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Winter Sun: Five Days in Spain

It’s December 2024, and London is cold, muggy, and dark. School has called it quits for Christmas break, and you’re feeling the impact of Vitamin D deficiency. What’s the best cure? Winter Sun, and instead of breaking the bank to fly home, I decided to take a trip to Barcelona!

Winter Sun: Five Days in Spain
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Study Break: Three Days in Budapest

It’s November 2024, and LSE has given me a week off school to ‘Read’. What do I decide to do? Pack a backpack and book a cheap round-trip ticket to a European country. I board a flight to Hungary and try to pack the world of sightseeing into 72 hours with 4 of my friends. We packed a million things into three days, and this is my attempt to pack those three days into one post and share it with you all almost a year later.

Study Break: Three Days in Budapest
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A Day at Sanchi

My first detailed post from my trip to India is reserved for my favourite outing… a visit to Sanchi, a World Heritage Site. The only other Heritage sites I had been to are ones in London and our very own Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua.

A Day at Sanchi
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The City of Lakes

Bhopal is a beautiful city with amazing scenery and is said to be one of India’s greenest cities. Bhopal is also home to 10 lakes and is aptly tagged as “The City of Lakes”. In this post, I’ll recap with words and images my picture perfect day trip to Bhopal’s Upper Lake.

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Two Weeks in India

Back in 2022, I secured an amazing Scholarship opportunity from the Indian Government to spend two weeks in the country learning about Women Empowerment, Policy and Vocational Training. I had the most amazing time and met amazing women who I still keep in touch with to this day. This post is an introduction, obviously, but over a series of post I will be unpacking how I spent my life changing two weeks in India

Two Weeks in India

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I've gotten back in my braids :) I'm on the final stretch of my journey to the hair i was born with. On May 13th i'll be saying good bye to my permed hair and hello to a teeny weeny afro (TWA). I'm ready. I'm pumped. I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm not second guessing this. It's what i want and quite frankly i don't care if i look ugly... 

I've also been doing this fitness thing. I've been trying to acquire a shape for my 17th birthday and also i've been trying to stay fit. Skinny does not equal fit. I do squats, bridges, and crunches on a weekly basis and i'm seeing those results :)

Dress: Upscale ( Redcliffe Quay )

Shoes: Ballet Flats (Size 6B)

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Hello : )

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  So it's been 2 months of braids and it's finally time to take them out. But before i did, i decided to take a couple of shots with a giant hair bun. My brother and i trudged down the road with my trusty camera in hand and got some pretty decent shots. I think i've grown so much and i'm finally starting to look as if i'm about to be 17. I've been so busy with college and trying to keep on top of everything as of late. It's almost time for me to do my 'big chop' and i'm super duper excited. I can't wait to see the difference. 

 

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In Transition <3

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So, I've braided my hair and am growing it out. I am in transition. I'm feeling happy with myself and I can't wait to big chop. Anyway, today was our honorary valentines day at college. I wore an Aeropostale Sundress and a Kenneth Cole Reaction Jacket. I felt very pretty with my outfit and my box braids. Happy Valentines Everyone :) 

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Change: My plans for my hair

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Well, i have decided to do something very very different. I am cutting my hair. I made the decision not too long ago to grow out my hair and go natural. However, i was always fearful of how i'd look without hair. I prefer to hide behind it and i always felt that hair made me prettier. I've decided that i need to find myself and face life without hiding behind the curtain that is my hair. So ... when i have adequate natural hair length.. i will go chop chop and say good bye to my hair. I'll keep you up to date on how it's all going... I've already cut off my hair to about shoulder length, i'm already missing it... but i think i need this journey.