Losses run deep, and games of maneuvering keep upgrading. We have come a long way, transitioning from playing snakes and ladders, to the snake games on our phones, to dealing with them in our reality….
Outsiders & Empathy
With her jagged edges, she stands, gazing upon the connection between the well versed, as her language remains misunderstood, dark and chaotic. Her edges are sharp, and grooves are too deep. The rhythm of her…
Progress Isn’t Always Linear
At times our priorities become a blur, and we lose focus of our site. We spiral down into the shelves of bad days and lose the drive, that push almost as though it was an…
Manipulators
Regardless of the phrase “you attract what you are”, warmth can attract moths. Kindness, softness, and empathy can attract manipulators, and be a pawn in their game; like dementors allured by happiness – depleting, diminishing,…
Ambivalent Friendships
Ambivalent relationships can actually be even more draining since dealing with inconsistency and uncertainty requires more time and energy. On the realization that navigating adult relationships seem to be relatively turbulent in comparative to school…
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Plot: Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime…
Environment; the Invisible influence.
Be more mindful with what we endocytose into our circle. Environment; the Invisible influence. In the pell-mell-paced-tick-tocks we rarely reflect on the hearts we create homes in, the things and places we pour…
The Toxic People Detox
When they wave their red flag, raise your white flag and peace out. There are ones who wave their red flags evidently, where as some push your buttons subtly. There are some in whose presence…
Desert Garden
Bienvenue au Jardin des délices – Welcome to the garden of delicacies!🌿Located in Umm Suqeim, @desertgarden.uae transports you to tropical, green and leafy heaven. With jungle-inspired wallpaper, potted plants and jade green colour pops, it’s the perfect…
Hustle culture really never stops, quarantine or not.
Well, I am back from a rather rejuvenating hiatus, which in all honesty was much needed. Initially, going through social media at the start of the pandemic was just feeling twinges of the guilt of…