(villa rugolo, ravello, italy) "chehra ek phool ki tarah shaadaab hai chehra uska hai ya koi mahtaab hai chehra jaise ghazal chehra jaan-i-ghazal chehra jaise kalli chehra jaise kanwal..” ~ Afreen Afreen Lyrics by the amazing Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan It's crazy how we say the same things every year. How fast the year has gone by, how it'll be christmas time soon and before we know it we will be welcoming another year. 2016 started off a bit iffy for me, I decided to spend the time around holidays in Singapore, which is not a bad decision, had i had all my friends in town. Unfortunately I didn't and after heroically deciding on December 29th that I am going to wear my pretty dress, put on some make up and show up at Arab Street all by myself and party to welcome 2016, I chickened out. I couldn't get myself to go. Instead i walked in the rain on December 31st on my way back home, which was refreshing. Bought myself some amazing groceries an