If You’re Standing At Some Sort Of A Networking Session/ Mixer:

Table Etiquette

A crash course on fine dining/ being invited to dinner at someone’s place. Even if you don’t fine dine, I’d recommend you start practicing these habits in any establishment so that they come to you naturally.

Remember : A typical four-course meal consists of a soup, an appetizer, an entrée, and dessert.

If you’re standing at some sort of a networking session/ mixer:

Keep at least one hand free. If you are standing, have only a drink or food in one hand, never both. Hold a drink in your left hand so that you have a clean hand for a handshake. You can eat and drink while sitting, but it is always better to stand and greet.

Sitting/ dining out/ invited to dinner:

1. Wait to be seated by the staff/ host.

2. Napkin on your lap the minute you sit down at the table.

3. if you're looking at the menu, make sure to have the bottom, or at least one part of it, still touching the table, even if your impulse is to bring it closer to your face. Don’t lift the menu off the table to your nose.

4. Once you sip from a glass, you must sip from the exact same place on that glass for the rest of the evening.

5. If there’s a breadbasket and butter on your table - don’t dip the bread in the communal butter plate. Take a piece of the butter with your butter knife, put it on the side plate, then spread that butter on your bread. Don’t double dip! Your bread plate is the one on your left, by the way. And your glass will be on your right.

6. If your table has a lot of silverware - start from the outside and work your way in.

7. Dishes should be passed in a counter-clockwise flow. Don’t reach across the table.

8. Lay you fork and knife diagonally across the plate, side by side, pointing at 10:00 and 4:00 on a clock face. This signifies to the wait staff that you have finished.

9. Keep the rim of your plates as clean as possible, as a sign of respect to the staff.

Cultural differences:

1. Whilst eating Indian food/ in India, always eat with your right hand. The left hand should never touch the food. This is also seen in the Arab world - use only the thumb, index finger and middle finger to pick up food.

2. In Korea, one waits for the senior most person in the room to sit and eat, and is followed suit. Sharing is caring - food is often ordered to share with each other rather than individual plates.

3. Chopsticks etiquette (general): don’t stick and leave your chopsticks in your food perpendicular to the table, it signifies death. Don't set your chopsticks down pointed at another person at the table. Don't point your chopsticks at other people around the table.

4. France: bread on the table is meant to accompany the main dish, not as an appetiser.

What are some table manners that one should keep in mind if they’re eating food/ eating with someone of your culture?

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This is kinda fun...

Send a space thing for questions

Planets: Life

Mercury: What’s your full name?

Venus: What’s your first language?

Earth: Where’s your home?

Mars: What’s your sexuality?

Jupiter: Do you have any siblings?

Saturn: Any pets?

Uranus: What’s your hobby?

Neptune: When’s your birthday?

Pluto: What time is it right now where you are?

Moon: What are you currently studying/hope to study?

Stars: Experiences

Sun: Have you ever had alcohol?

Sirius: Have you ever failed a class?

Rigel: Have you ever gone on a rollercoaster?

Deneb: Have you ever been out of your home country?

Arcturus: Have you cried out of something other than sadness?

Betelgeuse: What’s something you can never forget about?

Aldebaran: What’s something you care desperately about?

Canopus: Have you ever broken a bone?

Bellatrix: Have you ever been forced to lie/keep a secret?

Alphard: Have you ever lost a friend?

Vega: What’s something you’ve done that you wish you hadn’t?

Constellations: Favourites

Centaurus: Favourite holiday?

Orion: Favourite month?

Cassiopeia: Favourite book?

Delphinus: Favourite study?

Hercules: Favourite instrument?

Gemini: Favourite song?

Pegasus: Favourite place to be?

Libra: Favourite colour?

Phoenix: Favourite thing to wear?

Aries: Favourite movie?

Cygnus: Favourite weather?

Hydra: Favourite sound?

Galaxies: Love/Friends

Milky Way: Who’s your oldest friend?

Andromeda: Do you consider yourself social?

Black Eye Galaxy: Do you believe in love at first sight?

Cartwheel Galaxy: When was your first kiss?

Cigar Galaxy: How’s your flirting skills?

Comet Galaxy: Have you ever had to leave a relationship because someone changed too much?

Pinwheel Galaxy: Would you date the last person you talked to?

Sombrero Galaxy: Do you have a crush right now?

Bode’s Galaxy: Have you ever had a secret admirer?

Sunflower Galaxy: Would you date/make friends with someone out of pity?

Tadpole Galaxy: Would you deny a relationship/friendship?

Whirlpool Galaxy: Have you ever cried over a breakup?

Other stuff: Wishes

Comet: What’s your big dream?

Asteroid: What does your dream life look like?

Meteor: What’s something you wish you could tell, but can’t?

Nebula: If you could undo one thing in your life, what would it be?

Shooting Star: If you could bring back one thing, what would it be?

Pulsar: What do you hope to do in the next 10 years?

Supernova: What’s one thing you want to do before you die?

Quasar: If you could spend the rest of your life with only one person, who would it be?

Wormhole: What’s something you wish would happen, but know won’t?

Black Hole: What’s the last thing you want to see?

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Dealing with a Toxic Parent

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How I Germinate Difficult Seeds

So ever since I was little and started growing my own plants, I had an elementary school teacher who taught me this method that would pretty much guarantee that the seeds I planted would sprout. Since I’m trying to grow some more difficult plants and herbs this year just sticking them in the dirt wouldn’t get them to sprout for me, so I’ve been using this method for even the easier plants to grow and it works great!

First, cut out a little square of paper towel (bleached or unbleached works) and make sure it will fit into a small plastic snack bag (I reuse these!)

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