favorite cuisines are Indian, Thai, Italian, Mediterranean and Greek

11. I have a degree in psychology and studied medicine. I also have a travel agent licence.

I nominate and tag:

http://beautyandthetravelbeat.blogspot.ae/

http://extraextravagant.blogspot.ae/

http://onlyaveragemom.blogspot.ae/

http://makeupdemon.blogspot.ae/

http://www.loveliestsmile.net/

http://juliakingsley.blogspot.ae/

http://beautyinthebreakdown4.blogspot.ae/

http://fivetwocertified.blogspot.ae/

http://charmingcheshire.blogspot.ae/

http://www.ameliorerlavie.blogspot.ae/

http://beautyonrehab.blogspot.ae/

(I am in Dubai right now so the links have an .ae/ at the end I hope they all still work)

My questions for those tagged:

1. What is the nicest place you have ever been to OR what is your dream vacation spot?

2. What is your dream occupation?

3. What is your favorite perfume?

4. What month were you born?

5. What is one food you absolutely hate?

6. What is your biggest pet peeve (something that annoys you)?

7. What are your hobbies?

8. What is your favorite movie?

9. What has been your favorite purchase for this year thus far?

10. What is your favorite season?

11. What is your favorite novel? 

Looking forward to reading your responses :)