Weekend goals It was a saturday. The sky was overcast with a slight drizzle. As usual, the only day to do all other ‘works’ other than office work. It was overloaded that day with usual domestic chores plus an irritating job which was to submit KYC documents to the LPG agency. But wait, before that […]
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Easy Healthy Roasted Tomato Soup
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Quinoa in Salad
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Rosehip Oil for skin
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Jujubes
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Ink Pen
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