I contracted Covid-19 in July 2020. Here is a synopsis of my covid journey from infection to 6 months post covid. I took every precaution and implemented exhaustive usage of PPE: Mask, gloves, sanitizer, visor, and constantly disinfecting everything. I stopped going into work on the weeks when the first wave of infection had peaked.…
I want a refund on my 2020. Like most people i feel like the year 2020 was stolen from me, and lo behold, we have arrived in 2021. 2020 was supposed to be my year of achievements…i suppose surviving covid-19 was an achievement. I was ill for 52 days. #covidlonghaul -Post viral fatigue was extremely…
I recall when goals were merely a to-do list one scribbled at the front of the year planner, a long list of things you want to accomplish for the year. Then goals evolved and they were the bucket-list of things to eat, places to travel, or the ultimate route to completing the life circle. Now…
I’ve been away for a long while from the blogosphere. Its been a few years since my thoughts have needed any home, i haven’t as yet decided what avenue I’m going to explore in this section of ‘BLOG’. I am completely obsessed with my part-time studies of Arabic, and Islamic Jurisprudence. I doubt there is anything i love more than the Arabic…
Brilliant debut Novel, Onion Tears by Shubnum Khan was launched at Exclusive books, Gateway on 6 May 2011.
The pressure for perfection dangles like an axe above ones head, be it personal, professional or societal. We revisit our social media feeds that are ablaze with people having fun, sporting the latest trends, eating pretty food – and instead of joy, it gives an unmarked signal to try to keep up. It’s daunting. Trends…
For a long time I’ve stopped writing personally, for the sheer fear of being to open, too free, too much information floating about the internet. For writers, however, writing is like breathing. It;s not just work. It’s how we think, how we formulate our perceptions and arrive at understanding of what’s going on around us.…
There is a difference between setting a goal, and setting an ultimatum for yourself. There are a million and more challenges on the internet, like this fitness challenge in the picture below: We decide to follow some challenges – because everyone is doing it. I posted the above picture on my facebook profile as motivation…
It’s that time of year again, holidays are looming, people are reflecting on their achievements or contemplating their goals for 2010. Life does not exist in a vaccuum, different things matter to different individuals yet wholistically we’re all reaching for the things that matter to us. We’re hoping for happiness and success, wealth and even…
Media is ever evolving bringing with it a new set of industry jargon, with the likes of blogs, blooks, podcasting and a host of others. Memoirs for Kimya is a blook – Yes that’s an actual word Blog (weblog) that has been turned into a book. Hence it is a blook. Bo-kaap Kombuis – featured…
Hasina Suliman - ZA 