Over the last 3 days, I attended an Adobe Photoshop course sponsored by the office. That's where I learned how to create the image on the left - a lost penguin in the desert. Admittedly, it is quite an amateurish effort when compared to the professional masterpiece which Chris produced by swopping the heads of 2 women colleagues in a photograph taken at a recent wedding dinner.Talking about the image on the left, some 7 years ago, I was exactly like a 'lost penguin in a desert' when it comes to computers and the Internet. Because my job required me to search for information, a colleague whom I called 'Jek' very kindly taught me how to use search engines to look for information on the Internet. Since then I have never looked back.
Besides learning Adobe Photoshop, I have since progressed to learning other IT (information technology) stuff like:
a. The basics of how to assemble a PC;
b. Upgrading my PC's RAM with a card bought from Yahoo Auctions and installing it myself;
c. Learning the basics of designing web pages using HTML;
d. Diagnosing Internet connection problems (see last post);
e. Chatting using MSN Messenger; and of course
f. Blogging.
As you can see, I am actually quite keen to learn. It should be evident that I also believe in putting into practice what I have learnt. Unless I practice what I have learnt, I will not be able to remember or find meaning in what I have learnt. There is a Chinese saying that goes something like this when literally translated - live till old, learn till old. This saying cannot be more true. Because of my thirst for knowledge, I am now far from being a 'lost penguin in the desert' when it comes to IT. But there is still so much more to be learnt. I am intent on dispelling Chris' assertion that 'old dogs can't learn new tricks'. Some can.
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You are right on one score Victor - that an old dog can indeed learn new tricks. I take back what I said about the doggie not being able to learn... And what has the penguin got anything to do with the doggie?
I didn't know Jerk I mean Jek taught you how to use a "Search Engine". Gimme a break. Seven years ago, perhaps the Internet was still at its infancy and I'm sure without Jek, you would have learned the trick yourself, given your industrious nature. Give yourself some credit man.
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