Just Don't! RETROSPECT 007

don't take advantage of my ignorance, it is my stepping stone towards learning. and when i learn, i easily belong to the group of crackerjacks.

i learn things easily. i learn things when i want to. i learn things when im eager to slap one's face.


for instances:

in playing the guitar.
story behind: i usually ask my cousins to teach me play the instrument. and to my surprise, i still have to pay 10 pesos as a talent fee per song. having that sad fate, i tried to watch every stram, every chord and i tried to pick every string that was plucked. then suddenly, ta-dah! i know how to play the guitar and people got amazed. people, especially those who refused to teach me, those who asked for payment.


in photography.
story behind: belonging to a place where vanity exists, not just exists but reigns, photography became the center of my life. yet, i was not contented with photographs alone. i wanted to recreate it just like how photos are enhanced in studios. i also envied people who knew how to use the photoshop. i usually ask favors from them. i usually ask them to edit pics as gifts for me. since i became too impatient waiting for months for me to have one picture edited, i started trying. little by little. i tried to discover techniques and more techniques. finally, i've got line ups of people who ask me to edit pictures for them. some even say "better pursue photography than Nursing."


in online gaming.
story behind: i was just interested in friendster and yahoo messenger. i found my cousins yelling, laughing and howling as if there's a party inside the internet cafe. suddenly, i saw that they were playing some kind of an online game. they asked me to try. when i started playing, i was always left behind, and they laugh so hard for that. at the end of the week, i was able to outrun them. my character holds a higher level and a higher name, too. now, they would bring some school friends home to compete with me. :)



these three are just random selection of proficiencies i've come to achieve. there's a lot more than that, i just wouldn't want to tell people now. i want to be discovered.

XOXO,

TiM