I realised last week just how trendy my life has become.
 And I don’t mean because I am hanging out in ritzy bars. I have been working far too hard for that…
I have been following recently the various media sagas and their side-dramas.
General McChrystal spinning out of control and turning Rolling Stone Magazine into a household name….
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico becoming a regular feature of my beloved Daily Show with Jon Stewart while inspiring one of the most hilarious YouTube videos I have ever seen…
And yes… I feel trendy because, in the same week, I had an editor upset me… for the first time in many years.
What do you do when, together with the edits, you are sent a long email with a lecture in journalism?
No, you don’t mention that the person writing the email has far fewer springs on their back than you do…. No, you don’t embark on a litany of all the newspapers and other media you have written for in the past 18 years…
All this runs counter to your meditation practice.
So, I just went into the kitchen, played a CD with my mantras, chanted for 10 minutes…
And I cooled down. It worked. That… and venting on my blog, which, as you know, I don’t usually do.
So thanks for listening to me this time.
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Hi Silvia, how irritating for you to be lectured on journalism when you are such an experienced journalist. It got me thinking about how you’ve taken to blogging with such ease and passion, while having a solid journalism background. It would be interesting if you had time to do a blog post comparing writing as a journo compared to writing as a blogger.
Thank you, Yang-May.
This is a great idea. I’ll definitely write about that.