Brain Waves - Blog by Aneeqe A. Khan

  Perhaps the greatest of the irony, is that everyone thinks they are smartest and the most knowledgeable (including me). So naturally, We believe that I am the one who has discovered the truth. Here we are shouting and screaming from our ever so fragile internet bubbles thinking we are "The all-knowing"-Left with nothing more than a clusterfuck.

  8 Things single people must do. We’ve all been there; your best friend is dating someone from work, your sister is getting engaged next week, and then there is you. To top it all off, the people who are in a relationship are so smug about it like they have it all figured out. I call bullshit! We’ve all known that one friend, who couldn’t even turn the microwave on two weeks ago and ever since their new relationship, they are somehow a qualified psychologist. I digress, but here is something you may not have heard before; maybe being single is excellent. Being single comes with perks, and rather than wishing for a relationship, we need to celebrate, explore life and its limits. While you are enjoying your freedom here is a list of 8 Things single people must do. Stop saying you are going to die single : Okay, maybe you have been single for a few months now, or even a year. Let me put it this way; would you instead go through yet another breakup and a miserable relationship or wait...

  My Heart Stopped and here is what I learned. Life  is a mystery, but one thing is for certain it sure isn’t long. I once saw a quote somewhere that went something like this. “Never be a prisoner of your past, become the architect of your  future ”. You know how people always say; in a split second, your whole life can change. Well, this is one of those stories; the only difference is the second doesn’t feel like a second; it feels much longer. For you to completely understand this story, you may need a little background. So let’s take a trip down  memory  lane. I was about ten when my family migrated to this beautiful country, Australia. And that was the beginning of this story. We moved a few times before settling into the west of Sydney. It was around that time I began my high school life. Now, I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t the cool kid, I was the nerd, in fact, a nerd who wasn’t that good at studies. I was, however, a little different from other kids. I wa...