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• 10/10

  October 10, 2026 • 3 mins read

  a year on. i share below a diary entry from last year when my system was shaken to its core, but i can’t say i didn’t have it coming. i write this slightly hungover after a fun night with vik, cherry, and a few new friends. in usual fashion, i... ⟶

• Humbled

  December 27, 2025 • 2 mins read

  oh you thought i was on for another year in review post, didn’t you? well, i come bearing good news - no slogfest, will keep this one quick. 27 year young, memory not as sharp anymore though, so can’t recall half of the highlights from the year anyway. ⟶

• On being content and other musings

  April 20, 2025 • 15 mins read

  I’ve been meaning to write this for some time. Whenever I write one of these, there’s a deep sense of urgency and an emotion I can’t contain. This blog has been dear to me - it’s my public diary, a way to express myself with maximum freedom. I write for... ⟶

• Over the borders

  September 14, 2022 • 7 mins read

  To those asking “storytime wen?” (ha! gm ser) after my previous post, well, the time is now. This post is somewhat of an extension to an earlier blog from a period when my brain cells were still developing. A quick note on memories ⟶

• Until next time

  July 10, 2022 • 4 mins read

  Hello :) It’s been some period, this past year and a half. It’s felt like a whirlwind. Just coasting and letting life happen to me. My time in the US is over for now — I didn’t get lucky with the work visa lottery. I used to pride myself in... ⟶

• Reflecting on 2020

  December 19, 2020 • 6 mins read

  My first full year of working full-time. The year of Covid-19. Of Zoom dates. Of rebuilding confidence. Of moving to Salt Lake City and being outdoors more. Of being in tune with my emotions. I generally hate to admit this to myself but I lost a lot of self-confidence during... ⟶

• Superstitions and then some

  July 22, 2020 • 5 mins read

  The first part of this blog will be about an uncharacteristically light topic - superstitions and paranoia. In the rest, I will unload thoughts that have consumed me in the last two months. Here’s a bunch of superstitions that I grew up surrounded by. I also rate these on a... ⟶

• India, Money, and Routine

  May 3, 2020 • 5 mins read

  Lately, I’ve been missing home. Reading about India has reminded me of how exciting life is there. Indians are a curious bunch and they will ask you the most personal questions just five minutes after meeting you. They have a distinct outlook on family, friendships, and how to live a... ⟶

• Year In Review - 2019

  December 18, 2019 • 6 mins read

  This year, I made a big transition. I graduated from university and started my first full-time job as a software engineer in San Francisco. It was not the greatest of years but certainly one that I can learn a lot from. I picked up new hobbies, struggled with my insecurities... ⟶

• This Time, Last Year

  March 11, 2019 • 12 mins read

  I was studying in Edinburgh. I don’t remember exactly how I got into hitchhiking. Sometime in early March, my friend Reigh and I were sharing our experience of studying abroad. She told me that she had recently hitched from coast to coast in Ireland along with a female friend of... ⟶

• My Time in Egypt

  January 20, 2019 • 9 mins read

  In December last year, I got a chance to visit my friend Omar in Alexandria, Egypt. I had been looking forward to this ten-day trip for a long time, primarily because I had never visited a friend from university in their home country. The tentative plan was to spend half... ⟶