Rather, an invocation for new beginnings. I spent the bulk of last night (well, more like this morning) doing two things: Watching Disney's Hercules (my love for Meg knows no bounds)Making myself a bunch of professional accountsThe latter of the two is something you can see traces of on this blog. I've done three major things … Continue reading “An invocation for beginnings”
(TRIGGER WARNING) On rape and sexual assault
I don't care who reads my blog. I have a lot of family who reads this, many friends from back home and here and other places, many relatives whom I don't know very well, and complete strangers too. I don't care about social sensitivities at the moment - because this is something that needs to … Continue reading (TRIGGER WARNING) On rape and sexual assault
The alternative track
I wonder sometimes how different my life would be if I'd decided to pursue fashion instead of International Relations/Sociology in college. Granted, I'm not in college (yet - two more applications to go! I'll talk about that in another post!) but all my decisions are based around IR. It's a strange combination, yeah - politics … Continue reading The alternative track
Short Note: Home is where you hang your hat
...and boy, do I hang my hats everywhere in my room. I watched The Hobbit this evening - and it's a beautiful movie. I normally hate watching movies that are longer than an hour and a half but this movie had me completely engrossed. It was visually stunning and just a treat from start to … Continue reading Short Note: Home is where you hang your hat
Off to the races
My father has one condition - and one condition only - upon which rest my hopes for going to Boston this coming fall: I have to start running. Often. Primarily, I assume, so that I can continue this habit over the course of the four years that I do spend in Boston and, hopefully, throughout … Continue reading Off to the races
Love letters: Rain in Dubai
Dear Rain, Hi. It's been a while. We've waited for you a very long time, you know. It's been a long, hot summer - a summer which, quite frankly, has no business stretching itself through till November. We've had to endure long, hot days, sickening humidity and brutal assaults by piercing sunlight. All in the … Continue reading Love letters: Rain in Dubai
Short Note – the path that led to the present
Sometimes I think back and I'm in awe of the fact that, at every point in my life, I made choices and decisions that led to me becoming the person I am today. Not hanging out with that one friend when I was five years old, growing apart from someone else, picking Winchester as the … Continue reading Short Note – the path that led to the present
TEDxWinchester – Watch it live!
TEDxWinchester - Watch it live!So tomorrow, after months of grueling work and weeks of intense rehearsing, training, presentation making and a weekend of utter exhaustion, TEDxWinchester is FINALLY HERE and I cannot wait to speak tomorrow!If anyone out there would like to watch the events live - starting 9:30am (GMT +4, Dubai time. That's 12:30 … Continue reading TEDxWinchester – Watch it live!
Exhausted
I always knew A Levels were going to be extremely fatiguing; the knowledge of this was so potent that it drove me to tell everyone else how exhausted I was going to be all year round, how I would never get a moment to myself, how I have to keep my grades up, with an air of earnest … Continue reading Exhausted
TEDxYouthDay – My dream
I suppose being a speaker at a TEDx event makes it so I have a commitment to follow through with; a commitment to the very foundation of TED: to use it as well as my life as a platform to inspire positive change. I can talk at length about my "idea that can change the … Continue reading TEDxYouthDay – My dream
Neiha Lasharie 