What a year for The Pink Tarha! In 2012, visions ensued, dreams were realized and rewards were overflowing. First off, we had the new design of the blog which prompted to inspire to write more and really, really make it a point to fill in the blog (mostly by S) because thanks to our Facebook page, we learned that people (a lot of them!) do refer to the blog for information and advice, ergo the reasoning that, PEOPLE ARE REALLY READING US na...so we must give them things to read.
Meanwhile, S' long dream to conduct some kind of a coffee morning for women here in Riyadh was already a constant topic with us (the girls). With the online friendship we have managed to establish with some individuals here in Riyadh, we figured, we can do this! And with a lil' help from our friends, we were able to conduct not just one, but TWO workshops, which we have dubbed as The Pink Tarha Mornings. Modesty aside, we consider them very successful ones. :) Customized, organized and hands-on preps was the game plan (except for figuring out what to wear, of course) and the best part of all this was meeting our readers for the first time and knowing that we have shared our passion with them.
Then there was that one unprecedented occurrence: being interviewed and broadcast on the The Filipino Channel! Shown all over the Middle East region, featured on ANC and forever immortalized on Youtube. :P We have to admit, that interview was so unexpected (as in we only found a day before that it was going to happen) and it ended up to be this beautiful coverage of The Pink Tarha. We reached more readers and Likers and to us, it was quite funny and unbelievable to say the least.
And to cap off the year, we were nominated for the Expat Blog Awards 2012, which recognizes ALL expat blogs from around the world. For the Saudi Arabia Expat Blog category, we won the Silver Medal. Though the title read second place, reading the comments left in by our readers and followers made us genuinely feel that we had won the gold medal all along. Srsly, it did.
Having pointed all those things out, it's safe to say that The Pink Tarha has grown in leaps and bounds this 2012. And this entry is to say that WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, DEAR READER. All of our visions, dreams and the rewards we have reaped are all because of YOU. Every single comment, Like, or by merely sharing the blog by word-of-mouth to your friends and family means a lot to us. It means that we're sharing what we love, that positivity is going around and that we're making a difference. Your support has taught us that people are really intrinsically good and that they want to make the best out of everything.
As we move into the fourth year of our blog, we hope that you will continue to support us as we promise to keep painting the town of Riyadh PINK! To give you an idea of what's in stored for 2013: write more articles (a must!), expand The Pink Tarha Mornings, probably extend to some apparel and accessory line of lineyards, mugs, pens and embroidered tarhas...and maybe, just maybe...a Pink Tarha salon/cafe is in the works! LOL! I'm just kidding with that last part, but hey...who knows right? :D Maybe a potential sponsor is reading this. ;) Gotta dream big right?
Anyway, this is Eyecandy...signing off the year 2012 with a big XOXO (hugs and kisses) to all you sweet people of the internet universe. Again, thank you so much for all the love and may God bless us all!
XOXO,
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