tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15517371048516940522024-03-12T21:56:43.720-07:00Reflections with RaaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16508941482445214124noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551737104851694052.post-73414914306724874402017-02-03T09:00:00.000-08:002017-02-03T09:00:00.140-08:00Study Abroad | UCL | Episode One: January<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I made a thing! It's legitimately a full episode though <span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">😳</span><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">🙈 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> But officially one month today arriving in London Town </span><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">😍🇬🇧</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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So it's been more than a little while :P</div>
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This is a post I had hoped I would get to write for forever and I was supposed to straight after I got the news - but life from the middle of 2016 was just a lot, in a lot of ways.</div>
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But here we are in 2017, here I am in London, and something I had been hoping/working for for the past 3 years has come to life.</div>
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It's a bit insane.</div>
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So, backstory: Since I started uni I wanted to do an exchange and very quickly after looking into all the possibilities my heart got set on University College London.</div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">And now, I'm in London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">UCL is an amazing, reputable institution and especially great for what I'm studying - I wanted the experience of attending this uni.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">London, living in London, I don't think I need to say more about that - I feel very grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Can someone say weekend trips to Paris (and so many places in Europe?) :P SO. EXCITED.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The process for getting here was a lot. I was so, so, so anxious waiting to hear SOMETHING from them. I just wanted to know. I was so worried it wouldn't happen and as much as I'm a believer in everything happening for a reason, this thing, this thing was something I just really, really wanted, wanted so bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">One morning I woke up, grabbed my phone, refreshed my email as I had anxiously been doing every single day for a while back then, and UCL's name popped up in my list - the email title was:</span><br />
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Sometimes I am walking down the streets here and I still can't believe it.</div>
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If only 18 year old Raashi knew that it would have all worked out :P</div>
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There was a lot happening in the lead up to me coming here and so it was hard at times that I was leaving home but I was also so, SO excited to do something for me. </div>
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Everyone told me I would get homesick and sad initially when I got here for the first few days, but I had been anticipating this for so long and I know what I usually am like with new experiences, I just didn't think it would be the case, I was just so excited.</div>
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The final few days before leaving I was super emotional. At times I was even thinking why I was doing this to myself, haha. But at the same time I always still had that excitement about everything I had been waiting for to be coming my way.</div>
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I have been here for officially one month today and that is crazy to me, I don't know whether time has gone fast or slow, but luckily I am so enjoying it and I always knew I would. I had been feeling like this was the right time for me to do something like this for a while now. And I'm doing it!</div>
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I have been so out of the blogging world for a bunch of different reasons but this experience is so special to me, I do want to have my record of it on here <span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; font-size: 12px;">☺️</span><br />
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I decided a little while before coming that I would do a video for every month that I am here and you'll be seeing January's Video Recap tomorrow! <span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; font-size: 12px;">☺️</span></div>
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I hope I get more into blogging again and get to read all of your lovely posts from time to time - in between all the exploring...and even some studying, hahaha.<br />
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So I guess this is it for now...? Haha, just a good ol' hello from little me in London Town! (So crazy!!!)</div>
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So...it's been more than just a minute!<br />
Haha. How are you all!<br />
Man, the second half of this year has taken me by storm.<br />
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So, so, so much has been going on...in the last 2-3 months I have felt like my mind was being pulled in all directions...in some really good ways and in some more interesting ways.<br />
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To say things are settling down wouldn't be quite right, haha.<br />
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What a better way to enter back after my little hiatus than with some good news!<br />
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I know we are almost at the end of September now (craziness!) but there's still so much good news to come in the last week of September (hopefully! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) - so, before we jump ahead to the end of September, I want to do a quick recap of August!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span>A family's fifteen year old boy passed away recently, but before that their boy had made the decision to be an organ donor - giving someone else a second chance at life. The boy's brother shared a letter from the man who received his brother's donation. It read:<br />
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<i>I'd like to express my sympathy for the death of your loved one. I
also want to thank you for the special gift they donated. Without this
donation, I would not be healing from a successful surgery right now, and I
wouldn't have another chance at a healthy, pain-free life.</i></div>
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<i>I needed a tissue transplant in order to fully repair my posterior
cruciate ligament (PCL), which I tore due to a nasty fall off a bike this past
September. It seems like such a dumb way to sustain a major injury, but it's
certainly a lesson in how quickly like can change! Now, because I could have
surgery with the tissue transplant, I have the opportunity to work toward a
full, 100% recovery. Moreover, repairing my PCL lessens long term risks such as
early, onset arthritis.</i></div>
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<i>This is all quite a blessing to me. I'm a 21-year-old finishing up
my last semester of college. My favorite hobbies are playing music (saxophone
and piano), playing team sports, and getting out in nature. I try to be very
active. I've taken many trips to the Boundary Waters, and I’ve run a marathon
(and hope to complete another before too long!). As I mentioned before, I
wouldn’t have the opportunity to once again use my body's full potential
without the gift of your loved one. Thank you for honoring your loved one's
wishes at a very difficult time. I am humbled by your generosity and kindness.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span>When USA's Abbey D'Agostino took a heavy fall during the Olympics 5000m semi-final New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin showed exactly what sportsmanship means. Nikki offered injured Abbey her hand and said "Get up. We have to finish this."<br />
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that just so amazing. Such an amazing woman…I’m never going to forget that
moment…When someone asks me what happened in Rio in 20 years' time, that's my
story ... That girl shaking my shoulder, (saying) 'come on, get up'."</span></div>
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His name is Chris Leamy and one day he walked out of the subway with his guitar case, as usual. It was then that a homeless woman pointed to him and his guitar, exclaiming how much easier it would be if she had one of those!<br />
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And so began, #HePlaysForMe, Chris thought what if the homeless on the side of the street couldn't afford instruments? So, for around two years now he has sat beside them, playing for them.<br />
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Another smart setup of Chris'?<br />
Every time he helps a homeless person get $15, he matches it giving $15 to the Bowery Mission Homeless Shelter and urging his followers to do the same.<br />
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One of the best cases to come out of this is Miguel's story. After being spotted with Chris in a video, a donation page was set up for Miguel with the goal of:<br />
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$500, for<br />
- Clothes from Goodwill<br />
- Food<br />
- A Savings Account<br />
- Two Months of Apartment Rent<br />
- Any spare money would go towards buying meals for the Homeless Shelter<br />
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The results?<br />
- Miguel got back on his feet and even landed himself a job at the Dairy Queen<br />
- They were able to buy 1257 meals for the shelter<br />
- And Chris has been signed for a record deal by Sony...as he continues to play for the homeless<br />
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seemed like she was sad and there was tears in her eyes,” said Noah. He said
the woman told him she needed money for bills and was broke. “I let her tell me
how much she wanted to sell it and I gave her exactly what money she wanted,”
said Noah. The jewellery store worker not only dug into his own pockets, but
after handing over a significant amount of money he gave back the necklace. The
moment was captured on security cameras. “I didn’t think about it, I just
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Demi Frandsen, Omaha
mother, donated over 500 litres of breast milk to her local hospital, honouring
her late son who was just 10 months old.
Her son, Leo, was born two months premature with a defect known as
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her total donations would have been enough to occupy a “dairy aisle,
basically”. Leo unexpectedly passed away on October 2 last year. Ms Frandsen
said she’s still dealing with his passing. "We're still trying to figure
out how to have a life without such a big part of it...a little piece of our
soul," she said. “It's not even day to day. It's moment to moment.”</span></div>
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Depot Lactation Consultant Tammi Martin has praised Demi for her selfless act.
"With all that was going on in her life, she (still) found it in her heart
to give to other babies," Ms Martin said.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The beautiful
Andrea Sierra Salazar didn't let Stage Two Lymphoma and Chemotherapy stop her
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had to take off of school to her advantage, she began modelling for agencies
and shoots. In that time she experimented with wigs, but she had a realisation
and went for something different. </span></div>
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without hair or wigs and the result was magical. Andrea took to Twitter with
the powerful caption, "Cancer doesn’t stop me from being a princess”.</span></div>
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that she's inspiring other girls to be confident (and be the princesses they
are) regardless of disabilities of any kind - regardless of their shape and
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">10 year old Cami Skouson has autism and adores this specific pink flowery shirt she got from Target 5 years ago - but after constant wear it got too tattered to be used again. </span><br />
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much she understands, but when she first saw multiples of the shirt, she was a
little confused, because she’s only ever had one at a time,” Deborah told TODAY.</span><span style="background: white;"> “She
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hat." <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24pt;">He spends his days in hospice care at
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knit. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24pt;">"The hats have a rim around the edge to
cover their ears and keep them nice and warm," said Boogart. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24pt;">Boogart doesn't know how much time he has left,
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I feel like for the next month I'll be throwing out my usual scheduled post days and just trying to pop up weekly posts whenever I can - please bear with me D: haha.<br />
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We have all been bombarded with some less than ideal news this month, and my heart goes out to all those affected. For some reason, this past month's news really hit me hard. So, it is most definitely time to get really happy again and read <span style="font-size: 12pt;">some Good News from this past month!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have gathered LOTS of stories this month because the world needs to hear and recognise all the good things happening and the good people that exist!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">And a final huddle & prayer in union - and they all went home having fostered a new understanding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Architect Oscar Mendez championed the idea for his graduation thesis and designed a modular brick made from plastic. The system is said to work like lego and can suit all terrain and climate types. The model home created by <i>Conceptos Plasticos</i> has 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, living room, dining room and kitchen - and can be built in 5 days by novices. People are so smart, it's a bit crazy sometimes!</span></div>
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Oh, I'm failing so hard at blogging right now.</div>
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And I'm pretty sure you guys will understand this: You know when you're completely lagging behind on something, it feels so far gone, and you almost don't want to do it? </div>
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It feels overwhelming to even start.</div>
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This is me right now, haha.</div>
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I am so sorry I have been horrible at reading, commenting, replying back. </div>
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Yeahhh, sounds about right. And unfortunately, as you can tell, blogging has slipped to the bottom of urgency :/</div>
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Anyways, enough excuses, I'm hoping once these next two weeks pass things will ease up ever so slightly for me.<br />
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I started working on July's Good News (cause we really need it given some of the events of the past month) and remembered that I really do love blogging!</div>
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So until life settles down a bit, I still want to be posting content and will be trying to get around to catching up on blogs soon!<br />
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Before everything got extra crazy, I managed to squeeze in a little weekend getaway with my mum for her birthday and it was so lovely! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A photo posted by Raashi Agarwal (@raashiagarwal) on <time datetime="2016-07-23T00:07:04+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jul 22, 2016 at 5:07pm PDT</time></span></div>
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During the weekend we were talking and we realised it's been forever since we have gone on an actual rest and relax sort of holiday, so we definitely made full use of it! I had organised spa treatments for us, we ate some good food, we went on a rainforest walk, went to a gorgeous viewing point overlooking a lake, lounged by the poolside, went to the beach for sunset (and sunrise! Ohhh, that wakeup... :P), did yoga outdoors and finished off the weekend the way I wish everyday could be started - a good ol' breakfast buffet :P</div>
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Life has been busy (as you can tell because this post is two days late :P)</div>
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Haha, but life is showing no sign of slowing down right now.</div>
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BUT, tomorrow morning I don't start work till a little later <span style="font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, my plan is to wake up, sit down with some green tea and my laptop - and catch up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Ahhh, it already sounds so good.)</span></div>
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I have been going full speed ahead this year and because of it, I got chosen for a really cool opportunity!</div>
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Yesterday I attended a Women in Media event and got to talk to some of the most influential women in my local media landscape.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A photo posted by Raashi Agarwal (@raashiagarwal) on <time datetime="2016-07-20T12:06:50+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jul 20, 2016 at 5:06am PDT</time></span></div>
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When talking to the mentors there were two things that really stuck out to me, and I wanted to share them with you.</div>
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medium term goals or those short term goals. And so I think it's really
important to have all of those set out, or at least have an idea of where you
want to go and how you want to go about doing it. And then each day is how do
you go about doing it."</i> - </span>Karina Carvahlo</div>
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Goal setting and giving back, sounds simple enough right?</div>
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Both super important and both can seem overwhelming at times.</div>
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But if we truly think about it, we can do both those things on a small or large scale. </div>
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Whether your long term goal is to have a productive week (and has lots of little goals in between).</div>
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Or whether your long term goal is to end up with a specific job in a specific country (and has loooooots of little goals in between) :P.</div>
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Whether giving back will just be giving your thoughts and advice to someone you know personally who is doing a lot, or struggling with things, or just someone you relate to.</div>
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Or whether your version of giving back is throwing yourself into a professional program in your areas of expertise.</div>
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Who knows!?!</div>
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The options are limitless!</div>
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<b>Giving Back.</b></div>
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Two lessons from two women in media.</div>
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Fendi has UPPED the
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Last week on July 7,
Haute Couture fashion label <a href="http://www.fendi.com/ii/">Fendi</a> (led by Karl Lagerfeld) decided to stage their
latest show at...</div>
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THE TREVI FOUNTAIN.</div>
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IN ROME.</div>
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IN ITALY.</div>
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Just casually.</div>
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As first I thought they did it for the insane levels of prettiness and to showcase their
brilliant creativity, but I quickly realised it was to celebrate the 90th
anniversary of the acclaimed Italian fashion house. </div>
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How exactly did they
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Fendi was very smart (lots of forward-thinking involved, I'm sure) and had donated money to the Trevi Fountain's renovation
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Touché</span> <a href="http://www.fendi.com/ii/">Fendi</a>, <span style="font-size: 12pt;">touché</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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What is intriguing is that last year <a href="http://www.bulgari.com/en-au/">Bulgari</a> chipped in on renovations for the Spanish
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Models walking up and down 135 steps? Hmmm, we'll see.</div>
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The models looked
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I want to say literally not figuratively, because that glass runway they created inside the fountain and on top of water did a verrrrry good job of bringing the illusion to life.</div>
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As intricate,
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fashion, history,
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A photo posted by Fendi (@fendi) on <time datetime="2016-07-07T17:51:31+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jul 7, 2016 at 10:51am PDT</time></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">I have always loved fashion. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">I love how much thought goes into the tiniest of details.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">If any of your favourite TV shows have behind-the scenes/production featurettes/director's commentary, I'm sure they would explain in depth every single thought that went into creating a character's bedroom, for example. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">I love watching and listening to those tidbits because it can highlight how something we see as just a randomly </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">occurring</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> setting, contributes in more ways than we </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">consciously</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;"> recognise in the grand scheme of things (character development, the feel of the environment, feedback into the dialogue and so on!).</span></span><br />
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I love blogging because I get to be a bit more casual with it, it feels like I'm talking to my friends, because you guys kind of are my friends! </div>
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A photo posted by Raashi Agarwal (@raashiagarwal) on <time datetime="2016-06-30T10:35:32+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 30, 2016 at 3:35am PDT</time></div>
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And so far it has been a great experience!</div>
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I've said countless times that I entered into this year with very clear ideas about what I wanted from myself (read <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/are-you-willing-to-do-that-which-youve.html">here</a> and <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/six-months-in.html">here</a>), so I'm glad I'm getting to do those things - slowly, but surely <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji";">☺️</span></div>
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Anyways, I recently got to do a piece on a local (and international) art exhibition which had a lot of meaning behind it. Today, I want to share just a little part of the story I wrote about it with you guys, just because I feel like in today's world, its message is so relevant.</div>
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Through exploring the dual concepts of ‘time’ and ‘difference’, and searching and surveying the cultures, histories and people existing in this diverse region, </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Time of Others</em><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.2px; text-transform: none;"> has successfully created a platform from which to reflect on Asia-Pacific relations.</span></strong></span><span class="drop-caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 0.8em; margin: 0px 0.1em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1em; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase; 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Finally,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> back into blogging! :D</span><br />
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<i>I have always been all for being positive and optimistic</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>A long time back, I had the idea of doing a blogpost series called '<b>The Good News</b>'.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The news and current affairs of our world is so important, it is crucial we keep updated on what is happening around us.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>A lot of that tends to focus on what is going wrong.</i></span></div>
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last day of class, to say his classmates were shocked would be an
understatement. Soussou spoke to </span><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/05/27/boston-latin-student-creates-charcoal-portraits-graduating-classmates/jc12pachooSlIupOWg8hWK/story.html"><span style="background: white;">the Boston Globe</span></a><span style="background: white;"> about how "[their] class [had] been kind of
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Nursing home residents in Wisconsin decided to release a balloon, along with notes they wrote for a soon-to-be fortunate recipient. A little while later, and about 237 miles away, the package arrived at the home of the Fowler family in Lake Michigan - and they were incredibly eager to send a reply to the residents. The balloon release initiative was part of National Nursing home week and "show[ed] that a nursing home can have fun and still live too just as anybody else", <a href="http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Balloon-messages-travel-from-Rib-Lake-nursing-home-to-Michigan-381600801.html">said</a> Activity Director, Nancy Duerr. The Fowlers sent back a care package filled with Michigan treats and a message, and so began the bond of some unlikely pen pals.<br />
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Teacher Brittni Darras, 25, was changed when she found out one of her students attempted suicide. After writing a letter to that girl (read the post above) she composed 130 letters - to each of her students.<br />
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Not generic, stock standard letters, but personal letters about their great qualities and things they have achieved - why they are a valuable individual.<br />
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This act prompted endless hugs and smiles on the last day of school before vacation.<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Darras told <a href="http://www.today.com/news/teacher-writes-notes-130-students-after-teen-s-attempted-suicide-t97386">TODAY</a>: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">"(The girl's
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thought nobody remembered, and it made them really happy. Kids think (suicide)
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<span id="goog_1569610231"></span><span id="goog_1569610232"></span>Financial Management is not my favourite subject, let's just leave it at that :P<br />
Anyways, next time you hear from me,<br />
I'LLL BE DONE WITH EXAMS AND OFFICIALLY ON HOLIDAYS!<br />
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I have so many exciting posts planned already!<br />
I am just so beyond keen for some actual free time to dedicate to this little blog of mine.<br />
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A photo posted by Ananya (@namastefromananya) on <time datetime="2016-06-06T05:52:38+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 5, 2016 at 10:52pm PDT</time></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">Lovely Ana, from over at <a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/">Namaste From Ananya</a>, posted this on Instagram the other day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 21px;">We are 6 months in, with 6 left to go.</span></span><br />
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I came into this year incredibly sure of what I wanted of myself, and very motivated - ready to push myself to do what I needed to do, for what I wanted.</div>
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I am proud to say, so far, I've done relatively well and am semi- on track!</div>
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I am ready to refocus.</div>
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(I'm a total Type A person, so I'm not even going to pretend that I wasn't thoroughly excited about the fact that those sentences above - they turned into the perfect inverted pyramid :P</div>
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<strike>Yes, I'm a total geek</strike>. Ok. Back to being serious.)</div>
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"There's a level of <b>excitement</b> coupled with <b>enthusiasm</b> and <b>focus</b>."</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16508941482445214124noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551737104851694052.post-6493226983315065062016-05-31T05:10:00.001-07:002016-05-31T05:10:18.255-07:00The Good News: May, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rodney Smith Jr. (pictured above, right) began mowing lawns in Alabama to help the elderly, the disabled and single parents. He has since created the not for profit <i>Raising Men Lawn Care Services</i>. With other teens now getting involved he says he is using the service to teach them "a sense of accomplishment, self-esteem, moral value and purpose in themselves".<br />
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Ivy League Professor, PhD from Harvard, Princeton's Johannes Haushofer wanted to make a point:<br />
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that this sometimes gives others the impression that most things work out for me. As a result, they are
more likely to attribute their own failures to themselves, rather than the fact that the world is stochastic,
applications are crapshoots, and selection committees and referees have bad days. This CV of Failures is
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This follows the school's <a href="http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/">"growth
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A photo posted by Raashi Agarwal (@raashiagarwal) on <time datetime="2016-04-26T09:59:20+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Apr 26, 2016 at 2:59am PDT</time></span></div>
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Earlier this year I got the chance to do a very cool data capture, text analytics, data visualisation project. I was able to choose any topic of interest and use a really fancy, complicated, text analytics engine. I really wanted to share what I found with you guys cause I thought it was very interesting.</div>
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It is a topic area that is of high significance to contemporary social science and communication studies, and to our society as a whole - for a multitude of reasons (all of which have been at the forefront of media representation and coverage in recent times). The fight for feminism is still in full force today, and hereby stems the motivation for this study: to analyse and visualise the evolution of the media's portrayal of Feminism. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Female, men, feminists, sexual, young, girls, society, power, change, world, sex, culture, today.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">These concepts are in focus as women are obviously integral to Feminism, as is men's involvement in the topic. Furthermore, the actions and behaviours of women today are changing, and empowering, what young girls in society are seeing and fighting for, i.e. their equal rights. These concepts are demonstrated in the implications of issues such as the gender pay gap, reproductive rights, and women in government, to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">2. Feminism:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>Feminists, political, social, movement, gender, people, equality, rights, issues, society.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The significance of these concepts is that they convey a definitional overview of what Feminism means - and what and whom it affects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">3. History:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><i>History, women's, culture, public, politics.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">This theme relates to information about the Suffragette movement, oppression, discrimination, Waves of Feminism, the fight for rights and feminists earning their place in history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">4. Work-Life Balance:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Clearly the concern here is how are women finding balance between their work and home life - the issue of women being able to "do it all" in the time they have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Over the last 10 years, the coverage of the topic of feminism has evolved from focusing on females and their work-home lives, to the promotion and publicising of equal rights and opportunities across the genders - conceptualising Feminism as a movement pertaining to other important social issues.</span></div>
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To those who managed to reach the end of this more wordy post, I hope you found it interesting and enjoyed it.<br />
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How do you think Feminism is framed today? How is it framed by our generation? How would you want it to be framed?<br />
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Switching up my posting schedule to Wednesdays now! So see you Wednesday <span style="font-size: 12pt;">😉</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I started my blog for <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/to-blog-or-not-to-blog-cliche-i-know.html">three main reasons</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. As a journalism student, I </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">really wanted to get my hands into developing my own content and getting involved in the practice of what I'm learning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. I wanted some change, something to experiment with, a new challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">3. I respected (and still do!) </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the effort, creativity and thought behind blogging - and the sharing of content blogging enables. To be able to read someone's thoughts, on any topic, at the click of a button, it's something I feel incredibly fortunate about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">But, I've gotten so, so, so much more out of it than I ever anticipated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I have a whole collection of posts to look back on. Sometimes I love to sit and reminisce about what I have done over the last year, what I was thinking about, what I enjoyed writing about. </span></div>
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I said in my first post ever:</div>
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And inspiring, and eye-opening, and so much more!</div>
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And, now that I've had a year with my blog, it's time for some growth and a couple changes!</div>
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When I initially tried to figure out how to describe my blog, I said this:</div>
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But, today, I want to <i>change</i> two things.</div>
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Like I said earlier, I started my blog to get some journalism practice and exposure, and so I had just kept my blog name as raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.</div>
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I've been contemplating changing that for a long time now, and this felt like the perfect milestone to do it on!</div>
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An honest, conversational, genuine blog between you and myself <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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I chose this word because this blog is a product of my pensive contemplation and thoughts on a whole array of random topics...and a whole lot of rambling (typical Raashi, am I right?).</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">I have a lot of random nicknames, but Raa will always be one of my favourites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">This nickname was created by one of my best friends in our Grade 8 History class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">We were covering Egyptian history and learnt about Sun God, Raa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">(who is technically referred to as Ra, and is technically a male, but, technicalities! :P).</span></div>
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<i>Light, warmth, and growth.</i></div>
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As a lot of you would already know from my <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/the-good-news-february-2016.html">Good News</a> posts and <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-importance-of-positivity_30.html">The Importance of Positivity</a> post I always talk about, I am all about focusing on love and light. </div>
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It feels perfect to bring this nickname I adore into my blog permanently <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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It is something I have been meaning to do for FOREVER, and so many of you have told me to!</div>
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<b>I GOT TWITTER.</b></div>
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Bear with me as I try to figure this whole thing out and start following some of your lovely selves, haha :P</div>
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My twitter handle is <a href="https://twitter.com/reflectionbyraa">reflectionbyraa</a>, cause 15 character limits apparently dislike my new blog name that I love so dearly :P</div>
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Anyways!<br />
Thank you for all of those who read this post which is so special to me,<br />
and to those that have read and supported this little space during its first year.<br />
It's meant a whole, whole lot. <span style="font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">❤️</span><br />
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I had never, ever blogged before this - so thank you all for sticking around while I figured (and still figure) this whole thing out!<br />
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I thought that as I near my one year anniversary of Blogging it would be fun to do a countdown of<br />
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10. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/whats-your-love-language.html">What's your Love Language?</a><br />
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9. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/mac-lipstick-haul.html">MAC Lipstick Haul!</a><br />
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8. <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/living-by-mantras-challenge-i-part-1-i.html">Living by Mantras I Part 1 I</a></span><br />
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7. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/living-by-mantras-challenge-i-part-2-i.html">Living by Mantras I Part 2 I</a><br />
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6. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/what-adventure-team-life.html">What an adventure! Team L.I.F.E!</a><br />
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5. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/get-to-know-me-liebster-award.html">Get to know me! The Liebster Award.</a><br />
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4. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/best-friend-breakups.html">Best Friend Breakups</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/some-strappy-sophisticated-heels.html">Some strappy, sophisticated heels</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-importance-of-positivity_30.html">The Importance of Positivity</a><br />
(this makes my heart so happy! <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">❤️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)</span><br />
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And the number #1 post of this past year....<br />
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1. <a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/when-your-ex-downgrades.html">When your ex downgrades...</a><br />
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Other top notable mentions include:<br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/our-world-needs-love.html">Our world needs love</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/introductions-impressions-and.html">Introductions, Impressions and Insecurities</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/get-to-know-me.html">Get to know me!</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/ethnicity-tag-im-off-to-india.html">Ethnicity Tag: I'm off to India!</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/realistic-and-diversified-barbie-body.html">Realistic and Diversified: Barbie Body Language</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/how-to-make-someones-day.html">How to make someone's day!</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/what-i-wore-to-ball.html">What I wore to the ball...</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/the-good-news-march-2016.html">The Good News: March, 2016</a><br />
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And some of the lesser known ones:<br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/our-camping-trip.html">Our "Camping" Trip</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/photographs-capturing-proposals.html">Photographs capturing Proposals</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/holidays.html">Holidays!</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/if-your-loved-ones-became-homeless.html">If Your Loved ones Became Homeless</a><br />
<a href="http://reflectionswithraa.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/the-beauty-lover-tag.html">The Beauty Lover Tag</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16508941482445214124noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551737104851694052.post-54447524812053920532016-05-02T07:09:00.001-07:002016-05-23T04:08:43.985-07:00The Good News: April, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are now in May! Craziness!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Flowers, corsages, tiaras, the whole nine yards - along with their school mascot cheering the residents onto the dance floor. </span></div>
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A Manchester ASDA store has initiated a "quiet hour" every week for customers with autism or other sensitivities.<br />
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No music, no lights from flashing signs, no slight sounds from escalators even! They will all be turned off and store maps with pictures in the place of words will be handed out, to aid with the sensory challenges these individuals usually face.<br />
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Simon Lea, store manager, pictured above, <a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/asda-boss-introduces-quiet-hour-11231222">said</a>,<br />
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'Rafiki Mwema' (meaning Loyal Friend), is a nonprofit home that cares for young Kenyan girls who have been abused. Although amazing, it had been filling up quickly and once girls were teenagers they ended up having to go back to their village, leaving all emotional support behind.<br />
A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/queenscastle">GoFundMe</a> page was created not too long ago by <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Australian mum, Sarah Rosberg.</span><br />
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The goal: Raise $75,000 to construct a second home for those teenagers.<br />
The result: In one month, over $200,000 was raised!<br />
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Queen's Castle is in progress and will provide a developed healing program and lots of support for these beautiful teenage girls. </div>
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22 year old tattoo artist, Whitney Develle, talked to a girl who had suffered from an eating disorder as a teenager about how after being recovered her scars just feel like a constant reminder of her troubled past. The girl then asked Whitney if she could cover the scars with a tattoo.<br />
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Whitney said she'd give it a try and that lead to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1548531252110827.1073741832.1548297198800899&type=3">the Scars Project</a>.<br />
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1-2 days a week, she provides free of charge tattoos - <span style="font-size: 12pt;">and she has been met with an overwhelming response from people all over the world. </span><br />
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Every tattoo she creates, the individual shares their story along with the photo.<br />
Click on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1548531252110827.1073741832.1548297198800899&type=3">this link</a> to read some beautiful, beautiful stories.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">And that was some of </span><b style="color: black;">The Good News </b><span style="color: black;">for </span><b style="color: black;">April! </b><span style="color: black; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">Anddd, this title sounds like a pickup line...Good job, Raashi. Whoops.</span></div>
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The things that happen when you try to get creative :P</div>
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I found something that I thought was SUCH an incredible idea
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So, about 15-16 years ago (it's crazy that 2000 is that far
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Like at any other library, you can check out a book on a
certain topic for a period of time. The difference - the "book" is
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Isn't this just such an incredible idea? It is things like
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that it's so endearing (and heartwarming!) that people of all different
backgrounds, ages and lives, can sit down together for an open, honest
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Abergel has <a href="http://www.today.com/news/look-inside-human-library-where-you-check-out-people-instead-t78736">said</a>: "I figured that if we could make
people sit down with a group attached to a certain stigma they don't like or
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"Books" range from people who are deaf, blind,
transgender, obese, homeless, autistic or a refugee - and more! This concept
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"Sometimes you see someone in the supermarket and think
things about them, but you don't dare go ask them questions," Abergel
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A woman in Wisconsin brought her two sons, aged 11 and 13, to check out
a book titled "International Woman, Leader of Color, Gender Justice" earlier this year - and told <a href="http://www.today.com/news/look-inside-human-library-where-you-check-out-people-instead-t78736">TODAY.com</a> all about why:</div>
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"When else would my sons get the opportunity to hear a woman from Ghana speak about her experiences with racism after moving to the predominantly white city of Green Bay, Wisconsin?" </div>
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A book volunteer in the library, Adam Jackson, a black man adopted by a white family at 6 months old, also told <a href="http://www.today.com/news/look-inside-human-library-where-you-check-out-people-instead-t78736">TODAY.com</a>: </div>
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"It was harder than I thought it would be to share my story...I did get a bit emotional, but I'm so happy I had the opportunity to enter the conversation on diversity in a meaningful way."</div>
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Things like this, they give me chills.</div>
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100% visiting a Human Library is now one of the things I have to check off in the lifetime.</div>
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What do you guys think of this initiative? What kind of "book" would you love to hear a story from?</div>
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New blog post will be up next Tuesday!!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two beauty-related posts in 2 months from Raashi ?!?! :O</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Haha, sooo out of the ordinary for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">But, the lovely </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trishna over @</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://tipscapsule.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tips Capsule</a> tagged me in her version and I was actually so excited to give it a go!<br />
(Read her version <a href="http://tipscapsule.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/the-beauty-lover-tag.html">here</a>!)<br />
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But, before we get onto it, just a little personal disclaimer...</div>
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I have been SO absent over here in the blogosphere, I feel absolutely horrible because I haven't been able to read a bunch of posts, let alone leave or reply to comments! D:<br />
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Uni has been crazy hectic between assignments, group presentations and workshops, mid-semester exams. I just have to push through till this Sunday and then I apologise in advance for the influx of comments from moi :P<br />
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So excited to have a blogging catch up and a nice, little stress-relief session!<br />
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But until then, hope you've all been well! <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">❤️</span></div>
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world do your makeup, who would it be?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now, Trishna said Charlotte Tilbury and I have to
agree with that because her looks are incredible (Youtube search her tutorials and sit there like a big old heart eye emoji, I'm telling you). BUT,
thanks to a handy little thing called Instagram, I found this dude: </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanface/">ALLAN AVENDAÑO </a></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Makeup artist to the stars! Zendaya, Gigi Hadid,
Hailee Steinfeld, Sarah Hyland, and countless other celebrities and models get
their makeup done by him - and you can see why!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Hmmm, the 'little subtle cat eye liner' trick? </span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Haha, I guess all I'm
trying to mean by this is that before doing eyeliner, do a little slanted flick from
the corner of your eye angling it towards the end of your eyebrow - and then
work your way in!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">(This picture does a MUCH better job at explaining
this than I do!)</span></div>
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not live without?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Skincare? Initially I thought this said beauty item
and I was going to be like "Vaseline! Deodorant!", haha, but skincare
specific? I think just a really nice face cleanser, I would suggest a name here
but I jump around a lot when it comes to this!</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Guys. Eyeshadow. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">I kinda can do it, but it becomes like a
WHOLE project for me.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"> I legit have to mentally prepare myself for it :P</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">There have been two occasions to date where I have been
super proud of my eyeshadow and they have both been neutral gold-brown looks.
BUT! I did try a browny-smokey look recently???</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Too much, very apparent, blush or bronzer freaks me out. I also have
to agree with the general clumpy mascara pet peeve, fluttery and pretty are my
personal preference </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji";">☺️</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">I would have to say right now, for two reasons:</span></div>
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there is SO much variety when it comes to makeup in this era (a huge part
of this is thanks to the advent of beauty bloggers and vloggers
everywhere) - glowy, matte, highlighted, contoured, neutral, smokey, bold
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nice one - and this one truly exceeded that. Can't rave about it enough!</span></div>
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Can we just talk about HOW INSANE it is that we're already well into April!?!<br />
This year is just flying by!<br />
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Amongst the business that has been this past week/weekend for me,<br />
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This year I'm thankful for a lot of different things,<br />
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I am so, so sure of the things I want to achieve, sure of the fact that I really want to put myself out there in terms of challenging myself and sure of who I'm aiming to be.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">There are so many things I am wanting, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">and I think most of us can relate to having very little time to do all of them. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Which is where priorities come in hey? :P</span></div>
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New blog post will be up next Tuesday!!!<br />
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Ana: <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hey to all you Raashi fans! </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span></i></div>
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I’m Ana (Ananya), a British born, Indian-Bengali, girl living in the
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Ana: What a great question, I think I’m constantly asking myself the same
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I’m just a girl trying her best to balance two different cultures
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The aim of my PhD research, ultimately is to prevent babies being
born too early. Around 15 million babies are born too early a year and this can
have awful consequences for baby and mother. Currently I’m researching if we
can improve the treatments given to women. This means during the day you’ll
most likely find me doing experiments with human placenta!<br />
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Ana: I’ve always found it easier to express myself through writing. Even
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3 and half years ago when I started my blog [The Asian Destination] , I’d wanted to create a
space where I could share and explain the significance of Hindu festivals such
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Since then though, it’s now evolved into an online journal of
personal reflection and my thoughts on causes that are important as well as my
loves: lifestyle & travel.<br />
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My blog [Namaste, From Ananya] has helped me, a once painfully shy, introverted girl,
believe in my own voice and ultimately attempt to face a fear everyday.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Raashi: How do you like to
bring positivity into your life?</span></span></h3>
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Ana: One of the best ways for me to feel positive is if I maintain a
self-care routine. It’s so easy these days to procrastinate self-care; about 2
years of my PhD have involved 12 hour experiments which left little time for
much else & I’d come home, aimlessly scroll through my phone and head to
bed!<br />
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Recently though, I’ve really been trying to make an effort to switch
off from technology an hour before bed and also not switching it back on in the
morning until I’ve taken some time to meditate, journal or do some yoga
instead. (I love Yoga With Adriene’s videos are just the right amount of
positive energy needed to start your day well for anyone interested!) I’ve
found this slight change has done wonders for my mood in the mornings & throughout the day!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Raashi: Who would you say is a role model of
yours?</span></h3>
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Ana: My paternal grandparents are a huge source of inspiration for me for
a variety of reasons.</div>
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They moved to the UK from India for a better life & knowing the
hardships they’ve overcome to be where they are today fills me with admiration.</div>
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My grandma is a very strong and determined lady. She left India
& her family for the very first time, unmarried for a completely foreign
country, to marry the man she loved. Even nowadays, that would be seen as quite
a big leap of faith…! Before I was born though she underwent major back and
neck surgery and doctors said she would need to be in a wheelchair. However,
she knew better…& though today blind in one eye, she’s still walking & enjoying life like the fighter she is.</div>
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My grandfather is the one that has instilled a sense of service
within me; he’s a retired eye surgeon but he founded and has developed a
charity that offers life-changing operations to cure avoidable blindness to
those that cannot afford them.</div>
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I guess together, they both represent a lot of the characteristics I
look for in life: faith and hope of a better future & belief that whatever
we can conceive, we can achieve with hard work & determination.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Raashi: Could you share one of your
favourite quotes with us?</span></h3>
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Ana: Ohh, there’s so many quotes I love & have stuck around my room
(my friends to them as ‘Ana-cheese’/’Ana’s cheesy quotes’!)</div>
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I do have this stuck to my mirror though so I can be reminded of it
everyday.</div>
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“Be humble enough to know you’re not better than anybody and</div>
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be wise enough to know you’re different than the rest.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Raashi: You and I have talked a bit about
our love for contemplative, mindful posts. Is there a blogpost you’ve read
(doesn’t matter by who or how long ago) that has really stuck out to you
or resonated with you? </span></h3>
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Ana: I’ll admit I’m a bit of a self-help junkie; I find human psychology
and behavior really fascinating especially the way in which it can affect our
whole demeanor. Back when I was going through a bit of a low point at
university, I stumbled across Mastin Kipp’s blog: <a href="http://thedailylove.com/">thedailylove.com</a>.</div>
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<span lang="en-US">One post really resonated with me: the idea that what we see in
others is a direct reflection of ourselves; the qualities that we admire such
as positivity, strength, enthusiasm </span><span lang="en-AU">–</span><span lang="en-US"> all that greatness is the greatness we have within ourselves if
only we tap into that potential*.</span></div>
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Similarly if someone says something to annoy us it may actually tell
us more about our own insecurities and issues to work on.</div>
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I haven’t been able to find the exact blog post but this is quite
similar for anyone interested!</div>
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<a href="http://thedailylove.com/its-all-in-the-reflection/"><span lang="en-US">http://thedailylove.com/its-all-in-the-reflection/</span></a></div>
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(*Now thinking about it, it also makes sense why I love the word
& meaning behind ‘namaste’ so much! <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">Raashi: What is one blogpost you’ve written
that you feel the proudest of? </span></h3>
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Ana: Oh this is a tough one since you & I know we both love writing such
a variety of content! I guess for me the posts that have felt most rewarding
have been the ones where I’ve been most ‘vulnerable’: <a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/2015/10/9052/">A Blog Identity Crisis</a>
& <a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/2015/01/story-behind-blog-name-2/">The Story Behind A Blog Name</a>.</div>
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There’s actually also one I’ve been working on based on something
I’ve been told countless times whilst doing a PhD.</div>
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‘You’re doing a PhD, how will we find you a husband?’</div>
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It’s something I feel really passionately about but also I’m a
little bit nervous about being so honest with my thoughts. That’s one of my
main aims though with my blog, to ensure every post is authentic as possible,
regardless of what I’m writing about. <br />
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<i>[UPDATE: Since this interview, Ana has uploaded her post on this topic: ‘<a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/2016/04/youre-phd-will-find-husband-2/"><span class="s1">You’re doing a PhD, how will we find you a husband?</span></a>’]</i></div>
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share three random facts about yourself with us?</span><b style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;"> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 16px;">☺️</span></h3>
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Ana: I think a lot of bloggers say this about themselves but: I’m
actually a very shy &private person! I don’t like to have a lot of
attention on myself, which seems quite strange for someone to save & put
out personal content!</div>
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-I get irrationally anxious on the London underground (Tube) if I
think there’s not enough time to board the carriage & there’s a chance I’ll
get stuck in the doors! There’s usually a ‘beep-beep-beep’ sound and as soon as
I hear that, it won’t matter whether I have plenty of time or not, I’ll happily
wait the extra 3-4 minutes for another train to arrive!!</div>
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My birthday is Valentine’s Day, which means you’ll always find my
family & me immersed in between all the couple tables…! I used to
hate it growing up but I’ve come to embrace it, as I’ve gotten older…plus no
matter what happens, I know I’ll always receive <span style="font-style: italic;">some</span> cards on Valentine’s ;)</div>
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<i>You guys, how amazing is Ana’s PhD research. So incredibly impressed, don’t you think it’s such an amazing and worthwhile cause that she is working on?</i></div>
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<i>I absolutely adore those stories about her paternal grandparents. I’m a big believer that the role models we choose in life speak volumes about us and do actively shape the person we become.</i></div>
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<i>I want to leave a couple of the links she mentioned down here again for easy access. Her two proudest posts are, I have to say, are two of my absolute favourites from her. </i></div>
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<i>That being said I am very interested for when she publishes the “You’re doing a PhD, how will we find you a husband" post. </i><br />
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[Update: The post is now up and I can totally vouch for it, it is refreshing to see someone be so straightforward about statements like this.]</div>
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<i>I already have so much to say based on that one phrase alone </i></div>
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<i><strike>but then again, when do I ever not have something to say? (Hi, I’m Raashi and I ramble)</strike>.</i></div>
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Links Ana mentioned:<br />
<span lang="en-US"><a href="http://thedailylove.com/its-all-in-the-reflection/">http://thedailylove.com/its-all-in-the-reflection/</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/2015/10/9052/">A Blog Identity Crisis</a> & <a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/2015/01/story-behind-blog-name-2/">The Story Behind A Blog Name</a></div>
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And for all thing Ana:</div>
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<a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/">Namaste from Ananya</a></div>
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So, for those of you who haven't seen it before, this is a new monthly blog series I've started!<br />
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<i>Ok, so I have always been all for being positive and optimistic</i></div>
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<i>(read about my take on <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-importance-of-positivity_30.html">The Importance of Positivity</a> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>A long time back, I had the idea of doing a blogpost series called '<b>The Good News</b>'.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The news and current affairs of our world is so important, it is crucial we keep updated on what is happening around us.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>A lot of that tends to focus on what is going wrong.</i></span></div>
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<i>Click <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/the-good-news-february-2016.html">here</a> for last month's edition!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Free food fridge for the hungry</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The tea cafe Pappadavada (a restaurant in India) came up with an idea that will not only feed the local homeless community, but aims to teach society about not wasting food. A 24-hour fridge was installed offering meals to those in needs, the diner plans to stock 50 meals a day - along with meals their diners donate (as they posted a message on their Facebook asking for spared leftovers).</span></div>
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Drug dealer, larcenist, arrested 13 times before turning twenty - would have been the only things mentioned when talking about David Lee Windecher.<br />
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Writing his memoir, <i>The American Dream: HisStory in the Making</i>, he gives troubled kids<br />
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<b style="color: #351c75;">Team Refugee Olympic Athletes</b><br />
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Yusra Mardini and her sister fled Syria with another 20 refugees. After motor boat complications, she and her sister swam 3 and a half hours, pushing the boat to shore, saving everyone on board.<br />
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we want to send a message of hope for all refugees in our world,” <a href="http://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/team-of-refugee-olympic-athletes-roa-created-by-the-ioc/">said IOC President Thomas Bach</a>. “Having no national team to belong to, having no flag to
march behind, having no national anthem to be played, these refugee athletes
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Yusra will trial for the team very soon.</div>
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whale breeding program, and is now providing only natural encounters for its last
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt;">Severing the supply of seafood caught by Southeast Asian slave workers, gold mined by children, and clothes sewn by abused Bangladeshi woman. The development closes an 85-year old tariff law loophole that allowed importation of products of forced and child labour. </span><br />
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has cochlear implants, but still relies on signing for much of his ability to
communicate with others. He’s been overwhelmed by the willingness
of classmates to give up free time just so they can learn to carry on
conversations with him. “It’s like they want to be like me."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">That was some of </span><b style="color: black;">The Good News </b><span style="color: black;">for </span><b style="color: black;">March! </b><span style="color: black; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple color emoji";">❤️</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">, </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Raashi</span><br />
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I think most of us who blog, or read blogs, have heard about blogs having their "niche".</div>
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And I do think there's a reason for that, consistency is always a plus, following someone for features, info & discussion on a particular topic you love is not only interesting, but helpful.</div>
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With that being said, I love when people stray away from that too.</div>
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I feel like blogging is empowering because it allows you </div>
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how you want to talk about it,</div>
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when you want to talk about it.</div>
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There's a reason chatty posts and get to know me/facts about me tags are always so fun to read,</div>
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connecting with the person behind the blog, past just the content they produce, is so enjoyable.</div>
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For that same reason, it is amazing to see people blog about something they're passionate about.</div>
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I so admire Instagram accounts that have a specific theme and stick to it, they're amazing to look at and I follow so many of them.</div>
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But, me personally, I'm so all over the place. </div>
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To be honest, it's not even about being all over the place, I just love to share what I want to share.</div>
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Whether it be what I've been upto<span style="font-size: 12pt;">, where I've been,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> friends, family, food I'm obsessing over :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I can't even choose one degree or major for crying out loud, people are always like typical Raashi when they hear I'm doing business, psychology AND journalism :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Now that I'm writing all of this, maybe I have a problem, <strike>in</strike></i><i><strike>decisiveness anybody?</strike> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>That's an issue for another day though...:P</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/whats-your-love-language.html">What's your Love Language?</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-importance-of-positivity_30.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Importance of Positivity</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/the-weapon-of-choice-project-scarring.html">The Weapon of Choice Project</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My India Trip Part <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com/2016/01/india-triplead-up-to-wedding.html">1</a>, <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com/2016/01/india-tripthe-wedding_18.html">2</a> and <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com/2016/01/india-tripeverything-after-wedding.html">3</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Heading home from Melbourne after <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/my-melbourne-trip.html">my first solo trip</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/a-list-of-little-things-in-life_2.html">Random Adventures</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/what-i-wore-to-ball.html">What I wore to the ball</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Living by Mantras Challenge <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/living-by-mantras-challenge-i-part-1-i.html">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/living-by-mantras-challenge-i-part-2-i.html">2</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/introductions-impressions-and.html">Introductions, Impressions and Insecurities</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/female-empowerment_9.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Female Empowerment</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/when-your-ex-downgrades.html">When your ex downgrades</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/realistic-and-diversified-barbie-body.html">Barbie Body Language</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/our-world-needs-love.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our World Needs Love</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/the-good-news-february-2016.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My New Blog Series: The Good News</span></a><br />
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So, maybe all of this just comes from me wanting to do it all? Whoops :P<br />
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I want to do posts that are genuinely, sincerely, authentically things I want to share.</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Our niche is us.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Your blog's niche is you.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Emily @</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.musingsandmore.co.uk/" style="font-size: 12pt;">Musings & More</a></div>
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Lucy @ <a href="http://www.la-lingua.co.uk/">La Lingua</a></div>
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Trishna @ <a href="http://tipscapsule.blogspot.com.au/">Tips Capsule</a></div>
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Angelina @ <a href="http://www.angelina-is.blogspot.com.au/">Angelina Is</a></div>
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Sonja @ <a href="http://www.trovesandroses.com/">Troves and Roses</a></div>
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Kay @<a href="http://www.shoesandglitter.com/">Shoes and Glitter</a></div>
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Caroline @ <a href="http://www.iridescentplaces.com/">Iridescent Places</a></div>
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Rory @ <a href="http://aluminah.wordpress.com/">Aluminah</a></div>
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Ana @ <a href="http://www.namastefromananya.com/">Namaste from Ananya</a></div>
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Mira @ <a href="http://113-things-to-say.blogspot.com/">113 Things to Say</a></div>
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Filippa @ <a href="http://alwaysadot.blogspot.com.au/">Always a Dot</a></div>
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May @ <a href="http://www.themayden.com/">The Mayden</a></div>
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Rae @ <a href="http://www.lovefromberlin.net/">Love From Berlin</a></div>
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<a href="http://touchofgucci.blogspot.com.au/">Touch of Gucci</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">These guys blog about what they're passionate about and what they want to blog about it, </span></div>
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This is a post I have had planned for a while and I FINALLY got around to getting photos and everything for it prepped!</div>
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Disclaimer: Now, by NO means do I consider myself a beauty blogger by doing this.<br />
(Although I read some absolutely incredible beauty blogs on the regular, I'm looking at you Caroline @<a href="http://www.iridescentplaces.com/">Iridescent Places</a>, Kay @<a href="http://www.shoesandglitter.com/">Shoes and Glitter</a>, Sonja @<a href="http://www.trovesandroses.com/">Troves and Roses</a>, Megan @<a href="http://www.lifewithmcm.com/">Life with MCM</a>. You beauty gurus are amazing.)</div>
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I don't properly experiment with it a whole lot, but on the rare occasions that I do, I enjoy it...<br />
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Am I the only girl out there who takes a HUGE sigh of relief once their eyes are done, </div>
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cause to me the rest is easy and MUCH more failproof :P </div>
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Anyways, I do love how simply and beautifully lipsticks can add to makeup looks!</div>
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Before I travelled to India last year (you can read about that <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/india-triplead-up-to-wedding.html">here</a>!), I had already decided that on the way back I would make the most of duty free shopping in Singapore airport and...</div>
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MAC.</div>
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I know, I know, very late to the game, but exciting nonetheless!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Let's go through them, shall we? </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My mum picked this colour out and how gorgeous is it! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This deeper red lipstick is so creamy and has a beautiful sheen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I had gone into MAC wanting a mauve-y, everyday, my lips but better shade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This didn't end up being it, but it is oh so pretty!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I think it's a very angelic kind of pink and man, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">does this lipstick have some pretty sparkle and shimmer through it!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have to add, this one feels SO incredibly moisturising & hydrating, almost like putting a lip balm on!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Ahhh, so I had decided I was definitely going to pick this one up after hearing all about it from beauty bloggers and vloggers everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">This is known as MAC's Famous Ruby Woo, the red lipstick that is universally flattering and works on every complexion possible.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">And I have to say - I am super impressed by it, incredibly matte and a striking red!</span></div>
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Now I'm going to pretend to be all professional beauty blogger and swatch them for you :P</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">And there we have it! The beginning of my MAC Lipstick collection!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope you guys liked this post, I thought it would be fun for me to document my first MAC Lipsticks. Plus, I love posts like this from other beauty bloggers and since I finally had some new beauty products - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">I thought I would give it a go!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">I'm a sucker for people doing posts or videos with lip colour swatches, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">I'm always hunting for the perfect shades!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16508941482445214124noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551737104851694052.post-68911355597206844392016-03-07T06:06:00.000-08:002016-05-15T02:54:54.961-07:00The advantage of alone time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've had a bit of an exhausting past week to say the least.<br />
And it's left me feeling utterly drained, by everything and everyone.<br />
Feeling the need to disconnect for a bit, it got me thinking, the way our society is built these days...<br />
it doesn't feel super easy to do that. We're almost made to feel guilty for wanting to do so.<br />
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I'm sure you guys can relate to this struggle on some level!<br />
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In true coincidental yet meaningful fashion, the universe allowed me to stumble upon an old article published about <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/03/06/the_power_of_lonely/">'The Power of Lonely</a>'.<br />
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We as humans are social animals, we need human interaction and know that isolation can be harmful for us. But, there is another side...<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, all I really want to do is highlight a few parts of the article that I feel like us as a generation need to read and be reminded of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
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that spending time alone, if done right, can be good for us — that certain
tasks and thought processes are best carried out without anyone else around,
and that even the most socially motivated among us should regularly be taking
time to ourselves if we want to have fully developed personalities, and be
capable of focus and creative thinking. There is even research to suggest that
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>blocking off enough alone time is an important component of a well-functioning
social life</b></span> — that if we want to get the most out of the time we spend with
people, we should make sure we’re spending enough of it away from them. Just as
regular exercise and healthy eating make our minds and bodies work better,
solitude experts say, so can being alone."</span></div>
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being on their own. They’re able to establish some control over the way they
spend their time. They’re <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>able to decompress</b></span> at the end of a busy day in a
city...and<span style="color: #351c75;"><b> experience a feeling of freedom</b></span>.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">"In an age when <b><span style="color: #351c75;">no one is ever more than a text
message or an e-mail away from other people, the distinction between “alone”
and “together” has become hopelessly blurry</span></b>, even as the potential benefits of
true solitude are starting to become clearer."</span></div>
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others, in part because it allows for a kind of <b><span style="color: #351c75;">introspection</span></b> — and freedom
from self-consciousness — that strengthens their sense of identity."</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">"Too much solitude is unequivocally harmful and
broadly debilitating, decades of research show. But one person’s “too much”
might be someone else’s “just enough,” and eyeballing the difference with any
precision is next to impossible."</span></div>
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researchers, it’s that <b><span style="color: #351c75;">in order to get anything positive out of spending time
alone, solitude should be a choice</span></b>: People must feel like they’ve actively
decided to take time apart from people, rather than being forced into it
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Technology and Self, argues in her new book, “Alone, Together,” that people
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I don't openly give myself as much proper alone time as I want - phones, social media and the expectation that you should be contactable at all times being the downfall. But when I do...<br />
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In my alone time, I love to sit on my laptop in my bed and write/read blogposts, just see where the internet takes me, do some research, explore links, watch lots of youtube.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I love to sit and read a book. Maybe watch some TV or a movie while doing odd jobs and organising things. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I love, love, love to sit or lie down and listen to some music, either while doing something else or just being fully present. </span></div>
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Do you guys give yourself alone time? Do you sometimes feel guilty for doing it?<br />
Do you enjoy it? What do you like to do in your alone time?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16508941482445214124noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551737104851694052.post-47694948394971372632016-02-29T07:11:00.000-08:002016-05-15T02:54:38.725-07:00The Good News: February, 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.</div>
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Ok, so I have always been all for being positive and optimistic</div>
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(read about my take on <a href="http://raashiagarwal.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-importance-of-positivity_30.html">The Importance of Positivity</a> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "apple color emoji"; font-size: 12pt;">☺️</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">A long time back, I had the idea of doing a blogpost series called '<b>The Good News</b>'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">A lot of that tends to focus on what is going wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Nurse brings snow and smiles inside for sick kids</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lucy, 7, a patient at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Centre, watched the snow fall. Being a massive 'Frozen' fan, the doctors thought she could go outside for a bit. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #351c75; font-size: 12pt;">Students awaiting test scores got an important and inspiring letter</b></div>
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I have nothing to add to this, except for - HOW AMAZING. So much admiration for the staff who came up with this idea and the school for making this happen!</div>
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for girls." - Mudzuru, married at 16 and with two children
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