Well this question is a curveball, my favourite websites, the answer to this question has changed so much in such a short time that even I cannot fathom the change when I look back at it…
Earlier when there weren’t any streaming services and we had to watch movies/videos, only thing available was a shabby copy of it online, sometimes a torrent file other times a website whose name isn’t coming to mind right now but those were the good old days;
Nowadays they’re replaced by Netflix prime Hulu and whatnot, leeching money away from us slowly and steadily…
These days the media that we consume is replaced by shorts i.e. YouTube and Instagram (YT shorts and reels) being one of the most easily consumed short length media which effectively eats up all the time until you remember to look away from the screen and it’s 2 am in the morning and you have work at 9:30 😭…
Even I watch some anime there’s a website called Animekai it’s a bit tricky to operate a little slow but when you get a hang of it it feels like the world has brought it to you firsthand…
For writing this is the app that I prefer WordPress where I can freely write what I feel to my content and call them truly my own,
I’ve had my series of problems, content deleted without notification, a few apps shutdown so I had to scramble to get all of my stuff copied because they wouldn’t give me an official copy when needed, but still there’s no hatred in mind for no one…
And this place is what I call my own where I can truly be who and what I like to be…
For music I use
YTmusic(YouTube music for short),
A single subscription for my family allows me to use it and I use it to my full content because I love to listen to music no matter the borders that we are bound in by the people…
With that being said this post comes to an end,
I hope your Sunday goes well and the coming week is a bit soft on you…
There’s so much fascinating things that happened in our past that piques my interest, but if I were to point out a single one of them it would definitely be partition of my country INDIA…
Aftermath of that are still faced to this day, I’ve seen people without purpose and reason just existing on this side and on the other side too, sometimes all one does is question themselves are they born on the right side…?
Being from a family whose ancestors travelled from what is now Pakistan and settled here in India a sense of love and friendship still exists somewhere in this heart of ours, even though a lot of bloodshed happened in retaliation of which we also picked arms and caused harm of equal or more intensity…
Imagine leaving your friends, your ancestral home, your neighbours, your world behind and travelling beyond the line that was etched onto a map and now enforced by setting up boundaries and on it army personnel letting you pass only after checking…
It was chaos, there was so much loss and the place that my ancestors settled was covered in grass that was as high as knees length which contained mutilated body parts of the people who resided here before us who became victim of the violence that took place which uprooted them from the very place that they settled in to raise their young ones…
It was such a horrific incident that the survivors still tell us the tales of the horrors they saw from their very two eyes and all of it plays in their mind like it happened last night…
A truly horrible happening that shaped our very core, fascinating all those who decide to step into this thought of process and try to feel how they must have endured it all…
Today’s prompt is a good one, and it categorizes the life and its teaching into two main points, how you grew up, what sort of beliefs you have, what sort of beliefs were you provided and, what sort of beliefs you accepted and adapted yourself with them…
For me, I seek security with a touch of adventure…
I’d go for a new dish at a restaurant, every once in a while, and order the usual on the regular days, and if I don’t like it, I won’t send it back, but, save it as an adventure that went the other way…
When we go out, and there is a new experience to achieve, I’ll think about it for a while, and if it’s not as safe as it looks, I won’t do it, but, at the same time, the adventurous me looks at the scared me, and speaks nothing when my mind warns me about the safety issue…
The same happens in the workplace, if there is something a pitch or an idea that involves some amount of risk factors, but the outcome of it shall place me at a higher level than those around me, I’d happily opt in and research it through and through, and bring it up in meetings or in private too, but, with a lot of calculations, I’d consider it, if it was worthy of taking the risk or not…
Generally, it happens that all of us take a mix of it, a sense of security comes in when there is too much to lose, and a sense of adventure comes in when we don’t have much care, but, consequences of it still are there on one’s mind, making it worthy of taking the risk…
That’s it for the day, enjoy the last day of your day off today, spend some time being productive and preparing for the days that are yet to come…
The use of social media has changed significantly for me in the past couple of years. From the outside perspective, it would look like a drastic change.
Earlier I used to spend a lot of time on social media. I was just scrolling away from one app to another. but, these days it’s the polar opposite…
Any spare time I have is spent jotting down ideas. I feel these ideas will hit the right bone, or they will help develop my consciousness. This will give me a better insight into someone’s life…
Initially, I used it just to chat my time away. But this social media has helped me meet beautiful souls who aren’t just expressive. They are also much better writers than I am. Because of social media, we managed to connect with each other.
I would be here writing, editing, and making images just for my social media handles. Also, I would also be working on my blog. It was like shooting arrows in the dark…
I still haven’t got used to the type of change it has brought. I have had to undergo many changes to become a better version of myself. All for the best, isn’t it …?
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
What we see here is an effort to grow from a point where even the mere thought of existence is a threat, but here we still are, still trying to make the best out of the situation that this life throws us in, and just like this bud growing from a crack in the wall, this seed has had a life too, and, I wish to hear his side of the story too…
The prompt of this day, forced me to think the duality of the life I am living…
One where I manage and run a business, another one where I do all of this writing, it has been a chaotic mix of feeling thing and tirelessly working my b|_|tt off..
All of us know that living two lives within these 24 hours isn’t possible but we all have to manage right…?
The most productive I am during work is the afternoon hours, i.e. 12 pm to 3 pm, but, it’s the exact opposite for this writing between 12 am to 3 am;(IST)
Waking up early to set things in order, and then working on them including this blog, and Instagram post before I have to leave for work, the fine line between night and day blemishes, and for weeks it feels like I haven’t taken a day off, but, the show must go on…
So, I think you get a gist of the type of broken schedule I live on, necessarily the dependent on caffeine is hard and takes a toll on this mind and body too…
But, both parts of my life requires different strengths, different capabilities, very drastic shifts in focus, and, with that I need to have a very cool, calm and a composed mind…
But, from the chaos that I’m in, generates a world so vivid and well versed, that it feels almost surreal..
And, this is the type of blessing I seeked all along, to live a vivid, beautiful life with, hard work too so i can get a good nights sleep…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
That’s how I am staring at nothingness some of these days…
Today’s prompt forced me into exploring my notes app and the pad that I carry on me, he|| even the conversations I’ve had with people up until this point…
It was and has been a fever dream of sorts, I’ve talked on human psychology (of all age),
I’ve talked about love, pretty vocal about two people meeting and some intimate scenes too, (I don’t know if they are safe to upload here…?)
I’ve talked about addiction (its consequences too…) and numerous stories about people finding true love, some about losing their better halves, and many losing their lives too…
There were many a things that shaped me into who i am today and i utilize them wholly even the little things that i see as I’m driving from or to work…
But all of this for a cause greater than life itself, to provide each and every one of you a version of life that’s unseen from a place that isn’t explored by many, even if we all have it, what we call our mind…
It is maybe due to meeting people from so many different fields, some being doctors, aspirants of government jobs, psychology students, teachers of high schools, businessman/women and many more that are skipping my mind…
All in, it has been a journey that is to be remembered forever, and it shall be with the type of influence I’ve got from these godsend people…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
This is the one place where I found myself, the essence of self, the being that I am today, there were a lot of problems that came within the path of reaching this place, but when I stood there, and took this picture the breathtaking view absorbing all of it in, it felt like I found a new love for the things the same things that existed back home…
When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?
Hey,
I hope you all are doing well…!
One of the biggest risks that I’ve taken on till date is to start all of this,
Yes, this writing;
No one in my family had what is called a said knack for writing,
So, All I’ve been doing is hitting it day in day out, without skipping one day,
Also managing my business where I work by hand (because I love to do that…)
There isn’t any said time that I can afford to take out of my day for writing specifically,
but, the ideas that I jot down in my note’s app are really good ones, and one day I will start to share them in the form of stories or maybe some short one-two liners that work here…
Part of the risk is that some days these posts have a better reach, even though I just reached 20 posts here last morning, But,
Being a writer means that you have to tackle this world along with the fight that goes on within, to be expressive sometimes vocal about your dreams and wants,
But,
At the end of the day you can get a good night’s sleep knowing you wrote and expressed how you felt, and maybe changed an aspect of someone reading your posts…
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
There’s no such thing as the next moment, until there’s a proof of existence that was acknowledged by someone around you, i.e. your proof of existence is confirmed by those who are around you who know you, like you; and when one shall return to the form that it all began from their presence shall be remembered and the words unspoken shall be regretted forever…
Even though I’m quite a reserved person, there are some things that give birth to nervousness within me….
Being the person that I am, I’m not that open to new experiences and if I want to experience new ones, it feels like my mind already has planned all of the outcomes even before I am to undergo the “Said” experience…
For example;
I once went to a theatrical play and I was running late, I had a fixed seat which I booked a few weeks in advance.
On reaching there a little late, the host had already opened with the introductions.
…….
As I entered and looked for my seat and saw someone else sitting in mine, on telling them this was my seat,
He told me he had a seat in the middle somewhere which he booked outside the hall, can I take that one..?
On telling him that I couldn’t because I booked this seat weeks prior and I will sit here;
Nervousness creeped in as he didn’t get up even after asking politely, and after that in a stern voice, after a few moments the staff came in as he stated to raise his voice against me.
Knowing this was a public place, and they reserved the right for our admission, as I showed them the ticket and he was politely told to go to his seat, which he refused.
On pausing the play for a moment all the lights were lit, and the said person was told to move to his seat or to be escorted out of the venue by security.
The smug look on his face now wiped clean as he murmured something in his mouth and squeezed himself to his seat in the middle..
That thing made me quite nervous.
But thankfully I booked in advance and the staff were really helpful…!
Overall, A good day that was.
Apart from me losing my sh|t there.
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye
The first pic I took as I reached the destination after transversing through roads that were small and had a great abyss on the other side; the hazy memories of those times stay just like these pictures in my mind!!!
Theres a reason I don’t go without a face mask outside my house, I might not be popular in any way but I have a lot of people that recognize me from way back, and to be honest being disregarded for being myself for the last two years, I chose to cut everyone but two, they’re my brothers and i shall till the end of time be available for them because they were too…
This is something that happened 8 years back and i still remember it crystal clear as it happened just yesterday…
There was a program that was supposed to take place in our high school and being one of those who was supposed to be a part of the management (student board), it was mine and this one girl’s duty to manage the smooth flow of the entire program without any complications;
Tbh I have been the type of person who loves to work alone, that way I can control all the variables and get the work done faster than having to spend time discussing and waiting for a half-baked response that would have no base or wouldn’t even have any concrete base…
Thats the type of person i was back then still am…
It was the schedule of this program we were told four weeks in advance that it was supposed to take place, and we were to work however we could within the school provided budget, so there were these 3 weekends that were in between the date we were told it was supposed to take place thinking we had enough time i took it to myself to budget, thinking of equipment that we’d require and had to acquire and all the technical things…
During our lunch break a girl from the board visited me being from the other stream, on enquiring about what was needed she told me to come to the cafeteria area during the last period if it was free, coincidentally it was free as the teacher that we had was on leave during that time;
On finding her waiting, the cute face, cat eyed glasses, grey and white school dress, and simplistic watch on her left hand in which she held an apple which she was gnawing on every other minute;
Being the socially awkward person I was back then, I just came up to her and put my bag down in front of her, we exchanged greetings and i asked “if the was something that she needed from the cafeteria?”
On hearing my offer,she thought to herself a bottle of apple ocean would be nice…! I said okay and got up and went to the stall that had what we needed…
As i returned with two coffees and a bottle of electrolyte water, she was surprised of sorts, no-one brought her things she said on a whim, but she did thank me for it…
As we began discussing the plan, how and what we would need for the smooth flow of the plan, before any other thing could leave her mouth, I handed her the document requiring all of the stuff needed, all the people that we needed to contact and along with it their contact details, and minimum budget required for all of the things and with them the alternatives if the one mentioned weren’t available;
Reading the document of 10 pages and in awe of me she asked “if i knew this was supposed to take place weeks before because all of us were told yesterday only…?
Yeah i told her slyly as i already knew something like this was supposed to happen around this time watching it from last 3 years and all of our seniors butchered it ruthlessly…
So I prepared it weeks before and finalized it yesterday, … There was silence for a few minutes as she scanned the document, and in awe she looked at me the moments after as I had cracked open my cold coffee and began sipping it;
How…? How do you already have things ready on which we have to spend the next week and a half…? We have all that we want and need, for the entirety of the plan, all that remains is going to the places, negotiating and buying the things that are needed, which could be done over this weekend…!!!
How did you manage all of this that too all on your own…?
That’s how it has been from the past 1.5 years, I’ve given my very best and you know how smooth the fest has taken place the last year too…
Before coming to you, I submitted a copy to the president of the student board and the teacher in charge too…
Is there something else that you needed…?
NO, I mean yeah, I thought we’d spent time jotting down things needed and spend actual time buying and arranging all of the items and such…
That is something that can be left on the teachers and upper management, the final negotiation and things are to be approved by them only..!
I pushed the other coffee that I bought towards her and as she opened it her face sulking as she took a sip out of it…
Having zero clue what has happened and what was supposed to happen, as the last bell rang, marking the day to be over…
I started to pack my things, As I told her, “there’s an afternoon class that I am supposed to take, and if i didn’t leave within 10 minutes I’d be late to that…”
Having no clue what has happened, she also packed her bag and started to stand up and walk towards the gate with me…
And on reaching outside the gate, my path went to the left and Her’s to the right,
In a low voice she hummed, “If you wouldn’t have done all of that we could spend the weekend discussing and planning all of it over the weekend at each other’s place or some cafe…”
HUH?, I asked, is there something that you’d like to add or remove from the list, maybe we can discuss it over call or something…?
Her mind running haywire that her plans were spoiled, She ignored my last line.. (My mind thinking she was trying to leech off my work just by being seen with me working on something…)
As we parted ways, She began walking down her and I went down mine, She met one of her friends and I met one of mine, Looking back at each other our eyes met…
NEVER TO MEET AGAIN..
(How stupid it was of me…)
Cheers🥂 (To the fool I was back then…)
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“Ever had a moment like this , when you realized something too late? Drop a comment, I’d love to hear your version of what could’ve been.“
Love Waakiye
This is exactly how I walked my way back home that day and whenever I remember how much I fumbled back then….
Hey, how are you guys doing? i hope all of you are doing well…
Do you ever wonder why we feel an urge to unwind, why are we so overworked, why do we feel dead when we return home, indulge in some vices, eat and then fall asleep…?
Thats what the essence of us humans have been reduced to..?
I’m talking from experience I get up around 7 and do my morning routine, and when i look up its around time to leave for work, tripping over things in a rush i get ready and leave for work, where i endlessly tire myself for 10+ hours 6 days a week…
I mean if that’s what i have to do to earn my keep i shall do it till the end of time or the end of me…
But, the unwinding from the day’s stresses has a lot of meaning for me, somedays i just open a bottle of liquor, somedays its just me taking a scenic route back home, somedays its just having a cup of tea/coffee from the place that i am a frequent of, somedays i just talk to my friend and make plans for the day off that coincides with our plans, somedays i just watch come serial/movie that piques my interest, somedays it’s just taking pictures of things that bring peace to me..
Somedays it just me rotting in bed scrolling through a bunch of apps endlessly like the life that i live in, and that brings me no happiness at all, it’s something that i do till my eyes shut down on their own…
You know proper unwinding is only when you feel refreshed from the last day’s chaos, but that hasn’t happened in so long that it feels like a foreign concept, nothing that I could ever achieve…
To the life that is remaining which shall be spent chasing things that bring peace…
Cheers 🥂
An image that exists on a day that was so tiring that it almost took my life, as I was driving back home I saw these exact colors and hues, so I stopped and took a pic to remember this day and end it on a higher note…
Waakiye 