Valerie Bloomwood, a princess from far, far away.

Even though she had endless wealth and the King and Queen loved her dearly; but it’s because of that love, she was under the watch of many guards ever since birth. She lived in a beautiful castle surrounded by high walls, and everyday she would wonder around the castle looking at the things she knows all too well of. She knew she had enough, but because of the King and Queen’s restrictions, Val had no choice but to endure until her last breath.

…Of course, Fate had a different idea.

One day, before Val went to bed, she found a letter hidden under her pillow. She didn’t know who sent it or how, as her room’s always under constant surveillance. She hid the letter in her blouse and headed to the restroom. Making sure that no one was around, she opened the letter and started reading. Her heart beat got faster and faster, it was a letter from her late Grandmother.

Shocked and emotional, her late Grandmother has given her a chance to start life anew. This was a letter written on a magical parchment, by signing her name after reading the letter, the magic placed within it will be released and Val’s life will henceforth be different. Everyone from within the Kingdom, including the King and Queen, will forget she ever existed. But Val didn’t mind, she was eager for a new beginning.

Hastily, Val signed the parchment. In a flash of bright light, she felt herself standing on solid earth. She opened her eyes, and there she was, standing in the middle of a vast land, buildings around her, trees, grass, roads; at that moment she knew she had been freed. Looking around her, she strangely knew what everything were; she knew what they do, what they can be used for.. but most importantly, she knew what her purpose there was: to start her own life the way she wanted to be.

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Yep, already. I know I didn’t have the last layout up for too long but due to special circumstances, I was forced inspired to make this layout. This layout was designed to encompass my Sims Legacy posts since I didn’t want to create a separate blog just for that (doubt anyone would see it anyway). I originally planned to have it 3-columned but by doing so, there would be less space for the posts – nobody would want to see a long entry stretched far and narrow would they? In the end the initial template was scrapped and I resorted to designing a 2-columns layout. The idea of this layout was gotten from one of my earlier designs (unfortunately that site was lost). I coded the old one using frames and the tabs actually flip to the other side when you click on a specific link; in my opinion it was much cooler though. : P

Well there are still some more tweaking here and there with this layout. I am still having trouble trying to fix the individual tag pages as they are not showing the correct tabs. The category view is fine. For example, if you are reading a Sims post, the tabs on the right will be orange, corresponding to related links. On the other hand, all other categories excluding the Sims posts will have green tabs.

Like I said this layout is still a bit incomplete. I have been working on it nonstop for the past 5 days and right now, I am in major need of a Sims break. Work shall resume tonight, hopefully? By the way the name of this layout is Tablet! I know isn’t it creative? /sarcastic.

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