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NOTE: Just to show you how WORDS can make ALL the DIFFERENCE.

Love, Work and Everything in Between by Xandria Ooi

NOT to be missed from the collection of Xandria Ooi paraphernalia by any Xandria Ooi fan is this: Xandria Ooi: The Book aka Love, Work and Everything in Between.

A collection of writings that made up her regular column for The Star newspaper, Ooi puts down her thoughts to words on various subjects, mostly revolving around her work, her experiences as a working woman and the pitfalls that come with having a career (like time and money management), her parents and a bit of love on the side (where her steady boyfriend is concerned and the trouble of dealing with aunts who take a big deal in when a girl should be getting married).

Every single page of Ooi's book comes alive with delightfully colourful graphics that tell its own 'story' of each individual chapter and fans will love the 'bonus' pages of Ooi looking every bit the celebrity at various star-studded events.

Unfortunately, Ooi's Love, Work and Everything in Between falls short of being the inspirational memoir it promises to be simply because it misses the three elements that make a celebrity autobiography so marketable: Glitz, Glamour and Gossip.

Followers of Ooi's column will delight in receiving Love, Work and Everything in Between as a gift. It will also look pretty on their shelves.