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      THIRD NOVEL COMING SOON! (5th published work)

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      Review of Anne by Robert Fanshawe

      Changing the Way I Blog

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Twilight Sucks

By zarinamacha July 17, 2017October 19, 2020
2017 / Books Films Music TV / Film Reviews

Once upon I time I loved Twilight. Aged 12-15 I thought it was a beautiful love story. Edward was sooo perfect, and I was Team Jacob all the way cos of Taylor Lautner’s sexy abs. A few years later, aged 18, I re-read Twilight, New Moon and the beginning of […]

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The Latecomers (Opening)

By zarinamacha July 16, 2017October 22, 2020
2017 / Writing

This is the opening to a story I wrote the other day called ‘The Latecomers’, about four young men in their twenties in a funk/rock band in London.   “That was great, thank you,” Trevor Clapton said to the man covered in sweat. James, his name was. He wasn’t the best […]

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Music Makes the World Go Around

By zarinamacha July 9, 2017October 19, 2020
2017 / Books Films Music TV

I’m a musician, and it is truly one of the most rewarding things to be or do. Playing music and seeing people’s faces light up, feeling your body swing to the beat and singing the hooks and melodies over and over again in your head. There is nothing like seeing […]

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Explaining Hiperhidrosis

By zarinamacha July 7, 2017October 19, 2020
2017 / Health and Beauty

When I was in primary school we used to play this game called heads down thumbs up, where everyone would sit at the table with their heads down and their thumbs up and four students would be selected to go around and touch people’s thumbs, and then you had to […]

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Afterlife?

By zarinamacha July 5, 2017April 19, 2023
2017 / Philosophy

I believe that the only reason people believe in some sort of afterlife is that they are afraid of death. The ‘end of living’ can seem daunting to some. Hence humans have invented different theories for what happens after life in order to preserve the idea of living on. It’s […]

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Zarina Macha

Zarina started this blog in 2017 to document her general opinions and thoughts on life. Originally on Blogger, she moved it to Wordpress in 2020, and hasn't posted any content since 2021. She is currently updating the blog and plans to resume posting content by the end of 2023.
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