My Life, A Cocktail

So today, I made my first mistake at work. Gaah! I knew this was coming, and all the while I was telling myself, "You have to make your first mistake. And then, it will all be good". So yes, here I am, post my first goof-up. It had to be something as terrible as affecting production and the users... And more importantly, it had to be something that was totally my fault. A memory fault. I simply forgot to do something... It had to be Friday... I feel terrible... P.S. Oh, I changed jobs. Just in case you were wondering why its such a big deal...

Hubby commented on one of my emails as "Short and Crisp". And I tumbled down memory lane... It was in high school, when I topped in English for the first time. Since then, I was looked upon by teachers and classmates alike as "one-of-the-intelligent-ones". English was "the" language. Coming from India, I was looked down upon and ridiculed for bad grammar and pronunciation. So topping in English could do a great deal for your image. Impressed teachers can be great teachers. They give you extra attention and time. They talk about you to other kids in other sections. They read your passages aloud with a pride fit to embarass you. "Brevity and Clarity". That was the motto of our English professor. And that lesson has stayed with me. Thats how I learnt to write short, simple and clear sentences. I think it works well.

I re-realized something today. [Re-realized means something you had already realized in the past, but had just forgotten it, to realize it all over again] The variety in perspective is unbelievable. I have probably written about my thoughts on collective perception. It still holds true in most cases, but sometimes, you come across perceptions that you never knew existed. And you question the logic of your life. You start all over again. Wow!