Professor Sid

It’s a strange time to go out to the beach with the family, like who goes for a picnic to the beach after sunset? Oh well what I can say I come from The Addam’s Family! We’re all stuffed in our car and driving to the beach, there are too many people here, why does half the city want to come to the beach at this hour? Oh damn! I just noticed a whole bunch of people I know, I think I’ll just avoid eye contact and no one will come over to say hi to me. I can’t see the water from here; did someone say the beach is further away? Oh shoot I have to walk up to the water then. The sand feels really cool and smooth under my feet I think that’s the best thing about a beach the sand, its soft and moulds under you foot and takes the shape that makes you most comfortable. There are too many people I know, are they all waiting or something to happen? Looks like there’s a party going on, no body invited me to this party! Fine I’ll just ignore everyone and head out the water, I’d like to take...

They had just moved into a new house; the wife was not so excited, something was bothering her when her husband asked what it was she was unable to tell him clearly what the reason was. The new house was just new to them, in architecture the house had been standing proudly for over a century, with a lively history of past owners. The husband and wife didn’t know these stories; they never inquired much before moving. In a hurry to get the house before someone else did they hurried around with the paper work to become the owners of a spectacular house that was the reason for envy among all their acquaintances. The house was old, the outside was strong and could withstand time but the inside had a gloom that didn’t leave even when the wide windows were left open to allow the sunlight to wash over the rooms. The wife mentioned this in passing to her husband who told her that she was being paranoid, and basically just missing her old home. The old house came with a few pieces of ...

It’s sad to lose your sister to distance; for a person who stays by you day and night, gets married and moves away and then all you are left with is a void. A void that no one else can fill, there are times when you want to share the tiniest of things with her and she’s not around. The only thing that keeps you connected is Whatsapp and Facebook and Instagram. When through social media you are able to keep tabs on her, you know what’s happening in her life, although you want to be part of everything that happens in her life you realize that that’s never going to happen and you just have to distance yourself from her, because her priorities in life have changed, she’s got another family to take care of and your own urgencies can wait. You will continue to be a part of her life that has taken a cyclone turn and although you’re glad you’re not part of the whirlpool, you’re a sidelined spectator watching her from a distance. Our connection now just remains limited to the mobile ...

With just about a few weeks left in my birthday, I’m already making plans for the party and of course to ease all your issues of what to gift me here’s the list that I normally share around this time of the year. Before we begin let’s remind those people who may be gifting me something for the first time on my birthday; I create a list of things that I expect; I want in the following year and all those lovelies who want to gift me can choose from that list; this way I get what I want and you don’t have to put too much effort in time and see a solution that’s pocket friendly for you. Once you choose please leave a comment so I can cancel it out and we don’t have a repetition of any items. Bookshelf - I think I’ll be gifting this one to myself coz Papa isn’t taking the initiative.  Books -   Red Bird – Muhammad Hanif Reflections of Man - Amari Soul Bitter Fruit - Manto - Translated by Khalid Hassan The Remains of the days - Kazuo Ishiguro Flesh & Bloo...

Come sit with me and see the sun set within the depths of the earth, don’t fill this silence between us with noise, just sit here and enjoy the moment, just live this with me. Don't ask me any questions when I turn to look in your eyes, I search for my depth in them. Don't silently question my smile; Believe that you’re my happiness always. I see the last shades of the day change color on your face and your golden is becoming my gold your glittering eyes turning into my gem The sun and sea will remain here forever you and I are just a fleck in time in the thousand centuries after, nothing of us will remain, it is just this moment, this tiny moment until the sun is gone. I find you within my reach and yet I'm afraid to touch you for the fear of breaking the charm that makes this moment so magical I'm afraid of distorting the perfection I see in you I'm afraid time will never return to this I can see the universe in your eyes; I can...

Words heal, they heal a broken heart Writing them down or reading them out Is a medicine for a damaged soul They fix the wrong, they heal a broken heart Within each word spins an individual story, Each word alone on its own, Yet when put together each word creates power The power to heal a broken heart I wrote your story, with all the words I knew I read your story, with all the words I learnt Your story entwined mine to create ours And stories can heal a broken heart Our story was beautiful, like a fairy tale written A princess in a tower, A knight in shining armor And all the charm to heal a broken heart Some words were left unsaid Some words were left unheard But the magic was complete To heal a broken heart Wordless conversations Woven into silence Completed several tales of joy Chapter by chapter to heal a broken heart All stories end in good or bad Ours did too a little too soon But destiny gave me words To heal...

Push yourself to do something… if you do something, the whole chore will make progress towards completing or else it’ll just sit there looking huge and in time looking impossible and you’ll give up on it. That’s how most of the things around look like, evening writing for this blog is something that I keep thinking about and not able to complete in actual while my excuse becomes writer’s block. Although there is no such thing as a writer’s block; or maybe there is but there is a really easy exercise to get rid of it as well, all you have to do is write something and the block lifts its self. The whole idea behind that is also do something. But the question is how do you manage to take that first step? How do you get out of your comfort zone into that scorching sunlight of reality, where everything is really tough? I’m no expert in self help; I’m no philosopher, no guide so I’ll just tell you what I do. I make lists! Yes that’s right as simple as they are Lists are a great help i...