Although my academic wasn't that great, I enjoy learning different things.
Check what I have learnt.
Ms. Sun has been the best English teacher I reckon. I still remember the classes were always started with "How are you today?" "What date is today?" "How do you find the weather today?" Simple and useful to start a conversation with anyone.
I always love watching TV and movie. My very first movie was Tootsie or E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (couldn't remember it exactly). Yup, both were Hollywood movie, not local Chinese one. And even watching TV programmes, I always love foreign one. My favorite character has been McGuvyer. I wouldn't mind to watch the whole series again if there is a re-run.
My first job since I left school was a Japanese company. I think it makes sense to learn the company culture through its language. But Asian languages hasn't been my cup of tea. I remember all the characters - katakana and hiragana; as well as some useful sentences. Without much practise and only been to Japan once, I probably will put a full stop on this language.
My very first French word was "caca". I learnt it from my dad. He used to joke if I want "caca" as my dessert. I don't know how much French words my dad remembered. Occassionally he spoke with some French words. I believe this has been the reason why I love to learn French.
It is essential to learn Mandarin if you want to work with mainland Chinese. I took some lessons from a lady who lived in Mei Foo. She was from Beijing. A very nice lady.
But these days if any HongKonger is interested to speak better Mandarin, you don't need not to find a teacher but watch news and perhaps listening to Chinese songs. And it is about time for me to listen to some good songs.
It is another useful language for me, as I'm working with many Swiss (German side). I find German is the most difficult one compare with all the languages I have learnt.
I made some good friends from Italy. And that was the reason why I learn Italian. But I'm not a good student in this language.
I never have the opportunity to study at a university. I do not regret the decision that I made. My twin sister and her husband studied IT in City University/HK. Instead of teaching me how to create a website, she told me to "Google HTML". I did and I found Dave. I consider Dave as my best teacher/mentor ever. It is never too late to learn any new thing. Dave's site is considered the best HTML/CSS tutorial site. Please do spare time to check on his site and learn HTML for your life. Dave and I connected some years ago when he found my site.
There is a phase between Windows XP and Windows 7. I took a 3hours course to understand the difference between the two Windows. Once I get used to the new system, everything become very easy. Now I'm using Windows 10. Not sure next time when I alter this site, which Windows system I will be using.
Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Outlook - 4 basic computer skills. I learnt WYSIWYG editor long before I have the access of Microsoft Office. To me, they are similar editors. I don't know if there are any other editors available in the market. But for sure if you work in an office, you certainly do need to know how to use MS Office.
Photoshop | Illustrator | Dreamweaver | Fireworks | Flash | Acrobat
Since Adobe modify the way how they charge users annually, I have had learnt quite a few other softwares apart from above. But Photoshop; Illustrator and Acrobat, have still been the most useful softwares for my daily work.
A simple way to explain what is programming - substitution. Instead of copy and pasting all the html tag, a single line of code will do all the repeat work for you. It is fun and interesting to learn programming.
I took a crash course from Fevaworks, it doesn't take long to forget everything easily. Thank you Mete to help me and test me some of the commands, I'm on the right track to build something using the software. Hopefully it helps me to change the career.
I found KC Driving School through Facebook. I believe Chong Sir is a wonderful good teacher, but I haven't got the chance to learn driving from him. I failed in my first 2 lessons Got 16 stitches over my right calf during my first lesson. Got 3pcs of skin feeled off from my right calf (again) during my second lesson. My friend who gave me the scooter joked with me "how much money I need to pay you to stop taking any more lessons?" Well, I guess driving is not really for me.
I enjoy learning new things. Cosmetic has never been my thing. I usually wear no make-up. But design a new haircut and dye one's hair is very interesting to me.