Tag: postaday

  • How To… Come Up With New Year’s Resolutions

    I had a hard time thinking of complete New Year’s resolutions this year. And so I compiled a list of ‘How To’s’ for anyone stuck in the same situation as me. If you’re a normal person, you’ve probably offended one or two people in 2012. Snapped at your mom, dad or cat, or punched your →

  • Meanwhile, In Lahore… How To Take A Hot Shower

    It was 8 pm, as I walked over to the kitchen in my extra woolly socks. A freezing windy Monday night, like the others before it. So curse my luck, for needing a shower just then. However, as always there was no gas and therefore no hot water in the house. As usual. And so →

  • The Princess and the Unpopular Phoenix…

    Unpopular Choices? Initiate dream sequence, since its an unforgiving winter’s day outside… My sister and I were lounging lazily under the shade of a brilliant green palm leaf, our feet dipped in the crystal blue green pond, staring up at the sky. Since it was a tropical forest, the sun seemed to be on full beam, and the mellow →

  • Ahh Love, What A Silly Game We Play

    Setting: My favourite park. Scene: A freezing foggy night, time was around 12.08 AM. I was on the swings, obviously. Back and forth, back and forth, with my hair forming a mist around my head, which was bent with eyes closed. And then I felt the stirring of butterflies in my stomach, the whoop and →

  • People Aren’t Made For Slaughter. Cattle Are.

    Dear leader, I went out yesterday, to the inner city. My city, that from the outside flashes by like a green, glitzy, noisy blur that seems ideal. The  city that seems to have a viable beating heart in the center, connecting all who live, dream and toil here everyday. I ventured into this sacred heart →

  • Playing Hide And Seek With Death? Not My Style…

    If there were a real Fountain of Youth, would you drink the water? Fountain of youth immediately reminds me of Twilight, Anne Rice, and Ian Somerhalder. Basically, vampires. And the philosopher’s stone. But the answer is simple. No, I would not drink the water. I don’t want to stay young and party every day. I →

  • YES, I’ve Found The Secret To Happiness!

    You don’t know just how lucky you are, until you see this. What might you classify as ‘unlucky’? Fight with mom/dad/partner, a day with no hot water, when you run out of cold coffee, or chocolate, or when your kids are annoying you? I haven’t been in a war and I don’t carry any battle →

  • Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String

    Someone knocked at my gate. I expected the usual; salesperson, beggar, cleaning woman, or kids playing a prank. Instead, I found a complete and utter stranger: the post man. How had he ventured onto this territory, this alien land he never ever visited? I figured he probably had the wrong address and had stopped to →

  • I’m Sorry, Korea!

    Daily Prompt: Mix Tape This is my dream prompt. I’ve been gathering this list for ever. 1. Broken – Amy Lee ft Seether.  2. Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys ft Nicki Minaj.  3. Heaven – Theory Of A Deadman 4. Hurricane – Theory Of A Deadman 5. Skyfall – Adele 6. The Only Exception →

  • 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 →

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