Maisha Nazifa Kamal

I have left out all the details,

Devoid of any action, drama, mystery or a witty screenplay, Mirai, is an anime movie set with quite a plain storyline. However, it has one thing sprawling dexterously in every moment of the story and that is emotion.

A frivolous bite of Hershey's, a handful of chocolate chips, an ample spoon of innocently melting ganache and then one day a stinging, nasty pain in the teeth.

“Meow,” I protested. But my tiny squeal of protest came to no avail as Anika handed me to a sullen-looking, lanky boy whose eyes were as tiny as my paws but certainly not as cute.

As Beyoncé says in her song “Single Ladies”, come my single lads and ladies, as I take you on a journey through the rants you suppress when your sweet friends abandon you and sail with someone else

Pearls scattered on the floor, pictures are taped, My walls are painted blue, my nails are red.

The window itself of the shop is beautiful. Lined by a sliver of golden, the stunning wide glass pane reflects me back.

Sometimes, even for an otaku, a brilliant psycho-thriller or a tearful shoujo anime gets boring. It's like eating the same banquet everyday and you are begging for a much simpler change of food. And the sunny changes might be the following animes:

When did we end up with such radio hearts: A heart that only tunes to what it likes,

There is a variety of languages which even seasoned linguists fail to comprehend. And these languages exist where everything exists. Yes, you guessed it right: the Internet.

At this moment, it feels like I'm watching you from afar. Like through a hollow, dim tunnel that only sheds light over every detail of you.

It has been two years since I, a naive, aspiring soul, had applied for the post of the manager of this famous writer.

Eyes closed, with a breath of ice, Her fingers glide upon the ivory keys.

Messaging apps are what you use to stay connected with friends, but ironically, your friends can also be labelled as one of those messaging apps. Read along and then pick a friend for each category.

Talking about the weather is a polite way of starting a conversation with an absolute stranger. But sometimes, there are people who actually forget that the weather was what initialised the conversation and that they can actually move on to other topics.

When there's a new member in our squad or at work, we have an innate tendency to think that the newbie will adjust to the new bubble all by themselves.

At first, I would like to subtly point out the physical and mental pain I had to go through to address you all. In my head, I sighed, grumbled. My brain cells felt ambushed, my nerves were twitching anxiously.

While you may have started the day listening to your favourite jam and are probably enjoying one as you read this, let some basic music genres define you.

I appear like red smoke, Annihilating your senses, smothering your gaze.

There is one sad but mighty word in the dictionary of our daily lives though all that it does is tear up the pages of that dictionary: Exams. Sadly, all of us have to face this catastrophe once or twice or a thousand times in our lives. So brace yourselves for the odd encounters with the following people: