Author: Waakiye

Spending a week being Bilbo Baggins from LOTR

If you had to switch lives with a fictional character for a week, who would you choose?
18/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Why does this prompt feels like I’ve already answered it…?

Khair

It’s a new day and a refurbished prompt has come to me to write about what goes on in my mind when I read the two lines given to me…!

I’d happily choose to spend a week of my life being Bilbo Baggins from the Lord of the rings series or the book called The hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien…!

Talking about normal life in hobbiton…

If the week is spent at home where I can wake up late and have a hearty breakfast and spend time travelling to the market in hobbiton Spend some time with a friend and return home before dark…!

And next day I can spend inside writing and reading and having a big dinner as one of my friend joins me during the day…!

I ask them to stay for dinner and they after denying a couple of time agree and we have a big dinner yet another day…!

The weekend becomes a time where I can go walk around the shire and absorb in the scenery and green lush trees and farms where there is no threat to life…!

On the polar opposite if the life is spent treading through these dangerous mountains the life becomes comically opposite…!

The life suddenly becomes survival…!

I try to do a wellness checkup on who survived last night and we eat a smaller portion until the density is achieved..!

Another day is spent looking for a small path that leads up toe mountain and we tread on it hoping it is the right path..!

Life certainly becomes miserable when the weather becomes cold and we are hit with shower or snow which makes taking each step ahead unsafe…!

Another day we discover a safe looking cave and it was somewhat of a ruse as we discover a dragon resting deep within it and we run…!

Run for our lives…!

We do a head count yet again and tread on the path yet again…!

I’d think of myself…!

Why the hell did I leave home…???

And curse myself too…!

That’s how a random week of mine would be spent as Bilbo baggins…!

Which fictional character would you spend your life as…?

Do let me know…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

18/09/2026
How we create villains amongst us…!

Have you ever liked a villain more than the hero? Who and why?
17/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Yes,

Sometimes there are villains whose end goals are better than even heroes…!

But,

What matters is the path that they chose to achieve those goals…!

Imagine thanos doing all of it for the betterment of humanity,

Erasing half of the population just with a single click—

But,

The simply turning half of the population to dust is not the way to go,

Well it would be cruel to the point where we would consider him to be one of the biggest villain but he wanted us to live better lives and not compete our entire lives for limited resources…!

Look at magneto

A holocaust survivor who developed the ability to manipulate magnetism, his growing up came with a lot of problems by experiencing N/\zi persecution and losing many loved ones just because of a race they belonged to…!

Which ingrained in him that mutants cannot simply coexist with humans and they cannot depend on humans for their safety and well being— a matter that mutants had to take in their own hands…!

Because someday fear will arise and it will cause humans to hunt the mutants(because they couldn’t leave fellow humans who look and talk in the same way as them on this face of earth…!)

At last looking at Loki

Everyone sees a hysterical person who is straight up villain,

But,

If you look deeper you will see someone who struggles with his identity,

Someone who is constantly in a search of a sense of belonging where ever they went…!

And,

At the end is confused to the point which leaves him with a question that does he have a choice in who he becomes at the end…?

In all of the three cases we see these people(not villains) fighting a version or a thought in which they grew up which forced them to choose a path which seemed fit for them back when they endured it all…!

These villains are something we created and then we curse them for being a reflection of us…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

17/09/2026
How I found my longest read ever collecting dust in Chandni Chowk…

What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?
16/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Well,

None of the books are big in any sort until you fear by seeing the number of pages that it has…!

I have read a whole lot,

Well not just in English or Hindi but Panjabi too…!

But,

These days all I can do is hear the audiobooks because of my tight schedule which forces me to have less than usual time to read a physical book even though I have a lot of them that need my attention…!

And whenever I see a book that I like,

Or have it saved in my notes app I buy from where ever I see it,

To be honest I got one which was a switch of pace for me,

Which was Maus…!

I found this book deep within Chandni Chowk as I was out on buying some industrial equipment which I could carry on person…!

(It was two 0-25mm outside micrometers…!)

And,

As I was returning on the main Chandi chowk road from Nai Sarak(translates to new road)

I found this khokha that had newspapers and behind him were these metal cages and I found the title that I wanted and it was the maus…!

So I set that book free from the cage and put it in my bag and brought it home with me…!

And it became one of the longest read because earlier I read only through lines and paragraphs and this was a comic style book instead of a traditional type and the pictures gave me an insight into how things were and made my life easier and difficult at the same time…!

Because the ability to imagine the state in which a character is— is taken away when you have pictures to prove it…!

That is why maus was a longer read than usual for me…!

Plus,

It explores holocaust survival and how people developed after facing it all in the form of a comic book and how relationships built when people and their loved ones offed themselves to save themselves from the wrath of the oppressors…!

A book that tells us how a person and personality develops when they are forced and they have to watch their race eradicated…!

Song of the day is here

My go to artist dropped another one of the gems…!

Mood enhancer

Literally a mood enhancer how Gagg-e spits and paints a picture of how people are these days…!

And he talks about how people compare him to others but he’s someone you can’t compare with anyone ever…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍🤍

16/09/2026
How lending money becomes a problem and completing all education before landing a job…!

What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?
15/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Well,

To be honest I think I’m not old enough to advice someone on relationships and life yet—

But,

If I had to advice someone it would be to complete their educational process once like schooling, college both undergrad and postgrad and if you want to peruse anything after that do it before getting into a job,

Because it will be tricky to make time from your regular schedule while you’re working 9 to 5 job which can get extended a few hours and cause you to lag behind…!

Timely completing education and setting your eyes on a goal that seems a good fit would be one of the advice,

And,

I’d recommend a career counselor if they come to me for what path to choose because I’m not a professional nor am I in a place to advice someone what they should do…!

Apart from education,

There will be many who will ask you for money—

Beg you for it,

And you will give them the money;

..

No matter how much the sum is,

And,

You will fall into the process of begging from them your money that you lend to them in need…!

This is real because these sort of things happens to us,

The best of us and because of our nature people ask and then get angry on us for asking our money back from them…!

If you are not that sort of person who speaks ill of someone you have a slim chance of getting it back,

But,

If you talk about it in the market or the people who both of you deal with on the daily,

You can talk about them that how they aren’t giving your money back and if more than a few people talk about it to them,

They will come to you and give you your money back angrily and ask later what was the need for talking,

And you know the reason why you talked about it to others,

Because you were tired of hearing the same thing each day…!

This thing comes in as a lesson,

You found the reason why no one lent them money and you became the person who would never give them spare change after facing it all…!

And,

If the amount is small,

You can,

If you can let it go;

Don’t let it go as something that was given out of pity—

But,

Think of it as a way of giving back to the world or think of it as giving out as sadqa…!

Either way,

You got to know the nature of that person in that amount…!

And if it was something that you can endure—

That money came in as a lesson and taught you at the right time what sort of the person that was…!

So,

Completing your education as much as you can,

And,

People who owe you money becoming a life lesson…!

Song of the day is here

Youth flow by Arjan Dhillon

You already know Arjan Dhillon is someone who I really love and respect…!

This song is about what youth is all about,

How youth and its aspects hits all of us and how it differs from people…!

Like when youth hits a lover he does everything he can to be with someone they love;

When it hits a fighter it becomes a sword that they use to attack their enemy,

When it hits a writer a beautiful story comes to our eyes…!

Arjan beautifully pens how youth differs when it hits us…!

Cheers to the youth that is on us 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

15/09/2026
Sorting Delhi’s traffic problem…!

What’s one thing that would instantly improve your city?
14/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Well,

To be honest I’m writing this while I’m sitting in Tis Hazari court precincts,

And let me tell you something,

I crashed at my friends place in Karol Bagh and coming from there to tow hazari in a car at any time of the day is out of question…!

So,

I grabbed my trusted scooty and after carrying my uncle on the pillion we left for the courts—

And-

The drive that took maybe at far 10 minutes when there is little traffic took almost 45 minutes…!

And,

On reaching here we breathed in a deep breath of relief as the judge was present today…!

Which is a big relief after watching him being in leave for almost last four dates given to us by the staff in his absence…!

I would for the first thing improve the traffic situation…!

Because the drive back home will be a hectic one too I know…!

The people who belong to so called MCD department and allow parking cars on the road by taking money for it which they give to the respective people in the department is something that I’d like to do away with…!

Imagine having enough space to drive and reach the place where you want to be in time and now having to leave and plan hours in advance…!

That is how we people live our lives in Delhi…!

We check maps(both google’s and apple’s)

But in my case I think google maps gives us a better description of how the traffic will be because of how many people use android around us..!

I mean I carry one too…!

To be honest I’ve seen the buses that out government has allowed to run on these roads and the drivers ride it like their life is on the line—

Jumping red lights is much more common to the point it feels like they aren’t in the sights of the traffic police or the law….!

And,

Imagine two maybe three bus drivers covering all of the road that is meant for three different types of traffic…!

One designated bus lane/auto lane,

One designated lane for slow speed vehicles and the last one on the right side of the road ones meant for the fast vehicles…!

All of them taken up by buses—

And now all of a sudden they follow all rules and regulation laid out by the law— by waiting for the red lights to hit green…!

The drive back home wasn’t so bad but taking my parked scooty was,

It took more time to take my scooty out of the parking lot than the amount of time it took to get a hearing and a date from the presiding judge…!

How comical is that…!

Either way we pushed the self start button and reached home within 25 minutes…!

And I’m completing this as I’m writing the ending of the prompt…!

It would be better to reach a place on time tho…!

Song of the day is here…!

Ty in the building and wazir patar

We had a collab before which was the song called Gangster by Talhah Yunus ft rap demon and wazir patar and it was amazing…!

Shoutout to rap demon…!

3:67 Am talks about how you miss the one…!

When they aren’t with you…!

The collab exists as a proof that there are no borders when it comes to music as this is a collab from Karachi to Amritsar…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

14/09/2026
Helping out in the family wedding and visiting Narkanda…

What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?
13/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Well,

There aren’t many trips that I take because of the business and being a core part of it forces me to stay put here,

Or,

Return within a few days…!

Well the last trip I took was to help in the two weddings of one of my cousin brother’sand one of my cousin sister’s…!

The trip,

Well not a trip but two wedding programmes that I had to attend and help the family members because one of the son’s was running sick and I took his place and another one was working in united kingdom 🇬🇧 and he could only gets tickets a day before the actual wedding…!

So I took up the responsibility and helped the family by shouldering their burden until the sick brother was in good health which was a few days before the wedding…!

And

The both the programmes went well…!

I was out for about a month in total,

But back then there were people who could shoulder my absence…!

Usually when I take a trip they include something like weekends where the footfall is minimal,

And,

Work doesn’t get sacrificed much…!

The longest trip I took which was strictly for fun was for a week…!

We went to Shilaru back in 2021…!

And,

It was with some loved ones and we stayed in home stays and drank in the evening after roaming all day and exploring the sight…!

Yes the day date and time are here too…!

Do let me know if you went out on a trip or a pseudo-trip like me in the comments below…!

Happy Sunday…! 😇😊

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

13/09/2026
Tips for travelling on a budget…

What’s your best tip for budget travel?
12/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Well to begin with let me tell you I haven’t been someone who travels for leisure or fun…!

There was a time in my life when I used to and that time is long gone…!

These days all the travelling that I do is because someone is born in our family and I go to give them my blessings and a be a part of the happiness and or someone is sick and we go to check up on them,

Or,

The worst case scenario— someone passed away and we have to be present there and help the family who are going through one of the toughest time in their lives…!

Well,

When I used to travel and even if I have to travel for fun or any other purpose I generally have a ballpark idea on how much I will be spending to reach there, staying there and returning home…!

This includes the money that will be spent on fuel, eating and a place for staying initially until I reach the destination…!

And

Once I reach there it’s another set of things that I have to tackle…!

First would be a place where I can safely secure my luggage, take a shower and have a comfy bed to sleep which is in my budget also somewhere we can get breakfast service too…!

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Second would be a chunk of money that I will be saving to eat the local delicacies and buying things for the people back home…!

Which they would keep as memories that someone went out on a trip and remembered to buy a souvenir for them…!

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Third would be some funds saved as an emergency if something were to happen and I’d had to pay someone some money;

Like if I bought a rental car and someone scratched it(or it was something that happened by me…)

I know it’s not my car but it will be inspected and I will have to pay for it…!

For a budget trip I’d recommend to travel within your country and it would help you to control how much you spend,

For a country like Thailand or Vietnam you would spend more on the tickets than what you would spend visiting hill station back here in India…!

40-50k inr for return tickets and for that amount you could spend two, maybe three weeks or a month if you stretch hard enough…!

Well that is how budget works for me,

In short travel local within your country and avoid places that are expensive and try to upsell you every chance they get…!

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Try to explore the cuisine by researching beforehand and taking small portions if possible so that the money lost on food isn’t much…

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Have a specific budget and stick to it,

Try to keep a mental note on how much you spend on things and if possible note them down so that you don’t overspend…!

….

Most importantly

Keep a memo of places or things that you want to discover once your feet land on the place that you wanted to visit…!

I guess that’s enough of a budget thing that we talk about,

Now you can go and enjoy what you went there to do…!

(If you can without worrying the money that you just spent…!)

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

12/09/2026
Watching Courage the cowardly dog as a kid…!

Who is your favorite cartoon character?
11/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

You know what it’s been a while since I’ve gotten a chance to watch cartoons,

But,

I can tell you that I loved

Courage the cowardly dog so much that I would watch it every time it was on the Cartoon Network channel…!

The memories of Eustace, Muriel and courage along with all the antagonists hit like a wave all of a sudden…!

The mean spirited Eustace got all the negativity from his mom and brother who used to call him stupid and useless and that is the sole reason he calls courage “stupid dog” is a reflection of what he was called back then…!

Muriel did a great favour to courage by rescuing him and takes care of them well both of them…!

The star of the show Courage

Shows how life is so tricky for a dog and sometimes there are things that only he can see and shoo away as he screams gets trampled on or beaten to the point that he gives out that laugh…!

Yes the one above…!

But at the end of the day,

He uses the big bodied computer which ran back then on what we can probably say is ChatGPT Astra…!

And gives him solution while being sarcastic to the point that it makes him angry…!

It was my favourite because it told us to tackle each problem on our own and become a better person by forgiving or not accepting failure and trying hard to find solution…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

11/09/2026
If our Mithu could talk…!

If your pet could talk, what would be the first thing it says?
09/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

This prompt becomes a continuance of the prompt I made last night…!

If Mithu our female Indie could talk…!🗣️

She would be screaming that her legs hurt and there is a postule in her left thighs that hurts and radiates pain in her entire backside…!

We rushed to her rescue as she was bleeding out and took her to the vet doctor around the same time yesterday morning and we will take her in a matter of few minutes right now…!

And,

If in her normal health she would talk her heart out…

She would scream at everyone who came in and ask them their intentions and what they wanted…!

lick our faces when we returned home and tell how much she needed salt…!

To be honest it would be a dream come true for the vets because they would operate quickly and we would leave as soon as possible…!

It would be a world where everything would process faster and we would communicate our feelings directly if they could understand us too…!

Wouldn’t it…?

Do you think it would be a better world if pets could talk…?

Do let me know in the comments…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍🤍

09/09/2026
Surviving a critical condition and not being someone who reads the same perspective…’

Have you ever regretted reading a book — which one and why?
08/09/2026@Waakiye

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

I really didn’t have any energy to make this post but I’m doing it anyway…!

My pet dog mithu

Yes this cutie

She had a big pustule growing on her left thigh area and it was clotting a lot of blood…!

And yesterday night around 22:30 hours she bit into it and blood oozed around our sofa and it was dripping out like someone opened the tap on light flow…!

And we were scared, shocked and confused at what was happening to her,

So we ran to her rescue and picked up all of the blood in toilet papers 🧻 …!

And in a short while we ran out of three rolls and it filled a black bag…!

I sat with her until 2 in the morning and comforted her, but I couldn’t sleep…!

It got around 6 when I asked my mom to silent her alarm and look after her for a while so that I can sleep for a bit,

But she sat her up on the sofa pushing more blood out of her thigh area..!

On seeing it she screamed and I ran to her and began the process once again…!

Before it was around 8 and my sister decided to come here and take her to the vet with me…

It was a pus filled growth which had accumulated a pool of bad blood which was drained by us almost to it end and the doctors rushed and drained it further…!

She’s recovering and sleeping well to begin with which is nice…!

And we are very happy to hear that…!

Let’s talk about the prompt..!

Regretting reading a book and the reason behind it….!

Well,

I’m not going to toot my own horn in any way but,

I think each book that we love or like, we have heard a bit about it already and we just want our mind to be a witness to it…!

So,

None of the books are bad,

It’s just that they carry a perspective different from you,

And that is what matters…!

What if every other person thought just like you and they brought to the world a story or a mindset and you had nothing to bring to the table…!

That is what it would be if we were to pick and choose each time…!

The variation that exists within these pages makes and breaks us into who we are…!

Until the next prompt…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

08/09/2026