15 Questions- The Liebster Award

Well, this is very humbling. Here I am, a simple girl blogging about her journey through engagement and growing up, and four people, yes four, nominated me for another award. As a start, I would like to thank the bloggers behind Bali Info, Finkelstein and Sons, and Stranger in a Strange Mind, and A Little Bit…

One Ring? Make That Four!

“This is all a bit too much,” I would protest. “Come on, just one more shop,” he would reply, “I’m sure we’ll find what you’re looking for. You have to be patient even if the market isn’t known for offering what you’re thinking about.” Such was the conversation we would have every single time we went to…

Happiness (in a Hospital)

I had the best sleep I’ve ever had in a long while last night. The kind of sleep where you wake up and think you’ve gone on for so long, but you actually have only slept for an hour. And yet you feel incredibly refreshed and ready to take on the world. And by taking…

Scared of Changing?

September. It feels too soon. Saying it aloud: that there’s only five more months left to go, and that makes me scared. To the point where I can’t go back to sleep after waking up from the many nightmares I’ve been having lately. So I  start asking myself all sorts of questions, because I can’t go…

A Youth Spent in Airplanes

Through my school days, I thought I was special. Because I didn’t just have one home, one bed, one closet, on TV- I had two of each. Separated by a two and a half hour flight. Every single year, on the first day of school, the teacher who had been assigned to supervise our class…

A Chart for the Ages

First, there’s two A4 papers. Nothing special, the printer paper variety, unlined, blank. Then, there’s the nearest pen. It has to be working, because it has to last you the whole duration. The color is not significant. What’s important that you can write clearly with it- and in case it goes missing, it can be…

Laughter (or Disconnecting)

Dear Self, I know you will roll your eyes when you see this. You always do when you read anything you’ve written in the past, especially when you’re not really thinking straight and are just throwing random words around, trying to fill up the page. See you’re doing that right now! But allow me to write…

Found, Again

We’re sitting in the living room, in the middle of a conversation when a familiar melody starts to play, to the point where we can’t even hear one other. The source, much like the caller are easily identifiable. All three of us jump instantly to grab my mother’s phone, to answer the incoming call. My mother…

Forwards

When Ahmad and I met, the last thing on my mind was getting into a relationship. Just days before, I had resigned from a job I had thought I wanted and my focus was on finding something else, fast. On the other hand, the last relationship I had been in was time-consuming and energy-draining. It caused…

The Family Home

I can navigate the corridors with my eyes closed. Or rather, when I wake up in the middle of the night in need of a glass of water, I know how to get from my bedroom to the kitchen without even a single light. I know every turn, every door, every crack, every inch, every…