Huwaida Ishaaq
Bio
Stuffed my dreams in a closet but they didn't like it. So, I walked in there and made a pact: I'd take them out for a walk - one dream, one year at a time. The choice led me to long-term traveling and becoming a dream coach. Enjoy :)
Stories (9/0)
You move, you life
As I was leaving Kuala Lumpur, what Bryan said as I pulled out of his driveway reverberated, as if it had run around a mental track and finally got to a point where it could present itself again, in the style of a kid, hand raised, waving, because they had something they just have to share.
By Huwaida Ishaaq20 days ago in Wander
The No Idea Garden of Remembrance
The most popular steamboat spot for writers now is the No Idea Garden of Remembrance. It's an oversized lot. Every writer thinks it is his or hers exclusively, and none of their guests have known it before. The host forgets how they came to know about the garden in the first place, or that among the invited are other writers too.
By Huwaida Ishaaq28 days ago in Poets
Anatomy of a Bruneian sentence
“Kids baru balik dari swimming,” announces my sister in our family Whatsapp group chat, “we inda join jemaah.” She is talking about our nightly congregation at maghrib, the one obligatory prayer for which my father would avail himself at home, to worship with the rest of the family. He prefers to offer the other four mandatory prayers at the village mosque. It is a ritual that takes a great chunk of the day. The nationwide circuit-breaker during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown must have been hard on him. Years of post-retirement routine upended. Thankfully, it did not last long, at least not in Brunei.
By Huwaida Ishaaqabout a month ago in Poets
One Ramadan in Paris
Ask me to diet, and I won't last a day. I have neither the will nor the inclination to follow through after the initial thought of launching into one.. With Ramadan, however, abstinence comes easy. It’s like a different operating system takes over and I can observe the entire month of fasting without issue.
By Huwaida Ishaaq2 months ago in Wander
