I had been feeling the unseen presence of those enigmatic insects flying around my room for the last two months. I kept wondering where they came from. Every day I would perish a few of them, but the very next day, they all came back again. I tried to clean up all the mess in my room and put some insecticides...

The preparations for travelling to Spain began months ago. I printed out my pre-prepared list of items to take and began adding and subtracting items as I visualised the journey plan. At 4:30am on a cold February morning I dragged myself out of bed, check my list, every item I’ve packed already is...

I was feeling the enigmatic insects flying around my room since two months. I was wondering where they come from, every day I kill twenty to thirty of them, but the very next day, they all come again. I tried to clean up all the mess and put some insecticides so that all of them may die and never return...

Who would have thought 100 years ago that everyday thousands of people would be willingly sealed into giant metal tubes and hurled across the sky at a height of 11,000 metres (36,000 feet), at unbelievable speeds by lethal exploding chemicals? All this in the full knowledge that if even one bolt on the...

The second eldest of my four uncles has three kids; the youngest, Adeel is the most talkative one; I mean there is simply no stopping him when he starts muttering. One day, after quite sometime, he visited us along with his mother and sister. As always, the first thing he said as soon as my mother opened...

My heart starts pounding louder and louder as I get closer and closer to my destination; a fateful meeting it will be, a meeting to decide how today will end and tomorrow will begin! I mean for me it has to be the most dreaded visit of them all, something I must do, and eventually everyone does it too. How...

No. No? No…no ticket for Jhelum. Why not? Not possible for ticket to Jhelum. But the ‘Pindi bus, it goes thro Jhelum. Not possible. But it does go thro Jhelum, look, on the map in your brochure, Jhelum. No, not possible. Why is it not possible if your bus goes thro the bloody place? Because of ladies. Ladies? Yes,...

Some people in the west think that we Arabs have no motor vehicles, that we ride camels and live in the desert. That is, of course, not true. If it were true, such would be the usual morning conversation in any Arab family. Son: Hey dad, can I take the Camel, pleaaaaaaase??!! Father: Nooooo, you took...

For those of you who do not know about my job, I’m a technical recruiter. I call IT consultants in the US for the available jobs that I have and that might fit their experience. My job is basically to search resumes on the web and call potential candidates to see if they fit the jobs we have. One...

My wife, unlike you, is rather short and, unlike you, is always telling people she isn’t. Since the rest of us in our household are very tall, sadly, she gets little sympathy. But, I feel for her, I really do! The light pull cord got old and rotten in the bathroom and prone to breaking. Each time it...