Reflection isn’t easy if it’s 45 years of your life and you’re trying to summarize everything in a tiny, tiny article. My mind goes not too far and not too deep, it lingers around the obvious – life’s too short… Read more

I can’t seem to recall the name of our arts class teacher, Madam ________. It was a very unique name. I do clearly remember her face and one particular interaction with her, when she said, ‘it seems Yasser’s favorite color… Read more

44 years (45 this month) in and on this planet makes me very finicky about what I choose to do during my typical day. It’s the nervousness of knowing that the rest of the time I have left on the… Read more

One great habit I learnt this year last year, is from my close friend. I have got in touch with them after 17 years – a very long time for someone who’s my childhood class fellow and a close friend… Read more

The course of history, or the usual course of history comes to a halt when friends visit. Time as we know it, ceases to exist and the few moments we spend together are immemorial. Living in the UAE can be… Read more

My cup of tea is ready, it awaits the first sip. We’re out of bread this morning and I’m awaiting the planned Paratha Anda breakfast so the traditional and lovely chai thos makhan protocol has broken this morning. It’s Friday,… Read more

Since the dawn of the Internet, we’ve always had some chat program that takes the limelight and everyone, that is everyone you know uses it, and considers it divine. A few chat programs from yesteryears come to mind: mirc, icq,… Read more

I skipped writing yesterday, I had a new design to push for our Spiderz home page and that went well. Using the tools we do, it takes about a day to refresh a web page’s design, mobile friendly and all,… Read more

An early morning, breakfast of chai tos makhan (brewed-tea, toast and butter) has returned. After my strong tea article, one of my dear friends pointed out the risks of having tea on an empty stomach. For one, many of the… Read more

Your face is your identity. Not your hair. Neither your beard. It’s your face that every human or AI would read and uniquely identify you, as you. Facial hair is beyond unique. There is a recent worry and an on-going… Read more

In my Steak of the economy post I spoke about how you can block SMS spam on your phone. On iPhone, blocking SMS spam is a nightmare and having tried almost every trick in the bag, from wishing for Apple… Read more

If you’re wondering where iOS 13’s been all day, today being Thursday, September 19 release day, the new OS is still a couple of hours away. UAE release time being 9:00 PM. If you’re in other time zones, you can… Read more

My blog is read by my children. So this post will be written for the eyes of a child. Ones that are too precious for the nurturing of their minds and their souls. If you’re intelligent, you’ve got the point… Read more

Unlike most people who come to the UAE to make a living, some of us Pakistanis are the most unique, people like me who have been living outside of Pakistan for the past 43 odd years (some six or seven… Read more

Being the topic that it is, asking someone how they are doing or how their business is doing gets you varying answers from ‘people are loosing jobs’ to the ‘economy is in tatters’ and a few ‘Alhumdolillahs’ here and there.… Read more

As dawn breaks I’m scanning a few topics to write about. I’m trying to develop a habit of writing every morning and some ideas take precedence over others. It’s quiet at the moment. I’ve set our pedestal fan to low… Read more

There are days when I wake up thinking I want strong tea. It’s just a state of mind that lasts a few minutes and then I’m happy to have my usual tea. I don’t run on tea like most Pakistanis… Read more

… among other things. I have owned an Apple Watch from Series 0 (zero), or the first version of the Apple Watch. It was simply called the Apple Watch then (four years and some months ago). I bought mine from… Read more

I’m intensely excited about Apple Arcade which is Apple’s new and upcoming (19/09) gaming subscription service. I love the price point at AED 19.99/month (or $4.99/mo). A one-month trial is included, which is an excellent way to try the service.… Read more

By now if you care, you know about the new iPhones launched this week. Om Malik’s event notes are good enough summary of the Apple event. This year’s iPhones are better, like they are every year, incrementally so, year-on-year. There’s… Read more