Rocks and Flowers

As the year comes to an end, you will probably see people posting about their ‘new year’s resolutions’. I never understood that. I never understood how a nearly completed orbit around the sun made people suddenly decide to bring in new changes and goals into their lives. Now I get it, we all want to be a better version of who we were a year ago, yesterday or even since the last 5 minutes. So, I decided to have a self-analysis and bring up my own resolutions which I will try to stick by as from now until I have a change in perspective. I am going to name this ‘My Lifelong Resolutions’. Huge lack of creativity when it concerns the title, I know. To start with, I decide to be kinder. I realize now better than before, that we are all dealing with our own issues. In the midst of our own chaos, our behaviour changes and we end up acting or saying things that give off a wrong perception of who we really are. I may have made wrongful presumptions on some people based on how they w...

I know, I know. It has been quite a long time since I have posted anything and I am genuinely sorry if I have kept some of you guys waiting. To make up for my absence, I shall talk to you all about periods, also known as menses. [This image has been downloaded from Google] Biologically speaking, it is quite simple. Four hormones are involved in this process; FSH, LH, Oestrogen and Progesterone. While the hormones FSH and LH are involved in the maturation and release of the egg from one of the ovaries, Oestrogen and Progesterone are required to change and thicken the lining of the uterus, also known as the endometrium, especially during ovulation for the fertilized egg to implant properly. If the egg has not been fertilized, which of course means you are not pregnant, the egg disintegrates in the Fallopian tube. Now, this is when things start to go downhill for us uterus-bearers. Due to failure in fertilization and implantation, there is a decrease of the hormones Oes...

Disclaimer: This is not an “I am angry post”. This is more of an “I am fed up” and “The truth of how we feel” post. Blink twice if you’ve ever been catcalled. If you did it voluntarily, then this post is probably for you. If you blinked out of reflex, well this post is most probably for you as well. Catcalling is probably something many of us face daily. I honestly do not know if that’s the case for the majority of boys as well, but when it comes to girls, it’s like part of the package of being a female and possessing female body parts.  Personally, I have been catcalled so many times that the fingers and toes of a hundred people put together would not be enough to accurately provide you with the true number of times I have been faced with this. I have had people whistle at me to harass me for over 10 minutes just to obtain my number to having been shown a certain male private part in public. Are you shocked? Well, you shouldn’t be. I am sure many girls have been v...