The Mermaid Wanderer

For some people, all they ever dream was to work in a high rising company with a good pay, promised with an extensive career growth. For others, they dream of a simpler life, to be able to live happily with their family, to be able to go places they want, to be able to work remotely for the rest of their lives. And my dream was the latter. I spent almost 4 years in a country far away from home. Although the things that I had experienced was extraordinary, deep inside me is a woman crying in pain every-single-fucking-day! I never thought I’d despise corporate world so much! I thought that was my dream! And when I proved to myself that I can do it, the job that I was looking up to for an extensive time, became my nightmare! The first year was amazing, I was doing really good on my job (at least as per my manager). The 2 nd year was the starting point of all my struggles. Waking up in the morning became dreadful. The cycle of 8-5 was horrible! There are days where there’s a lot of jo...

I met this guy at a club in Dubai, we locked eyes and from there it was just magical. We weren’t a thing; he has his own life I have mine. But every weekends I go to the same club and he’s there, standing at the bar table, dashing as ever, with a smile that always melt my heart. I’ll let you in on a little secret, I easily catch feelings! He left Dubai for good and went back to his home country. And as a solo traveler, I now found a reason to fly to a place I know nothing about, and haven’t heard until recently. I flew in on Thursday and flew back to Dubai on a Saturday. A quick break to reality. I met him on my first night and had planned a trip on my second day, but he didn’t show up. Well he did, 6 hours after! I cancelled my paid tours just to be with him but he came so late that my whole day was spent for nothing. I sat at a park, and I contemplated as to why I cancelled my tours. See before I always depend my happiness to somebody else, being alone is amazing and all but it c...

And as I sat down in a coffee shop right in front of the beach, overlooking the magnificent palm trees and white sand beaches, I asked myself. Which way do I go? I know right after I step through the door of my office I’ll immediately feel in despair, lost, depressed, sad. A feeling I’ve been holding on for years. And I don’t want that burden anymore, I just wanted to let it all go, be free and not think of whatever the outcome of my decisions will be. Sometimes I can be reckless, but jumping off of the cliff without knowing what’s waiting for you down there is electrifying. Before I left the coffee shop, I’ve already came into conclusion of me saying ‘fuck it, I’ll resign’! But believe me when I say, everything went downhill first before I’m in this position right now, writing this spiel and abso-freaking-lutely contented that I did what I did. Tell me, what’s the most petrifying, life changing decisions you had to make before you finally found your happiness? Or have you done it yet?...

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. I hit refresh – to everything in my life! A decision that’s been long in my mind but kept being pushed aside. It’s been a hard and extensive debate between all my personalities – yet at the end we came up into a conclusion that the road I’m about to take, will not be the easiest one yet I know deep inside that it’ll be flabbergasting. Nothing in this world comes easy. Everything that you want, you’ll have to work hard for it – well at least for us who weren’t born with a silver spoon. But isn’t it fulfilling to break the ordinary? I believe that the most dangerous phrase in the English language is “…We’ve always done it this way”. And I don’t want that, I don’t want to follow the mainstream. Imagine, you go to school almost half of your life and the other half? You spend it working your ass off! I salute those people who does that exact way. But I just couldn’t! My heart and my mind will for...

Camping time! This photo is one of those rare moments where you'll always wanna reminisce for the rest of your life. Before I came to Dubai, I'd say I don't have loads of friends. Partly because I'm quite a loner, I'd rather be alone than be with someone just for the sake of it. I also suck at socializing and always get shy before I even approach anyone. I struggled a fair amount on my first months living here because of that same reason. I cry myself to sleep missing my hometown, my family, my comfort zone. See, for someone as introverted as me, stepping out of my safe haven, or even thinking about it makes me quiver. It's unnerving!!! Yet even the most introverted person in this universe, will also feel lonely. Then I found this group, and it did helped me a lot. I am still shy, I still quiver to the idea of coming up to someone and casually introduce yourself. But that didn't stopped me from meeting these wonderful souls. And although as you can see, we c...

  Yup! That's me struggling to stand on my first ever surfing. But in life, who doesn't struggle? Who doesn't stumble and fall? We all do! No matter where you come from, what your social status is, once in your life you were also in a state where you felt so down and don't even wanna hold on anymore. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you think you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. So either you fight back, or you let shit get the better of you. Just like surfing, no matter how many times the waves fucks you up, no matter how many cuts you get from the corals when you fell, you always get up and try again. Because each wave counts! Right now, life has been hitting us with one of the most deadliest waves. But do we give up? Not at all! We fight the battle each and every waking day. Let's all...

Almost 4 years ago I arrived in this luxurious City. Not knowing anything about Dubai, I came here. And let's be honest not everyone knew that Dubai ain't a Country at all, it's just a City! Living here has its ups and downs, like any other city at any other country. Dubai is home to Millions of expats, there's a 90/10 ratio of expats and locals. The latter being the 10 percent. So imagine living in a City full of different nationalities and cultures. It's amazing! You'll learn a lot from the people you meet at the office to the people who sweeps the streets at dawn while you're walking home from a wonderful night out. I've had one of the most wonderful experiences living here that I know I will never get from anywhere else. But as amazing as it sounds, it's not all rainbows here! It's not always an amazing place, not always an amazing people. Living here only made me realize that the world is HUGE, there's an endless horizon out there. There...