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The End of an Era

Posted on 7 November, 2014 by Ikhlas

So yesterday was my last day at work, and what I like to think of as an end to an era. Can an era be only two years long? Apparently it can, because as I hugged one of my managers goodbye at the end of my closing shift last night, that’s exactly what it felt…

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Book Funk

Posted on 23 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

I have a confession, dear friends: I’m in a book funk. This is definitely not the first time this has happened, but it seems like the longest book funk I’ve ever experienced. Usually I whip through my pile of library books and am constantly on the search for new books, but lately I’ve sunk so…

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Dear Summer, Where Did You Go?

Posted on 18 August, 2014 by Ikhlas

Hello friends! I can’t believe it’s almost the end of August already! Every summer, I usually count down excitedly to August because of my birthday, but once the first of August passes by, the rest of August is usually a countdown to back to school. But even though I’m not going back to school this…

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Hate Mail

Posted on 6 July, 20146 July, 2014 by Ikhlas

It’s been about 3 years since I started this blog, and in that time I’ve received a few nasty comments. Some comments have critiqued my opinions, some my writing style, while some have critiqued me personally. Because of how few and far between these comments have been, every time I received one, it hurt. But…

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Ramadan Ramblings

Posted on 2 July, 2014 by Ikhlas

Every year, around this time, I am always struck by fact that I spend a lot of time eating, thinking about food, or preparing food. After taking food out of my day, I often spend the first few days of Ramadan floundering around, unsure of what to do without myself on the days when I…

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