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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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    Asian Fiction, Books, Historical Fiction10/12<11/29

    Why Memoirs of a Geisha Still Stands Out

    Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old…

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    Posing against the glass
    Dubai, Travel10/11<06/10

    Visiting Burj Khalifa – At the Top

    We were warned by many people that visiting the top of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building was a waste of time…

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    My cute little teeny tiny new bag
    Dubai, Food, Shopping, Tech, Travel10/10<05/28

    Dubai – Shopping and Social Media

    After I came back from our vacation in Dubai, all the questions from my friends seemed to surround on the shopping there. How was…

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    Books, Classics, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Tags, Top Ten Tuesdays09/30<08/29

    Top Ten Tuesdays: Ten Hardest Books That I Read or Attempted to Read

    Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list ten books that were hard to read. I usually don’t…

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    Books, Children's Classics, Fantasy, Tags, Teaser Tuesdays09/30<08/29

    Teaser Tuesdays: The Phantom Tollbooth

    I picked up this book because it’s Snubnose’s prescribed school reading next year and I wanted to read it so I can help her…

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    Outside the Chumbak store
    Dubai, Food, Shopping, Travel09/28<01/10

    Chronicling the Busiest Weekend Ever

    The weekend before our travel to Dubai has got to go down as the most hectic ever in my life. There were so many…

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills, LGBTQIA09/26<08/25

    Killing Ashish Karve – A Riveting Indian Murder Mystery

    Killing Ashish Karve is a spine-chilling murder mystery which follows the adventures and exploits of Senior Inspector Saralkar. After a rather annoying week at…

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    K Posing with the Tiger
    Newspaper Reports, Tags, Thailand, Travel, Wordless Wednesdays09/24<08/13

    WW: Tiger Mauling Incident Dredges Up a Memory

    Early this week, this news article was all over the papers about that guy who fell into a tiger’s enclosure in New Delhi Zoo…

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Tags, Teaser Tuesdays09/23<08/29

    Teaser Tuesdays: An Isolated Incident

    I don’t know what to say about this book. There are so many wonderful, wonderful snippets to share, this is just one of many,…

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    Asian Fiction, Books, Chills/Thrills/Spills, Literary Fiction, Mailbox Mondays, Tags09/22<08/29

    Mailbox Mondays: September 22, 2014

    Welcome to Mailbox Monday, a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Of late I’ve been very circumspect on the books for review…

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      I need to watch the mini series now. I'm just not sure where it's available here, need to check
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      This was a good comic book, and I liked Zach Snyder's movie and the HBO miniseries too, even if Alan Moore disavows it. Of course, Alan Moore disavows everything lol
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