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Expat Unplugged: Five Things Fridays - Let Your Happiness Shine! | MissMalini

Guess who forgot it was Friday? This girl. Guess who had no idea what to write about today. Yup, this girl again… until I stumbled upon a quote by Audrey

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Guess who forgot it was Friday? This girl. Guess who had no idea what to write
about today. Yup, this girl again… until I stumbled upon a quote by Audrey
Hepburn that got the little wheels in my unusually silly mind turning.

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I
believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything
seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I
believe that tomorrow is another day and I b

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Expat Unplugged: Five Things Fridays - At the Derby | MissMalini

Derby Dressing A vision of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman danced in my head when I first heard we were going to the derby this weekend. No, it was not the

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5 things fridayDerby Dressing
A vision of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman danced in my head when I first heard
we were going to the derby this weekend. No, it was not the fishnet stocking
lady of the night, but the white glove wearing beauty.  Her classic outfit at
the polo match was absolutely stunning. I quickly came back to reality and
realized that there was no possible way I will ever look as put together for any
derby in my life. Ever. If only I could be trusted with anything white,
especial

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Happy Friday and a happy, happy birthday to my wonderful mother dearest! Because I can’t be there to do goofy birthday dances in the kitchen or stick

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Happy Friday and a happy, happy birthday to my wonderful mother dearest! Because
I can’t be there to do goofy birthday dances in the kitchen or stick straws in
her hair during birthday dinner (true story!), this Friday is all about the
cutest lady in the world and the life lessons she has passed down to me over the
years. Here are 5 lessons to live by that I got from my mama:

I Got It from My Mama!
Theresa Brown1. You only live once so take risks and be happy. You can always
come home. This was

Expat Unplugged: Five Things Fridays: Let’s Talk About Stress, Baby. | MissMalini

Feeling a bit stressed? According to the recent Women of Tomorrow study, 87% of the women reading this in India should be feeling stressed most of the

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Feeling a bit stressed? According to the recent Women of Tomorrow study, 87% of
the women reading this in India should be feeling stressed most of the time.
According to my calculations, that means there are MILLIONS of stressed out
women living in Mumbai alone. If you do not believe me, please attempt the train
during rush hour and try to get out at Andheri. (I kid, I kid! After taking the
train daily during peak times I have learned it is not all that bad once you
learn the dance steps necessa

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Sleep. Please. 1. insomnia (in-som-nee-uh) Noun: The state of sleep loss. No matter how much you desire dreamland, it refuses you entry. You stand at the

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Sleep. Please.

1. insomnia (in-som-nee-uh)
Noun: The state of sleep loss. No matter how much you desire dreamland, it
refuses you entry. You stand at the gates, whining, crying, but are stuck in the
world of buzzing activity. (Source: Urban Dictionary)

I blame the megabug that has half the city coughing on my weird sleep schedule
lately. Between the restless nights and groggy morning, I was tempted to declare
war against my alarm many times. Instead of taking my frustrations out on
electronics

Forever 21

This Friday I am putting my sick day to good use with a little online window-shopping as I soak up all the Vitamin D this sunny day in Bombay has to

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This Friday I am putting my sick day to good use with a little online
window-shopping as I soak up all the Vitamin D this sunny day in Bombay has to
offer. While trying my best to impress with my sweatpants, tangled hair and sexy
manly voice, I found these little wonders.  I am hoping that if I stare at them
long enough I will go into a trance and buy them all guilt free. A girl can
dream, right?

A Spoonful of Shopping Makes the Medicine Go Down


Five Things Fridays

1.Ecote Crepe Dress from U

I could spend hours in a bookstore scouring the shelves for the perfect read. My method to the madness mostly begins with judging rows of books by their

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I could spend hours in a bookstore scouring the shelves for the perfect read. My
method to the madness mostly begins with judging rows of books by their covers
(tsk tsk) and ends with me engulfed in a new novel soaking up each and every
word. There is something about the cooling weather and drizzle of rain that
kicks my obsession with the pages of books into overdrive.

This Friday is dedicated to the five novels that stole my heart in the past
year.

P.S. Just a bit of a warning… I, 99% of the 

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We all know the childhood jingle about the old man snoring and how he couldn’t get up in the morning. The bigger question is how will I survive if it

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We all know the childhood jingle about the old man snoring and how he couldn’t
get up in the morning. The bigger question is how will I survive if it keeps
raining morning after morning? I have done my fair share of fretting over the
onset of monsoon and sometime only recently realized it was best to put that
energy once used to fuss into preparing. As a result, I am all geared up (I
think) for my first Mumbai Monsoon Season. Bring it on…. as lightly as possible
please!

It’s Raining, It’s Pouri

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As Bombay heats up, I look for every possible way to cool down after a train commute sandwiched between sweaty ladies or a long black and yellow cab ride.

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As Bombay heats up, I look for every possible way to cool down after a train
commute sandwiched between sweaty ladies or a long black and yellow cab ride.
Here are five treats I look forward too after arriving home and peeling off my
slightly sticky denim.

Keeping It Cool
Five Things Fridays1. Popsicles – My current obsession with homemade popsicles is a little scary,
but they are so scrumptious. Combine your favorite fruit and yogurt in a
blender, pour into a mold or paper cup, insert popsicle

Expat Unplugged: Five Things Fridays - Working Girl's Survival Kit! | MissMalini

Boredom. This is not a word you will find in my vocabulary while living in Mumbai. Living in this marvelous city means to me leading a nonstop lifestyle

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Expat Unplugged: Five Things Fridays – Working Girl’s Survival Kit! - MissMalini

Girls Survival KitBoredom. This is not a word you will find in my vocabulary
while living in Mumbai. Living in this marvelous city means to me leading a
nonstop lifestyle of working hard, playing harder… and spending hours in traffic
a day. Not. So. Fun. Combine the traffic with last minute invites to attend
to-die-for events and I am sometimes left panicking looking in the mirror and
wondering exactly how I will pull off looking presentable without going home.
 After a few minor almost embarras