Afternoon, folks!
So you may have noticed I skipped the midweek post. This week has been hectic for me. I started a new job and am at the training stage, which leaves me somewhat brainless for the rest of the day - there's a phrase in Maltese that fits perfectly for the effects of 5 hours of training by a frazzled woman: 'xorbitli mohhi' [literal translation: she drank my mind; sensible translation: she drained me so now I can't understand a damn thing]. Add to that an attitude I developed 6 months ago to always do my best to make it to my various commitments, and you'll find that despite being rather tired out I still went to my belly dance class on Monday... and fitness on Thursday... and singing on Friday. I tried to attend fitness class on Wednesday but alas, it had to be cancelled when the instructor was pretty much grounded for overtime by her boss. Include a certain fireball issue in Malta that had me on an ethical rampage for 3 days [and you'll find out my views on that fireball in a few weeks once I've settled down and had time to carry out some research ;) ], and you've got a Macs whose physical, mental and emotional energy has been sucked out with a straw until long after the horrible sound you get once there's nothing left.
'Why are you telling us this Macs?', you ask. Well, it's like this: I don't have a long post today. Nope. Nothing insightful, nothing confessional, nothing funny.
What I do have is a handful of links that I consider very worth reading. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
In gender discrimination, we find 2 fascinating posts. And they're both by men.
http://qz.com/103453/i-understood-gender-discrimination-after-i-added-mr-to-my-resume-and-landed-a-job/
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2013/07/life_as_a_stay_at_home_dad_everyone_i_meet_calls_me_a_hero_for_taking_care.html?wpsrc=upworthy
And in the food industry, the lovable Jamie Oliver shows us what goes into McDonalds burger meat, and many other minced meat products...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Yg-c6iBF8
Did you hate school as a child? I know a lot of people who did. Personally, I loved the learning part of it. Whatever you loved or hated about school, there's bound to be something you're incredibly thankful for about having been sent to school.
Is that clear in your mind? Yes? Good. Now imagine children who aren't allowed to learn, who are actually banned from being educated. Go one step further and imagine a teenage girl on a school bus being asked to identify herself and be shot, or everyone on the bus gets it, and she speaks up and gets shot in the head. And survives. Who shot her? A Taliban gunman. Why was she shot? Because she's been speaking out about girls' rights, educational rights, and children's rights, since she was about 11 years old. Happily, Malala Yousufzai survived, and judging by her address to the UN this week, she's recovered excellently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5X70VyjU0g
Here's another survivor whose story sets the old cogwheels grinding. Have you ever wondered how the heck you're going to navigate your way out of a place in pitch dark?Well, maybe it's just me, but this is just too interesting to leave out.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/13/experience-blindness-echolocation-daniel-kish?CMP=twt_gu
Did you enjoy that brain food? I know I did. Now here's something to set you squealing with glee - and maybe singing too.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200168194676529
Cheerio until Wednesday!
Sincerely,
Macs
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