Author: smileyape

As I sit here, looking absently ahead, as if trying to see the words that will form this post; like shooting stars, welcoming a wistfulness, I’m left searching, searching for the words that can accurately capture each emotion, colourful, vivid, visceral. And present them to you in simple black and white. The truth is I…

I’m sitting at a Café Nero at London Heathrow airport waiting for my 21.30 flight to Manchester this evening. After a few weeks abroad on holiday – only having retuned a few days ago, I find myself back at the airport. But this time, no sunny shore awaits me. Quite the opposite. I will be…

Komorebi … the Japanese word that means “to the sunlight shining through the trees” There are approximately 600,000 word forms in the English dictionary.  Yet there is no English word used to describe the gentle phenomenon of dappled rays that peek through the dense foliage, casting a soft enchanting glow on the planes beneath. We’ve…

Aim to live in this world without allowing the world to live inside of you, because when a boat sits on water, it sails perfectly, but when water enters inside the boat, it sinks.     ~ Imam Ali (as) ~ Balance is subjective and organic in nature. The oldest language in linguistic records dating back to…

This is my first post since the birth of my beautiful baby daughter. Beauty of course is in the eyes of the beholder. And yet, even after observing the somewhat creepy expression she makes just before soiling her nappy (“soiling” being polite for military grade onslaughts) – as if to warn me of the unpleasant…

Hi world! I’m Maisam (“Mais”) Toor. I’m a fun-loving movie fanatic who is prone to all things sweet. I’m the guy who laughs at dad jokes – genuine belly laugh, who is never far from a punishingly bad pun; pun intended 😉, and who loves to sing along (very out of tune may I add)…

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