I'm the recipient of the Silver Award at Expatsblog.com!

So the judges decision has been made and I have won the Silver Award for Malaysia at expatsblog.com best blog awards!

I'm really thrilled with that, and extremely grateful for the 96 people who took the time to fill out the form and drop me a short review.

I will be doing a little something for each and every one of them over facebook in the coming weeks, which will be particularly beneficial for those who have blogs!

I was second to a really great blog kept by Monica who is from Australia and now lives in Malaysia. She has the most fantastic food blog and is a deserved winner of the Gold Award for Malaysia. You can hop over to her blog right here:

The Yum List

Enjoy your 12/12/12, whatever you may be doing!

Kuantan wins silver award for environment management

Our little home called Kuantan is steadily growing. Kuantan has recently won the silver award for environment management at the annual Livcom Awards.

The Livcom Awards, otherwise known as "The International Awards for Liveable Communities", named Kuantan as silver award recipients in Category D, including towns with a population between 150,001 - 400,000.

Kuantan fought off 14 other towns and cities in its category to attain this silver award.

This is some recognition for Kuantan, which is steadily growing with buildings and business opportunities such as The Zenith Hotel, the Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre, Zenith Tower and Putra Square. Clusters of new housing projects are sprouting up around the town too, the project in Bukit Ubi a prime example. Kuantan's rivers are being cleaned up, with the addition of walking paths and children's playgrounds along river fronts, in an effort to beautify and make the areas more liveable.

The Livcom Awards are endorsed by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

Hopefully Kuantan can now enjoy numerous benefits from this award, including greater publicity nationally and internationally, with an expected increase in tourist arrivals. It's an exciting time to be in Kuantan!

So what are you waiting for? When are you booking your tickets to Kuantan?!

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