june 2020 – monthly wrapup

hey! welcome to my monthly wrap up post where i look back and reflect on the shenanigans of life! i would love to hear how june treated you so do swing by in the comments! moments i’m proud of: i applied for a volunteer writing role within a newspaper close to my heart and roots. …

book review: the undesirable by david boling

BACKGROUND || This book is a historical novel that relives and educates us about the Boer war from the perspective of a fourteen year old girl. SYNOPSIS || While the vastly outnumbered Boer commandos fight in the field, half a million British soldiers torch a flaming path across the South African veld. As they go, …

the thing about life

life is too unpredictable to be complacent, and too beautiful to have to waste time burying regrets. we often wander around wearing masks that cloak our personalities, and speak in tongues that betray our authentic opinions. we settle for less because we want to please strangers and acquaintances, and cater to the envy, spite, gas-lighting …

may 2020 – monthly wrap up

hey! welcome to my monthly wrap up post where i look back and reflect on the shenanigans of life! i would love to hear how may treated you so do swing by in the comments! moments i'm proud of: i started studying again as soon as april ended. and i've stuck to my routine which …

unresponsive

i stay offline aeroplane mode pattering keyboard fingers dead, vibrating buzzes of messages silent the flickering light of notifications resting the battery sleeping, voice calls not going through network disconnected´ the person you are trying to call is unavailable welcome to three voicemail, one tick last seen 27/10/15 unresponsive uncaring not fearful of shoving people …

april 2020 – monthly wrap up

sup! welcome to my monthly wrap up post where i look back and reflect on the shenanigans of life! i would love to hear what you got up to in april too so do stop by in the comments! moments i’m proud of: been posting piano covers quite consistently and had a few features on …

Q&A WITH KIYA

hi all x so today's post is a little bit out of my comfort zone. it gives you more of an insight into my character, and hopefully leaves you feeling a little more connected to me. i'd like to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who sent me questions to make this …

Exploring Education: In the Life of Kiya

Hello! Today I thought I'd kick start a series I'm going to be hosting on my blog called Exploring Education: In the Life of X. In these series I hope to feature a bunch of lovely bloggers who are going to be sharing what their chosen education path looks like. (If you're interested in taking …

one, two, three

hi all x today's post is inspired by clara from midnight mind. she takes the most beautiful photographs and has such amusing, deep, quirky posts. if you would like to read the original post that has inspired today's post, please read it here. my heart feels warms seeing and responding to the incoming notifications from …

the hustler blogger award

hi all! so today i'm going to be participating in the hustler blogger award which the kind-hearted ana from diversion3000 tagged me in. thank you so much ❤ she creates the most quirky and creative posts ever so if you're looking for something new to binge during lockdown, hit her blog up! AND SHE'S ALSO …