It is common now for revolutions and protests to have names: the Arab Spring across the Arab world, the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, the Velvet Revolution in Armenia, the 17th of October protests in Lebanon, or, less conventionally known as the WhatsApp revolution. While the catalyst for the 17th of October protests was the poor socio-economic conditions, a government proposed $6 tax for using WhatsApp was the tipping point. I wasn’t in Lebanon then, and I am reminded of that…
There's this Instagram reel going around, where someone's getting all nostalgic about school days. It has been 21 years since I finished school and just thinking about the start of the school year still gives me the shivers.
To this very day, the smell of the earth at the beginning of fall has this weird effect on me—it makes me sick. It's like a reminder of those last days of summer, when we'd reluctantly pack up from our summer house…
I am known for being anti-social and for choosing alone time over being around people. It has been always a challenge for me to explain to friends that it is not a reflection of how I feel about them. I am just very protective of the oxygen I breathe and reluctant to share it with anyone.
Recently, things changed. I gave in. I was finally ready to share my O2 and CO2 and I committed to... plants.
I…
If talking burns calories, then a lot of people should be excessively skinny and I will be overweight. I am not completely mute, I enjoy a good conversation but small talk is not really my thing. I am not ashamed of saying that my brain has limited capacity and that I refuse to fill it with trivial information. It doesn’t make me less smart, it just makes me less tolerant to bullshit.
One particular type of people really gets…
It is over. I am not going to look back. It's not that I don't want to, but I am tired of your excuses. What we had, wasn't real. You promised me better days. You said you will change. You said, that if we both stick together, things will improve... that we can stay together... forever! I worked hard for it... I've put my heart into it... but your issues were endless and I couldn’t take it anymore. You were…
