Topic: Nostalgia

High school letters remind us that communication was not always instant, but it was deeply human. They were the heartbeat of interschool crushes and even secret relationships, passed between hands like treasures wrapped in folded paper.

Thinking about sibling rivalries reminds us of what truly lasts. The teasing, the fights, the competitions all softened with time, but the love only grew stronger. In the end, the story of siblings was never just about rivalry.

Looking back now, it is clear that these contradictions were never meant to confuse us, but to shape us. The sarcasm sharpened our quick wit. The discipline taught us respect and resilience.

This Throwback Thursday, I miss the raw, imaginative joy of growing up before everything became digital. Before “indoors” became a lifestyle and “content” replaced curiosity. We made up games, invented rules, and created worlds from scratch.

Rain meant rest. It meant storytelling around a dim lantern. It meant that the world would slow down, if only for a while. The roof would sing its metallic rhythm, frogs would call out in harmony, and the scent of wet soil would drift through the air.

Photos were treasures. They’d be kept in albums, stuck on the wall next to the president’s portrait, or hidden inside Bibles for safekeeping. They weren’t just pictures they were memories captured forever.

Before smartphones, before disappearing messages and FaceTime calls, there was the golden era of buttoned phones—where love lived in 160-character texts, delivered on a glowing green screen, and trust was measured by how fast you could delete a message.

One of the reasons behind Gen Z’s love for nostalgia is the uncertainty of the prevailing. Growing up in technology of economic instability, social unrest, and the speedy upward push of the virtual era, many young people feel beaten by way of the short-pa

Unlike sight, sound, or touch, which are processed in different parts of the brain, smell takes a direct route to the limbic system. The amygdala and hippocampus area is in charge of emotions and storing long-lasting memories. Because of this direct conne

We should not forget that other students in the upper levels used to tease us about how Chemistry was a hard subject, and we grew the worst mentality ever. Teachers used their unique styles to impart knowledge beyond textbooks—challenging us to think crit