Take it or Leave it
When you tell your kids to either take your advice or leave it, do you really mean it? 🧐
My 30-day challenge (Week II). #joyfuljune
A weekly recap of my 30-day challenge of actively seeking and sharing the little joys of my everyday life.
Blurred Lines
The other day I had my 1-1 appraisal with my line manager via skype and she asked me about my work/life balance and how I was managing with it. We both laughed as soon as she asked the question because the concept of work/life balance …
A walk down eid memory lane
7:50 am and it’s the morning of Eid! I can hear my dad’s footsteps coming from the courtyard. He opens the door to our bungalow, walks past the living room, “mo tin lo o” (I am leaving!) he shouts. He is in his signature pristine white …
Voices of Ramadhans past..
Memory is a very peculiar thing. Mine especially. In our family, it is common knowledge that my dad passed on ‘the forgetful gene’ to all his children. I have a rather unreliable (or perhaps selective) short-term memory, but astonishingly remember certain vivid details of incidents …
Hair•Love
I have to confess; my relationship with my hair has become a love/hate one. But, it wasn’t always this way. At first, it was all love! Especially during my teens and early twenties. If I can say so myself, it was the jewel in my …
Victim Mentality
Seven years ago, I had a folder in my email inbox that I named “Rejection”. For years I would send every single rejection email I received to this folder. So all the rejected job applications or the failed interviews, I would send them all to …
Come out of your shell?
I am undecided about the word/term/characterisation called “introvert”. On one hand, I identify and agree with its definitions and connotations, while on the other hand I seem to get somewhat defensive when I am labelled as such. The term ‘introvert’ was coined by …
Bi-Lingual Privilege?
Greetings my lovely people, Please pardon my recent absentee status. My family just moved to a new city and it has been stressful to put it mildly. But, alhamdulillah we are settled now and all is well. My constant ‘migration’ from country to country, home …
And now there are three…
As salaam alaykum warahmatullah! Look who’s back! Alhamdulillah for all His na’im (mercies) over me and my family. I am finally back from my seemingly never ending hiatus. I apologize for my absence and inconsistencies, may Allah forgive us all. I know a lot of …
Homesick
This is probably the most felt emotion that I have had ever since I moved to the United kingdom with my husband a few months ago. Back home, folks would probably think that I am crazy.I mean, all I ever do when I call them …
