There was a long-expected letter sitting among the pile of supermarket leaflets (can’t believe how is this still so popular in Denmark). It was from a clinic confirming the date of the doctor’s appointment for my daughter. A regular letter, but with one, a big difference from any other communication. The letter was addressed to her. She was two years old. In the past, living …
I was holding the paper with my math exam with the biggest shock in my life. Zero points. I answered correctly all the questions. Teacher’s note across all of them: you used the wrong methods. I have never been so puzzled in my 15-year-old life. I just started high school, and joined a class with a mathematical specialty, I qualified for it two years ahead …
I have a riddle for you. You wake up in the morning and instinctively reach out for your phone. Of course you go on your social media pages and the first thing you want to check is what Coke has tweeted today. You must have missed so much over night. Question: Who are you? Answer: Coke Brand Manager. Any chance you are someone else? Yes, …
‘You are never going to get promoted if you keep dressing like that.’ I was told in my first job by my manager (also a woman). How did I dress like? (I am sure your imagination went wild here already, picturing me in a dino costume or something of the kind.) I have always been a geeky kid, with very little sense of fashion. So …
I was never a sporty child. Not for the lack of trying. I tried as hard as I could, but it just never came to me naturally. I was slow. I wasn’t flexible. I was weak. I was clumsy. I was short (that one is true till now, cannot cheat the genes here). Feistiness and strong will took me only as far as not to …