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Nominated for ‘Best Food Indiblog’

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Mona ©copyrighted in Blog Events/Entries/Polls | No Comments »

My earnest thanks to all those who nominated my blog ‘Zaiqa’ for ‘Best Food Indiblog‘. I am honored. Also my heartfelt congratulations to all the other nominees as well!

The polling for the final winners has started. To vote-click here, or on the logo above. The polls will be held until December 10th ’09 and the results will be announced by December 15th ’09. Check out all the nominees and cast your vote for your favorite blog. You will be asked to register with a valid email address to be able to cast your votes. Enjoy!

Luv,
Mona

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