Accepting Invitations
This global pandemic has somewhat changed the way in which diplomats have conducted diplomacy. Where once there used to be daily receptions, dinners, lunches and other get-togethers, these days things have to be carefully orchestrated so that guests are limited, contact is minimised, and all necessary protocols (both diplomatic and health-wise) are adhered to. At the recent National Day of India, which had to be turned from a traditional reception to a sit-down dinner, there were quite a number of…
How To Write
Filler
Sometimes we forget to just breathe… so on this wonderfully bright Friday morning, I am reminding myself to find beauty in my surrounding…
Courtesy Calls
A courtesy call is an appointment normally made by someone of a lesser rank, upon a much higher ranking person. For example, the first meeting between a new ambassador and a foreign minister will be termed as “Courtesy call by Ambassador (name) of (country) on the Minister of Foreign Affairs”. In some cases, you are not even sure who ranks higher, so in order to be safe you would also call that first meeting as a ‘courtesy call’. At other…
Table Setting
This time I am just going to post an image. The story behind table settings will be tackled in another post.
Starting A Blog
I thought it would be interesting to see if I could get a blog off the ground. Little did I know that it would take A LOT of effort and time just to get a website done to host that blog when all I wanted to do was to write and share. I think the problem was that there were soooo many interesting buttons and tabs to choose. It was like going down a hundred rabbit holes all at once…
