Waakiye

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  • Lohri celebrations and ways to communicate…!

    Lohri celebrations and ways to communicate…!

    In what ways do you communicate online?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Yes, a Lohri update is due and I plan on doing that here itself because a lot of it was extended late until 12 am and I usually go to sleep by 11 or 11:30 pm at night…!

    It was a usual work day and I returned home around 9 pm after making a pit stop to buy milk and some other daily household supplies…!

    As soon as I reached home I assembled the bowl in which we put all of the stuff to offer it to the flame that we light earlier…

    These were the main Ingredients that we bought I know there are a lot of varieties and somewhere within the mix are hidden poha(flattened rice) and til(sesame seeds)…

    We bought all of these things above; if I were to explain rewdi it would be a crisp brittle candy made out of sugar or jaggery coated with sesame seeds…!

    After putting it in the bowl we started to prepare the actual bonfire…!

    We took a deep dish in which people mix cement, and turned it into a hack of a bonfire because the place around is surrounded by marble and a few years back it actually broke the bonfire as it got heated up real quick and cooled down as the temperature reached 5 degrees celsius the next morning…

    The base of it is made using a cloth in which was wrapped camphor and we used matches to light it and thankfully the wood that we had were dry as a bone they lit up real quick…!

    A few additional participants this Lohri…!

    Our dog a beagle he was an active participant chewing on the peanuts and popcorn, he really liked rewdi and went to each one is us to have one…!

    A pic when the initial wood caught on fire…!

    And when the wood caught on fire we took seven rounds around it while we put sesame seeds in it;

    We took a handful of it and walked around the fire while putting it in the fire bit by bit until the rounds completed…!

    And as soon as the seven rounds were over we took both handful of the rewdi, popcorn and peanuts and ate some of it and put the rest gradually in the fire…!

    After that we sat around the fire by putting chairs and took the warmth all within us as we snacked on the tri-mix until we were joined by our neighbour and they sat with us and we talked for hours upon hours about life and happening…!

    Yes the litter around is of the tri mix and the flames were roaring more than usual…!
    One of our dogs a beagle who enjoyed the warmth and snacks from the hands that fed him…!
    Another one of our dogs, a street dog that we rescued and took in; looking up at us with those eyes in a hope that they will grant her with some peanuts…!
    I don’t think you can see it but we did put in a few potatoes wrapped in foil; Do let me know if you can find all five of them…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    Which I almost forgot about…!

    In what ways do I communicate online…?

    Well, communication should happen that’s what matters to me we can talk over text, maybe direct message, WhatsApp, telegram, Instagram chat and so much more more…!

    Any way that feels comfortable to the other person is suitable for me;

    I used to chat on discord with people who formed a group after an app that I was regular on shut down…!

    I prefer to discuss all of it on call because of my business nature, but there are some things that happen over text and I respect the other person’s boundaries too…!

    (Because I’ve been on both the sides…!)

    A meaningful conversation happens any-way when we begin to talk;

    The only problem is that I cannot have a conversation to kill time or pass it just because I’m bored or they’re bored…!

    Maybe that is something that I’d have to look for improving in myself,

    But other than that,

    I’m almost all times open to converse even on topics that spark fear…!

    (**An edit before uploading aren’t we having a conversation here too…?)

    What was left after the night…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Snacks and chatter about life happening…!

    Snacks and chatter about life happening…!

    What snack would you eat right now?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Another week is upon us and all of us are hitting the work hard, if you’re reading this while sitting in the cubicle, you have to know your life that exists is outside this box;

    And the work that you are doing maybe it’s moving mails here and there; it’s crucial to someone because it gives you a paycheque weekly or monthly…!

    I know you must be dead tired returning to work but someone has to do what you do right;

    And if not you then who…?

    And,

    Yes we were born with a duty that we are supposed to work to earn our feed and also for those who are dependent on us;

    And I’d like to ask you,

    What is your source of inspiration to keep on working…?

    Maybe it’s to keep on affording things that you already own, maybe you’re saving for a child that is about to bless your life, maybe it’s a push towards parenthood,

    Or maybe it’s a dog or a cat that gives you company and you work for them and you have someone to return home to…!

    A big talk of dependency that happened in the above paragraph and let us not steer away from from the prompt of the day that is-

    A snack that I would eat right now…?

    Now isn’t that convenient…!

    It’s 9:30 in the morning as I’m writing this, and I’m planning to have some right now…!

    And that was postponed because I got a haircut and now I’m sitting at home and it’s 10:10 am…!

    Well I am about to have my morning snack I.e. coffee and one of the brownies that I brought last night from a friend’s cafe…!

    Which I paid in full(even if the business owner is my friend) , remember he’s your friend but business is business, if he voluntarily gives you some discount you don’t deny it, but ask them if giving a discount works for them, only if you’re going to be a repeated customer there…

    Always pay your friend in full, and if possible buy something extra because it eventually goes to helping your friend…!

    Yup this morning’s coffee and brownie that I’m having as I’m going to write and edit all of this…!

    Well, if you’d ask me this during afternoon it would be a sub from a cafe that’s near my workplace during a workday…!

    And at night the same would transform into something that I’d for sure have in my drawer that would be some pre packed roasted nuts maybe cashew or almonds or a tong gardens party snack mixture…!

    There is always some time that can be made for snacks,

    Can’t it…?

    Also I went to watch a theatrical performance about a show called Lihaaf, it’s review and a few pictures are attached in the post that will have its link right below 👇

    Theatrical representation of Lihaaf….
    Do give it a read if you have some time on your hand…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A stranger guiding your life…!

    A stranger guiding your life…!

    Come up with a crazy business idea.

    Hey…!

    It’s a Sunday,

    Let that realisation set in…!

    Yup, the fun is over and it’s the day that you procrastinate that having just the weekend is not enough , we need at-least three days as a weekend,

    No, I don’t mean having 4 working days,

    I mean there should be 8 days in a week, I know it’s a crazy idea but, imagine you logged of at work and went to a pub or planned to hang out with your friends, meeting them over drinks,

    And if you’re sober A better option would be going with them to explore a new restaurant or visiting an art gallery with them…

    You do that on a Friday evening and do all the chores on a Saturday; if you’re not hammered enough (then you can do that on a Sunday…)

    And now, instead of crying that you weren’t able to do anything; you have a whole another day, to do what you actually wanted to do…!

    As I’m typing this, it seems like an outrageous idea for daily workers and those working in hospitality or behind counters because an additional day that they have to work would for sure break their backs…!

    So, for now this seems like an impossible idea but not for long…!

    Coming back to the prompt

    A crazy business idea here

    You know how people are dependent on technology, like you’re reading this on a device, maybe a pc, laptop, tablet or even your phone…!

    And you’re hooked on it for hours upon hours, and no one can get you off it, maybe your parents have already dozed off but you aren’t able to so you get up, leaving your phone and stare at the night sky,

    And there aren’t any stars even the moon like you used to see when you were a little kid, maybe the level of pollution is too high and you don’t have anyone to talk about how you’re feeling…!

    So you call us on our number where a person who will discreetly come within a few minutes, and take you to out for tea or coffee no matter what the time is and they will drive you too…!

    Have tea with you and hear all of your problems and try to find optimum solutions;

    It would not be a subscription based because not all the time you need this sort of support, but that system would be available for long term users…!

    I hope I have cleared most of the people who were here to copy the idea or used ChatGPT to generate their ideas…!

    Additional filter

    It would be complex and crazy at the same time, a person or a guide would take you back in time to your childhood or some time before(this is a critical piece of information…)

    And you’d see the life of your parents before you were born, and how they lived their lives,

    And for an extra charge they’d let you explore your hereditary path, letting you trace your origin back to maybe a 3 or 4 generations(nothing more than that…)

    Anything more than that and it becomes an anomaly that all of the scientists who are looking for a single being that started all of our origin…

    And they are there to give you an experience that you could never ever achieve because after a lot of consideration this idea comes to you that you need to be aware of your lineage…!

    I know it’s a crazy idea for now, but we are not far from the time by that ai explodes exponentially and lets us form technology that can help us achieve this dream in our near future…!

    Well that’s it for a Sunday morning because it’s 7:30 in the morning for me and I started to think about writing this at 6 in the morning…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Different perspectives and goals that affect us…!

    Different perspectives and goals that affect us…!

    What could you do differently?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    First thing it’s scary that it’s only Wednesday today when this could have already been a Thursday for me,

    And we are already first week into the new year as we speak…!

    Another lie that I cannot seem to believe at all…!

    Well I’ve felt that time flies past quickly these days; but I’ve never ever felt such haste…

    Coming to the prompt because thinking that makes me go crazy…!

    What could I do differently…?

    Another one of those broad questions of you ask me,

    I mean what i could to differently in life, at work, at relationships or what; the horizon is so broad…!

    Well for beginning,

    I want to be up early and stay awake for the some time and complete work that I’ve taken upon myself (writing short stories and some skits…)

    Second would be to have enough energy left to join a gym after work because that is something I want to involve myself in…

    Third would be to be more active and great at conversation and keeping up either my friendships and relationships that I have with people (both in and outside of work…)

    The last would be to be a better person than who I am right now, because there is suffering that I see around me, but I’m not that loaded that I can help everyone that I see;

    So I just want to be in a better place so that I can help those around me, well if not strangers I’d be happy to help those who are a part of my family by helping them get up on their feet and give them a much needed boost that will pull them out of their slow and stagnant life…(only if they need my help…)

    There are many things that can be done differently, much of it depends on the perspective of self and those who is affected by the change isn’t it…?

    Well to a better future shall we tread…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • A billboard promoting mental health…!

    A billboard promoting mental health…!

    If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

    Hey…!

    I hope all of you are doing well …!

    There’s something that I want to try,

    I don’t know what time zone all of you are in but, my last post which I made by sheer accident late at night got many likes and views,

    So I’m trying something that makes absolutely no sense right now, but nothing hurts if it gives the content that I write a boost…!

    Well,

    When it will be uploaded,

    Most of my day would be already over,

    And I’d be home probably trying to have dinner or already in my bed that I cleaned this morning trying to sleep…!

    Coming back to the prompt,

    A freeway billboard(first time I’m hearing this because there are no such things here in India…)

    But I guess it would be either promoting my business or this writing work that I do;

    I know there are many billboards that also play videos;

    Maybe I could make an advert to promote safe driving by making an ad that tells to not drink and drive;

    Or,

    Another one would be to be on a proper sleep before driving because that causes a lot of accidents ;

    It wouldn’t truly be mine without having something in writing that separates my content from others;

    So it would be catchy;

    Like-

    One of my Instagram posts

    Like this one (⬇️)

    And this would be in an auto shuffle if it’s a working billboard or it would be collapsed into a single one when it is needed…!

    I know it wouldn’t be an immediate hit,

    But it would linger enough to make people search it,

    Maybe click on the link and watch the whole post…!

    That’s exactly how I feel…!

    With that being said it would be a great thing to see and look at,

    And I’d click my photo standing under it too,

    And it’s going to make people around me proud too…!

    A whole billboard belonging to me,

    I’d call it a dream come true…!

    Until next time…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • An unusual coffee date…!

    An unusual coffee date…!

    Extremely tiresome it was as I was returning home,

    Gruelling hours put in a job that made my life miserable,

    And I hate myself for being stuck in a rut,

    That made me question the choices that left me in such a place;

    Home was still a few hours away,

    As I stood at that light waiting for it to turn green,

    So that I could drive to an empty home,

    Eat the food and maybe try to sleep in early,

    But I knew I was kidding myself;

    As I looked around,

    I found a rustic cafe,

    And from the see-through partially tinted windows I saw,

    I saw a set of eyes,

    Those eyes scanned the world running away from it;

    As I stared into those,

    They looked like pools of honey in the warm light of the cafe,

    After a while,

    Our eyes matched and she stared back at her cup,

    After looking at the empty seat she stared back outside;

    A stranger’s eyes were better than staring at an empty seat they thought,

    So, I made a U-turn,

    Parked my car and went into the cafe,

    As our eyes met,

    She looked at the chair in front of her and those eyes told me to take a seat;

    As I sat,

    And placed an order of flat white while she sipped on her coffee,

    It was supposed to be a date but he ditched me,

    Something came up,

    “Of course it does…”

    But I’m grateful for that;

    A few things came to our office too,

    That’s the sole reason I stayed late and left at such an odd hour,

    As she took another sip,

    The waiter brought me my flat white;

    Before I could,

    She told me to wait a moment,

    Because they serve it extremely hot,

    On sipping I burnt my lip and tongue,

    But I played it off;

    As she stared at me,

    Thinking it didn’t hurt,

    But deep down she knew it did,

    And enquired about it,

    I tried to refuse but my face told her the truth;

    In that moment of laughter and cheerfulness,

    She told me,

    “It feels good that she was ditched now..”

    As I let out a little laughter,

    And told her,

    “Maybe things do happen for good…”

    Like me returning from my 9-to-5 job at 8:30 at night;

    “You still have it well,

    I used to work where they forced us to work overnight” she told me

    There we were,

    Trauma dumping,

    laughing at each other’s miseries,

    Letting out a few laughs,

    And then sipping on our coffees;

    As it was our last sip,

    Out of nowhere I wanted to do a toast,

    As I raised my cup,

    And held our fate hostage;

    “Cheers on being ditched, Yet finding someone to have a coffee with so late at night…!”

    A laughter then another,

    As she shed a few tears thinking about her fate,

    And thanked me for making her night one to remember…

    As we walked outside,

    A ride waited for her that was supposed to take her home,

    She shared her number and told me to call her when I reached home,

    And after G0d knows how many years,

    I waited,

    And waited to reach home…!

    -Fin-

    A short story I witnessed and expanded on today as I sat at the coffee table…!

  • In a Loud World, Find Someone Who Listens

    In a Loud World, Find Someone Who Listens

    What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s another Sunday and I hope you went to bed sooner than you expected;

    You won’t believe the response that I got from people they believed that it would be better to just stay in, spend some time with their family or stay indoors maybe with a friend after grabbing a bottle, sharing it and crashing at their place or letting them crash at your place;

    This was more of a response I got;

    Some were like my parents aren’t home so I will spend the night with my boyfriend/girlfriend and there were a few who decided to go out to drink or have food…!

    A wild change has been brought by the year 2026 into the lives of people that live around us;

    Maybe a change was indeed needed, to be self introspective and knowing who is right and who to keep alongside you and people are doing that this year;

    Filtering and cutting their circle to a few good people instead of a bunch of people who show up just because they get a free treat out of you…!

    Coming back to the prompt;

    What would be the greatest gift someone could ever give me…?

    For me it would be their Trust and Genuine presence;

    Imagine knowing someone and you fully trust them with your secrets, your life and anything that goes on in it;

    And when something goes wrong they show up to put you in your arms and gently bring you from a scary place back into this world;

    I really have to thank the almighty for putting someone like that in my life;

    They have been a sort of pillar in my life that I can take support of when nothing else is going right and they also guide me when nothing is going right in my life;

    One of the most important things;

    They become a place where I can freely say out things without being judged and they let me know when I’m in the right headspace or not;

    And they always listen to me keenly whenever or whatever I have to speak about;

    The last part is extremely important;

    And there aren’t many who just listen to you, because this is a fast paced world and everyone has their priorities,

    But can you imagine having someone like that…!

    I’m extremely blessed…!

    Also this goes both ways,

    If you want to be with a person who has all of this qualities, you will have to be one such person beforehand;

    By being someone like that before you will find yourself in a place where you will help people out too by hearing them and providing them with comfort and then you will find yourself in a place where you are surrounded by many such people who are like that…!

    With that being said,

    Their trust and genuine presence in your life would be the optimum answer for this prompt…!

    Take it slowly it’s a Sunday morning, I know you are going to wake up late and then contemplate your day maybe your life later;

    But,

    Find someone to talk to, a genuine connection;

    The comments box are free here…! 😁

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye

  • A dream that didn’t come true…!

    A dream that didn’t come true…!

    What colleges have you attended?

    Hey…

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    Whew, the weekend is upon us finally and I hope all of you are now ready to finally let loose because what a week it was,

    I remember celebrating new year then going back to work in the morning 😭😔;

    But not today;

    All of the work can be done on Monday and all the enjoyment happens today and some tomorrow(I.e. a Sunday)

    Coming back to the prompt,

    What colleges have I attended;

    I’m letting you know this once,

    I actually missed all of the college life because of some financial issues that we coincidentally got when I was supposed to be a part of the college and pursue my dreams;

    It was back in 2017 and I was supposed to take admission in the college of my choice;

    But it was outright refused by my father as he laid the facts in-front of me, it was very shocking and devastatingly cruel thing that happened to me, because entirety of my dream came to a collapse;

    So I had to pursue another course from an open university,(Du SOL)

    All of the material was available to pick from their office and I spent my whole three years going back and forth once to the place and the rest of the time I spent my time preparing from home;

    Later I was pushed into joining the family business which wasn’t a part of my curriculum at all and that led to technically destroying whatever I learnt from the place because I started the work from the grime and learnt as I went upwards;

    Well that sad story is supposed to be told another day;

    I wish all of you readers a very happy new year and I hope your dreams come true this year;

    Try to reflect on life sometimes, see how your child or your partner or even a stranger would react once they come to know your actions and story from someone else…!

    Would they be happy or sad or outright refuse to play your part;

    This becomes a very powerful reminder to amend or change your ways…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Involving self into some sports and the impact of Roblox

    Involving self into some sports and the impact of Roblox

    Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

    Hey..!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    It’s second of january and I hope all of you are still working hard to move according to your goals,

    This might be too soon,

    But,

    As many people I’ve talked to, they haven’t set any concrete goals for the year and the fact that they don’t have anything that pushes them above and beyond to work hard enough to gain something that they dreamt of earlier…!

    Maybe the depreciation value of rupee is to blame, maybe it’s the fact that anything and everything that we buy costs more than what it should…!

    Maybe the widespread distrust in the fact that it would get any better than what currently is going on…!

    For me it’s the fact that new year came on the weirdest day, a Thursday…!?

    Some people are sending me messages today, and I got confused for a second myself;

    Like “ I hope I didn’t wish people New Year’s wishes a day ahead…!”

    But I didn’t and I wasn’t wrong…!

    I don’t know what’s up with that…?

    Well,

    Coming back to the prompt;

    This prompt couldn’t have come at a good time,

    One of my goals this year is to include actual time to sports or something that I consider playtime…!

    I have a nephew that comes to my home and wants me to play Roblox with him, and I kid you not within 15-20 minutes entirety of my brain starts to hurt 😢(and he plays it for hours upon hours…!!!)

    Sometime he wants to play “rivals” a first person shooter game..

    and

    Sometimes he just plays (I don’t know if I’m saying the name right…!)

    “Steal a/the brainrot…”

    And let me tell you something,

    The entire premise of the game,

    “Is to steal a freaking brainrot and keep your base safe and locked, maybe buy some of them and level up(which I haven’t found out how do to it as of yet…?!)”

    No I wasn’t speaking gibberish, it is the actual game and the actual truth…!

    But,

    Yeah I want to involve myself in some sort of sport like badminton or table tennis, because that’s what we played when I was young and we enjoy it a whole lot now when we make time to play,

    Which is also replaced by a mini game in Roblox…🥲🥲

    Something that says playtime to me means that can be free of the stresses that this world brings to me and I feel refreshed and satisfied;

    To end up with clear mind after playing for a good hour or 45 minutes…!

    After which I end up focusing better on things that need my actual attention;

    Well, Friday is upon us and I wish all of you to take it slow, maybe you postponed the parties and plans to the weekend and this counts as the last working day of the week, so work hard today and party tomorrow…!

    I hope you have someone dear to you or a loved one with whom you can spend time with this year;

    Maybe go out for a treat or surprise each other with some gifts,

    Because at the end of the day,

    It’s only you and them who will stay;

    The rest will go back to their own safe space and forget all about you until they see you once again at work or passing by on the street somewhere…!

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍

  • Taking over 2026 with consistency

    Taking over 2026 with consistency

    What are your biggest challenges?

    Hey…!

    I hope all of you are doing well…!

    A new year is upon us, an I wish all of you readers a very happy new year 🥳

    With a new year comes a new goal to align ourselves to a dream that all of us have in our minds,

    It could be to live a fit and healthy life, adopt a good habit even kick a bad one out of your life;

    The slate is blank for all of us…

    And how we tread forward determines our commitment to our goals that we plan to complete by the end of this year…

    Coming back to the prompt;

    The biggest challenge for me or any writer is being consistent with everything that we do,

    And that too differently each day by bringing a version of ourselves out to this world to witness;

    Well all of us know that we have to be consistent, but each day is not a productive one, some days you just struggle to get out of your bed, some days you are up at 4 or 5 working hard without letting anyone know…!

    And that’s how the life of a content creator is;

    Each day is spent creating or finding new views on life or a vision to view it differently than the rest of us;

    That’s what makes us different from others that exist on this planet…!

    With that being said;

    Treat yourself today, it’s a new year, buy that dress you like or a device;

    Or

    Start to save for something that you plan to buy this year from today;

    That’s how we will make it in this year 2026;

    With sole dedication and stubbornness to achieve what we dream…!

    A very happy new year 🥳

    Cheers 🥂

    Love Waakiye 🤍