Well not now because I’m involved in a lot of things but even back when I was a kid;
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I used to fall asleep mid movie or watched it but didn’t pay any attention to it…!
It was rare for me to sit for an hour and a half and stare at the screens,
And now that the size of the screens have reduced to the point that they can fit into our pockets,
I rarely get enough time to watch them too…!
More than movies you will see my YouTube Home Screen filled with videos taking me to ancient civilisations and exploring deep science…!
Now those are the things that pique my interest…!
Coming back to the answering the prompt…!
I rarely get a chance to watch movies,
But the TV series called dark…!
It’s ending made me cry,
Well cry to the point where I was in my room bawling my eyes out…!
Because of the fact that these two who were madly in love realising that they were the problem in the matrix and if they were gone,
Well,
Well not present—
It would return the time back to its normal state and let everyone and everything return to its peaceful nature…!
It tells us how the fragments survive even after we are not meant for each other…!
Even if not in memory—
They continue to live on in the feelings and cause us both pain and happiness when their thought comes to our mind…!
Coming back to the song of the day…!
Tyson Sidhu
I know you must have heard about him a few years back and he is coming back with a boost which makes us think of the past and how much we all loved him…!
This song is from 2023 and stays in my playlist because it slaps…!
The last one was from 2025 called Dhokhe and it is something that makes us realise what we missed…!
Happy independence day to those who are celebrating…!
Maybe you are planning to host a get-together, or you will be joining someone who invited you…!
Or maybe you are going outside with your family to eat and this prompt couldn’t come at the right time…!
Even if you would like to stay at home and order in that would be perfect because of delivery services like zomato/swiggy…!
Or,
Maybe you’re like me munching on some matar or some matthi straight out of the box like some caveman…!
I guess this box will end by the evening and I’ll need to buy some more for later…!
And I don’t take any questions about the box because it was thoroughly cleaned before I put matar in those…!
Why do we call it matar you ask,
Because it’s in the shape of a matar or a pea pod 🫛, well without the peas of course…!
Also,
Can you call it a day off when you don’t wake up early and everyone who is at home wants you to work early on in the morning…?
I was woken up by the maid cleaning our house and mom having a loud conversation about her life, her daughter and how her son is going out of her hand…!
And to someone who just woke up, it felt like they were having a full blown fight and I ran into my living room,
And guess what,
They were having a normal conversation and I tried to go back to sleep,
Emphasis on the tried to…!
So guess what,
I had to help my sister put up curtains and our ladder broke and after fixing it my sister decided to make breakfast..!
And after considering a while and deciding on poha which I love,
She decided to make vermicelli…!
😅🥲🥲
So I guess we will be having vermicelli after all…!
Back to the best restaurant in my city…!
Well none of these are in order and they will give you want you want and how you want it to feel…!
First would be Pukhtaän
If tou know what I’m talking about you already are familiar with the flavor of the Padma shri awardee chef Imtiaz Qureshi’s son Ashfaque Qureshi…!
I was able to enjoy once in Rajouri Garden and taking home delivery more than four times in Karol Bagh(which was recently closed down due to them not being able to secure enough well paying crowd here…!)
Everything slaps here,
Even its black dal or red meat…!
You are paying good amount for the food and your expectations will be exceeded for sure…!
Second would be New Tera hotel
Situated right next to where the pukhtaän was in Karol Bagh,
You will be greeted by a handsome Sardarji with a warm welcome and a big smile where you can either place your order or dine in at any given time of the day…!
I’d recommend the paneer bhurji and their double fry dal along with parantha or naan I’d recommend to try to garlic one…!
A pure veg restaurant which uses ghee for cooking all of the dishes,
They can swap out garlic too but you’ll have to confirm that yourself…!
Third would be Panjabi Angeethi
A place that I get delivered my food from every now and then,
Even if it’s only for you or a party that you’re hosting, they have awesome deals like paneer, daal, chaap, pulao,rolls etc…!
You can have food and never get tired of it…!
Last would be Prem Dhaba…!
From veggie options to all non veg options you can have food at their venue, infront of the restaurant in your car or get it delivered…!
I have been having their food ever since I was a kid and you cannot match that they serve because it’s mixed with nostalgia for me…!
You can check them all out one visit at a time, if you plan to visit Delhi or Karol Bagh any time in the near future…!
Let’s not forget the song of the day
Die young
Don’t we wish to rush and earn big money and die fast…?
Well,
Not if you want to leave a legacy and live a long life and set an example that the people around you can look upto…!
The obsession that some of us have with gangsta rap is something we cannot explain to others, while we drive to our desk job or office…!
Gagg-E and Deep Dhaliwal…!
Happy Independence Day to those who are celebrating…!
I’m not that into home decor but there are certain things that I want that I will get once I get to that earning level…!
To be honest, being the only one earning in my family and spending money only on my family and essentials is something that I was taught to do…!
And when I do have some spare money or something that I can spend,
I usually buy my mom and sister something nice 😊
Because who am I without them…?
Now about the actual decor…!
We have a combination of cream and walnut brown as a basic tone of our house…!
And we have a clean and minimal decor and none of the things you see in a fancy movie where you watch a Indian household with big chandeliers or canvases spreading along the walls or ornaments that collect dust and demand regular cleaning…!
With only three people at home I think we can avoid a lot by cutting our times which would be wasted on regular cleaning and maintenance…!
I mean you can have it however you like, but there is already a lot of clutter in our home and I feel that we have to clean it every other day…!
But,
That cleaning and arranging it takes a lot of our free time and it makes no sense that we spend a chunk of our time here…!
Khair
Cleaning has to happen each day anyway and we can make it interesting by listing to some music and that brings us to the song of the day…!
You know we never forget our roots and this song takes us back to our culture and brings out in a single song how panjabi’s are…! Loud AF
Karan Aujla all the way…!
Listen to it if you have time,
The link is just above…!
Cheers 🥂(to Karan Aujla for existing and bringing Panjabi music on top…)
There are a few purchases that I regret making in life and think about how I could have saved money if I was sensible enough back then…!
But,
Today’s prompt is on the contrary,
The best purchases we have made with money-
It could be your hard earned money,
or it could have been a partial payment was made by you and rest was taken up by someone,
Or you are still paying emi’s for it…!
A purchase is a good one only if you can pay it off without worrying about how you will manage the rest…!
For me,
One of the best purchases I made for myself is the iPhone that I bought for myself,
Even if it was a second hand one, I have been using it ever since I bought it and it’s the medium that I use to connect with the world and bring you all of the posts…!
I made the payment in full and was gifted some accessories as I got it from a friend who runs a small business of selling phone accessories and it belonged to his sisters friend and they wanted to sell it because she was upgrading it..!
Khair
I ended up with this iPhone and I’m using it each and every day since then…!
There was a different happiness as it is my first apple device and I bought it from the money I earned through hardwork…!
The best purchase that I made for my mom was a smart watch…!
She wanted to track her progress and steps but she told me that she couldn’t carry her phone with her all the time,
So it was a noise smartwatch which tracks her steps, heart rate and sleep which gives her an insight into what she is doing right or wrong…!
Oh the happiness on her face when I took it out of the box and tightened it on her wrist and paired with her phone…!
And she was overjoyed to tell me that she listened and made her first call on that watch…!
Which made me realise how fast technology has changed and one day as I was returning from work I made a call and asked her if we needed anything for home…?
she recited a list and I wrote it on my phone..!
And she was overjoyed to tell me that she picked up that call on her watch and there was so much happiness on her face I couldn’t comprehend it…!
Yes the call was a bit choppy but I couldn’t bring myself to tell her that so I kept that piece of information to myself…!
These are the two of the best purchases I made the latter one is much more close to me…!
I hope you have a good day and this read brings you some nostalgia..!
What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve ever been part of?
22/07/2026@Waakiye
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
One of the funniest misunderstanding that I was a victim of was being mis-gendered…!
She’s a fellow writer and works hard each day, managing her life while taking care of her kid…!
But,
In her mind she already assigned me to be her female companion…! 😅
We had a conversation where she published a book and I stumbled across her Instagram page and bought one…!
And she assumed that I was a girl because my real name is something that can be used for both genders…!
To be honest,
She told me that she has a friend whose name is the same as mine and she’s a girl…!
And she spent years with her during her college and she assumed I might be someone from just like her female friend was who she made friends with…!
But,
At the end I made it very clear that I’m a dude who loves to write and would love to buy her newly published book which I got and read it to the last page,
And it helped me big time…!
I thought it was funny and how these simple misunderstandings can pop out of daily routine and make us remember them as funny times…!
That being said,
I am a dude IRL and I’m fond of reading and writing if someone was unaware of the fact…!
Cheers to the funny misunderstandings that bring some laughter into our lives 🥂
Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why?
18/07/2026@Waakiye
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
I woke up with a news today,
Mr Sonam Wangchuk who was sitting at the protest for all of students who are considered the future of our nation Was picked up by Delhi police who came in casual clothes around 7 or 7:30 this morning…!
Just because they wanted his health to not deteriorate anymore,
And Supreme Court passed a judgement that the state has a duty to preserve life of a person who is on an indefinite strike…!
This is the angle they chose,
To save the life of a citizen instead of thinking and acting on the demands that include removal of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
Because of 20 neet students suicide and recurring failure and lapse in education sector and job creating sector…!
A dark day in history today…!
The outdated technologies that I miss are few but I remember them because they remind me and I guess all of us the time spent with our loved ones…!
First would be cassettes…!
I remember going to places with my family and we had a cassette player installed in our car and we used to listen to old songs from movies like Mughal-e-Azam;
When I was a kid I didn’t used to understand the meaning of those when I was a kid,
But,
Now when I look back and see my father enjoying them and listening to it as a way to pass time,
I remember him happy and all of us used to enjoy them…!
Second would be the bulky tv’s
I know all of you know the tvs which were huge and had the length of an arms length and they were heavy…!
Those times are remembered because we used to sit as a family, eat dinner and enjoy the time that we had with each other at night..!
Limited were the channels but we used to watch movies together and shows which were available at that time…!
Lastly
Those close doored PCO booths
I know it might be too vintage for all of you,
But I do remember going to pco to call my grandma with my mum;
Up until we didn’t have a landline at home..!
There were other things which forced my mum to not use home phone as people at home thought of it as wrong to call her mother every time…!
We used to enjoy standing in that booth and I think I saw her crying a few times in that booth,
Which caused pain but we were not aware of what was going on…!
But,
Those technologies brought us to who we are today..!
Today I carry two phones, a laptop and many other things but the distance between us got to much broad that even with all of this connectivity we have moved far away from each other..!
(Khair)
Call a loved one today and tell them you care and if possible check up on them on video call…!
(I know the last part is a bit far fetched but maybe drop a message first..)
What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?
20/06/2026@Waakiye
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
I’m not that much into movies but I do watch when I’m with someone like a friend or a group of them and we decide on watching one;
Reading has been my forte and it has helped me grow to who I am today…!
but, there are different perspectives I gain when I’m reading it from different pov’s and it always is like a new read for me whenever I pick up a book…!
There is a TV series that I’d love to rewatch once again, and experience it once again;
It would be,
The Office
I know it might be a choice that many people might choose but, there is something so funny about the premise that makes me forget everything that is looming over my head and helps me relax as I watch clips of it on YouTube…!
I’m at a point where every other video is the pranks jim played on Dwight or a collection of bloopers that happened during the recoding, let’s not forget the deleted scenes that didn’t make the cut…!
If I can ever get to watch the whole series once again with a clean slate along with the bloopers at the end of each episode plus the deleted scenes at the end of each season it would be a blast…!
Another TV series. Well not technically TV but YouTube series would be
The Big Lez Show
It’s such a good movie that started at ms paint and led to what it is right now, I watched it a few years back as it was recommended by someone I know;
And it changed my view on Australian comedy…!
So much effort when into it and it was such a sad ending when the show came to an end that it broke something within me…!
They are still working on mini series and standalone series of characters who were the part of the main series and it is such a good recap as it brings back a lot of memories…!
These two TV shows I’d like to watch again after forgetting all of the memories that i currently have of them…!
