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You’re Anything But Ordinary…
Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. – Oscar Wilde Fall in love with someone who is/can be: Your best friend. Your ultimate confidant. A really soft punching bag. A hugger. A pet (actions include snuggling, cuddling and puppy eyes) A cry-into-pillow. Superman. A realistic dreamer (paradoxically…) Your moral conscience, at parties and →
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Somebody Call 911…The Tale Of An Itchy Crisis.
This is the time when I managed a crisis while thinking on my feet, one that I’m rather proud of :’). I was sitting minding my own business, when suddenly, it snuck up on me. With it’s spiky legs and quiet cheek, it landed. My nose started to itch…I couldn’t scratch it because I had →
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I’m A Child Of The Rain, At Home In The Soil
Rain… This reminds me of the first time I actually ‘experienced’ a thunderstorm as a child. I was a little over 7 years old, and had been playing in the back garden quietly, with dolls and imaginary friends alike. Augusts in Lahore are monsoon months, with heavy rain coming down at unexpected moments. Before I →
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136 Kinds Of Weather…
Winter’s End A hard winter, this was. The end of winter is here; spring yawns and awakens. Starting over means that when I wake up at 5 am, it won’t be dark outside; the sky won’t be the shade of a two day old bruise. Instead, dawn will be straining to break out, streaking candy →
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…Meanwhile, In Lahore: Here Comes The Sun!
Finally, finally! The sun has come out! The near freezing (for us at least) temperatures have taken a hike! Today was a brilliant day in Lahore, with the sun shining at full beam, glad to be out of the clouds’ shadow finally. Time to put away sweaters and blankets wrapped in mothballs and dig out →
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“When God Made Time, He Made Plenty Of It.”
Yesterday, a friend’s pet passed away, her grey Persian cat who she dearly loved. Weeping, she told me “No one can ever replace him.” At that moment, it would’ve been imprudent to counter her statement, but it did get me thinking. Are people and things really irreplaceable? For example, I love my sisters, and I →
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I Have A New Baby!
I’ve been busy for the past two days, setting up a new blog. The idea for my new baby, as I like to call it came from one of my greatest obsessions: urban myths and legends. I’ve always been fascinated with legends, rumours and scary stories and so I decided to make a whole new →
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Help! My Ice Cream Is Hysterical!
32 flavours…Hmmm. If I could make a new ice cream flavour, it would be ‘talking ice cream.’ Imagine if your ice cream could talk to you. Of course, it would be more expensive than normal ice cream, but it would be worth it. So you come back with two scoops of talking ice cream, and →
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Lemony Snicket’s Logic
If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. – Lemony Snicket I think I’m allergic to compliments. For example, when I walk into a family lunch →
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My Teacher, Who Pets Some And Tries All…
My teacher can’t be seen, or heard even. My teacher has never received much recognition, except on job resumes, or in hiring adverts. My teacher is intangible, and comes in infinite different shapes and sizes. And so, my teacher cannot be seen or heard. Unless you really start to listen. Because my teacher is experience. Experience started →
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A Fizzy, Caramelly Journey…
Coca Cola. And my story with it. This story starts even before I was born, and as a matter of fact, it started when my mother was pregnant with me. In her words, ‘normal everyday food’ bored her, and so, in the last month before I was due, she began a new diet, that consisted →
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The Voices In My Bathroom Were Real…Oh God
I’m a control freak. I thought ‘helpless‘ wasn’t in my dictionary. Until this morning. Today, around 7.30 AM I had the two worst nightmares I have ever had, even as a child. And what makes you feel more helpless than your subconscious? It shows you things you can’t control, or change. Unless you’re a lucid →
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Never Try To Outstubborn A Cat…
Hi, Favourite Person Remember last Saturday when I went to that sleep over? You looked pretty much nonchalant as I was leaving. You watched me while I stuffed my favourite neon pink pajamas inside my handbag with your glassy stare, and I knew you were judging me. I tried to pat you on the head but you →
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Heathcliff Is My Romeo?
Call Me Ishmael At the best of times, you may call me ‘indecisive’. Therefore, it will not surprise anyone to see not one, but two first lines from books. I have too many favourites! “1801 – I have just returned from a visit to my landlord – the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly →
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7 Things Indian Cinema Has Taught Me…
1. Make up stays on permanently, and never runs. For normal women, getting drenched in a thunderstorm, water fight or sob fest inevitably leads to runny mascara, smudged lipstick and messy base, making them look just slightly less graceful than your everyday quality vampire. In Indian movies however, heroines do not go through this ordeal. Their →
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Writing Has Its Rewards…And Awards!
Blogging days for me just could not get any better! Two days ago, I got nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award and today I came here to find another award. Yes, I’m talking about this as if these are Golden Oscars, but honestly, to me, they’re nothing else! I never ever thought →
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How To Get Rich Quick…!
If you ask kids what their favourite board games are, they’ll most probably answer with Candy Land, Hungry Hungry Hippos or Snakes and Ladders. I was one of the children who listed the following in my favourites; Chess, Scrabble and especially Monopoly. Monopoly. In which we could all become rich, very fast. Being honest, it →
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Feels Like An Oscar Nomination
I just signed into WordPress and found a comment notification by Hey Sugar Sugar, saying that she nominated me for the ‘Sisterhood of the World’ Bloggers Award. Let me just say, for me, this is the absolute best thing that could have happened. i started blogging two months ago and saw many excellent bloggers who had these award proudly →
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Nice To Meet You! :)
I just read Hey Sugar Sugar‘s post where she ‘parameterized‘ herself, and found it very interesting. Here’s my own version: I’m 5 feet, 2 1/2 inches. I weigh exactly 49 kg (I don’t like measuring in lbs). I was born on the 25th of June, in 1994. Summer baby who can’t stand winters. I’m female. Duh. Both my eyes →
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Hi, Meet The Indestructibles
We’ve all heard the fact about cockroaches being indestructible. After you squish them, sever their heads and feelers you should light them on fire. Or they won’t die. You can kill one of them and walk away, only to find a few hours later that its no longer there. They’re the only organisms that would →
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Nayab Malik 