Summer this year was hottest ever, craziest ever. 44°C summer. 6 air coolers running in the house making it sound like a factory instead of a house. And I still ended up with a ceiling fan in a slow-dance on speed 2. Why? Because coolers don’t just cool. They also go: “RRRRRRR-ghlup-ghlup-ghlup” all day…
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Dear Diary | 1447 AH | Day 355
Zul Qa’da 30, 1447 AH Open letter to my director and direct manager Dear Director/Direct Manager, Calm the beep down. Your leadershit means nothing and adds absolutely no value; it makes me want to strangle people, people that are not me. P.S. I did not intend to write “beep”. The word I wanted to write…
Dear Diary | 1447 AH | Day 354
Zul Qa’da 29, 1447 AH You all know about my hoarding habit, right? I have a notebook that I have been using since 2022. At first, I used it to track qaza-e-umri. Then, it became an idea-dumping ground, of all the dreams, stories that I feel are worth writing and sharing. Then, slowly, the back…
Dear Diary | 1447 AH | Day 353
Zul Qa’da 28, 1447 AH I’m trying to cleanup my drafts folder on blog. There were 1600+ posts just in draft folder, shows how ambitious I was about watching some dramas. I know I’m not going to, given that I abandoned them in the first place for a reason, a very strong reason. Rang Mahal,…
Dear Diary | 1447 AH | Day 352
Zul Qa’da 27, 1447 AH Why Dated Diaries Aren’t For Me? I am a hoarder. I like buying things, and I like not using things once I’ve bought them. Diaries and notebooks, are two of my favourite things to collect and just keep ’em locked in my drawer. Jf I stack them, it’s be at least…
Friday Frenzies | Drawing and Me
TGIF! Allah knows, I couldn’t draw to save my position in class. I usually scored 18-20 out of 50, even though I felt it was unfair. I wasn’t THAT bad but I knew I wasn’t an expert. I could never draw a line the way I intended. The best I did was in class 9,…
Dear Diary | 1447 AH | Day 351
Zul Qa’da 26, 1447 AH I’ve been meaning to write a hijri diary for a while. The seed of the idea came last year, before 1447 AH started, but then… I was focussing on something else entirely. Now that we’re almost starting 1448 AH, I have come to realize that the change should start small….
Friday Frenzies | First of 2026
TGIF! Frenzy is absolutely justified, right? It’s Friday, the last working day. I have the weekend, followed by two days PTO. I’m super stoked. This week was crazy. Even though many team members were on vacation, my life wasn’t easy as I was supposed to finish an epic. With age, I’m becoming more forgetful about…
Thursday Thrills | Party to Banti Hai
This week was crazy. This year was crazier. Maybe, someday, when I have the time and patience, I’ll write all about it (I have notes, y’know) but not today, not for a foreseeable future. The Invitation So, I was racing against time to finish things, last day and all (for the deliverable, nothing to do…
Thursday Thrills | Merry Xmas
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey! It is Christmas. The celebration for me is not Christmas but the fact that I got a day off, a day I can use to cross a few items off my never-ending list…