Waakiye

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  • A clean slate remembering nothing…!

    A clean slate remembering nothing…!

    What makes you feel nostalgic?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Today is the New Year’s Eve the final day of the year 2025;

    I wish to bring to you love from my side if you’re reading this and you’ve been with me for long enough…!

    The things and plans only aim on going upwards from here and better in ways that I can’t describe to you yet…!

    There has been problems with schedules and managing time from this already busy 24 hours within this day; but I do plan to continue this because this makes me happy and keeps me connected to myself by letting me know who I am and why I do what I do…!

    Coming back to the prompt…!

    The word nostalgia means to me about the time that you lived in the past that had pleasure and also a mix of sadness because that is long gone which won’t come back again ever…!

    Tbh the world has forced itself so much upon this mind that I barely even remember my childhood;

    This might be sad to hear but yes this is how it is, I only know flashbacks of my childhood and even those memories are fleeting away from me;

    When I’m within those whom I call my own and they remember their childhood an the moments we spent in school together I try to make believe from their conversations;

    It doesn’t necessarily break my heart but it shatters something that I cannot remember something that we did together and we can’t relate to it anymore so we just talk about things around us…!

    Long story short^

    The memories that are fleeting away,

    The memories that are fading which I partially remember they make me feel nostalgic,

    I’m not the same person I was back then and each and every day I forget them a little bit more,

    It seems the day isn’t far that I have a clean slate without any memories and that is what truly fears me…!

    Well,

    That’s a topic for another day and another version of me to worry about;

    For all of you I hope you spend New Year’s Eve and the morning of the new year in your loved one’ arms while I pull a shift that I have planned to put my family in a better financial state;

    A promise that gets priority over everything…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A fearless badger and surrounded by Prussian blue and gold…

    A fearless badger and surrounded by Prussian blue and gold…

    If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Here we go again,

    It’s a freaking Monday again and all of the cycle repeats, the hatred that we have we have to channel it and be productive towards life and work to be paid and able to live yet again to see the next day…!

    Going back to the work and being surrounded by some people who chip off your will to live and some who work hard amongst you to make an impact on your life…

    Coming back to the prompt-

    To be honest,

    I’m not that of a sports person while being from a country that dies for cricket and showers the players with their love and money when it comes to betting…!

    I haven’t been interested in anything that connects, of sorts, because I did a lot of it during my school years, and maybe I got over all the obsession back then…?

    Even I don’t have an answer for that..!

    Well if you’re asking for the colour it would be something like Prussian blue with gold stripes or cracks that look like the Japanese pottery that is fixed using gold paste or filling…!

    A mix and match of colors like this…!

    And the mascot would be a badger giving out the idea of independence, massive strength and fearlessness that is associated with it…

    I mean look at this cute badger who doesn’t care ever no matter how big of a predator stands in-front of them…

    These are ideas that I grabbed from thin hair and I don’t know the sports or a place where a thing like this would even work or not,

    But if someone stumbles upon this and uses this one do give credit where it’s due 😂😭

    Well that’s it for the day, and I hope you come in tomorrow for the next days post too…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A perfect space for you

    A perfect space for you

    You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    The weekend is finally upon us today and I hope it’s a good one for you, if you made some plans during the week or some commitment like cleaning your home/ or your room or arranging some meeting with friends which you haven’t been able to for a few weeks now;

    Make sure you have someone to talk to outside of the office or the relationship maybe a friend and spend time with them it could be as simple as grabbing a coffee or even a snack…!

    Coming to the prompt;

    This is too one sided maybe a tad bit too coloured, because it’s seen that the writing and reading needs a perfect space,

    Writing

    It sometimes origins from the deep hell that exists within your heart, sometimes it comes from a traumatic experience or even a life or death situation;

    But its origin can also be traced by looking into the eyes of loved ones or maybe a group of friends hanging out or even getting a coffee 😄 you see the world happening around you and it gives tou certain ideas that are worthy of being written…

    The same can be said about

    Reading;

    You can be travelling in a train/metro and you can have an audiobook in your ears (technically that’s listening/hearing I know),

    But,

    It doesn’t matter where you are,

    I’ve seen people when I went out to hill stations and they were sitting and reading their books and they were enjoying it but not the surroundings they were in,

    Would it be wrong to remind them that they were enjoying the wrong thing…??

    Well I did and they told me that they were happy with why they saw around them but they also had a commitment to themselves(reading a said number of books each year !)

    And we talked a bit and then we were on our way;

    If you still think there’s a specific state or a space to read and write it’s a misconception that you have;

    It can come to you any time of the day or night if you ask me…

    So there’s not a specific place or time that you need to write or read according to me…

    A reminder to take it slow as it’s just morning of the Saturday as I’m writing this;

    The weekend is already upon us and try to include ginger shots in your life, a bitter drink at first but packed with a lot of health benefits, helping you detox and refresh you from the inside…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • My ride or die

    My ride or die

    What is your all time favorite automobile?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    The Christmas is over and within a few days the new year will be upon us;

    On top of that it’s a Friday and the last working day of the week and I hope you have some days off during the first few days of new year like 31st or 1st of January 2026;

    But that being said; I hope that you get to spend time with family and loved ones more this year while also being able to earn good…!

    Well, coming to the prompt,

    My favourite automobile is my two wheeler,

    A trusted partner of mine whom I spent a whole lot of money replacing its engine once and carburator twice…

    It was a whole lot of expense until I found the best person to treat her and get it serviced alright…

    My plus one who takes me everywhere and in turn I take care of her too;

    My first ride which has been through all of my ups and downs, and also stays with me when I am the happiest…

    My ride or die(well I have found myself in some situations too where it was either me or the person infront of me and I saved their lives instead of mine…)

    But that’s just basic civic sense I wouldn’t willingly hurt two-three people where I could just get scraped and hurt myself a little bit instead…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A creative dreamland

    A creative dreamland

    How are you creative?

    Hey…!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    First of all from the bottom of my heart merry Christmas to all of you..!

    Even though I am not the one celebrating it doesn’t mean I can’t be a part of the community which celebrates it, can I…?

    (Coming to today’s prompt)

    Well, this is a tricky question, asking a person about their creativity; because I don’t know the origin of it,

    But I do have an idea that I follow by,

    I have a vision and I need the world to see the same.. if that comes by reading a piece of text or an illustration that makes my idea crystal clear to any person who comes across it, isn’t that the end goal for all of us…?

    That’s what he creativity I can muster up and all of my time goes away to achieve that, when I write a piece of text or a paragraph or a story…!

    The basic idea or the crux of the concept should be understood by someone who is reading it for the first time and the idea plants a seed that germinates into something beautiful which in turn helps other…!

    That’s my creativity for you…!

    Again,

    Merry christmas to all of you,

    Go visit a church and get your blessings and if possible give to those who aren’t fortunate enough too;

    May almighty bless you with happiness today and coming year too…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Parents who did everything for us…

    Parents who did everything for us…

    Who are the biggest influences in your life?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    One of the biggest influences that I’ve had in this life are my parents,

    Well, technically my Mom,

    As soon as I left school I was forced to help in my business but I really wanted to pursue other dreams and aspirations that I had, but due to reasons I wasn’t able to and when I learnt all of the basics and intermediate stuff,

    I lost the one person who pushed me to work hard in this line, my father;

    But that’s didn’t make me leave or fall behind in any way, because I made this work my life and started to work on other things on the side…

    And my mom,

    She has been the pillar in my life who works hard for our survival and makes sure that we are doing well and are free of any stresses that haunt us;

    A set of parents who spent their lives giving us the place that they never imagined in their lifetime and working hard for it repairing all the while all taking care of us even if they were sick or going through some problems that they couldn’t tell us,

    They worked for us and continued to until their last which makes their sacrifice something that we can never achieve;

    Maybe we can try to be like them and expect this from our children once they reach the stage that we are in right now…

    Just our dream;

    With that being said its only Wednesday today, and that’s haunting for us daily workers;

    Maybe some of you have days off ahead or it’s a day off for you today because it’s Christmas Eve today;

    So try to drink some eggnog (don’t recommend it tho..)

    And if you’re going to spend some time drinking, make sure you consume adequate water beforehand, which helps you stay hydrated during all the hustle and bustle there is today. Also, try to eat something as you cook a meal if you are hosting an event and will have some guests over…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

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    Share what you know about the year you were born.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    I was born in the year 1999, so the most important thing that was happened a few months after I was born was the India-Pakistan war also known as the Kargil war…

    It started a few months after I was born on May 3rd 1999 and ended on July 26 of the same year;

    It was started due to militants taking spaces that belonged to India around the LOC(the line of control) which is the heavily guarded border between our country and the next one…

    It’s said that the militants took up our spaces and were aiming to cut off Leh and Srinagar highway a crucial area and a part that connected Kashmir with India…

    A two-and-a-half-month chaos that was endured by our army but with limited capabilities and not being able to use the air force;

    The mission was completed and there were martyrs too,

    Captain Vikram Batra(Sher Shah)

    Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey

    And many more;

    Their sacrifices became the reason we are able to go and explore Kashmir and see it with our own two eyes…

    There’s only one thing that is said at this point of time,

    Jai Hind(जय हिन्द)

    The incident that happened a few months after I was born but a crucial development for us all;

    I wish their souls are in a better place right now and are bearing fruits of their sacrifice;

    A new week is upon us and today marks Tuesday another day another week and all that we do is try to live it to the fullest;

    Go and save some money for the thing that you wanted from a very long time;

    I’ve started too,

    Let’s see how long it will take to reach our goals…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A deep sleep and an eye catching play…

    A deep sleep and an eye catching play…

    What was the last thing you did for play or fun?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    The weekend is upon us and I hope 🤞 you’re free from all the stresses until Sunday afternoon because that’s when reality hits for the most of us…😔😭

    The last thing I did for fun was wake up full rested a few years back when I was travelling with my family, I was actually so tired because during the whole trip I was the only one who was awake idk why am I like this but everyone was asleep but as soon as I reached a place known to me I hit the bed around 8pm at night and woke up at 10 am the next day…😳

    It was 14 hours of me just sleeping that’s it, there was nothing that woke me up and no one that disturbed me and after I woke up I remember drinking a pitcher full of water;

    A whole 2 liter in a single sitting, it felt like I was in the desert for the past hours and my throat was dry and I was hungry so I just drank my fill and woke up well rested…

    ONLY THAT DAY AND NEVER AGAIN…

    It was a day and a half of travel and I was awake through the night too…

    I remember my family telling me that my eyes were bloodshot like there was literal blood running in them, I had indents of my wired earphone on my face and my phone was at 2 percent…

    I wish to get that sleep once again…

    Well that was a funny back story isn’t it…?

    BUT FOR FUN;

    I usually watch plays,

    The last one was Khichik,

    Where I saw a couple and their parting after finding out that they were involved with other after falling in love with each other and them meeting yet again and completing their final years with each other until the main characters passed away one after another…

    A beautiful play written by Shiv Subramanyam called snapshots from an album from the book Irani cafe and other plays..

    It was the first time I saw Girija Oak Godbole and Ghanshyam lalsa on screen and it was one of the best performances I’ve witnessed;

    The director Divya Jagdale did a great job by making the cast work in such a fluid manner that it was breathtaking;

    And a proof that I did, I’m attaching the photo of the performance I witnessed…

    (Haha to prove my point…)

    Happy weekend to those who are celebrating and remember to drink plenty of water of you plan to binge drink or anything and remember buying recovery shots if you step out fill your groceries…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

    In the picture Our national crush Girija Oak Godbole on the right and Ghanshyam Lalsa on the left(a few minutes before the play ends)
    A keepsake I bought after the play ended the actual book that the play was taken from…!
  • A grocery haul for a typical family…

    A grocery haul for a typical family…

    List your top 5 grocery store items.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    Today’s prompt is a weird one, like what does this even compare to, a few prompts back to back were very serious ones and required thinking on a higher level;

    But what would be my top five grocery store items…

    Well,

    My first would be ready to cook pasta, not any specific type but all of them elbow, penne, fusilli, bow tie, spaghetti and so much more;

    They are versatile and go well with anything that you cook and they are easy to snack on and filling if cook properly…

    Second thing would be some sort of chicken, maybe it’s kebab or some cold cuts or even packed chicken breasts that can be whipped into some sort of curry or something of a semi dry dish like marry me chicken or even something that can be turned into fried chicken tbh the variety is never ending…

    Third thing would be herbs and dried spices, if we are starting from scratch it would mean we need to have all of the things that are required to have a proper grocery run and one time purchase of these things can last a month too;

    I mean turmeric, Kashmiri red chilli(for color), standard red chilli which gives it the kick that it needs, cumin seeds, ginger powder, black peppercorns, cinnamon bark, clove, cardamom , mustard seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds and lastly star anise;

    All of these are a must have if you plan on making a grocery run for the very first time…

    Fourth wound be veggies, a staple would be potatoes, onion, ginger and garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, mushroom(if the price is right) green peas, capsicum, cauliflower and spinach if the seasons are right…(do I need to explain these…?)

    The last would be pulses and being from India at least one time of cooked food has some sort of pulse wherever you go, imagine going to eat something South Indian food the staple idli and dosa including sambhar is made using pulses like rice and black gram(called urad dal here in our country…)

    Some other would be chickpea, kidney beans red lentil, peas, black eyed peas( called lobiya),split yellow peas, mixed pulses, mung beans, moth beans and so much more…

    I forgot to add eggs and that is very shameful for me because I have one every morning and almost forgot about them(P.s. a sixth edition from my side)

    With these five((6)) things you can conquer any of these recipe that works for you…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Men who shaped my life

    Men who shaped my life

    Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…

    There are a few men in my life who have guided me in a positive direction and given me a way to live this life in a much better way…

    The first one would be my late father, who was one of the pillars in my life he shaped my existence (literally) and taught me how to be a better person by just being present in my life and acting like a good father figure to look up to, even though we had limited time with each other,

    There are some decisions of his that I question myself but those were taken keeping in mind my future and the future of our family-led business…

    But I’m really grateful that whatever time we had together was spent in happiness and neutrality…

    The second one would be my father’s brother, my uncle; he is the one who taught me all the business that our family has to date, and he taught me the basics and the complex things of the business that we now run together;

    He imparted me the sense of respect and how to please a client and negotiate what feels best for us (margin-wise) without having to cut deep into the pockets of any of our potential client a time of five years under his guidance gave me a different perspective at life also the shoes he had to fill when he was a child forced into this business too…

    The last one would be my friends, without them I’m just a wandering soul on this planet, they keep me grounded and also help me achieve what I am capable of there are so many instances that have shaped me that happened just between my friends which gave me a new perspective on life itself;

    They are with me when there was no one, and they shall be with me until the end of me…

    These were the few men who positively impacted my life…

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍