Tag: writes

What are your favorite websites?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

02/11/2025
Failed attempts at remembering my childhood…

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

Hi…

I hope all of you are doing well…

(I hope Halloween went for all those who celebrated..)

I’d love to live a specific age in my life once again, well tbh I’m not that old yet but there’s an age which I’d like to return once and live my life to the fullest…

It would be my childhood i.e. the age when I was between 6 years to 12 years, because I see people remember their childhood,

but I really have no clue as to what my childhood was or what were my quirks or things that I used to do…

I’ve seen people remember their childhood with photos and memories, but it’s all a hazy flashbacks for me, every once in a while someone will ask how my childhood was and I’d remember bits and pieces of it nothing more ;(

I know it might feel sad to hear, but when you actively fight for survival after being the sole earner, things tend to fall apart real soon…

Every once in a while someone in my family will say do you remember that (A core memory from my childhood)..?

I’d shake my head and agree with them even if they lie through their teeth, because I have little to no recollection of what happened back then…

It’s sad and disappointing but that’s how it is for me, so I’d like to live my childhood once again…

Cheers (To some dreams that might come true in the near future) 🥂

Love Waakiye🤍

01/11/2025
The dreaded partition of 1947

What historical event fascinates you the most?

Hi…

I hope all of you are doing well…

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…

Cheers(to those who live to tell this tale to us)

Love Waakiye 🤍

31/10/2025
Essentials for a Fulfilling Life: Beyond Money

Daily writing prompt
What are the most important things needed to live a good life?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

If you don’t have an Indian origin,
you must have never heard of this phrase,
“Roti,kapda aur makaan..”
this directly translated to having the basic necessities required to survive,
“Beard, Clothing, and shelter…”

A time like this where I’ve seen people survive with a single wish,
to provide them with these three things,
3 square meals a day,
Some cloth to cover their bodies,
and to have a roof over their heads…

But sadly,
many aren’t able to afford the basic necessities too,
which makes each and every day a barely surviving one,
much harder if there are dependents who need your aid and support…

For me,
the most important thing is money,
many a people spend their lives chasing it,
but aren’t able to take even a single rupee with themselves…

If I have money,
and can afford all of the necessities,
and much more beyond it,
what more is needed…?

I mean you must have heard,
that money isn’t the most important thing,
but everything has its worth that can be purchased,
a person’s closure,
good food to eat,
a night out to remember,
taking shots at the bar,
gifting the entire cooking staff with beer bottles,
or having someone who spends night and goes away on their own in the morning,
but,
the thing is,
you see someone earning money,
and good amount of it,
and automatically its assumed they are alone,
all alone with the money they earn…

Until it’s seen from a perspective,
from the one earning it,
and the absolute necessity it strives from,
BECAUSE THOSE DAYS HAUNT WHEN EVEN THOSE THREE WEREN’T THERE…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

08/06/2025
Chaotic relation between work and home life: A deeper look

Daily writing prompt
How do you balance work and home life?
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

This prompt feels like a personal attack,
And I hope it doesn’t feel like to anyone else ever,
But,
the nature of the topic chosen this day;
woosh…

The existence of two lives feels a foreign concept when you are a business owner,
you can’t say no to a client,
even if they call after hours,
because this can be an opportunity to gain an edge over the competitors,
who are working hard with a much higher manpower,
and here we are,
trying to survive,
By managing job-work that client brings in,
also producing our own product,
….
all of this becomes a medley of chaos,
as I have to prepare the material that we have to work on,
to get finally paid by the client…

My work day starts as soon as I close this blog,
As I get ready to leave for work,
and my work carries on till 8 -8:30 in the evening,
and then comes a forty-five-minute drive,
on a good day 25 minutes,
and as i am returning home,
I have to pick up necessities,
which takes ma an additional half an hour,
so,
I’m at home around 9-9:30 Ish in the evening,

Guess the work and personal life balance…?
(The cherry on top,
my working days go on until Sunday,
and my weekly off is on Monday,
yes,
you heard it right,
Monday,
When everyone is dragging themselves to work,
I am chilling at my crib…)

Would you call this a balanced work and home life…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

The work that goes into work,
making things work,
has to take a toll on someone,
and that becomes me,
worries about our targets,
timely delivery,
and coordinating with those
who are involved in the process…

Often I find myself,
crushed,
broken beyond repair,
these clothes are dirty,
these hands are blacked like metals,
dust that goes in the air,
oil smudges here,
grease stains there,
but,
working this life,
this black life,
like steel by heating it,
quenching it to provide strength,
and then tempering to finally be able to work under pressure…

This life is a pill,
that’s hard to swallow,
and hurts often,
passing through the esophagus,
like it has thorns akin to roses,
but,
when this tired body hits the bed,
To take much needed sleep,
to self it feels like a much deserving break;

Not far from these are thoughts that haunt,
when sleep breaks in the night,
and all the thoughts come at once,
A haunting…

18/05/2025
Delicious Fruits You Must Try This Summer

Daily writing prompt
List your top 5 favorite fruits.
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Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…

Well isn’t this a nice change of pace,
my top 5 favorite fruits,
Hmm…

it really got me thinking that I need to include more fruits into my diet,
but,
there are a few which I absolutely love…

Oranges being one of the most convenient one and easily available fruit,
being the combination of citrus and sweet plus a big intake of fiber,
packs a punch and keeps me satiated for longer…

How can one forget Watermelon,
the flavor that is nowhere to be found and in this peak summer heat it’s refreshing,
you can’t go wrong with a cooled watermelon after working in the summer heat,
or returning home after a tiring afternoon…

Ever heard of Grapes,
The range goes beyond 10.000 varieties,
but on a broader scale,
we see green, purple and red ones,
they are used in so many ways,
popping them just like that,
freezing and using them instead of ice in drinks,
and the biggest place they’re used in making wines of many varieties,
they automatically make a fruit platter look more appealing with the different shapes they’re available in,
don’t forget they are used to make raisins too…

Bananas,
do I even need to say anything,
The only fruit that is made which comes in nature’s packaging and can be eaten on the go without making any mess ever,
the years of tweaking with its DNA has made it seedless,
and a perfect snack that can be had whenever,
(I’m looking at a basket of a dozen sitting right Infront of me as I’m writing this one..)

I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of the phrase,
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away…”

The varieties of it kills me each time,
there are 4-5 different types/qualities each and every supermarket or fruit market that I visit,
like they are coming from a single source right…?
but,
packed with so much flavor and crunch,
some sweeter than sugar,
some sour like granny smith used to make pies and tarts,
a good piece of apple looks beautiful,
is firm to touch,
and has no visible indentation that you can feel with your hands…

With this,
the prompt of this day comes to an end,
my top five favorite fruits…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

A night that’s dark,
darker are these thoughts,
pitch black like tar,
feels like there isn’t a tomorrow,
just like there wasn’t a yesterday’s morning.

On this pitch-black night,
walks with me my shadow,
I see it,
when a speck of moonlight tries to reach this body,
as soon as I turn this head,
I see it escaping.

On this dark night,
I walk these streets unknown,
unknown to who’s following me,
I walk with fear within this heart…

14/05/2025
Are You a Leader or Follower? Discover the Truth

Daily writing prompt
Are you a leader or a follower?
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Hey…

I hope each one of you reading this are doing well…

This is the first time I disagree with the prompt,
because there should be both the qualities in a person;

They should be capable of leading as well,
and even be quick to follow when they come across a concept that is unknown to them,
or if you have less information on,

because all of us are humans,
we have limits,
limits to our knowledge and capabilities,
which makes us different from each other…

There are times that I’ve led people on with these words,
giving them vivid stories to read,
also live in,
but,
I was led on by them too,
when they provided me an insight into a concept that was foreign to me…

For example,
A person,
Whom I cherish,
told me about her life,
How her mother separated from their family,
brutally which led to her forming extreme issues,
but,
the story of the said person is coming out of it is so brave,
that,
it makes all of the other problems seem small…

There’s no such thing as being a leader,
without being a follower first,
You followed someone footsteps,
even if you are unaware that you did,
IT HAPPENED,
You unknowingly followed and aren’t aware,
OR
knowingly followed but choose not to admit,
because you think it makes you a smaller person….
BUT;
the day you admit to this,
is when the real growth happens…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

07/05/2025
Finding Direction in Life: My Personal Journey

Daily writing prompt
What gives you direction in life?
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Hey..

I hope you all are doing well…!

A sense of direction;
it has been weird enough that i have been chasing what i have had in my mind for such a long time,
I really don’t have anything that gives it in an essence a direction…

Chasing money has been an all-time top five of the things that give me a direction,
to work hard for my family and their survival,
and to have what they need,
or something that’s new and helps us live a life better than yesterday…!

This writing is one such thing,
where I can freely be expressive of who I am,
no matter what type of lifestyle i come from,
I am and have free reigns of how and what i write here,
and for me to be a better writer/storyteller,
a better person in general,
who loves what he does,
this has been an eye opener and helped me to find thing out much earlier than others,
like the traits people have,
and,
how and when they use a situation,
or a happening for their advantage…

But all in,
things have been there to keep me pulled into the race that help me motivated enough to continue and keep me working hard…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

Clicked this random station,
it was a long journey,
but returning home was the best thing ever,
I took a seat and breathed with ease,
as my destination wasn’t far,
the serene peace and love,
with monochrome and the late night empty halls ,
just made me think of things,
conversations,
the stories
the tales
that these walls were a witness of…

02/05/2025
Life Lessons from Personal Quotes

Daily writing prompt
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?
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Hey

I hope you all are doing well…!

There are a few sentences that i live by,
they aren’t necessarily quotes,
but they’re self-drawn rules that I live by,
Well,
I think each and every one of us should have some,
rules or something that helps you set,
what is right or wrong,
in a situation…

Quotes are those who are written by a writer and such,
and when you are one in the making,
what’s better than looking at something that you wrote,
to keep yourself in check,
during times that you thought would be the end of you…

The said quote(s)…

1)

THE FALL TAUGHT ME TO GET UP AND MOVE FORWARD,

IT DIDN’T TELL ME TO STOP AND SIT DOWN,

IT TOLD ME THE REASON FOR THE FALL,

AND I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING,

NOR I’M STOPPING,

DIDN’T STOP YESTERDAY,

WILL NOT STOP TODAY,

WONT STOP TOMORROW,

BECAUSE,

I DIDN’T STOP LEARNING…

★Didn’t stop learning★

2)

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

CAN’T CRASH OUT

✅CAN THUG MY WAY OUT OF THIS ONE, SO

I WON’T CRASH OUT

These two are the ones I often check out,
there are more but those are some other ideas,
prompting some other feelings…

For the time being,
you can read them,
save them,
make them your quotes too…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

This is exactly how it feels when some prompt like this comes in…
(Ai generated image…)

01/05/2025
From Scrolling to Creating: My Social Media Shift

How do you use social media?

Hey

I hope all of you are doing well…!

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…

30/04/2025