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Relationships that built our foundations

What relationships have a positive impact on you?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

The new year is almost upon us now,

It’s 30th of December today;

And just two days are left…

Let’s try and be a better version of ourselves in the coming year and make ourselves happy by focusing on ourselves rather than the world outside…!

Coming back to the prompt of the day;

Well this life is full of relationships that make and break us, but there are many which made me who I am today…

First the business relationship that I had with my father,

where he taught me all about the importance of building trust with the clients and also how we can land clients who aren’t satisfied with anything else otherwise;

He made me realise that you need to hear the problem a client is facing and draw conclusions with them to reach a point where both they and us are satisfied…

My relationship with my mother, who brought me into this world and cherished me from the bottom of her heart;

she taught me how to be soft spoken and to always listen before speaking anything or saying even a single word from your mouth; this gives the person a sense of satisfaction and in a sense relief that they are/were heard and even their words mean the world to someone…!

My relationship with my friends is that of a curious person;

we discuss topics that are crucial and gruesome at the same time, on discussing those we come to a point where we differ,

Then we understand the need of communication between us because it deepens our friendship when we constantly touch the boundaries which we made for ourselves and expand it each time…!

My relationship that I used to have with a certain someone who I used to call the love of my life was that of best friends,

we used to talk on call discuss our routine later when home we used to video call each other because of the distance between us; something that came between us eventually and flung us apart from each other, forcing us to to walk on paths different from each other…!

Well, if you ask me these relationships that exist around us make and break us;

If on opening your eyes you think about survival and making it back to your home or the loved ones, your mind becomes coded in that way and everything becomes a survival story…!

The type of worlds we live in…!

With that being said the new year came at the worst time,

in the middle of the week this year…!

Well even if it did, let’s make it the best of us and a promise to self to be a better version of ourselves in the coming year…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

30/12/2025
A fearless badger and surrounded by Prussian blue and gold…

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

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Here we go again,

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

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

Coming back to the prompt-

To be honest,

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

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

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

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

A mix and match of colors like this…!

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

29/12/2025
A perfect space for you

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

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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

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

Coming to the prompt;

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

Writing

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

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

The same can be said about

Reading;

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

But,

It doesn’t matter where you are,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

27/12/2025
My ride or die

What is your all time favorite automobile?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

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

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

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

Well, coming to the prompt,

My favourite automobile is my two wheeler,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

26/12/2025
Share what you know about the year you were born.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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

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

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

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

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

The mission was completed and there were martyrs too,

Captain Vikram Batra(Sher Shah)

Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey

And many more;

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

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

Jai Hind(जय हिन्द)

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

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

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

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

I’ve started too,

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

23/12/2025
A person who sees through you…

Are you a good judge of character?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

I try to think of this as I am still learning how to be a good judge of how humans respond…

Because if you want to know someone’s character you need to know a bit about them beforehand or have a basic knowledge of how people respond to cues and to other people around them…

Imagine a scenario where you’re on a date with someone and you clearly see them giving a hard time to the waiter by butting in every time and berating them when they aren’t aware of something which they need to confirm with the chef and then they make fun of the person because of the low paying scale of the job that they are doing,

This probably means they haven’t worked hard for their money or will treat you the same once everything shiny fades away…

Another one would be how they talk to the elders like their parents, grandparents or someone older who passes them;

But,

Here in no way I mean you should tolerate whatever they say, you need to have your own opinion and views along with the guidance that they provide because they have a longer experience of the world that you and I live in and it wouldn’t hurt to just hear them out,

Later you can form your own opinion in regard to their or maybe choose the path that is different from what they guided you to,

Ultimately it’s your call…!

Lastly, this is something that I was taught by my late father, imagine you give someone some money and they promise you they will return it to you within a span and they return it partially or a small amount and they try to avoid you after that,

Not taking your calls or even thinking about returning your money,

Now,

The said amount became a life lesson for you and taught you the character of that person too…;

It can be a cheap lesson or an expensive one too but you now already know who not to talk to or associate with anymore…

With that being said,

A new week is upon us and let’s find something that brings us happiness along with the work that we do maybe it’s coffee of the new place or a dish that you want to have…;

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

22/12/2025
A deep sleep and an eye catching play…

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

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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

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

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

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

ONLY THAT DAY AND NEVER AGAIN…

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

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

I wish to get that sleep once again…

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

BUT FOR FUN;

I usually watch plays,

The last one was Khichik,

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

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

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

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

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

(Haha to prove my point…)

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

In the picture Our national crush Girija Oak Godbole on the right and Ghanshyam Lalsa on the left(a few minutes before the play ends)

A keepsake I bought after the play ended the actual book that the play was taken from…!

20/12/2025
A grocery haul for a typical family…

List your top 5 grocery store items.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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

But what would be my top five grocery store items…

Well,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

19/12/2025
Men who shaped my life

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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

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

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

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

The second one would be my father’s brother, my uncle; he is the one who taught me all the business that our family has to date, and he taught me the basics and the complex things of the business that we now run together;
He imparted me the sense of respect and how to please a client and negotiate what feels best for us (margin-wise) without having to cut deep into the pockets of any of our potential client a time of five years under his guidance gave me a different perspective at life also the shoes he had to fill when he was a child forced into this business too…

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

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

These were the few men who positively impacted my life…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

18/12/2025
A dream postponed to 2027..

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Have you ever thought about not being alive to see yourself the next year…?

I know it’s a dangerous situation but a lot was going wrong then a bad relationship, not having a sense of direction, spending most of my time tirelessly working and not enjoying it at all, I was stuck in a constant loop of working and working my butt off until I was tired enough to gobble food and drop dead asleep…

A bad time it was,

I also prepared for myself a dream which came to a halt somewhere in the middle of this year because my sister found the right match for herself and we have planned to get her married next year…

So all of my dreams and aspirations that I had for this year, they’ve taken a back seat and other ones have taken their place as priority,

Which will take more time a good half of the year 2026 I assume,

But after that, I’m free to dream and perform according to my aspirations,

(This might be a far-fetched idea because there are a lot of expenses that come after the wedding too, we have to go there they will come here, and many others will stay here for a few days and some will plan to go there too,

A few more rituals and plans will follow…)

Maybe I will be free next year the same time to plan my year 2027…

Haha 😂

Well life it is and in it we shall flow,right…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

17/12/2025