Thanks to Skippyheart, I now have my first online award, the “I Heart Your Blog” award. hahaha! 
As if this is not enough self-promotion, I recall that donG hO (multi-awardee) featured me in his Bloggurs list and I’m proud to say that I was part of Season 1! Hahaha! You can guess that I do count my blessings! 
The rules of the “I Heart Your Blog” Awards are simple:
1. You give the award to at least 7 other blogs.
2. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
3. Link the person you received your award from.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you’ve nominated (i won’t do this last rule; i want them to find out for themselves. hahaha! evil me.)
This might seem high-schoolish, cheesy to some, but what the heck, the principle behind the award makes it worth it: recognizing blogs that move, tickle (your mind), inspire, and even edutain you.
So here’s my 7 awardees for I Heart Your Blog and why I chose them (in no particular order):
1. laptop in a prada (makes me want to earn more so i can live the good–not the high–life)
2. en route (inspires me to travel and take up photography lessons ASAP!)
3. donG hO (if blogs have EQ, this will top my list)
4. finding norway (erotic poetic in perfect English. i keep coming back for more.)
5. bwzone (edutainment at its best)
6. tralalalala (pretty blogger with all the right angst in the world)
7. citizen on mars (international politics made easy)
by the way, Skippyheart, your mushiness makes me smile. enough said. 
*clap* *clap* really cool acceptance post he! he! I do really Heart your Blog barrycade–one of my fave. I may not comment much but I am always here…
oh, and you make my mushy skippyheart smile as well.
he! he!
Happy Weekend and thanks again for doing this…
skippyheart: i’d rather have few but quality readers than many for the sake of many. nice to have you here.
maraming salamat barry. kakatuwa naman ng description mo sa blog ko.
hahahaha okay i will do as you say. hey you should read my entry about last sunday. the last sentence made bismuth cry:
http://laptop-in-a-prada.blogspot.com/2008/09/walking-taller.html
donG hO: you’re welcome. glad that you feel comfortable with the description. haha.
mussolini: read your post already. the last line didn’t make me cry, but it did make me realize how lucky i am to have great friends.
Thanks very much for the accolade bro. For that, I’d have to buy you lunch hehe
congratulations barry. and good job on sharing the award. i know 4 of the 7 choices you made and i so heart their blogs too. great job.
ang saya. i’m included.
bw: dangit! i have to fly out of the country to get that free lunch!
lawstude: thanks! i guess it’s not difficult to find blogs that cut above the rest.
{illyria}: yeah, too bad they can’t get a preview of why you are erotic poetic in perfect English. hahaha
congratulations on your well-deserved award, man! and thank you for sharing the award with me. i feel honored and happy to be included in the list!
i heart your blog, b!!!! really, really.
acey: daghang salamat, haha! this is a mutual admiration society. hahaha
Thanks for the award bro; coming from a UP professor, this is really a big deal. Hope you give me enough to ponder on my “I Heart U” list of blogs.
major tom: eeer, i’m not really a UP professor. i’m just a part-time lecturer. in UP, there is a whole world of difference between the two. haha