@leotrap thank you for hosting this contest and for your reply to my comment yesterday.
The answer is easy. My favorite steem community, hands down, is @TeamMalaysia. And I'm not even Malaysian!
My second month on steemit, I happened to travel through Malaysia for a couple of weeks.
The WHOLE community welcomed me as if I were family.
I've never felt so welcomed, happy and supported in all of my life.
And #TeamMalaysia is always going out of their way to welcome all steemians.
A girl from Indonesia, @macchiata was also visiting Malaysia at the same time.
Two people from Team Malaysia, @aaronleang and @joannewong were so nice that they drove 45 minutes - an hour to pick her up from the airport!!!
And while we were there, other steemian such as @zord189 came to pick us up and drive us around.
@littlenewthings was sick and couldn't join, but REALLY wanted to show us around too. She has such a wonderful heart.
@howtostartablog @elizabethcarpintera @orangila @karinzdailygrind and so many more took us for Durian, Teh Tarik (Malaysia tea) and traditional Malaysian food.
We also went to eat Burgers that you can pay for with steem. Why?!
Because an awesome steemian from TeamMalaysia, @danielwong has a restaurant and food cart where you can PAY WITH STEEM.
@bitrocker2020 wanted to be there too, but he was busy in Bangkok, Thailand promoting steem LIKE A BOSS.
Seriously. TeamMalaysia does more for steemit than any other community I can think of.
They are a very tight group. They promote steem like nobody's business.
They have all of their own steem conferences and meetups.
From what I've seen, there is team on steemit who deserves to win as much as they do!!!!!
They are givers. Not takers. They are creators. They are steem lovers to the core. They spread kindness and love to everyone they meet. They're the kind of people who truly live out "being the change you want to see in the world."
They are inspirational. And unforgettable.
I am completely 100% in agreement with this comment about TeamMalaysia. I have lived in many countries and cities, and this is the most welcoming place I have ever been in my life. I am also not Malaysian, but I landed here in August and have been so well taken care of by everyone. I have met most of the people @nomadicsoul has mentioned and also want to mention a few others who have helped this old Canadian lady feel completely at home in a new country.
@iamjadeline and @happycrazycon swooped in to save me when I was at a hostel downtown in Kuala Lumpur and helped me figure out the food, found me a more permanent place to live, helped with my phone, took me shopping, and bring me food and supplies still to this day.
@josephinengpy helped me move, and helps me constantly in many ways. So now, I live in a wonderful neighborhood close to many friends. @khimgoh has had me over for lunch, gave me a transit card, filled it up, and gave me all kinds of useful information to improve my steemit presence.
Not one of them had even heard of me before I got here - they just helped when I arrived!
On top of all of this help, I got to be a member of the team almost immediately upon arrival. "You are staying here? OK - you are in!"
Last week I was invited to the debut of @danielwong's new "Lasagna Burger" at the food truck and there were so many steemers there! I already knew many of them from other meetings and got to know so many others I had only seen online. This was not the first time I have eaten at the truck and it is fantastic every time.
TeamMalaysia has a key feature I have not seen anywhere else. They actively reach out to other groups on steemit to tie us more closely together. This works so well and is seen in the weekly online chat that often has steemers from other groups to let us know what is going on in other niches of steemit.
As a side note and very important here, my upvotes and engagement of my posts is much improved now. There are many TMer's on my posts now, but a few I see frequently not already mentioned are @KAERpediem @Alimamasstory and @elizacheng.
I know I am missing many people who mean a lot to me now and for that I apologize.
I am on a lot of good teams here on steemit and many deserve attention for all the help they give. But TeamMalaysia has a special place in my heart and I hope WE get to win.
I also give my vote to @nomadicsoul who I see so often working hard on steemit. I think you can tell by the comment that you have someone worthy of a prize.
Congrats on your accomplishments, @leotrap. this was an excellent idea for a contest. I have it bookmarked for further reading :)
Wow @fitinfun, can I meet TeamMalaysia? hahaha
But for reals, I know if I didn't belong to this team, I am not sure how long I would have lasted on Steemit.
They — we (that includes you now ;p) are not bad at all hahaha
Thank you so much @fitinfun
Woow..such a lovely story! No doubt this is a great example of how things can be achieved and demonstrated in real life! All those love and speech that we see around Discord seems to change time to time, but when we see this kind of things for real, is a difference and no doubt this reach your heart!
You are lucky!
I'm waiting for you to come over visit us 🙈
Hahaha... don't tell me that twice! :)
Exactly!!! It was perfect that I met them all after only being on steemit for a month! I remember thinking, "If this is what steemians are like... then I want to be on this platform forever."
Sorry I can't upvote your comment. I wrecked my VP a lil' bit today. Oops
@leotrap , so, when are you coming over to visit?
Too many invitations from there guys! I'm starting to think about that :)
Peace V!
@nomadicsoul , thank you so much for such beautiful kind words for #teammalaysia !
I really wished I could have met you in person, but you still remembered I was unwell. That's so sweet of you!
Next round when you hop by Malaysia again, please remember to give us a shoutout in our discord. Once a TM, always a TM. Please don't be a stranger ya!
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Yes of course! I wanted to meet you but I remember our discord convos. In my heart, you were still there with us @littlenewthings. I kind of feel like I met you, which is probably weird haha.
You're sooo sweet!!! Once Tm, always a TM. That's so beautiful. That's why I love you guys.
I want to upvote you back, but my VP is too low right now. Hopefully Team Malaysia wins :)
Love you too! So sweet of you nominating Team Malaysia... And I believe you have tag me wrongly... 😅
Team Malaysia is like a family indeed. Looking forward to meet you again. ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘
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oh my gosh, haha my tag autocorrected to my friend from Belgium's name! She's one of my contacts in my phone. so weird! haha.
Sorry, I'll fix now. You guys are the BEST TEAM!!! Looking forward to it also <3 <3
How I wish that I could resteem this 💗
You're lovely. Team Malaysia deserves to win!!
Yay, go go. Thanks for nominating @teammalaysia ;)
Thank you @nomadicsoul for such nice compliments of #teammalaysia and to the members. You and everyone else is welcome to our shores and we will make sure you are well taken care of, food wise :D
See? There #TeamMalaysia goes being super AWESOME again haha.
Haha! Hope u get that flight ticket!
Thank youuuu. Trying!
Durians for all!!!!! When are you coming back to Malaysia? 😆
Ahh..so happy faces! Lovely Fam in there
Aww YAY!!! Thanks for sharing this picture! This made me smile so big! That durian day was so much fun
Wow @nomadicsoul
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Thank you for nominating #TeamMalaysia @nomadicsoul. It was definitely a pleasure to have you over and hope you will get to explore more places on your next trip here to Malaysia.
Woot. Woot. Thank you for the shout out for us.❤️