I have a tendency to resort to Bollywood music every now and then, I like my dosage of nostalgia, you see. I’m not proud of it, but that’s what I do. Kya Hua Tera Wada (Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin) Today, I recalled this particular one, and watched it a couple of times,…
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Random Rambling | Multitasking
We had a quarterly meeting today. The contents of that meeting are probably classified and definitely boring, so we’re not delving into that. Towards the end, a comment triggered some people to add their two cents. That comment that started it all: Do not multitask!!!.. Another person: Multitasking is a myth. The third…
Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 6
Why do the vacation days fly by? Why does the clock drag during working days? I mean, time kinda flies either way but while working every second makes its presence felt. Vacation days, not so much. Just the leisure and the fact that there’s no need to login, feels amazing. In the six days…
Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 4
This must be the only Eid that I haven’t slept a wink the whole night. Staying through the night to not miss Suhoor is a norm, for years (I’m paranoid)but not for the last day of Ramzan, not for the first day of Shawwal. I sleep for a couple of hours, wake up for…
Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 3
I think, I think, that spending the Chand raat doing dusting and cleaning and whatnot is a must. عید کی تیاری یہ نہیں ہوتی کہ علی العشاء نماز پڑھ کر مہندی لگا کر سو گئے اور علی الفجر تیار ہو گئے۔ عید کی تیاری یہ ہوتی ہے کہ اماں کو خوشُ کیا جائے۔ اگر…
Dear Diary | Eid Break 2025 | Day 0
Day 0 Let’s begin with day 0 to be honest. It is not day 1 because being a computer engineer, I start my indexing from zero, not one. Day One would be tomorrow . Today is just the beginning of the Eid break. And it went like this. The Madness This day was a…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #3
For the uninitiated, we’re talking about fairytale retellings. Retellings are my thing, and I’m sharing the Cinderella stories generated by AI with my indigenius elaborate prompt. If you haven’t already read the previous posts, here you go: My Love for Fairytale Retellings Cinderella in 1000 words Cinderella is So Last Season And now, this. Cinderella…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #2
For the uninitiated, we’re talking about fairytale retellings. Retellings are my thing, and I’m sharing the Cinderella stories generated by AI with my indigenius elaborate prompt. Recap Two weeks ago, on Tuesday and Wednesday, I attended AWS workshop on prompt engineering. One of the exercises was to make Claude write a story at least 800…
Saturday Shenanigans | Cinderella Retelling #1
Okay, so after an unofficial, unannounced hiatus from reviewing dramas, I’m back. Even if I’m not reviewing or even watching dramas, it’s hard NOT to notice the upcoming dramas because my feed is filled with it. My Dear Cinderella and Dil Wali Gali Mein being two of them. “My Dear Cinderella” triggered a thought-process and…
Saturday Shenanigans | My Love for Fairytale Retellings
Okay, so after an unofficial, unannounced hiatus from reviewing dramas, I’m back. Even if I’m not reviewing or even watching dramas, it’s hard NOT to notice the upcoming dramas because my feed is filled with it; Ramzan special dramas being one of the many recommendations. The poster of “My Dear Cinderella” triggered a…