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#Christmas cards: yes or no?

I posted a couple of (non-Christmassy) postcards out this year, following a tradition I started last year. Haha. We shall see how long that lasts.

At any rate, here's an infographic to help you decide if you should send cards this year! (Or next, if it's too late this year).



(courtesy of https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check)

#bookreview: Faith and the Machine by Fadzlishah Johanabas

Faith and the Machine by Fadzlishah Johanabas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Okay. I'm conflicted about this one.

I started reading the book the day I got it and fell in love the way Fadzlishah brought together science fiction and faith. Definitely a five-star book, I thought.

Then I got home, left the book aside, did a lot of other stuff and continued on, only to find that somewhere between when I put it down and picked it up again, the stories veered off science fiction into... supernatural horror sto...

#musicmonday: Spirit Break Out | Kim Walker-Smith

This is the song I always want to sing, but I always cannot remember what it's called, nor the lyrics.

But it's always in the back of my mind - we need to sing this song in church. 

On attempting to live The Dream

TL;DR version:

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Full, convoluted, Anna-style version:

A little over three months ago I gave up my day job to live The Dream.
But really, it has been nine months since the day...

#fridayflash: Patience

Patience, her mother had once told her, is a Virtue. She wasn't entirely sure why. Patience was a horrible, grubby little girl who liked to pull her sister's hair when no one else was looking. That definitely wasn't very angelic. Of course, her mother could have meant something else entirely but Charity wasn't sure what.

Charity is also a Virtue, her mother had tagged on, as if not wanting her to feel left out. But charity as a virtue often went by the name Love, and Charity did not feel...

#bookreview: Stories of Singularity by @susankayequinn

Susan Kaye Quinn just released 4 short stories set in the Singularity Universe! And because *ahem* I am an early reviewer (wheeeeeeee), here are my reviews! (If you follow me on goodreads, you would've already read these.)

Restore by Susan Kaye Quinn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Restore is written in the voice of Restorative Human Medical Care Unit 7435, an AI built to administer medical care to humans. Replacing Asimov's famous three laws of robotics with a single emotion: unconditional love, Restor...

#musicmonday: Compilation of top #worship songs

I missed a few Mondays because I've been incredibly busy and forgot that I hadn't scheduled a Music Monday post in a while.

I'm currently working on building a top 40 list of worship songs for 215District, our youth & young adult group at church, and would like some of your input! Well, technically I wanted to do a top 25 list, but then there were way too many songs, and I already have 44 in the list, which I really need to cut down. Yeah, I will slash this eventually.

What are your favouri...

#Fridayflash: Bonsai

Pei Pei sat at the mamak stall, staring at her glass of teh tarik which had been served piping hot. It was nearing one in the morning, but there was still a big crowd at the stall because some famous football team was playing another famous football team. A quaint way, her mother would have said, of trying to run away from the troubles that plagued her at home.

The biggest of which was what to do with Kong Kong's bonsai.

It wasn't that there was something inherently wrong with having a perfec...

#bookreview: Brink of Dawn by Jeff & Erynn Altabef

Welcome to the Brink of Dawn Tour Authors Jeff Altabef and Erynn Altabef
Brink of Dawn by Jeff Altabef
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I have to admit that I started reading this and couldn't remember what on earth happened in book 1, Wind Catcher. Because of that, I had to scramble a little to get myself up to speed - and Brink of Dawn doesn't give you much clues. Or it does, but rather disjointedly.

Written in the voice of Juliet Wildfire Stone, who is not only Chosen, but also their Alpha, you get a...

#bookreview: The Migrant Report by @Moha_Doha

The Migrant Report by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Police Captain Ali has to give up his dreams of joining the Internal Security Force due to a physical defect. Initially stuck with ridiculous assignments such as arresting chefs for making penis-shaped cakes for a private function, he gets sucked into the investigation of mysterious deaths amongst foreign construction workers.

Maryam needs to write a report - something unique to life in the Arabian Gulf - so that Professor Pau...