happy Hour
Sunday, November 30, 2008
I am always so excited when i look at her. She likes all the attention that she gets and always so entertaining.
My sis came to visit me with her family in the afternoon. I actually planned to visit her but she said she was going to bring her kids out shopping at Nilai so they were going to stop by to see me too.
It's a new area so the playground is still in a good condition. it was my first time there. My nephews and niece had a blast!
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:48 PM,
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Short, simple, but nice.
Friday, November 28, 2008
I went out to meet two of my online girl friends . They were just bubbly as they were online.. but i was a bit quiet. heheh...
i got there almost 5.30pm, twin was already there. we went in the MPH to look for books, but i couldn't choose any. maybe too many that caught my attention... well that only meant one thing... i would end up buying nothing. Maybe i will go there again tomorrow. I need to check MPH website again tonight and copy the names of the novels that i saw last night.
after a few minutes, liz showed up. Then we went to Kenny Roger's and talked and ate and talked, and ate some more until we were full.
I got the chance to see a few pics of liz's latest love.. Ashab Graham aka tam/boy. Veryyy handsome *drools* haha
( oh! I gave the name Graham )
He's a persian cat. He posed so charmingly adorable in the pics she showed me. Even so, that still didnt make me want to own one.
As for Twin, i know she's reading an Indonesian novel, Laskar Pelangi. Her face was so lightened up when she gave me a bit of the synopsis of the book, *smiles* and i knew I have to get it someday.
but i'm looking forward for more hang outs..
Laskar Pelangi trailer.. wow i'm so left behind. It's been adapted into a movie already...
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 8:59 PM,
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A Plan
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Yesterday my internet connection became bad again. I didn't have the mood to struggle just to post an entry here. Lucky me that it is ok again this morning.
I'm staying alone at home again. I thought this was what i really wanted. well most of the time, after working and dealing with like 120 'clients' at work everyday. I really looked forward for my break because i thought i desperately needed it. It is only the second week of my break and i have started to feel bored hehe.
Anyway, Eid al-Adha will come soon which is on the 8th of December. I plan to go to my hometown and celebrate it with my dad. I didn't go back the last Eid ul-Fitr as I had promised him. I knew he didn't feel happy about it. Since i live 4 hours drive away from him now, i don't see him that often. Before this, I would see him at least twice a year. I know, that number is nothing to be proud about, isn't it? I bought him new pair of clothes for him to wear it on the last Eid morning, but since i didn't make it there, I hope i can see him wear those this time around. It was a green long sleeve malay traditonal shirt and a sarong for men.
Labels: celebration, family, hometown
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 9:24 AM,
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lalallaalalala...
Monday, November 24, 2008
There are always a few things that I personally relate this song to:
1. Yao.
real name is Suhaila Jaapar.
I bet she loved this song. She sang this at one night when she was doing a lesson plan in our hall back in 2002.
2. Cruel Intention.
3. That i used to be confused about the band with another, The Verve Pipe.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 2:40 PM,
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Excuse me...
Sunday, November 23, 2008
How do you queue at ATM machines? Do you like to stand so close to the person using the machine in front of you? Would you stand next to him or her if that person was a friend?
Well some people don't even mind when you secretly look at the screen when they are doing the transactions. Of course you think they don't notice it since they don't have an extra eye at the back of their head, but trust me, they can feel it. Trust me too,
some don't like it. They will think that you don't respect their privacy.
Well i am one of the people, who doesn't feel comfortable with that. Why are you so obsessed with how much other people withdrawing their money or how much money they have in their account? Come on, it's not that you need the information about my account balance, is it? Excuse me!!
pfft...
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 7:53 PM,
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My saturday
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Well.. saturday is overrated to me .... by me.
It's just another laundry day for me.
i want to eat that tomorrow :P
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 10:23 PM,
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A Late Bloomer.. or just the fern?
Friday, November 21, 2008
I am 29 and a half.
I have issues with myself.
When i was growing up, i dreamed of living the life that i want. To do something that i enjoy doing. It was common that our teachers to ask us what we wanted to do with our future. I was a passive student and i didn't like public attention. I always answered that question by saying that i wanted to be a teacher. Why did i say so.. i just didn't want to be the odd one without a job as an answer. I just couldn't imagine what would his/her reaction if i said i didnt know what i wanted to be. As a teacher, he or she, wouldn't like that kind of answer because if one person answered that, many other would too. Then, the 'serious' question would be taken for granted by most in the class. i knew then there were a few of my classmate that didnt have an honest answer too, but we chose to lie. Well it was not really a serious question too. maybe the teacher just did that to kill the time, or just the set induction...who knew it then? it was not like if she knew what we wanted to be, she would really guide us to be as what we said. The truth was, there was no further discussion about that matter personally and it was forgotten after we finished the "Occupation" chapter in our textbook.
I didn't find the answer to that particular question even after i finished my SPM, the final public examination during my secondary school. When i filled in the application form for university entrance, i didnt know what to pick. My dad told me to be a teacher. reasons? It would be easier for me as i am a female, that teachers work only half a day ( i know it's a myth now ) and lots of school breaks ( 4 times a year). So, yeah, -like i had any other specific interest of other field?- i went for it.
First year of teaching, i found it as a fun job. I realized that it was all about sharing. Sharing is caring, some people say. However, it was not something that i really passionate about. So i thought maybe i would discover the thing that i really enjoy doing later..maybe the next year, or the next next year..
Who would've thought that after 6 years, i still haven't found the answer. i will stuck with this job forever... I dont mind teaching, i do enjoy being with kids or teenagers. i just hope that i can still do something that i like at the same time and earn. Something that is other than teaching.
I might be a late bloomer, that is still cool if i am that. But. What if i am just like the ferns.. i wont ever bloom any flower at all.
Do you enjoy doing what you are doing for a living?
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 10:05 PM,
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keep it cool
Thursday, November 20, 2008
i'm having difficulties to access to blogger.com at the moment because of unknown reasons.
i am struggling with my own self to keep it cool.
are you having the same problem at your place right now? :(
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:11 PM,
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i still don't like wednesday
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
for the fact that i am having a long holiday right now away from work, i should like my wednesday again. however, today, is no fun.
first in the morning, i had to go to the hospital. after i got back, relaxed a bit cus i was too sleepy to do anything. i didnt cook for lunch. me and my boy ate out too. ( oh do you notice that i dont type the apostrophe " ' " in words that use contraction? ) super lazy day.
I planned to do some laundry after i got back but it was raining. later, it went like cats and dogs, with thunders and all.
rain has stopped. now i'm having a slow internet connection. is it becus of the rain? if it is, aiyo, die la this way! everytime it rains, later my net will go slow. *screams*
so, here i am, typing slowly, just to match my net connection right now, the entry for today wit the hope that it wont go network timeout when i try to post this later.
actually, i also wanted to plant the pandan leaves that i took from my mom's place on monday. i have no green finger. i hope it wont die before i actually got it planted in the big ceramic pot that my boy took from his mom's place. usually all my plant die in the pot, so i dont want this one to die before its time. die in the pot is better than die outside away from a dust of soil. by the way, my curry leaves plant and two types of herbs in the other pots have been blissed with cats' nine lives. they looked like they were dying but suddenly, new shoots grew out. cool cool...
oh, i need to get my camera back. we need to spice up my blog life. dont you think so? *grin*
p.s so nice, if you like r n b and hip hop, listen to www.powerhitz.com or http://205.188.215.229:8006
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 7:10 PM,
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It's so beautiful
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
i just heard this song yesterday over slow radio dot com.
The last uplifting song that i liked was by Joey McIntyre.
Pardon my shallow knowledge about music but this is my first time hearing about Maria Mena. I like her other songs too.
Now this song plays over and over in my head. It's simple and it's good for you to listen to when you think there's no one else there for you.
You self destructive
Little girl
Pick yourself up
Don't blame the world
So you screwed up
But you're gonna be ok
Now call your boyfriend
And apologize
You pushed him pretty far
Away last night
He really loves you
You just don't always love yourself
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
Think all the mean girls
That pulled your hair
Are barefoot now
And pregnant there
And you write pop songs
And get to travel around the world
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
So you've had some detours
Some stupid men
Now we know what not to do again
Besides you lucked out
Finally
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
All this time
All this time
You've had it in you
You just sometimes need a push
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:27 PM,
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It Rings in My head
I like music a lot since i was a very young girl.My brothers play the guitar. I don't play any instrument but i like to sing. i have 4 brothers. i'd seen 3 of them played when i was growing up.
I used to sing along to my 4th elder brother when he played the guitar. most of the songs were from the 80s and early 90s.
I heard this particular song twice last night. Once in the car when i was on my way back to my own place and once more on the tv over a sitcom that was aired that night. I don't know much about the band, but it's called Sweet September. It was a Malay song and it was something like 'You Wounded My Heart'.It was about someone who was brokenhearted because his love met someone else. he prayed for her happiness although he was very hurt.
It really really rings in my head now that i cant get it away lol. i was humming and singing and humming the whole night and this morning too. Well, it gives me a happy feeling that i still remember that song from the past.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 8:48 AM,
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She's on duty.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Nothing interesting about work today, except
i ate banana fritters on the way back to my mom's.
a glass of iced coconut juice on the way back to my mom's.
had some rest at my mom's place after i got back from work.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 9:59 PM,
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My alter Ego
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Today i worked on my second blog for secondlife. tracking Alli's life over there. I changed the templates thousands of times. Haha i ended up using the one i'm using for my real life's blog. well , maybe it's forever maybe it's temporary until i come across something that works for me.
I'm also gonna start designing for my ebay business. I hope i can start the business soon too. I've spent a few weeks drafting and sketching, looking out for new ideas or something that i can use as my own style or something. Well i hope i can sell something over ebay. *praying so harddddd*
i have to go for 3 hours duty tomorrow at my school. The form 5 kids are still having their big public exam.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 9:38 PM,
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Saturday and chicken soup.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Yesterday was my last day and i went to school with a colleague. She had other plan with her family after school so i called up my mom to pick me up.
earlier on, our afternoon supervisor met us all to remind about our duty during the school holiday. my duty is on this coming Monday, 2-5pm.
it was merely chit-chatting and eating (potluck) for most of us yesterday in the staffroom. i got a class during the first and second period so i chit-chat with the kids in the class. Two girls Bita and Azah played riddles with me to kill the time.
My mom came with my lil sister to pick me up.It was raining in the evening and it got heavier during our trip back home. My mom stopped at Bandar Baru bangi to buy some chickens. i got myself half a chicken. wow it had been so long since i last picked up some groceries. My boy mentioned about chicken soup the other day so i would cook him some.
i made some chicken soup to eat with rice. my mom and my lil sis had some too. i think they liked it; it's a simple dish and it's different from the chicken soup that people would eat with garlic bread. Click the link for the recipe :)
A Rookie Chicken Soup ( for the soul haha )
i just peel 2 potatoes, cut them into 6 cubes.
boil them in a pot with 5 glasses of water.
quickly cut 1 part of chicken into small cubes, clean them and put them into the pot.
i put in 1 soup spices into the pot.
i add in 1.5cm of ginger root, slice thinly.
i will let the potatoes and the chicken get tender.
add in half of a chicken stock cube and a bit of salt to taste.
while keeping the soup on slow fire,
i will saute some sliced small unions, crushed garlics, a bit of cinnamon, star anise, cardamon, cloves and black pepper.
drain them from the oil as soon as the union turns brown and put them in the soup.
cut some spring unions and chinese celery and put them in the pot.
turn off the fire.
it's ready to be served hot.
and today i cooked it again.
and maybe for a couple of days next.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 8:06 PM,
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countdown ...1
Friday, November 14, 2008
uh yeah.
i've finished my Friday,
So i'm spreading my arms so wide wide wide for Saturday ^^
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 10:20 PM,
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countdown..2
i've settled all the work at school.
Tomorrow,
yay another potluck.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 4:53 AM,
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countdown ....3
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
ouh. wednesday.
but..
i won't have class today as all my classes today are the Form 2 classes and it's Form 1 which scheduled to come today. * too many today in one run-on sentence.*
then..
i might get to relief other class for other absent teachers. So i might still have to go to a class.
so..
am i whining ? maybe...
why not?
because i have a lot to be done and i like to do them in the staffroom, on my own desk cus it has everything that i need within my reach.
well..
i still have to check Block C and lock the grille.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:36 AM,
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countdown .. 4
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
So today i will see those kids and pass their exam result slips.
and i think they can know their class for next year.
shoot!!! the dessert didn't turn out the way it should be. too much water. lol
i can't even cut it. *wears a chef hat and shoots herself*
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:55 AM,
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My head is tired
Monday, November 10, 2008
So yesterday was Sunday and i supposed to avoid making something big. So the day would be moderate and juuust niiice...like a jug of lipton tea when you use only one sachet for it.
Unfortunately i started my morning with anger which was not supposed to happen at all. oh my, i can't talk about it. my head becomes heavy even it is only a thought that relates. and i have a headache that won't go away.
Let's talk about Monday instead.
i'm still at home at the moment because i work in the afternoon session. Starting last Friday, the Form 1 and Form 2 kids have been having their alternate schedule at school. it's more like if the Form 1 students are scheduled to come, the Form 2 will have their break for the day and the other way around. So, we will only use some blocks for the kids. There are a few blocks that we reserved only for the SPM exam. it's a public exam for Form 5 - a higher secondary form. Usually the kids can use the certificate to further their studies in colleges or universities, but of course many too will continue with other exam or courses like STPM in Form 6, matriculation programs or A level.
i don't think i will see any of my kids today. i left the schedule at work but if i am not mistaken,some of them said that they would only see me again on Tuesday this week.
i only have 1 Form 1 class today. therefore i will have a plenty of time finishing the work like updating the students profile, etc etc.
i might not be able to enjoy the day at work today because of my head. it's having some stupid headache and it's tired. stuuuu-pidddd!!
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 8:26 AM,
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I love Saturday more than Sunday
Saturday, November 8, 2008
So it's Saturday again. *screaming Yaaaaaaaayyy*
what day is your favourite day?
many people hate Monday i think..
i do, i do feel like not liking Monday much. i think it relates to that it's usually hard when we want to start something. well the truth is, it gets better on Tuesday.
But, this year, i don't like Wednesday because i am super busy on Wednesdays at work. i will start at 7.30 a.m and come back at 7.30 p.m. It's like the day to drain my energy deep deep to the bones!
Thursday is when i see the sunshine comes out after the rain and brings along the rainbow ( ya ya ya..) lol. i like Thursday because it means Friday is near. and Friday is the last day of work for the week ( not always, anyway but let's look at it in general)
My favourite day is definitely Saturday. i am usually fully spirited on Saturdays and can do many things the whole day or just engage in one thing that i really love.
and Sunday is the day that i like too, but it's always so short, even if i just sit all day or sleep all day or be a couch potato the whole day. it will sound silly but i'm going to write it anyway. to avoid making me feel Sunday even shorter, i usually will avoid doing big things. *laugh*
ok. Saturday is still long for me, i will update more later tonight.
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 3:34 PM,
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This and that
Friday, November 7, 2008
Today we had pot-luck at work. i love pot-luck but i didn't bring anything today (hehe) because my fridge was empty and i had been busy with HC3 forms for my 3 classes. they had to be submitted to kak Mahani. so i juggled with the forms last night and earlier in the morning.
one of my students, Afeeq came today to collect his student profile file. he is moving to Penang next year.
Oh. the streaming result is out today. 7 of my students will be in the first class next year. 1 will be in the third class, and the rest will remain. They should be happy because they had worked hard for it ( for the result). well some of them might feel awkward at first to adjust to a new surrounding, but in time they will be able to think what is more important to them. i hope they can adapt fast.
All the Best 2 Tekun 2008!
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 8:11 PM,
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The Last Holiday
Thursday, November 6, 2008
I've just finished watching a movie entitled 'Last Holiday' starred by Queen Latifah and LL Cool J over Cinemax.
it might not be the greatest movie ever made but i liked it a lot! it was about a shy woman who was diagnosed with a terminal illness and told to have only 3-4 weeks to live. she had problem to accept the fact in the beginning especially when the treatment would cost her the fortune. so she quit her job and decided to go for her dream trip and try many things that she would not before. She also spoke out about things around her unlike before. Like she had changed into an idealistic person after a long time.
there are things that come across my mind now.
1. why have i never been brave to speak out? especially at work.
2. do i love my job?
3. will i live long enough to experience many things even if not everything in the world?
4. how to live the life to the fullest?
and perhaps the list can go on and on and on and on...
well it's not a sad story. the delivery was just nice, not that melodramatic and i think the focus was not about that she was going to die soon, but how she spent her 'remaining' days. haha guess what, she was misdiagnosed anyway. but hey, she might not did the things she did if she wasn't given the false medical result.
well, i don't want to wait for that kind of turning point in my life before i try as many things as i can...
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 11:43 PM,
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My marks is all i care about.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Final year exam ended last week. Every subject teacher has given the marks to the class teachers. I made a few adjustments to the marks of several students in Hanim's class.
so on Tuesday we had to give all the final marks to kak Ani. she's in charge of recording the marks of every students into the system. i called Hanim in the morning, before we went to work in the afternoon, to tell her the adjustments i made for her students' marks.
However today, the exam result slips were given out to the students. One of her student came to see me and showed me his result slip. So he asked me why he still got the old marks. he was supposed to get a B instead of C. but then the result printed took the old marks and grade.
So i told him to ask his class teacher again... and hope things will be fixed.
Well that's Hanim's class.
What about MY class?
my class is a special programmed class, called KRK class. there are two classes of the same kind at the moment for form 2. the students in the class are the students who have higher potential to excel in their studies compared to the rest of the same year. so they are more like the cream of the crop. mine falls as the second rank between the two.
yesterday, i showed the student ranking in my own class so they were all excited but the feelings were mixed up. most of them wished that they could stay in the same class next year, with the same classmates. there were only a few that hoped to go to the first class for the obvious reasons and the ones who didn't want had their own reasons.
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1. I am afraid I cant mix around with the students in the first class.
2. The students in the second class this year are more jovial.
3. I don't want to be in the same class with this particular girl, she's a bully!
4. I just want to stay in the second class so i don't get the last place.
5. etc etc bla bla bla... "
well , they are just 14 year old kids. some of them still don't know what they want in their life. Whichever class that they go into next year, i shall wish them all the best and put aside all the trifles and focus on the studies. they have a big public exam next year, which is the PMR or the lower secondary examination.
I love all my students!
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 10:24 PM,
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only a few days more
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
it's only a few days more until i get my long break from work.
it's a thought that can keep away the stress in me.
it's something that i look forward to.
On my desk.
there's a lot of work waiting to be done. and.. i have only a few days. *horror face*
i have the craving for tandoori chicken. there's a mamak restaurant near my place that sells soo nicee tandoori chicken. i am addicted! i could eat it every day, but of course i didnt . hehe.
i take it with white rice. tehehe. I am malay. i cant live without rice.
and for those who would like to try it out, here is the recipe
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Reality check by Ain Twitty @ 9:18 PM,
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The Author
I am a person who used to write a lot when i was growing up but lost the passion to it because of the time constrain and other commitments. writing itself for me was a form of catharsis when i was in school. i was devoted to my diaries each year then.
Now i am starting again and making it as a companion through my journey along the routes i take
About This Blog
This blog is a personal blog where i put my personal thoughts basically about my daily life, my life at work, my kids in the classes i teach, my dreams, my hobbies through art, music, colours and perhaps photography.
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