On personal front, I have had a lot to cherish. My kid sister’s birthday on 6th My cute nephew turned a year old on 21st My not-so-cute-anymore nephew turned 7 My dad came to visit me and stayed for a month. What a terrific feeling it is to be safe and happy with parents. On…
Category: Just Saying
I am a fairly opinionated person, but people request me to not be honest. I still need a place to voice my opinions, don’t I? These posts are primarily for venting out the frustration. Occasionally, I may share joyous and pleasant news, too.
The week that was: #7
Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. I am feeling so lethargic. I know, it is not the best way to start the post, but this is what I feel. All through the week, I have struggled to sleep. with two or three hours of sleep every night; I can’t expect…
The week that was: #6
Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. Let me start by saying that the week following the best week of 2018, wasn’t so great. The week was a typical work week – some meetings, some coding, some snoozing with open eyes. The writing front was more productive. As my sister who’s…
The week that was: #5
Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. Let me start by saying that it was the best week of 2018. Why, you ask? Monday and Tuesday were regular work days. I have managed to bring down the defect count from 9 to 5. Yayyy me. For others, those two days were…
Happy Urdu Day
!السلام علیکم جمعہ مبارک۔۔۔ جمعہ کا دن ہے، یعنی کہ یومِ بریانی۔ ابھی ابھی جب ہم دسترخون پر بریانی کے مزے لوٹ رہے تھے، تو میرے بھائی نے پوچھا۔ “یومِ اردو پر کچھ لکھا نہیں؟” جی ہاں۔ مجھے اکثر چھیڑا جاتا ہے ، لیکن میں برا نہیں مانتی۔ اور یہ تو برا ماننے والی…
How far should one go to get reviews?
How do I find myself as a writer? – raw, unrefined and unpolished. How do I find myself as a marketing: bad. No, pathetic. PATHETIC. Terrible. I can go on, but you get the drift. How do I handle the review? One review (good or bad) and I run to my room, hide myself under…
NaNoWriMo 5 days streak
If you’re a fellow NaNoWriMo in Asia – India region, please look me up. I know nobody and I need a buddy. Looking forward to have fun. Shabana Mukhtar
I joined NaNoWriMo
That’s right folks. Trying hard to recover from self doubt attack and shrug off the negativity, I was on my regular intake of ‘social media scroll through’ spree when I saw NaNoWriMo. This rang a bell somewhere in my head but I couldn’t recall. After following a series of links, I joined in. In fact,…
The week that was: #4
Hello everyone! This is time for a recap of my week. There was no new episode of Coke Studio. I wasn’t very excited to review, either. My weekend was horrible cuz I got a one star rating for one of my novellas and a trashy review. *sobbing* The rest of the weekend was doing regular…
Self Doubt 2.0
I had planned to write a post celebrating my journey. Today, ‘Uff Yeh Ladki’ completes six months of its digital publish. Instead, here I am. Irony? So what brings me here with a continuation of my old post? Self doubt, of course. I know I shouldn’t; but I do obsess over the ratings and reviews….