The week that was: #3

Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. I realized that I ain’t sharing anything about the weekend. That is primarily because my weekends are almost always the same. I do a lot of dusting, cleaning, laundry, and what not. I try to spend some time with my family and also on…

TV Series Review: Part 1 – Kara Para Ask – Season 2 (Turkish)

Background: My sister was watching this series Kara Para Ask on YouTube and recommended it to me. Turkish dramas are long, like really long. The first Turkish series I watched was Fatima Gul. I didn’t finish it, because it just wasn’t ending. The first season got me hooked (read the review here) and I couldn’t…

My fashion statement

The fashion scene has changed dramatically. The e-tailer websites run one promotion or the other throughout the year. Local manufacturers produce lookalike or knock-off designer wear with cheap material and at low cost I bought a sweater top in 2014 winters. I had an awkward moment in cafeteria when I saw another woman wearing the…

Are you a Kindle Unlimited user?

Are you a Kindle Unlimited user? Why do I ask? Cuz I am and I wanted to share my experience so far. Kindle Unlimited offers millions of titles to read for free if you subscribe for their monthly, half-yearly or yearly plans. Per month’s subscription fee is Rs. 199, and it comes much cheaper if…

Book Review: The Bicycle Thief (By Manish Sahu)

Link to buy from Amazon I got a book review request from the author. Thanks Mr. Manish for providing me a review copy in exchange of an honest review. Title: The Bicycle Thief: And Other Short Stories Author: Manish Sahu Review: The books is a collection of 14 Short Stories. All of them have a…

Episode 9: Coke Studio Season 11 (Aftab)

Disclaimer: This review is an opinion of a music listener. I have no musical background or technical expertise. If anybody disagrees with anything in this post… well, they will have to live with it. I can’t help them 🙂 Ko Ko Korina, Ahad Raza Mir & Momina Mustehsan Ahad Raza Mir is finally here. I…

The week that was: #2

Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. This week started with Monday blues, as always. I had a lot of emails to respond to. It took most of my morning. Most of the rest of the week was spent in fixing two defects. Those defects are random in nature and analyzing…

Book Review: “Yaaram” By Sumaira Hameed

Background: Sometime in 2016, I was addicted to reading all the digests that were published in Pakistan. For us non-Pakistanis, the paksociety website was and is, the treasure – a place where you get most of all Urdu Novels and Digests. The website displays most trending books on the top – and there were only…