Tag: memories

Delayed Advance payments and making exercises fun…!

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well..!

A hard day at work yesterday was,

Had a kill a few tasks by the end of the day and we secured a new order from a business that earlier used to deal with us directly,

But,

Now they have put an intermediary party that secures all of the material that is required to run their business;

A convenience for them,

But,

It waivers that dealings that we had with them and counts as a fresh start,

To which we said that we won’t work without an advance payment;

—-

And when this advance figure comes in,

It becomes difficult for all of us;

The order has already been delayed a week and a half because we didn’t receive one,

And after getting a minimal amount that doesn’t even begins to dent the total value,

We told them to give us at least 30% of the deal but they are still saying that we will give it to us in a day or so…!

Like we will start working without securing at least the amount of material that is required to accomplish the task…!

—

Because this is the first time we are dealing with them,

And they thought that we would work without any advance payment just because they supply to a company that we used to deal with…!

Things we deal with on the daily..!😅

Grown men acting like we are going to run away with their money after being in the business for 60+years,

Even after they got a confirmation from the company they are going to take it to,

To contact us for the material and final product…!

🤷🤷🤷

Coming back to the prompt

Fun ways to exercise

Well,

Let me begin you by telling you that I thought working out or even getting at least half hour maybe an hour of walk was trivial and no fun at all…!

But,

As soon as I found a way to pair it with an activity that gives me a sense of detachment from it,

While giving me motivation to continue on for longer,

It becomes easier…!

First one would be to involve a friend or a partner—

in the exercise or a set of exercises that you are doing…!

It creates a sense of friendly competition and pushes you to do better each day as they keep you or you keep them pushing in the at direction…!

A fun and interesting way to keep exercising…!

Second would be involve a pet,

Maybe go on longs walks while exploring a newfound place or take them on a hike,

Which pushes both you and them at the same time…!

Deepening the bond you have with them,

Make sure to carry some treats to appreciate their correct behavior and also keep a rubber stick to protect them from other things that might cause them harm…!

Third would be taking guidance from a trainer;

And this would better happen within closed doors like a gym or another training facility;

And under their guidance it would be better to work out or exercise while they improve your form and action…!

At last all of it would be supplemented by music,

Which gives me a boost and a will to work harder and push myself to my limits…!

In a crux,

Either working out with a partner/friend,

A pet or a personal trainer ;

Would be the way to go and make it fun;

If you’re a loner like me,

You can follow hiit workouts or basic exercises while sitting at home and seeing it on your phone or having a trainer in virtual to guide you…!

It can be fun if you work at a pace that build and maintains you even if you’re all alone…!

Isn’t it…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/04/2026

A letter penned to those who are long gone…!

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Yesterday’s prompt ended with a tragic news—

A paternal aunt,

Well the last surviving one,

passed away in her sleep…!

I wasn’t able to go because we are hosting the marriage of my sister this month;

Neither me, my mom nor my sister were able to go;

—

So,

My uncle went with his son,

To Ambala, Haryana;

Where she breathed her last…!

—

All I felt as I went to work were the blues and a sense of loss,

Because I do remember that we were talking about inviting her and her family by going to her residence this weekend…!

—

(Khair…)

Can we say anything in-front of the face of death,

Except—

Accepting the fate and clearing up all the problems and confusions…?

Coming back to the prompt

An already answered prompt…!

😅

No,

I’m not joking…!🙃

Here’s the proof…!

And I believe in not answering the same question in the same way without much considerable changes in the environment or the context of the question

I’ll be sharing what I wrote some time before but made the final edits yesterday…!

Which continued to reflect on death and its sweet nature..!

Kyaa Maut Khoobsurat Nahi…?

Aap ek baar—

Aakhri baar milte ho unko,

Jinka parbhaav thaa aapki zindagi par;

Aur,

Uske baad yaa toh woh shav lakkad’on ke havale hota ha;

Ya woh Kisi casket main,
iss dharti ke naam ho jaata ha;

Ya safed kapde main lapet,
Woh kisi kabar main dafan ho jaata hai;

——

Ek baar,

Bas ek baar mauka hota ha unko dekhne ka,

Unki chavi apne mann main utarne kaa,

Bass,

Bass ek mauka milta ha Unko aakhri baar,

Apni zindagi main—
Apni is choti se chaar dinon ke zindagi main,
Unko dekhne ka;

——
Aur uske baad kyaa…?
——

Kya yaad aata ha kisi paraye ko…?

Kya yaad aata ha kisi gair ko…?

Kya kisi ke khyaal main bhee aata ha unka chehra—

unke Kareebi’on ko chord;

—

Jo aaye unse,

Jinka unke saath roz ka milna,

Jinke saath bitaaye woh khushi ke pal,

Aur woh,
Jinke saath zindagi jeene ka waada kar baithe thay;

—

Unke bhee chet main aaye kabhi kabhaar abh woh chehra,

Dunya toh kabh kaa bhulaa deti hai;

—

Kabhi iss layak ho paaye toh akhbaar main patti lagwane par,

Kisi bande ke chet main aaye toh woh phone kar le,

Warna samay kiske paas itna jo mere saath baithe,
Dukh farol’ay—

Kya aisa hee hona mere saath…?


Kuch pal unn ghar walo kee yaadon main,
Aur phir kabhi kabhaar;

Par khusi iss baat kee,
Kee aaj bhee yaad aate hain,

Nahi nikle poore tareeke se,
Mere mann se—

Kya karu…?
Aaj bhee yaad aate ha,
bohot yaad aate hain,
Jo chale gaye mujhse dur—
—
—

Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

Jaane ke kayi saalon baad bhee yaad aate hain,

Woh jinka saaya aaj hamare aas-paas nahi,

Par kahi,
apne aap ko sukoon,
ke,
kisi tareeke se bacha rahe ha humay,

Woh jo gaye hamse dur…!!!

Kya,
Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

A treat to all those who went through the trials and tribulations of time and still remember their loved ones…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

02/04/2026

My morning ritual and A sad news…!

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

The boon/bane of doing this daily is that whenever there is a problem with grammar,

Punctuation,

Or anything related to the English language;

.

All of it is aimed at you,

Oh we know you write,

Can you look at something…?

And that something is a three page paragraph or an official looking letter that has to be submitted to the school or a bank…!

🫩

Other than that recently,

I was tasked to develope the wedding card that invites all the family members,

And let me tell you something…!

.

Each time I read it,

It feels like I don’t know how to write;

😢

Because I see mistakes,

And mistakes,

Sometime in English sometime in Panjabi;

.

And to get a fresh perspective,

I read it in the morning and come across new mistakes each time…!

😫

(Khair)

I’ll be finalising it today and giving it to print—

If things work out;

About the day before,

It was tightly packed and some of the work that was left will be completed today;

Most of the work yesterday was of turning and forming shapes of round metal blanks into the required ones…!

The same will happen today and I hope I will be free soon and will come back home to shop for essentials for the wedding…!

Coming back to the prompt

My morning ritual…!

Often the alarm wakes me up at seven in the morning,

But,

some days it automatically happens that my eyes open at 6 or 6:20 like today…!

.

When my eyes open, I wake up and check today’s prompt and mould my thinking into a certain way that takes shape into this days prompt…

.

After spending a few minutes on the phone,

I leave my bed and freshen up;

Wash my face,

brush my teeth and use the restroom…!

.

I usually eat a fruit or two before heading out for my morning walk,

where I plan my entire day,

And all the things that are supposed to happen…!

.

While I’m on the walk I write the morning prompt and pen down things that I have to do;

The tasks that I have to accomplish today,

While that happens,

The mind makes assumptions and sets targets on its own;

.

I come back wash my face and hands because my pet joins me on the walk too,

And

I pet her oh so much…!

—

Later,

I have my morning coffee and talk with my family,

Take a bath and leave for work after wishing them Goodbye…!

.

That’s the first few hours of my routine,

And the rest follows…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

A tragic news…

—

I just got the news that one of my bua,

For the English readers it’s my paternal aunt,

She passed away today,

Early in the morning around 4:30 or 5…!

—

I hope her soul finds peace in the afterlife…!

🕊️😔

Are we ever ready for someone’s passing…?

I thought to myself as I’m writing this,

Aren’t we afraid that something like that might come to us someday,

The sweet embrace of which we all have to get a taste of one day;

—-

To our surprise,

we will,

All of us will be there

to experience it,

But, never know how it feels…

—

01/04/2026
From Chawri bazaar to our minds :Aspects that make us unique…

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

—

This day started early as I think I fell asleep at 10 last night…!

I’m writing this at 7:10 in the morning…

I spent entirety of the day outside,

After waking up and making a post yesterday morning bere,

I freshened up and went to my workplace to give a bundle of material to hardening,

And before returning home I made my first trip to buy essentials like ghee and at home I had brunch…!

After that I went out to buy munchies and other kitchen essentials from Dmart near our residence…

On returning home and taking another shower, it was three by now…!

I got ready and went to Chawri bazaar for getting the card made;

We walked to metro and reached Chawri bazaar within 20 minutes…!

The wait on the yellow line was oh so much…!

And after walking another 10 minutes because we got off on the wrong exit we reached this shop that was in such a secluded spot I thought we were going to get lost there…!

A street leading to another smaller one and another one leading to another…!

—

After giving them the format that we wanted,

We waited and waited..!

After getting no answer because the person who had to type wasn’t free;

We decided that we will send them the pdf on our own and decided to return back home…!

On our way back we decided to stop for pista badam milk which is famous in old Delhi;

The name of the shop is

Sudarshan Refreshment Centre…

They also sell Kachori

The small compartment that has kachori above and sabzi in the box below…!

And on returning from the shop,

I stopped by the Shri Gujrat Namkeen Bhadaar…!

And bought some kaju both with pepper and plain salted…!

Along with some thepla and fafda

The fafda in question 😂

Side view of the shop…!

Before coming back home,

We decided to buy some burgers for people back home from jumbo king burgers at Rajiv chowk…!

And after waiting for it to get ready and sipping on our sprite;

My sister and I talked about things like her suits and dresses,

And on taking the burgers,

We walked to the blue lines that led to our station and we got on the metro…!

We decided to check out a Salon to get a basic idea of the rates of bridal makeup and they gave us a slip of 20k for bridal and additional 3k for each person that wanted to get their’s done…!

—

And we came out of the salon with a laughter on our face thinking it would be in the range of 10 maybe 15k range..!

—

So we will look for some more…!

What a day it was…!!!!

Coming back to the prompt…!

Aspects that make us unique…

If I’m asked this question,

I’d answer this by saying that,

the thought process

and

the behaviour

That guides us to arrive at a conclusion works to make us unique…!

If you have a corrupted thought process,

Everything goes down from that place,

Because it forces you to pick negative and bad thoughts more and after a point of time you feel forced to act upon them…!

—

And when that happens the behaviour reflects what goes on in the mind,

To all of the world…!

On the contrary,

If you have a better managed thought process,

A balance of both leaning towards good side more;

—

It reflects in the behavior and the people outside can see it too…!

My answer would be a correct mindset with a positive thinking process,

Along with that a behavior that reflects the same…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

31/03/2026
A promise and an obsession…!

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

After spending last evening feeling bad about something, even I don’t know about;

Maybe it’s the situation that I’m trapped in right now,

Or,

Maybe the pileup of responsibilities that have gotten heavier as each day passes,

I wrote about the sweet nature of death in hinglish and the circular nature of grief;

Technically about those who were once with you but now they aren’t;

But now they lay flat in the ground or their ashes sit in an urn or maybe the same ashes were put into to a river that is considered holy…!

The piece waits to scratch something hidden within your heart or a memory waiting to be remembered once again;

—

That’s how it felt as I was writing this one;

—

Remembering those who have gone far away,

Maybe they have taken birth into this world again or they’re free from the cycle;

Maybe this evening…

(Please remind me because I’ve become more forgetful…)

Coming back to the prompt…

Saying “No” when my goals are at stake…!

It might not seem like it but,

When things come to my dreams and my goals I quit everything that is around me…!

I turn away from things no matter how important it might be,

I just up and walk in the general direction that leads me to the place that demand my attention…!

Even if it means taking myself away from the short term things that help me survive daily…!

One of those is my business,

For its betterment I’ve given up practically my whole life and not pursue my college education,

Only because of a person who isn’t there with us anymore,

But,

A promise made to that person stays with me,

Maybe he’s watching me from afar,

And thinking to himself that,

He is still working each day and is keeping his word…!

—-

So, for a promise and a dream that we took together,

A son still works even when he doesn’t want to…!

Other one is writing

For this,

All of this, for this penmanship I’ve been to places that are dingiest ones I’ve seen—

.

I’ve been to places that you wouldn’t otherwise even think of going physically and mentally…!

.

Fixated on things for weeks at a single span and when something fruitful comes out of it;

.

It’s for the world to enjoy as much as it was for me to write…

.

I’ve said no to loved ones in the past for leaving me behind to come up with things that I never regret….!

It would make you think that there isn’t much that I have to survive,

.

A medley of these two things;

.

And just like that,

I’ve found a reason to live,

A reason to survive each day;

A promise to someone and an obsession that keeps me functioning…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

25/03/2026
Early morning Railway station visit and getting better at pattern recognition…!

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

This day was stated early as I had to drop a family member who was with us for the past few weeks,

So we travelled to New Delhi railway station early in the morning as she had to leave for Panjab;

In the morning train called Shan-e-Panjab…

A speedy click that led to this perspective like I’m running away…

Me on my way back after getting them seated, up the escalators….

You’d be happy to know how much they have improved on their services;

But,

The crowd is still the same,

No matter what happens, you cannot take the human nature out of us humans can you…?

After getting her seated,

I came back home and after sitting down for a while I came on my terrace,

And the same routine follows—-

Coming back to the prompt…

Secret ability I wish I had…

If I were given a chance to be blessed with an ability,

“I’d love to get a better grasp at reading behaviours and patterns that all of us humans (intentionally or unintentionally) make…”

I know it’s a bit of a reach for a person like me to achieve that;

But,

Keeping on trying and exploring means that I will achieve it someday…!

It will help me both in write ups, my regular life and business life too;

Because I’d get better at making a client comfortable and better form myself to come to the unified terms which benefit both of us…!

In my personal life,

I’d get a chance to get to know what they really want before they come to any conclusions,

But that doesn’t mean I’d jump the gun as soon as I find an answer;

I’d let them come to a conclusion naturally,

And,

Never cut them off or the conversation abruptly making them think I know what they were talking about or what they wanted…!

If I was ever imparted with this ability, I would get to know more about humans as being and human nature which comes to us from us being ourselves…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

24/03/2026
Time, Temptations, and the Roads We Choose…

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

Hey…

—

I hope all of you are doing well…!

—

After waking up at 7:30 and wanting to stay a bit more in my bed made me realise it’s almost 8;

I got up and changed my clothes and went out on my walk after my morning routine..!

—

It’s currently 8:05 in the morning as I’m writing this one…!

—

I’m really thinking what is there to talk about and what happened yesterday…!

In the evening,

I really wanted to have a drink as I stared at those bottles for in my cabinet;

—

Well,

Those glass bottles remind me of happy times that I spent with people around me,

But;

They also make me realise those night I spent drinking all alone,

And drinking until I couldn’t and then going to sleep…!

Both the positives and negatives of drinking(heavy emphasis on the negatives…)

Well you’re socialising,

I know,

But it harms,

Even a drop harms when it comes to your body…!

—

In that case the mind wants more and more each time…!

—

The glass is empty and your friend’s isn’t,

He’ll pour you another one…

A dangerous cycle it becomes…!

(Khair…)

It’s better to quit when you can,

Before all of the bills pile up and you are spending your days in recovery…!

—

Beware it’s a habit that kills, along with smoking and those hard drugs…

Coming back to the prompt

Cross country trip and my mode of transportation…!

Well,

This prompt critically sums up a problem within that isn’t visible on the surface…

It’s your opinion on how do you value time…?

When travelling by air,

You reduce time spent travelling to mere hours or maximum of 20 hours from wherever you stand…!

—

And when you look at it,

You get the shortest path from one point to other…

But by traveling by air,

You cannot get to know people that you would otherwise on any other mode of transportation..!

—

And even if you consider the person sitting on your left , right or both if you’re sitting in the middle…!

If you’re travelling by train,

You’ll find people from all walks of life,

From bottom to upper class a mix that you won’t find anywhere…!

—

They travel with the same purpose of reaching from point A to point B,

And you can pay more to reach there faster,

But that is at no comparison with travelling by air as it takes significant more hours and days at a time to reach if you want to even travel within the national borders…!

Travelling by bus is a worth if you travel a lot though the night;

Because you can sit in a bus in the evening around 6 and by 6 in the morning you can travel well across national borders,

You can go one/two states over…!

—

Accounting in it maybe an hour or two of stopping for passengers and their wellness…!

Well at last comes travelling by car/bike

Something that I live and have immense love for…!

—

You can travel at your pace,

Absorbing everything that comes with it…

By meeting new people and comeing across avenues of life that weren’t possible travelling any other way…

—

Because if you see a picturesque scene,

You can just stop,

Jump out of your car or off your bike absorbing everything that exists and maybe take a few pictures as a keepsake…!

—

Also you meet people who are either going or coming back from the place that you want to go…

—

You can travel at your pace and return as you wish,

A drawback that it’s the slowest form of travel and takes more than hours and days, weeks if you plan on travelling cross borders(plural borders…!)

How to save travel time is essentially the question here…!

And how you value your time differs from person to person..!

—

If you want to travel fast and reach quicker travelling by air is you go to,

All other options are considerably less when compared to airway but with their own pros and cons…!

If I had a chance I would travel cross borders on my car,

If I can get my hands on such free and open time in my tightly packed schedule;

Along with the money to afford visas and regular maintenance of the ride and those who are tagging along with me,

My loved ones…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

17/03/2026
Two phases in my life that were hard to let go…

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

It feels after a long time a prompt has come that I haven’t answered, and I’m all in for making this one a good read also to explore an avenue in my life that I suppressed…!

A view into my life first, I’ve been looking for banquets each day after work and I’ve decided on two who are near the gurudwara which makes the travel easier and other programmes seamlessly connect with each other…!

Well both of them are far from our home because we don’t have a banquet near our home…!

So a lot of time has went into considering a good place and getting more out of our money…!

Other than that,

Work is going well,

Because we are working each day and exploring new avenues and way to achieve the goals that we desire…!

Coming back to the prompt

A phase which was difficult to say goodbye to

It isn’t easier to let go of things that made an impact in our lives isn’t it…?

But,

There are certain things that make them all worth your while and leave an everlasting impression on you…!

Well losing someone who’s close to our hearts would be the first one…!

A female dog birthed two kids and passed away right infront of our house;

We took in her kids and within a span of few weeks both of them passed away as they were very little and weren’t able to get their mothers feed which was very important for their growth and their first few weeks here on earth…!

We tried to get another female dog that also birthed a litter of puppies a few kilometres away but she rejected them and tried to bite them when we let them within her litter…

On the offset that she might run away from her kids we brought them to our home and tried our best to save them—

But fate had something else planned…!

(Khair…)

Another one would be parting away from someone who we thought were the love of our life…!

Imagine you building your life around someone and they give up on you because their family planned something else or they found a more viable partner…?

Something that breaks you from the very core and a mere sense of trust that you had breaks and shatters, making you lose yourself…!

Well I hope it doesn’t happen with anyone else ever again…!

I think,

The things that happen around us shape us in a way that we were meant to have a grab of—

I don’t mean passing away of a loved one is something that is good or builds character;

But,

It gives you a chance to see into the life by letting you see who is a real one and who was in just to leech off of you…!

Who stands with you when time isn’t working with you…!

And who all move away from you or face away when you get the short end of the stick…!

Let’s not forget that all of us have to taste the sweet embrace of death once in our life and we won’t be here to witness what it feels like…!

Keep those who are near to you near and tell them you love them…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

28/02/2026
Doing away with dual meaning and walking away from people…!

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Another already answered prompt forcing me to cut short my answer and get into one of my saved posts or getting into my notes app to find something worthy of your time…!

Well an answer for the prompt would be something like this…!

I wouldn’t necessarily ban a word because I’m not in a position to do that,

But,

what I’d like to happen is to do away with the dual meaning of words that happen after another generation picks it up…!

For example the word

Cooked,

Meant that the “food was ready” but these days it means something else entirely…!

These days in slang it means “to be in big trouble or exhausted”

This duality has ruined a lot of words like

Slay

Glaze

Bet

Tea

The list goes on and on…!

I would do away with this duality because it’s hard for me to search for the meaning behind the slangs all the time…!

One of my posts underneath ⏬

You only see what you want!

Don’t you…?

No…

Sometimes,

They only show what they want to be seen as,
and they’re so good at it,
you come to know this later…!

They aren’t even a speck of what they act,
like their behaviour and their actions can be the polar opposite of what they are with someone else…

Glad I came and distanced myself,
or rather,
I’m glad things came up and brought distance between us…

Now that I sit back and see,
I cannot agree more with those pointing fingers at you because of who you are,
rather,
what sort of a person you are…

I’m glad and breathe in peace,
That,
There won’t be any fingers pointed at me,
for the fact that I am still in contact with you…!

(P.s.
I might have been in contact with you once,
but,
all of our connections are long gone,

And I have not a single speck of regret for that…!)

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

25/02/2026
Planning my next few months…!

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?

Hey…!

I hope all of you are doing well…!

The last nights prompt took away a lot of things that I wanted to say today…!

🙈

But, after a long time a prompt has come in that I haven’t answered and this has given me some ideas…!

And a break from me posting my unusual stuff that I write…!

Coming back to the prompt

Biggest challenge that I will face in the next six months

It’s a bit crazy how the world moves, because up until beginning of the year 2026;

I didn’t have any concrete plans, they were still to lay low, work hard in the shadows and come back out with more power in a year or two…!

Making this year of struggles and winning some personal battles with myself and things that hold me back…!

Until, the marriage of my sister was decided in the month of April…!

For which everything has sprung into action and there are things happening that are done by me and taken into account to guide anyone who comes to me in the near future for help on how to manage or do a programme like this one…!

There will be many things that will happen and they will change my viewpoint on now to view people, their behavior and also how those who will sit in our blind spots and fill the ears of our relatives and question how we were able to afford these things…!

Everything will happen…!

Including us missing the presence of our father as all of this happens…!🥲

A huge lump that all of us carry within our hearts and can never ever seem to fill…!

Otherwise it’s all good and future will be the witness to all that’s yet to come…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

24/02/2026