Even a few days after my win, my feelings
are still indescribable.
I would like to take this opportunity again
to say
thank you from the bottom of my heart ....
How it all started ...
a few days before
PEZAMANIA took place,
I was invited to a Zoom Meeting on a false pretext,
I
only received a few keywords ...
To be honest, actually I'm not a big fan of
the zoom meetings,
that's why I had never attended one before.
It was about one o'clock in the morning
when I received the link for the meeting, actually
I was already relatively tired but still
looking foward
to the meeting and then we started ...
Then the big surprise -
suddenly I was the
center of attention.
I was having a hard time following all the participants
because the sound quality wasn't the very best,
but when my name was dropped as
PHOTY and almost all of the previous PHOTY were there,
I was completely lost,
of course, and thought I was going to faint. :)
Due to the distance, the time difference
and because I
unfortunately had no opportunity to be present
at PEZAMANIA, the committee
decided to inform me
via the zoom metting in advance.
Of course I had to promise that I wasn't
allowed to
reveal anything until Pezamania.
That was also a great gesture,
so I
was able to prepare a little what I really wanted to say.
Then the big day, I got a video call at
midnight my time
and was able to watch the announcement live.
It was so breathtaking!
As already mentioned in my speech live at
PEZAMANIA.
It was neither my goal and I, did never in
my life have
expected to be able and namend on the list with
all these
wonderful PHOTY winners and to become the
first international winner.
That fills me
with pride and my emotions
cannot be expressed in words.
This will always be a very special moment
in my life.
It was maybe a surprise for one or the
other
and a bit disturbing and weird,
a collector has been honored who could
not be present,
who is somewhere 10,000 kilometers away from us
and who speaks
to us via mobile phone ........
and yet all of these is again the best evidence
for it ...
PEZ and our hobby have no limits!
PEZ and our hobby bring people together,
no
matter where,
no matter what skin, color,
religion, weight, gender, sexual
orientation,
political opinion,
we all love and share the
same beloved hobby!
We all have found friends trough our hobby,
we feel, celebrate, cry and share our worries together,
all of this and everyone of you makes
our hobby so special, and I'm so happy to be a part of it!
From the beginning it was important to me
to bundle
all information on the blog.
With all the different social media channels
it
is easy to lose the overview and flow of information.
The top priority for me was always to
approach new collectors.
The credo was, if you bring a new collector to our
hobby,
then you have already won.
This credo has and will always motivate me!
I woud like to thank the committee
and all
the wonderful 23! previous PHOTY winners!
YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
My dear Co-host from the
Blog,
my lovely Krissy who always belived in me
and to my two VIP buddies Willi and
Yasin.
Without you I would never win this wonderful award!
I want to get on with the thanks and woud
like to thank
PEZ International and PEZ Candy Inc.
for always securing you :)
and Momopez for allowing me to always use his pictures.
Thank you very much!
At the end I would like to dedicate my
award to all of you,
each and every one of you deserves it,
because if you
share pictures and videos,
your newcomers,
the new releases or your thoughts,
a
podcast,
a virtual convention,
or a Gathering with us in the communities,
all of
this will give our beloved hobby SPIRIT!
Thank you for all your work you do!
I would also like to thank you again for
the many
worldwide congratulations and encouragement. I
have to say honestly
that it is really good for the soul.
Let yourself be hugged tightly and thank
you very much again for everything.
To the best hobby in the world!
Happy Collecting!
PEZ MAKES YOU SMILE!
Nenad Markov aka PEZ Ghosty
Thank you Josh B for the Video!
