Jul 15, 2021

I quit Facebook in 2017. Here is how you can do it too

Quick Tip: To quickly skim through this story, look out for Bold and Italic items. Happy Reading :) One of the best decisions of my life was quitting Facebook in 2017. And trust me it was way harder than I initially thought. If you search “Social media and its impact”…

Social Media

7 min read

I quit Facebook in 2017. Here is how you can do it too

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Jul 2, 2021

After 5 tedious years, I have become an Australian Citizen. Here is a summary of my journey

Pro Tip: Look for Bold items to quickly skim through the story. Through thick and thin; Bush fires and Pandemic; I finally made it. I arrived in Australia in mid-2016 from South Asia. At that time, it was 40 degrees Celcius there and I packed accordingly not knowing that its…

Pandemic

9 min read

After 5 tedious years, I have become an Australian Citizen. Here is a summary of my journey

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Jun 23, 2021

Here’s how it felt to be racially harassed in Sydney

Disclaimer: This story is written from a personal point of view and its purpose is to create more awareness around this issue rather than demeaning a city, country or its people. Unfortunately, it's a True story. To jump to the core incident, look for the heading The Ironic Encounter. I…

Racism

4 min read

Here’s how it felt to be racially harassed in Sydney

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Jan 15, 2021

2 Things that the Pandemic Ended for Good

Coronavirus/Covid-19, these are probably the most annoying words for the past year or so. They brought all sorts of chaos to humanity. Jobs lost. Lives lost. A lot of good things came to an end because of that. But not every good thing was ended by the virus. In fact…

Pandemic

3 min read

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Dec 31, 2020

“New Year’s Resolution”, Don’t make one unless You have to

New year’s resolutions are often considered as a cliche “thing” that everyone commits to at the start of new year but hardly anyone succeeds at it by the end of it. Usually, people get off-track as soon as January ends. They revert to their old habits because they realise that…

Pandemic

4 min read

“New Year’s Resolution”, Don’t make one unless You have to

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Dec 8, 2020

Here is why 2020 is the best year of the 21st century

This year has been weird in every possible way. Lockdown — Pandemic — Vaccine — Mask — Sanitiser — Toilet Paper — Shutdown. All of these words have taken a very significant place in our memory. It has changed everything on its head and gave us a blunt warning that…

Pandemic

5 min read

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Nov 17, 2020

Living through Pandemic as an Introvert!

Pandemic hasn’t been great to us so far. I mean some people lost their jobs while some lost their loved ones. Some got stuck overseas and were unable to return to their country because of border closures. With travel, jobs and events being cancelled, people were made hostage within their…

Pandemic

4 min read

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Nov 15, 2020

Sometimes - A note to myself

Sometimes I try to look for an answer to what I feel. Sometimes Everything seems so out of focus. Sometimes Everything feels like a 144p YouTube video. The way lights just go out and all you got to navigate is the flashlight of your phone. Sometimes I sit healthily, fed…

Life

1 min read

Sometimes - A note to myself

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Sometimes

I try to look for an answer to what I feel.

Sometimes

Everything seems so out of focus.

Sometimes

Everything feels like a 144p YouTube video.

The way lights just go out and all you got to navigate is the flashlight of your phone.

Sometimes

I sit healthily, fed…

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Nov 11, 2020

From 97 out of 100 to 47 out of 100. Here’s how I lost interest in Maths and said “Hi” to Depression.

The Grading System Being born in a Brown family; I have always been a good student. Not because I wanted to but because I had to. Let me explain. My parents had a simple Punish-Reward Grading system for me that was totally different than that of my school. My school’s…

Depression

6 min read

Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

·Oct 28, 2020

I was shocked when I was denied to use self-checkout…

Grocery runs are pretty mundane. You shop for actually 3 different types of groceries. Things you want and end up buying Things you avoid but end up buying Things you want but forget Now the first category is fairly straight forward. In this category, you got your proteins, veggies, canned…

Life

4 min read

I was shocked when I was denied to use self-checkout…

I quit Facebook in 2017. Here is how you can do it too

After 5 tedious years, I have become an Australian Citizen. Here is a summary of my journey

Here’s how it felt to be racially harassed in Sydney

2 Things that the Pandemic Ended for Good

“New Year’s Resolution”, Don’t make one unless You have to

Here is why 2020 is the best year of the 21st century

Living through Pandemic as an Introvert!

Sometimes - A note to myself

Sometimes - A note to myself

From 97 out of 100 to 47 out of 100. Here’s how I lost interest in Maths and said “Hi” to Depression.

I was shocked when I was denied to use self-checkout…

Muhammad Kumail