Evening

A very old blog that I had not published   Evenings in cities can be viewed to be very intimate. I return from work this evening. All the car parks are full. My neighbour, S’s parking has a new black car with an unfamiliar number. I look up and there is a light there. As…

Mess up

It is horrible to wait for bad news. I am awaiting for some bad news regarding an interview. I now wait preparing my failure speech. Yet there is a hope that maybe it is an offer. I believe there is a God watching to see whether this is the job for me…

Peas of the same pod

The last few months have seen me stumbling onto the Pakistani culture. It all started when my husband suddenly found the ghazal “Aaj jaane ki zid na karo” sung by Farida Khanum. We got hooked onto the Pakistani ghazals. Availability of these through spotify made it easier. We went from “Aaj Jaane ki” to Farida…

Enjoying Heidelberg 1

A few days ago, I saw the posters for the Heidelberg Schlossfestspiele – there, in front of me, stood that long lost wish. At the website, I saw there were tickets for only two shows – both were for this weekend. This year has been a different type of year with M and I taking turns…

Malta – preparation or lack of preparation

“Let’s go to Malta” – said my husband. I gave a start. This came out of the blue. It had never been in our backlog of countries to travel to and neither had it ever been in my radar for any reason. “Why? What happened?” – I asked him. “Nothing – it is down south in…

Count your blessings

Today, I was at the gym after more than half a year. I was huffing and puffing on the cycle, the fourth machine I go on, wondering how I long I would last.  Towards my left, two people came closer to the “milon circle” area. One was on the wheel chair and the other was…

Prepare for Cape Town / Namibia trip

Temptation to take a diving course. is that the best way to counter the water issue? You can also get a great contemporary perspective on life here, because Cape Town is the place to see really interesting modern African art. I’d head to Gallery Momo, close to Long Street, as well as the Blank Projects, WhatIfTheWorld…

Daily life – week1

Last week saw kickoff of some mundane activities left off over last few months – ah! The enthusiasm of week1 of the year! drink at least 8 glasses of water a day Regular laundry cook (registered for Hello Fresh who delivered on the rainy Thursday before noon. I had forgotten about it. As I arrived…

Quotes – Week 1, 2018

“Larsson is battling with an application from a woman who has 30 given names; she wants to change every single one. “Names are a very emotional issue”, says Larsson. “They are closely linked to a person’s identity. Often when people want to change their name, they want to leave a previous identity behind.” – True Calling…

Changing “Time”s

I had worked on something about 2 months ago and I was validating the information today to wrap this up. As I started researching whether any thoughts had come out, I realized that my level of satisfaction over search results had also changed. As technology changes proliferated in the last couple of decades, our expectations have also sky…