Category: Everyday Clutter

  • I’ve Known Superman For 18 Years…

    Daily Prompt: My Hero Hi, Dad. You’re my hero A real life Superman I believed in you when I was four I still believed when I turned ten And I kept believing From there on out. You’re the one who said “Read the newspaper, baby.” When I didn’t care what happened in the world, – →

  • …Meanwhile, In Lahore: The 10 Year ‘Old’ Mother

    I was at the park, and saw these three little children playing on the swings. They had tangled, dirty hair and fraying clothes, but they were happy and jumping around with all the energy of squirrels who’ve gulped down Red Bull.  I did notice one thing out of order though. The eldest of the four →

  • Help! My Pet Giraffe Is Moving Out

    You wake up and pad down to the kitchen, only to find your family giraffe sitting placidly, fully dressed, cross legged at the table. His usual bowl of cereal and glass of veggie juice are not in front of him. Today he is reading a newspaper, and has a red Sharpie clutched in his fore →

  • How To…React When A Friend’s Pet Dies

    Here is a list of Do’s and Don’ts that will tell you just how to react, when your loved one loses their pet turtle/kitten/stick of celery. Dont’s: Don’t bring them anything that will even slightly remind them of the deceased. For example, if the friend’s chihuahua was of a particularly furry kind, don’t go wearing a →

  • Some More Love, Please?

    I started blogging in November, this year and at first I was scared that what I had to say would not be entertaining enough for readers generally. However, I started gaining followers and was surprised and very, very touched. People were reading what I wrote! I would smile and be content with every like I →

  • Hi, I Just Died And This Is Is Crazy…But Here’s My Obit, So Read It Maybe

    Daily Prompt: Write Your Obituary *Moved from the front page to a teensy corner of the Daily Section… “After all to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure”. This girl died holding on to her blue plastic folder full of papers and brown leather organizer. She lived her life sticking to →

  • Dear God, Not Again

    I gave my A levels in May this year, and already that feels like it was decades ago. Most of my friends went to college, while I gave different tests and took a year off, to get into my ‘dream university’, which had rejected me in April. Today, I’m going back to school to start →

  • Oh, Let’s See. Why Not A Walrus?

    Daily Prompt: Slash and Burn Thematically, this post will be pure nonsense. Read if its worth your while. One day, gazing into outer space with my super binoculars, I realized that once you turn into a walrus, you never turn back. I mean, you could, if you really really wanted to, but why would you? →

  • Prince Charming Doesn’t Come With A Checklist, Just A ‘To-Do’

    A friend of mine was recently talking about ‘Mr. Perfect’, the ‘Ideal Guy’, etc etc. And she gave me a list of everything he should be, from a girl’s perspective. Lets just say I had an entirely different view of the matter. Trait Number One: He must always find you beautiful, even if you’re wearing →

  • Gather Round The Fire…And Listen, She Said, Of Tales Past

    I’m a puffed up, self important peahen.  I’d write, write and write some more. Writing this blog is literally how I vent, even though most of it is random rambling. I need to write out my experiences in the hopes that they’ll make some people laugh, some cry, and help some not make the same mistakes. I →

  • …Meanwhile, In Lahore: Full On Falooda

    My favourite thing ever, in Lahore, is the falooda. Its a really icy cold, ice creamy treat made up of cold noodles at the bottom, topped with sweet creamy khoya and dunked in it, are one or two kulfis (local ice creams). Syrups and other candies can be added to your liking, and overall you need a spoon and →

  • Never Was There A Tale Of More Woe, Than That Of Cadbury’s And UHU Glue

    There are two things I loved as a child:  UHU Glue and a box of Cadbury’s Quality Street. I’m not a glue sniffer, no. But I did have a peculiar habit I used to do with glue. I would put a tiny pearl sized amount on my forefinger, and then stick my thumb to it, →

  • Problems With Mom? Go To Court..

    The Karachi Customs and Taxation Courts are located in an unassuming, non pretentious leafy, yellow bricked older than time building. My mom and I went there to sort out the last of the pesky court case that had been brought up against her wrongly, by a confused old man who was convinced she was the →

  • Must Buy: Shoes, Clothes and a 12 Year Old Girl…?

    I now know one thing for sure. Karachi is a … hotchpotch  Trees are jammed next to fly overs, buildings loom over wires and gardens alike. But one incident happened which I will probably never forget. As we arrived at the hotel (my mom and I), we took the elevator to our room on the sixth floor. There →

  • Childhood Schizophrenia, Where Did You Go?

    I think I might have been schizophrenic as a child. I was looking through my old notebooks and found this list I had made, in grade 7. *drum roll*…The title was “45 Uses For Elephants”.. So without further ado, here are the 15 most interesting (and potentially manic) ones in the list. 1. Elephant burgers. →

  • When Elephants Flew, And Candlesticks Sang

    There’s a song stuck in my head stuck in my head stuck in my head.  Colours of the Wind – Pocahontas OST. Anyone remember Pocahontas? I felt so nostalgic thinking about the long forgotten song today that I decided to watch the movie again, out of sheer memory. I have to admit, I found it →

  • Do You Know Pollyanna? Silver Linings…

    I just read Zen Scribbles’ post: Of silver linings and mailbox surprises, and figured I could look to the greener side of the grass once in a while, despite being a natural born pessimist.  The silver lining I saw this week was in three different things. I was addicted to Coke, gave it up and got depressed, sort of →

  • “It’s just hard,” Harry said finally, in a low voice, “to realize he won’t write me again.”

    J K Rowling, are you reading? Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I’ve been in love with Harry since I was 9 years old. I was mad when I found out that he and Ginny were meant to be. Now I’ve accepted it of course, as a temporary solution (fangirls have to quit →

  • You Can Kid The World. But Not Your Sister.

    “Naturally” said Madam Rosmerta, with a small laugh. “Never saw one without the other, did you? The number of times I had them in here — ooh, they used to make me laugh. Quite the double act, Sirius Black and James Potter!”  – Madam Rosmerta” 11 years, you know. Of being a double act. Yes →

  • How To…Move On

    The hardest thing to do, isn’t it? But that doesn’t mean it can’t be accomplished with a bit of mind over matter, humour and good spirits. Whatever your personal rut: stuck in a relationship with a human, warlock or aggressive German Shepherd. When they leave (or start to), you should have back up, and not →

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