I received an email as a form of a joke but it has the undeniable truth of how we prioritize the aspects of our lives incorrectly. The joke narrative, in brief, describes a group of businessmen crossing paths with a small group of people living a very simple life, one very similar to Abufares’ Tartous [...]
“Countless were the occasions,” I wrote, many years ago, “where I set out to write these memoirs of mine, but a strange sentiment – mixture of terror and anguish – always stopped me from carrying through.” I have written many memoirs since then, and looking back, I can only laugh at myself for the fool I [...]
To those of you I know who might be reading this, the post is not directed at you. It’s merely an observation of myself, nothing more nor less. I never understood how someone can become superficial, but over the years I have transformed into someone who is, and, looking back, I am trying to understand [...]
And that’s what very few people really understand. Here’s a thing you didn’t know about shy little KJ – I love experiences, but mostly, I love experiencing, something I myself was would be aghast with disbelief a few years ago. But while many people change, I mutate, not necessarily into something terrible. On the contrary, [...]
Storytelling, it’s a gift, an art, not taught nor acquired but grown. To tell a story is to live the story, to be the characters and feel the events, to hold the strings yourself but give them to your characters when needed. To tell a story is to learn the language of the people – [...]
The month of March has witnessed many transformations in my personality, most notably in the self confidence department, a far cry from what I have been experiencing for the latter quarter of the past year of unemployment (a post to celebrate that is due 1st April, stay tuned!). March has been, for the most part, [...]
On that day, like many other days, I’ve written a fine article of childish humour where I looked back on one of the unforgettable days I have spent in the greatest city in the world: New York City. But on that very same day, I wrote something else, usually the type of writing I keep to [...]
I was a genius! A friend of mine came across an email I sent to my friends that many years ago. I, myself, keep emails, some that go back to 1997 (those were printed, even), and the others happily residing in digital form on my computer. In that email, I wrote words that resound in [...]
The car engine hums gently as I drive the long winding road on the stretch of desert between the city and my new home, a concept that my mind does not appear to grasp. Home, what is home? My journey home starts as I tune in to what I, in my humblest of opinions, consider [...]
I have always loved the way children behave and think. I have always believed that they possessed an irreplaceable spirit, one that would carry them through the hardships with a smile, one that would offer forgiveness to other friends if a mistake has been made. They had the ability to absorb and endure emotional and [...]