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Here and Now

My 2022 to-be-read bookstack

by Layla

Happy new year! Hope you are all well and safe–although this is easier said than done. COVID cases are surging again, and nearly every one I know are either positive or manifesting symptoms. #fuckyouomicron I’m praying for everyone to get better or feel better soon–COVID is not something to be sneezed at (no pun intended). Speaking of the new year, what better opportunity to...

15/01/2022
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Books, On the Telly

Out of School Things

15/01/2022

My 2022 to-be-read bookstack

Happy new year! Hope you are all well and safe–although this is easier said than done. COVID cases are...

by Layla
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05/12/2021

On grieving and adjusting.

So it’s been a long time since I have posted anything on here. Not that there’s a want of...

by Layla
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06/08/2021

BRB!

How are you all? Hope you are all well and safe. 🙂 Happy August, by the way! 🙂 Manila...

by Layla
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10/07/2021

Other ways in which we can practise self-care.

Spa days? Check. Pampering sessions? Check. Don’t get me wrong, both are good for self-care. But because of the...

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Hi, I am Layla. Public servant by day; graduate student at night.

Welcome to my little corner of the internet where I write about a lot of things: reading, television, food, beauty, and academia. It’s a hodge-podge of interests, but they’re the things that I love the most.

Here’s a little more about me here (just in case you want to read), and hope you enjoy reading this blog! 🙂

Family

  • Yellywelly

Favourite Legal Reads

  • Elena Makes Sense of Law
  • Legal Loop
  • The Secret Barrister
  • The Young Lawyer PH
  • Your Lawyer Says

Feast for the eyes

  • A Spoonful of Vanilla
  • Abbey Louisa Rose
  • Abbey Sy
  • Anne Nation
  • Blooming Suitcase
  • Colour Me Read
  • Elena Handtrack
  • Forever September
  • Isabel's Stories
  • Julia Berolzheimer
  • Maison Magloyuan
  • Rhianna Olivia
  • Salt and Sea Stories
  • Samantha Kilford
  • Smelly Socks and Garden Peas
  • Sounds of Sara
  • The Girl Outdoors
  • The Hels Project
  • The Londoner

Interesting and Useful Stuff

  • Holly Gabrielle || Time Management Advice No One Tells You: How I Manage My Time
  • How to Fix Your Resume in 1 Hour
  • How to Make First Class Lecture Notes
  • Jake Knapp's "The Burner List"
  • Maintaining Healthy Habits When Struggling with Your Mental Health
  • Tips for Working/Studying from Home

Bibliophile

15/01/2022

My 2022 to-be-read bookstack

09/07/2021

Recently Read 4 || The Gilded Age trio: To Marry an English...

01/09/2020

Recently Read 3 || American Duchess by Karen Harper

Little drops of wisdom

Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

Weekly Snippets

The Weekly Snippet 4: Skrrrt, skrrrt.

by Layla

Hi, I hope you are all safe and well. I’m taking the time to write this before I settle down with readings for tomorrow’s class. Boy, this has been the worst week I’ve had for this month. I’d rather not enlarge on this, but suffice to say that I need help–the sooner, the better. And when I say help, I mean it’s the “Doctor,...

01/10/2021
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Weekly Snippets

The Weekly Snippet 3: Things I am pretty excited about.

by Layla

Hey, hey, hey, hello! Here we are again! I am writing this while I am on a break from studying. Yes, you read it right. Classes have now started again and I am now a freshman for the Master of Industrial Relations program. It’s so amazing how fast the time has gone since I have applied for graduate school admissions. But at the same...

22/09/2021
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Weekly Snippets

The Weekly Snippet 2: Me and period drama

by Layla

At the risk of providing too much information, this girl is PMS-ing right now. And what better cure can a girl have than a glass of cold milk, Lotus Biscoff biscuits, and a night of period drama? There was no pun intended, I promise.  I’ve managed to watch two period pieces from HBO–one, a revisioning of a popular television series from Australia, and another,...

15/09/2021
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Weekly Snippets

The Weekly Snippet 1: Hello, how have you been?

by Layla

Hi, hope you’re all well and safe. Miss Rona’s still on the rampage, and no one’s safe–vaccine or no. I’m unwinding after a long day at work, listening to people talk on Twitter Spaces (Law School Spaces, if you’re interested), and of course, writing this blog entry. I’m all buzzed up, despite my aching arm. I’ve just finished a six-minute arm workout (2 lbs...

01/09/2021
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Weekly Snippets

Dabbling with Tech

Dabbling with Tech, Organization, Productivity, Work

Getting it Done: Using Notion to get productive at work.

A rainy hello from me to you! We’re having another typhoon over here so it’s raining steadily for the past three days now. I hope that wherever you are,...

10/09/2021
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Academia, Graduate School, Life Lately, Productivity, Something personal

Yes, you can teach this girl new tricks.

NB: This pic was taken a year ago. I haven’t been to the UP Diliman campus since the Enhanced Community Quarantine was announced in March. So yeah, I miss...

05/11/2020
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Academia, Dabbling with Tech, Graduate School, Productivity

A few of my favourite apps to help me study

Here I am, making an effort to be a little more active in this blog. 🙂 I’m back after preparing and slogging through midterms, and speaking of midterms–a lot...

01/10/2019
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Mirror, mirror

18/06/2020

Long overdue: The skincare update!

I’m a woman in my thirties, and if there’s anything I am investing in other than my education, life...

by Layla
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15/05/2020

My Tuesday playtime: A trial and error account of prettifying myself for absolutely...

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you are well and safe wherever you are. A few days ago, I promised myself...

by Layla
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Glenna Walters (right), as Tillie Boulter in Anne with an E.
09/05/2020

Pushing the Envelope: #BigGirlsCanDoFashion

As a big girl, I’ve always wondered what it would be like to dress fashionably. All the nice clothes,...

by Layla
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29/06/2019

My glass skin dreams

As I am in my mid-thirties, I need to take better care of my skin, thus the incorporation of...

by Layla
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