Author: Tara
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My Best Friend!
Not everyone is lucky enough to meet someone with a kindred spirit, but I definitely am. It is hard to believe that we met nearly 18 years ago and have been the bestest of friends ever since. We have truly been through just about every major event in someone’s life – marriage, births and deaths….…
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Returning to the Hamster Wheel
For some reason I took a bit of a break from working out regularly – or at least cardio workouts. I somehow got tired of the treadmill and convinced myself that I could make do without it. Instead, I joined Pilates and Yoga classes that are offered in my building. However, they don’t do enough…
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Vine Mixer: Old World vs New Zealand
Another Vine Mixer was not to be missed! This time the theme was Old World food – France, Spain, Italy and Wales – versus New Zealand wines. The food was definitely much more to my liking, though the wines did not quite live up to their fame. I’ve had a lot more pleasant wines from…
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Spanish Night Winnings!
A while back, P and I went to a Korean restaurant in the Cristal Salam Hotel after getting massages. It is a new Korean restaurant and, of course, I wanted to try it out. It is good, perhaps the best in the city at the moment, but still not the real deal. It’s close, though.…
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End of the Week Thoughts
It’s been a rather long week and thankfully today is the end of it. I cannot pinpoint what exactly has made it a long week as I imagine, like with most things, it’s a culmination of many things. So, to give myself a bit of a release, here are the various things that passed –…
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_Real World_ Natsuo Kirino
_Real World_ by Natsuo Kirino Last summer I was plowing through books like the world was going to end and so I put out a call on FB for some book recommendations. My high school Japanese teacher recommended _Out_ by Kirino, but as there was no Kindle version, I opted for _Real World_. As a…
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360 Degrees of Pressure
The other night I was having a moan about stuff I swirl around in my head related to others in my life and my friend said how it must be a lot of pressure on me. I realized that she was totally right and that I don’t often recognize the toll all the swirling takes…
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Post for the Sake of a Post
I didn’t have time yesterday to post…. It was a long day. Work started at 8 and it being the first day of the week, it was hard to get started. Then, we had a meeting late in the day rather than coming home early as we usually do with early starts. The meeting was…
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_The Casual Vacancy_ by J.K. Rowling
_The Casual Vacancy_ by J.K. Rowling After the last Harry Potter book came out, it was always a question as to whether or not J.K. Rowling could write another successful novel. With the Harry Potter books I was never convinced that the quality of writing was good, but the storytelling aspect was always effective. Therefore,…
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Wa-Wha-What? It’s March???
First, there are only 11 more days of my BFF’s 37th year…uwahahahah…. 😛 (Love you! hehehe) Second, I need to be making more of a concerted effort to get this literature review chapter done, which means focusing – does writing this blog post count? 😉 I think of my blog posts as warm up to…
