a memoir of etchings and wanderings
The sky is a shade of crimson The winds are so strong that people are running for cover The lightning cracking down like a whip And the thunder is growling back in response The calm before the storm has passed The rains are here. The once or twice a year ones. How can I not rejoice? Tried to not waste too much time today attempting to capture the perfect lightning … Continue reading “Cloudburst” →
Yesterday was ‘World Kindness Day’ – something that I have frankly never heard of before. Have you? So when Rebecca, my colleague sent me a ‘Thank You’ email for several things including my ‘general niceness’, I couldn’t help but ponder about why we don’t do this more often. I think kindness is a very under-estimated and rather ignored virtue. I don’t hear people teaching their children to be kindhearted, neither … Continue reading “Do Kindness!” →
2013 has been so good to me Had to pack my bags every couple of months The travel folder in my Mailbox has been alive and kicking Almost exhausted myself writing travelogues I’ve had to fight opinions and advice about spending on travels. And this is exactly what I had to tell them. I’ve already got a couple of ideas for the next year: Buy a new backpack Meet some … Continue reading “A New Backpack” →
I’m sure we’ve all been inundated by the ‘Happiness Is…’ posts on Facebook – little things that make people happy demonstrated by a cartoon representation. While I didn’t associate with most because several of them were personally generated. For example: Happiness is… having confidence to take over the world. Not. Trying to stay close to reality here, here are a couple of things that make me happy. Unconditionally happy. So, … Continue reading “Happiness Is…” →
Saw this somewhere once while browsing through the multiple social media networks. It’s been on my phone ever since. Don’t you think it to be true?
Lately, I’ve been overdosing on television shows. I used to be faithful to good old Criminal Minds, and flirt with Game of Thrones for a bit and then follow it up with Lie to Me, with a hint of Bones thrown in. Now I’m all over the place. Afraid to finish Criminal Minds and Bones, thinking what would happen once I got to the end, halfway through the first season … Continue reading “Person Of Interest” →
I’ve been contemplating ink. Yes, another one. Although I absolutely love the one I have, I have the feeling that one other would be just perfect 🙂 Needless to say, I’ve been adding to my draft of ideas – text, pictures, symbols – the works! I have a feeling this will be about travel, since I’ve allowed myself to be consumed by the thought. And while I’m thinking, I took … Continue reading “Another?” →
Don’t trust so easy Don’t wait by the phone Don’t fall too fast Don’t tell people how you feel Don’t draw the curtains Don’t let go of reality Don’t play Secret Santa Don’t intrude Don’t dream and say ‘Maybe, this could be it’ Don’t play that song on loop Don’t read that message and smile to yourself Don’t nurse the hurt Don’t give yourself away Don’t even think about it.
I’ve been thinking about growing up. It was so much simpler in our time… Small joys and smaller expectations. Pagers and facsimile instead of cell phones and email. Smaller rooms. More affection. Last night I was asked to go to one of those get-togethers that are organised by the cultural enthusiasts here. I’ve successfully avoided them for over a year and a half, but this time I was sent an … Continue reading “Grown Ups” →
Yesterday I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go out with my colleague, Abdullah. He lives by himself and drives to the UAE almost every weekend – and when he doesn’t – he asks if we would like to do something, but my laziness and driving guilt have always engulfed me. So when we decided to watch Captain Phillips, I felt a positive oddness at the act of booking movie tickets … Continue reading “The Movies” →