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Recipe: Crispy Pasta Bake

Posted on 21 November, 201215 May, 2014 by Ikhlas

So now that I finished the first draft of my manuscript, I’m kind of sad. My days are sort of empty now, since I don’t have that deadline to meet. Not that I haven’t been occupying myself with other things (hello Facebook!), but writing was serious work and now I don’t have it anymore. Not…

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Zebra

Posted on 19 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

They see me, all they do is see me. Because I cannot hide in the wide, open pastures of cruelty. Instead, I crouch down low, and try to avoid their shameful gazes. Their eyes full of judgement. For some, I am the wrong colour. No matter my clear accent or my birth certificate, I will…

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Review: Gilt

Posted on 17 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

Kitty Tylney and Cat Howard are best friends. Kitty thinks of herself as Cat’s shadow in a time when women were always the shadow of either their parents or their husbands. But Cat is ambitious and cunning, and Kitty follows Cat, no matter how much she disagrees with her schemes. But when Cat seduces King…

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Recipe: Marble Cookie Bars

Posted on 14 November, 201220 May, 2014 by Ikhlas

When I was a kid, my mom left me at one of her friend’s house after school, a lovely British lady who lived in the apartment building opposite mine. Her daughter was a year younger than me, and we became the best of friends from these afternoons of playing Barbies and watching Disney movies together….

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Recipe: Reese Chunk Cookies

Posted on 12 November, 201215 May, 2014 by Ikhlas

So, you guys might’ve noticed that my posts have gotten a bit sporadic, and I’m sorry about that. Things have been kind of crazy lately, for no reason whatsoever, and I’ve found myself getting lazy about posting. Oops… I’ve been busy applying to grad programs, and that’s been taking up a whole chunk of my…

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