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Summer of…

Posted on 31 August, 201331 August, 2013 by Ikhlas

…weddings. There were a LOT of weddings to attend this summer, and as usual, Pakistani weddings don’t just entail one event, but at least THREE major ones, with a whole lot of smaller ones before and after. Two weddings this summer took over my life: my cousin’s wedding in July, and then my best friend’s…

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Summer Where’d You Go?

Posted on 18 August, 2013 by Ikhlas

So a few days ago I woke up in a tizzy around 6 in the morning because I thought I started school in 2 weeks. With a quick check in my agenda, I realised I have 3 weeks and not 2 before school. Phew! With that realisation came another one: where did summer go? Seriously,…

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Friday Things

Posted on 9 August, 2013 by Ikhlas

Hi guys, So I feel like it’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these post, just catching up and chatting. 🙂 First of all, a belated Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim readers! Hope you had a blessed day, and an even more blessed month! You’d think that I’d have more time to post…

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Growing Up

Posted on 24 July, 201330 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

Growing up… it’s realising that you’re not as amazing as your first-grade teacher told you’d be. it’s knowing that the monsters under your bed and in your closet are out in the real world, hidden and deadly. it’s wanting to go back to that innocent, wide-eyed kid who only wanted to grow up. it’s finding…

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Beauty

Posted on 12 July, 201312 July, 2013 by Ikhlas

I saw this ad prior to watching a video on YouTube yesterday, and this time, instead of hitting the ‘skip ad’ button, I just had to keep watching. The ad shows women of all ages who are camera-shy, and don’t want to have their picture or video taken, because they’re shy or don’t like how…

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