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"I will crush your scones." - Pretty Little Liars It's not always that I'm inspired to bake scones. Or sCONES. Whichever way you want to pronounce this word.  I think I've only baked scones twice in my lifetime, this time included. I remember baking those gingerbread scones that were partially burnt, but were still just so delicious. Sure, I think I had to...

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We run and eat and read. "If I'm free, it's because I'm always running." - Jimi Hendrix New York, New York, how I never tire of you, but I suppose, you'd easily just swallow me alive and throw me up. Through it all, the dirty streets and loud noises, my inability to easily fall asleep and the constant need to be "doing something,"...

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"When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile." - Regina Brett I'm a dessert girl. Like big time. I rarely ever turn down a good plateful of dessert. Even when I've had a hearty dinner, my brain and heart will whisper, "Go on, girl, eat that cake." Thing is, I don't always reach for chocolate.  Some of my friends are veritable chocoholics. They'll...

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"You'll have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that." - Kay Thompson Sometimes, I end up being boring or bored, and my creative juices run dry. That's usually when I spend a lot of time on Google, searching for random things. I mean, one time, I ended up discovering this website: LOLMyThesis, which is a website dedicated to summarising thesis...

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"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." - Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind I figured, after posting about my favourite books and current reads, I might as well do the same for films that are dear to me. To be honest with you, I have a bit of ADD. I can't really sit still through a whole movie. It's true. The...

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"You've to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the goods ones sweet." - Brian O'Driscoll The past few weeks have been the saddest and longest weeks I've ever had to experience in my short life. I've never really imagined my dad passing away before his retirement. I don't think any child thinks that of their parents. I know,...

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Just another lone traveler in a city of colour and sun. No biggie. "Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy." - Stefon Harris When I planned my trip last year, my mother had asked me countless times why on Earth I was heading to Barcelona. Logistically, it just didn't make sense to her (or to most of my friends, to be...

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