Maisha Nazifa Kamal

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:

Under the neon city lights I stand, Among the mass of people who never notice me.

Don't get me wrong. I'm sure you've never had any embarrassing experiences in your life, especially in school. I mean school is the most neutral, peaceful, and safe place in the world. So why would you ever have to go through humiliating situations there, right?

The wind will never whisper some stories, The stones will rather quietly bury them,

She rolls the dice and it's a seven, In a game of chess, like an ace of spade. She counts all the daggers you throw at her, And repays them with a dazzling smile and fresh blood.

It may be a cryptic remark, an unfinished story, Or a deathly poison disguised as a melody.