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Everything should have strings attached

10 Oct 2024

A new EU directive requires that all plastic bottles being manufactured must now have caps that are attached to the bottles. What tends to happen when a bottle is carelessly...

The world is apparently no longer normal

03 Oct 2024

Since the pandemic in 2020, the world has become weird. Why do I see young men shopping or sitting around in shopping malls on a weekday during working hours? Why...

Bad parenting is leading to mayhem for all

26 Sep 2024

A young teen was marched into a police station by his mother when she found out that he was involved in the recent Southport riots in the UK. Right in...

When is a freebie not a freebie?

19 Sep 2024

There seems to be a common and amusing thought process that is shared by anyone who stays in a hotel. Remember that episode of ‘Friends’ in which Ross was packing...

Letting your past rule your present

12 Sep 2024

Someone wrote to a newspaper Agony Aunt recently saying that several bad events that happened to her stopped her from enjoying her life. Well, she could be right, or wrong,...

The word ‘sorry’ has lost its true meaning

05 Sep 2024

‘Sorry….not’ is a phrase often said by people in a sarcastic tone when they want to emphasise that they are not sorry. These two words are purposely inverted to indicate...

Ditch that old device? Or not?

29 Aug 2024

Tech experts say that most people who buy new phones in the UAE are reluctant to discard their old ones. They’d rather store them in a cupboard or hand them...

The Attack of the Keyboard Warriors

22 Aug 2024

I was reading posts on Quora the other day and am very shocked to find that many of the responders to the questions posed are either very arrogant, very sarcastic...

Kids throw tantrums when you take away their tablets

15 Aug 2024

Blaming everything on technology and social media is very easy. You see something unpleasant, blame social media. You read something that riles you up, blame X or Facebook. Your kid...

Make this summer less sweet

08 Aug 2024

Summer can be sweet in more ways than one. But I think we need to make it less sweet. When it’s hot outside, the first inclination is to drink or...

Birjees Hussain

She has more than 10 years of experience in writing articles on a range of topics including health, beauty, lifestyle, finance, management and Quality Management.

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