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The Life-Changing Magic of Having Everything You Need On Your Desk

by Layla

I usually prepare my room for a life change every year (well, almost every year). Going back to school, or just plain needing a change, my room’s layout gets revamped. And while I acknowledge that it is very labour intensive and er, dusty, the results are totally worth the muscle pain and allergic rhinitis. Tidying up also involves my desk, and I make sure I...

10/09/2020
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Graduate School, Life Lately, Productivity, Something personal

Out of School Things

10/09/2020

The Life-Changing Magic of Having Everything You Need On Your Desk

I usually prepare my room for a life change every year (well, almost every year). Going back to school,...

by Layla
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01/09/2020

Recently Read 3 || American Duchess by Karen Harper

This is the last of the three books I have read during the three-month quarantine that I am reviewing....

by Layla
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13/08/2020

Recently Read 2|| The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp by Eva Rice

Reading a good book is something like eating your favourite meal: you want to savour every bite, wanting it...

by Layla
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08/08/2020

Preparing for a new semester.

Well, hello there! And hello, August! We’re having a pretty late start where the first semester is concerned, but...

by Layla
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Favourite Study Music for September

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1950s England 1950s music Amazon gift cards Anne with an E apple crumble pie baking Books caramel Christmas baking Christmas celebrations codals condensed milk cookie dough cream of carrot and celery soup Dropbox Eva Rice Evernote food Friday rant grad school diaries grad school life graduate school healthy eating holidays law school leaving law school Life lately M&Ms memory aids mini apple pies Miranda Hart note-taking system Post It productivity puff pastry research reviewers salted caramel apple pie school supplies Scribd Staedtler triplus fineliner pens Supreme Court Reports Annotated The Chubby Girl's Kitchen The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets vintage inspired fashion

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Academia, Schmacademia

Graduate School, Life Lately, Productivity, Something personal

The Life-Changing Magic of Having Everything You Need On Your Desk

I usually prepare my room for a life change every year (well, almost every year). Going back to school, or just plain needing a change, my room’s layout gets...

10/09/2020
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Academia schmacademia, Graduate School, Life Lately

Preparing for a new semester.

Well, hello there! And hello, August! We’re having a pretty late start where the first semester is concerned, but with the world being pretty much upside down at the...

08/08/2020
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Academia schmacademia, Graduate School, Revision Diaries

The Revision Diaries 1: The original and its comments

Hola amigos and amigas! Over a month ago, I submitted my research proposal. The proposal was about the introduction of more flexible working arrangements in the Philippine government sector....

26/07/2020
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Academia schmacademia, Graduate School

A year on: Graduate school, impostor syndrome, and all that jazz.

This time last year, I was on the phone at work, asking for the entrance exam results for graduate school admissions. At first, I thought I heard it wrong,...

20/05/2020
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Academia schmacademia, Law School

Looking for something? Researching for cases in the law library or online

Let me tell you a funny story. When I was a law freshman, I wasn’t so adept at looking for cases. I was lost, confused, and even more so...

08/04/2020
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Academia schmacademia, Law School

All the important reading materials you’ll need in law school.

I promise, my desk isn’t as messy as the one pictured above. Hehe. We aren’t here to talk about desk aesthetics though, we’re here to talk about the reading...

04/04/2020
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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

Desmond Tutu

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