It’s incredibly dull and boring to spend all your time reading books and doing tutorials, which is a popular learning method right now. Obviously, I didn’t and would never like it. In my point of view, a philosophy is good only if it’s applicable not just in an ideal world. Likewise, a fancied tutorial is really useful if it can be made used of and not just for experiment and so do knowledge. My knowledge would be just like a rubbish if I couldn’t utilise it nor put it into “action”. And yah, for those who’ve ever questioned my skills, my “tangible products” would serve as a good answer for them: “Hey, take a look and see what I have done. I may not remember what “Encapsulation” exactly means at the time, but I can use and apply it. See my designs as well, it’s not bad, isn’t it?”

then Writing about it
One of the best ways for me to learn new things is to write about it. It forces me to research the topic, learn the technology and digest what I have learned via writing as obviously I never wanna let my friends or visitors ridicule what I’ve written. It is a simple yet effective way of learning new stuff. Of course, writing itself is already useful. It makes me learn how to organize and express my ideas succinctly.
However, because of that seriousness, last time I couldn’t “produce” as much posts as I could. In deed, many articles of mine are still in my pending list, though lots of them are nearly finished ones. Procrastination cos of I am too careful? I try to improve it this time by writing short posts instead of a full and lengthy one.

Another importance of blogging
In the past, I used to use blog to show off something or to communicate sth that I couldn’t say. Yup, it’s a part but the actual importance of blogging comes from the fact that my mind is just a temporary memory. As a PC user, I would think of it as a RAM – a volatile type of memory. As time passes by, my memory will inevitably lose its data, one by one, a little by little. However, I don’t think, they’re lost completely and thoroughly. They’re still somewhere in my mind, just that I may not remember it at a particular point of time. They need a trigger and that’s the point of blogging, which will help remind of something important. Having lived for 20 years, I realise I should blog – blog more & take a picture – take more pictures in the future. I will not go away nor say “No, no, no” as I used to when somebody is gonna take a picture of me 🙂

Blogging is also a good way to keep track of my progress. As a person, I will definitely progress over time but how do I measure it? In this case, I can’t use my memory or mind (to compare) any more. Blogging comes as a good solution once again. As I review, I know exactly (the differences between) who I am today and who I was 5 years ago.