I write, I type, I swype.
“This, is the worst handwriting I have ever seen!… Who is this boy, XYZ?” The teacher waved the exercise book in the air. He looked left, and he looked to the right of the classroom.
XYZ stood up. But the teacher did not see her. ” Where is XYZ?” So the boys at the back pointed towards the girl.
“You? You are XYZ? (His voice softened a bit, but still disapprovingly) You must improve your handwriting. It is like ‘cakar ayam’ (chicken scribblings)!”
XYZ’s handwritings has improved a lot since, after that initial public embarrassment. But that was after many hours, many days of determined practices
Don’t judge a person by one’s handwriting. Bad handwritings don’t always reflect a male’s work! Or only ladies have nice handwritings!
But today, we don’t need to write so much, right? We type most of the time on computers and on mobile. My hand has almost forgotten how to write.
Then comes the mobile and swyping apps. “I watched you from behind your shoulder. You can type so much and so fast on your mobile! You were sweeping all over the little screen! How did you do that?”
“I swyped, that’s why!” A note on blogging comments. I swyped the ‘correct’ words, but it was published, a totally different words! š¤¦ it was so embarrassing. I wish the receiver blogger would edit it when prompted from my end. Failing which, I wasn’t keen to comment on her/ his posts thereafter.
So, happy writing, typing, or swyping, whatever!
Chen Song Ping 
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Handwriting might be extinct soon with the way modern technology is going! š
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Yea, I can’t write as fast nowadays.
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I’ve read that they aren’t teaching handwriting to the younger generation anymore. As a result, they cannot read handwriting so some big brands have changed their logos so younger people can read them.
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They are doing more computer work nowadays. But they still have some handwriting works.
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I had a teacher who was actually going to fail me for his class because my handwriting was so bad. It isn’t much better now.
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Haha.. I suppose only you can read your own hand-writings. I have improved a lot since the comments from a former teacher! A lot of determined practice!
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Actually, there have been times when even I could ( not) read what I wrote. I have stared at something for a long time before finally giving up, never knowing what was scrawled across that paper.
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I was the last person to receive a pen at school, because my writing was so bad. However, over the years I improved it to the point where people would say “you have nice handwriting.” These days, of course, I don’t need a pen as you point out in your post. I still make handwritten notes from time to time because it is quicker than logging on somewhere and recording the information. That being said, it can be quite tiring to do this. One day I might try voice memos using my computer, smart phone etc. In the past I never used dictaphones or anything like that. They seemed to waste time rather than deal with any matter effectively š
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You raised a good point here, Sean. Technology never fail to amaze us with so many alternatives nowadays. TQ for dropping by and commenting!
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My handwriting are best described as fowl scratchings!
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šššš can you read your own handwritings then?
Some people can’t read their own handwritings in the evidences they produced in courts. Something to think about!
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Yes I can. I write it for me to understand and sadly when in college, no one could borrow my notesš
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Hmmm, ‘ cakar ayam’ is fowl scratchings? Let me check Google… It is chicken claws! Quite near.
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