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Voracious reader, vegetarian foodie, mostly armchair traveler, and frequent online shopper. I love to talk about all these passions (and other things happening in my life) in this blog.

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    Books, Children's Classics, Historical Fiction, Young Adult04/25<07/06

    Unlocking the Magic of The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Book Review

    Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity….

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    Family, Screen time04/21<06/19

    The Jungle Book

    The moment I heard that a new version of The Jungle Book was going to release this summer, I had earmarked it as THE…

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    A Magnificent Buddha
    Art, Family, Tags, Wordless Wednesdays04/20<08/26

    WW: Children’s Art Display at Rangoli, MG Road

    I am finally getting around to posting all the photographs that I took of the children’s art exhibition that Snubnose participated in last month….

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    Loved digging into this whopper
    Family, Food, Tags, Weekend Cooking04/19<06/19

    The #AngriestWhopper in Town

    Last weekend, Burger King unveiled a new limited-edition whopper called appropriately enough Angriest Whopper. It has been available in other countries It comes with…

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    Books, Dystopian fiction, Tags, Teaser Tuesdays, Young Adult04/19<08/29

    Teaser Tuesdays: Pretties

    After sitting on the fence for ages, I finally started and zipped through the second book in the Uglies trilogy last week. Second time…

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    A cutie-pie umbrella I got from Innisfree
    Family, Malaysia, Shopping, Singapore, Travel04/12<12/17

    Shopping – Malaysia and Singapore

    As I said in my post on Singapore, all hopes of good shopping in Singapore were dashed by the outrageous prices there. Probably because…

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    Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills04/09<02/05

    Review of The Cuckoo’s Calling – A Crime Thriller

    After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to…

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    Books, Science Fiction04/02<07/19

    The Martian: A Riveting Sci-Fi Survival Story

    You must be living behind some rock on this planet if you’ve not heard of The Martian book or movie. So, I’m not going…

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    Travel03/29<02/16

    Top Tips to Plan the Perfect Road Trip

    There is no better way to travel the world than to hit the open road and see the sights. As far as traveling goes,…

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    Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills, Fantasy / Mythology, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir/Biography/Non-fiction, Science Fiction, Tags, Top Ten Tuesdays, Young Adult03/29<08/29

    Top Ten Tuesdays: Top Recent Reads

    Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our recent 5-star reads. Since I rarely classify books as…

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      Yeah, we are pretty confident we can pay off this house regardless of my job situation. We kept our budget low, and live in a quiet, semi-rural area. It helps…
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      Congrats on the new house. I admire your courage in taking this step amid job insecurity but it does seem like the right choice. Condolences on the loss of Coco.…
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      Looks like I should watch The Americans. Yours is the second comment here raving about it. I think your mum can be excused. I keep lecturing my daughter about the…

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