The life of an anxious, Mario-Karting, English Literature postgrad
How ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ Reconnected Me With My Turkish Roots
DISCLAIMER: Any images used from Diriliş: Ertuğrul are not my own and have been taken directly from handy Internet sites like Pinterest etc. One of the things that I love most about living in London and attending a London university is the extremely diverse nature of the people around me. Over the years I haveContinue reading “How ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ Reconnected Me With My Turkish Roots”
Happy New Year! 1 Year Blog-iversary and 2021 Wants
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Look On The Write Side! Content warning: the follow post contains discussion of anxiety, depression, self-harm and weight loss. Please proceed with caution. At around the middle of December I received a confirmation of an annual payment to WordPress from my gmail. It was only then that I realised itContinue reading “Happy New Year! 1 Year Blog-iversary and 2021 Wants”
A Very COVID-19 Masters Degree
Me to King’s College London: “I bet you’d thought you’d seen the last of me” Remember four months ago when I said that from now on, I was going to post on this blog weekly or fortnightly? Does the small clue of the fact that this is my first post since AUGUST give away thatContinue reading “A Very COVID-19 Masters Degree”
How I’ve Kept Myself Busy During Lockdown
A tale of Animal Crossing, diet, exercise and conscious procrastination! DISCLAIMER: This post contains discussion of COVID-19, mental health struggles, dieting, exercising and body image struggles Oh, lockdown. Social distancing. 2 metres apart. Something tells me that these phrases will never quite ring the same after the past few months we’ve had. -“Grandma Leyla, whereContinue reading “How I’ve Kept Myself Busy During Lockdown”
Reflecting Upon My English BA at King’s College London
A note to you, dear reader: Whilst being published in July 2020, the following post was actually written in March, but a lengthy hiatus and certain circumstances prevented me from posting. I have a LOT of things to talk about on this blog and from now on I’m going to task myself with posting onceContinue reading “Reflecting Upon My English BA at King’s College London”
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“Always look on the bright side of life.”
Monty Python
Look On The Write Side 
On behalf of the Kartel, I wish you a happy birthday Leyla! I have really enjoyed reading your blog. And please consider seeing us again in Monroe, Louisiana some time! I hope Clark can make it again too! It was really a pleasure to meet your uncle Sami back in 2020. That was a moment I’ll never forget!
-N.H.
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Hi Nick! Thank you so so much for this lovely message! 😃 I would absolutely love to return to Monroe and finally meet you. I hope you are doing well, all the best to you and your family! 🙏🏻
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And I still have the 2019 poster under my bed with your handwriting on it! I actually had the honour of meeting and playing against Sophie Jarmouni for the first time earlier this spring.
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Ahh that’s very cool! 🙂
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