monthly financial cycle

My financial month begins on the 26th of each month, or the weekday before it if 26 happens to be an off day. A good day when everyone at work seems to be delighted as the bank accounts are topped up The first few days are good with plenty of spending with multiple trips to malls and dinners out. All those plans that I made of buying little things a week ago while staring blankly at the monitor...
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joining the dots

It bewilders me to look back at some of the things that have happened in life and how they’re connected to my present. There is a definite pattern in life. Its like events in the past happened because they were required in the future and not because I decided them to happen. They just happened. There are many aspects in which pattern may be found but I will talk about just one here which is...
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cute lil princess

My sister takes atleast 20 pics of her daughter every day I believe. If there is an occasion, she dresses her up and takes many more. Poor kid. And that’s not all, if she finds a photographic studio on the way, she’ll get her pics taken there too. Weirdo. Anyway, here are the two recent pics she sent me. Musfirah is now almost 16 months old,...
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the “eureka” moment … almost

I started very fresh in the morning thanks to an uninterrupted 10-hour sleep last night. No caffeine was required and I was up and ready for work within no time. I eased into my chair, logged in to both my computers and glanced at the mailbox. No new mails. Good. Time to work. I was kinda stuck on creating some logical expression to be used in for loops earlier and that’s where I was...
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Trust in God

To completely trust in God is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him. Imam al-Ghazali
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