Rear view mirror #1
In the last week…
I decided to use pencils instead of pens, because pencils are more environmentally friendly. Apparently you can draw a 56 km line with 1 pencil, and only 2-3 km with a pen. Also, pencils use soft wood products that are biodegradable, while pens use plastic, which takes longer to decompose and is oil-based.
I laughed at this hilarious article ‘How I politely rejected his advances by turning into a laurel tree’ from feminist satirical website Reductress. Best thing is that this is actually based on the Greek myth of Apollo and Daphne, which goes to show that men have been the worst since classical times. Nary a week goes by when I don’t have to apologise for my gender.
I felt terrible, disappointed and shamed when a part of a legal advice I provided earlier this year ended up being wrong, because I missed a detail in the fine print. It was like a land mine I planted for myself 3 months ago, just seething and waiting to be stepped on. After I owned up to my error with my supervisor and we sent up a meeting with the client to discuss the advice, I went down a mini-shame spiral. But of course, we all make these mistakes, and all that can be done is to own up to it, provide a solution, and aim to not repeat the same mistake next time. And that’s just what I did, because when real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.
Fun fact of the week: the scientific name of the Western lowland gorilla found in most zoos is gorilla gorilla gorilla, a subset of the Western Gorilla family, whose scientific name is … gorilla gorilla.
Meal of the week: I spent a lovely afternoon with my boyfriend’s friends at Contentious Character, a winery restaurant at Wambion, enjoyed a pate and some lovely wines.
I decided to use pencils instead of pens, because pencils are more environmentally friendly. Apparently you can draw a 56 km line with 1 pencil, and only 2-3 km with a pen. Also, pencils use soft wood products that are biodegradable, while pens use plastic, which takes longer to decompose and is oil-based.
I laughed at this hilarious article ‘How I politely rejected his advances by turning into a laurel tree’ from feminist satirical website Reductress. Best thing is that this is actually based on the Greek myth of Apollo and Daphne, which goes to show that men have been the worst since classical times. Nary a week goes by when I don’t have to apologise for my gender.
I felt terrible, disappointed and shamed when a part of a legal advice I provided earlier this year ended up being wrong, because I missed a detail in the fine print. It was like a land mine I planted for myself 3 months ago, just seething and waiting to be stepped on. After I owned up to my error with my supervisor and we sent up a meeting with the client to discuss the advice, I went down a mini-shame spiral. But of course, we all make these mistakes, and all that can be done is to own up to it, provide a solution, and aim to not repeat the same mistake next time. And that’s just what I did, because when real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.
Fun fact of the week: the scientific name of the Western lowland gorilla found in most zoos is gorilla gorilla gorilla, a subset of the Western Gorilla family, whose scientific name is … gorilla gorilla.
Meal of the week: I spent a lovely afternoon with my boyfriend’s friends at Contentious Character, a winery restaurant at Wambion, enjoyed a pate and some lovely wines.
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