This is just so excellent I couldn't pass up spreading the joy. Did you know Spaghetti 🍝 comes from a tree! The BBC said so! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU The very reputable Panorama report Honestly, I liked the BBC and Panorama is very well respected so I, just 👌. There's even a Wiki page on the event.
Spotted in NYC #7
Resolving for once and for all the age old question of how stuff gets to tall roofs of office buildings - just a good old pipe (and presumably a super strong pump in that truck).
WSDC 2023 – Motions
Motions for WSDC 2023 in Vietnam, from the official tab. All motions are impromptu except for R1, 2, 5 and 7. R1: This House believes that the World Bank Group should adopt a one-country-one-vote system R2: This House supports the use of the nine planetary boundaries framework R3: This House opposes internet gurus* selling their… Continue reading WSDC 2023 – Motions
Sample Oxford law interview (Part 2)
Warnings A couple of major and rather important caveats, My experience is exceedingly dated since I interviewed and attended Oxford in the early 2010s. There has probably been a tremendous amount of work to make interviews more accessible, to adjust for online interviews post-COVID, and to reduce unconscious bias throughout the process. I'm not even… Continue reading Sample Oxford law interview (Part 2)
Spotted in NYC #6
I first spotted the story in a niche legal-news context back in December 2022, but the ongoing saga about Madison Square Garden Entertainment banning lawyers from its venues if they have "active litigation against the company" has since exploded. The ban covers various venues, including the marque Madison Square Garden, the Radio City Music Hall,… Continue reading Spotted in NYC #6
Sample Oxford law interview (Part 1)
Warnings A couple of major and rather important caveats, My experience is exceedingly dated since I interviewed and attended Oxford in the early 2010s. There has probably been a tremendous amount of work to make interviews more accessible, to adjust for online interviews post-COVID, and to reduce unconscious bias throughout the process. I'm not even… Continue reading Sample Oxford law interview (Part 1)
Films (and TV) galore
It is a bit of an esoteric thing to do, but whenever notices go up around midtown Manhattan for filming-related disruption, I like to stop and check-out what's being filmed. It's a great, fun opportunity to see some behind the scenes. You occasionally get what amounts to advanced notice of some shows/films in the pipeline,… Continue reading Films (and TV) galore
Enforced Quitting
The last years has been an eventful time, mostly for the solid lack of deal activity that keeps corporate departments at large law firms churning, and the attendant roller-coaster of emotions that come and go in waves as a result. So here's an incoherent and seemingly random collection of stuff that's accompanied me at various… Continue reading Enforced Quitting
First vlog
It took me over a year to pull together the first blogpost about flying business class from HK to NY, and another couple of months for the wider journey itself. So all things considered, a nearly 2 year delay for this vlog is really not that bad. Anyhow, here's the aforementioned vlog of the farewell… Continue reading First vlog
Over and under
Hong Kong Hong Kong's endless labyrinth of overpasses, underpasses, subways and walkways has always been a source of great fascination. A complex jumble of public space, privately-owned access ways, shopping malls and office lobbies all pulled together not by pedestrian walkways (as they are usually connected in other countries) but by the mass of flyovers… Continue reading Over and under
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