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Friday Things

Posted on 23 October, 2015 by Ikhlas

Hello friends. How are you all doing? It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Friday Things post so I thought it was time! The past few weeks have been extremely difficult for me as my eldest mamu (mom’s brother) passed away. He had cancer and had had 2 strokes recently. No one close to me…

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Growing Up

Posted on 19 October, 2015 by Ikhlas

Unlike the popular movies And the Shakespearean plays Growing up doesn’t happen in a trice It doesn’t give you wings Or make you fly It’s not a magic number that you reach That ends sweet childhood And ushers in ugly adulthood But rather a phase, a pattern A series of life-changing events It happens gradually…

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White Chocolate Mocha

Posted on 26 September, 2015 by Ikhlas

It was a cold night. Thick pillows of snow lay in blankets around campus and the air had a stillness about it, right before it’s going to snow again. The sky was clear, but you could tell more snow was coming. It was only five o’clock, but it felt like midnight because of the still…

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Are you a still writer if you don’t write?

Posted on 18 September, 2015 by Ikhlas

Hello friends. So this question has been plaguing me for a few weeks now and I still don’t know how to answer it. Are you still considered a writer if you don’t write? Can you still call yourself a writer if it’s been awhile since you’ve written anything worthwhile? Before everything else, the first word…

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Writing it Down

Posted on 24 August, 2015 by Ikhlas

So as many of you know, I’m a writer. And not just in the sense of my profession of being a writer, but more in the fact that I like to write things down. A lot. If you know anything about me, I love notebooks! Some might even say I have an obsession with them….

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