Blog

  • Over the borders

    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
    If I had a...

  • Until next time

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...