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Review: Before I Fall

Posted on 26 January, 20128 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

In Before I Fall, eighteen year old Samantha Kingston leads a perfect life. Sam has everything: a great boyfriend, a group of close girlfriends, and whatever she wants in life. She cruises through her days of senior year without a care in the world. Sam thinks the world revolves around her and she isn’t shy to…

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In My Mailbox (2)

Posted on 25 January, 201225 January, 2012 by Ikhlas

In my mailbox today, I received the loveliest present! And no, it is not a book. Lol. But its close! Last week, my close friend Chelsey messaged me asking me for a bookmark, since she had misplaced the one I had made for her in the summer. She told me she would make one for me…

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An imperfect perfectionist

Posted on 24 January, 2012 by Ikhlas

So you know how in job interviews they ask you about your weakness, and they don’t actually want a real weakness, like lateness or inability to pay attention to detail, but something pretending to be a weakness? In interviews, I’ve always told people my weakness is that I’m a perfectionist, but I have to tell…

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DIY: Jewellery Display

Posted on 23 January, 201223 January, 2012 by Ikhlas

Hello friends! So today I’ve decided to do post about something different, a little do it yourself project I undertook with my aunt about a month or so back. I have a lot of dangly necklaces, which don’t fit on the usual necklace displays, since they’re way too long. Similarly, I don’t like storing them in…

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So you say you want to be a writer, eh?

Posted on 20 January, 201220 January, 2012 by Ikhlas

As you may or may not know, I’m writing a book these days. I’ve written two manuscripts before, one that will probably never see the light of day (beyond this blog), and the other that I really want to have published one day. But I’ve started working on a third, hoping that third time’s the…

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