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    Dry flowers

    December 28, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    [ Dry flowers ] If I could I would decorate my home with fresh flowers everyday. The fragrance, the freshness and the colours of a fresh flower is a source of instant happiness around the house. Unfortunately in my everyday commute, I don’t have any flower shop, I have to go out of my way to get some fresh flowers. It is quite troublesome to get flowers frequently. So I decided to dry the roses I flaunted few days back. I loved them so much that I wanted to keep them for the longest time. I have always admired dry…

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    What is a weekend?

    July 23, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    Ahh.. the sweet smell of weekend is here… I have already started baking… How do you guys spend your weekends? I totally stay lethargic.. sticking around my bed, doing home spa, or spend quality time in the parlour. Weekends are precious and just around 8pm every weekend I feel like crying if I don’t spend it wisely. After a week of deadlines, traffic jams, meetings and brain storiming give your brain some rest on weekends. Why not put your mobiles and laptops off and switch on some great music all through the day. Take off your eye from the screen…

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