Have you ever seen a recipe online and become obsessed with it? I have. These crinkly chocolate chip cookies have been haunting me for quite some time now. I have been seeing these gorgeous cookies all over the Internet for a few months now, along with their slightly unorthodox method of baking. The are unforgiving…
Author: Ikhlas
Looking Back
I’m well aware that it might be bad taste to talk about the past year when the new one has already begun. It’s the first week of January and people are writing about their resolutions and goals and I’m only just sitting down to write down my recap of the past decade. Because a new…
A Bookish Year
This was the year of books! I read more books this year than I have since my daughter was born, and probably also since the year I was expecting her. When I became a new mom, I was so tired all the time that I chose to sleep when I could, instead of chosing to…
Life
Hello world. I’m not sure if anyone will read these words since it has been months since I have posted anything. It has actually been months since I have sat down at my computer and typed more than a handful of words collectively. My fingers are cramping as I type this; they are rusty and…
Motherhood: A Checklist
Recently I read an article on BuzzFeed about how millennials are the burnout generation. It was a long article that talked at length about the changes to modern life that makes living life as a millennial so difficult and overwhelming. Modernity has made life easier but also more complicated as it’s filled with mundane, small…