People assume the two digit number on your birthday cake is a mistake and sometimes you really wonder if you were adopted and your parents messed up your age.

In this highly competitive and digital era, we are experiencing the need and importance of networking every day.

It is used to describe a state of sadness that appears long-term and unshakeable.

You probably share meals with your cat, never let your dog leave your sight, and feel loved when your rabbit scratches you.

Before anyone assumes that I'm a gawky makeup-hating tomboy, I'd like to clear the air because I absolutely love putting makeup on myself. Maybe not much as most girls, but I'm there.

Study tours are a great time to truly get to know the people you spend time with on campus and in classrooms.

Some of the issues left-handed people have to face frequently.

I've seen people going bat-shit crazy whenever their birthday's looming on the horizon. They'll upload “Keep calm because my birthday is in 10 months and 17 days” pictures, expect everyone to remember their birth charts, reply to all 700 hollow “hbd 2 u” wishes on their timeline, invite hundreds of people, some of whom they've met once or twice in their lives and will probably never meet again.

Life is dark and full of terrors. Sometimes terror contorts into the shape of an awkward situation and even the most nihilist person can't help but feel awkward when the situation calls for it.

When Passenger sang “Only know you love her when you let her go” in that melancholic voice I underestimated those words.

From the first of January until the ninth, I could not muster the courage needed to get out of bed to perform more than just the barest of my human functions – because it was the week of the mercury retrograde.

You rarely see each other anymore. Maybe on Eid or when you make a quick run to the nearest Agora.

Don't believe it? Well, think again. Urban stargazing might sound like an utterly ludicrous prospect, but as they say, nothing's impossible if you REALLY want it.

This period is the slump of your parent's work cycle, the very cul-de-sac.

Let's face reality for a moment; almost all of you reading this article have heard the three special words.

I suffered from severe dandruff problems as a teenager (ladies). I combatted this with a ferocious grooming program that saw me going at my hair with a comb whenever my hands were free.

Some people overlook the hidden meanings behind handshakes because it's an impulsive greeting. But there are many things one can infer from a simple handshake.

We are all familiar with the idea of a wingwoman – the ”brozoned” girl who helps to set you up with other girls. She will go the extra mile to decrease your chances of being #foreveralone, usually out of kindness, but sometimes because she wants to get a lot of treats.

In retrospect, you might find the separate parts have bled into one another, an amalgamation of the end and the beginning wrapped like a present – ready to be opened at your nostalgic pleasure, whenever you want a nice hour or two of introspection.

When I try to retrace my steps to when it all began, I wander off to the days when I had just started out as a tutor.