Saturday, September 30, 2006
♥ So Called IT Savvy...
When I first started to work, I thought that my knowledge in It was quite advance. I mean being among those who started to use the MIRC and going out to the nearest cc just to chat. In that time, the first cc was in Alor Setar and I'd go to Alor Setar just to chat every weekend either with friends or just alone.
At that time, I felt that I was among the 'in' group of IT students. I knew a bit here and there about the internet, programming (which was only a bit but considered as okay) and MIRC ( haha.. who doesn't?). But being a business student, I never got the chance to gain more knowledge about it. And at home, I am considered as the facilitator about computers. So I think that it's okay to say that I am quite IT savvy.
But today's incident proved me wrong. I am planning to buy a new pc for personal use at home and maybe a laptop so that I can do my work anywhere. As we know, technology changes by minutes. And I went to MINES to survey the hardware in a pc since my youngest brother would assemble it.
Going into that shop, my brothers kind of wandered around and started asking question to themselves the difference between Pentium 4 and Intel Core 2 Duo and Dual Core in terms of the best performance, etc. So, I kind of asked the shop assistant ( but from what he explained, he seems to be like the owner) the difference and the performance wise. My brothers than gathered around and listened to the explanation. Being the eldest, I just ohs and ahs and said okays at the explanation. My youngest brother then shooted out questions about upgrading and so on. The manager explained and kind of made eye contact to everyone and everytime he did that, I'd just nodded my head claiming that I understood. His explanation was detail and lead to other information about the graphic card, motherboard etc. I just watched the chat between my brothers and the owner. My eyes just went back and forth from the owner to my brothers and nodded at times that I thought was appropriate.
That went on for about 20 minutes and then my youngest brother said that he'll sleep on it after asking the price range. I felt relieved and it was an indicator that the process of gathering info about the pc in mind is over since I had time limits to meet (yela kan I have to cook). So, my brothers bidded goodbye and off we went. Outside the store, the other brother turned to me and laughed. I asked him why and he replied "ye..ye je tanya soalan mula-mula... muka confident sebab memang awak tahu sikit-sikit la... tapi bila adik mula tanya soalan dan tokey explain, muka blur je.. cuma angguk-angguk je bila tokey tu pandang.."
Hehe.. I was caught red-handed there. And all these while I thought that I was IT savvy. I guess I have to go and buy the Computers for Dummies.
At that time, I felt that I was among the 'in' group of IT students. I knew a bit here and there about the internet, programming (which was only a bit but considered as okay) and MIRC ( haha.. who doesn't?). But being a business student, I never got the chance to gain more knowledge about it. And at home, I am considered as the facilitator about computers. So I think that it's okay to say that I am quite IT savvy.
But today's incident proved me wrong. I am planning to buy a new pc for personal use at home and maybe a laptop so that I can do my work anywhere. As we know, technology changes by minutes. And I went to MINES to survey the hardware in a pc since my youngest brother would assemble it.
Going into that shop, my brothers kind of wandered around and started asking question to themselves the difference between Pentium 4 and Intel Core 2 Duo and Dual Core in terms of the best performance, etc. So, I kind of asked the shop assistant ( but from what he explained, he seems to be like the owner) the difference and the performance wise. My brothers than gathered around and listened to the explanation. Being the eldest, I just ohs and ahs and said okays at the explanation. My youngest brother then shooted out questions about upgrading and so on. The manager explained and kind of made eye contact to everyone and everytime he did that, I'd just nodded my head claiming that I understood. His explanation was detail and lead to other information about the graphic card, motherboard etc. I just watched the chat between my brothers and the owner. My eyes just went back and forth from the owner to my brothers and nodded at times that I thought was appropriate.
That went on for about 20 minutes and then my youngest brother said that he'll sleep on it after asking the price range. I felt relieved and it was an indicator that the process of gathering info about the pc in mind is over since I had time limits to meet (yela kan I have to cook). So, my brothers bidded goodbye and off we went. Outside the store, the other brother turned to me and laughed. I asked him why and he replied "ye..ye je tanya soalan mula-mula... muka confident sebab memang awak tahu sikit-sikit la... tapi bila adik mula tanya soalan dan tokey explain, muka blur je.. cuma angguk-angguk je bila tokey tu pandang.."
Hehe.. I was caught red-handed there. And all these while I thought that I was IT savvy. I guess I have to go and buy the Computers for Dummies.
Am i really never good enough for you?
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