Friday, August 22, 2008

Speel Check

Unedited Version! -

Before I start my composition I have a great task to you my dear readers.... Find as many Mispelled Words as you can!

From the moment I started knowing how to hold a pen & write up to becoming an engineer and stablishing (?) my well balanced career, I am still asking myself this one little tiny question "Why am I not Good in Spelling?"

Yes I know...it is very embarassing (?)!

To start with, I will tell you my tragic (?) spelling story, the root cause of my fear.
When I was in grade 3 or 4 my father asked me to spell "pneumonia (?)?". I was shocked because I did not know and honestly up to now I still dont know but I answered it as confidently as I could remember..." N. E. U. M. O. N. I. A" (with a BIG GRIN (?) on my face after spelling the word... it's like I answered it correctly....yeh!!!) .

After I finished spelling the word, my father got so frustrated and he shouted "WRONG" back at me. He spelled it and told me that the word starts with "P" not "N".

He's so mad that he ORDERED me to READ the 12 in x 7 in x 5 in (length, width, thinkness respectively) dictionary and told me to read it from A to Z.

I wanted to cry....

Yah! I read and almost finished the entire pages of that dictionary but what do you think happened to me?

...Well! I'm still not that good with words!

To think of it, how am I suppose to know the correct spelling when in fact the first letter is not mentioned. It's like silent "P", you know.

And may I ask who's that psychotic person who stated that the correct spelling of PNEUMONIA must begin with P.

Spare me the difficulties.....please!

Before, I used to be embarrassed (?) with my deficiency (?) but now I am starting to accept that I have flaws and being dumb with spelling is one them.

During my manufacturing career(?) years, I informed beforehand my attendees (?) in all of my trainings to pardon my mispelled word beacuse I'm not good with it.
Even during interview when being asked of "What are your weaknesses?" question, I will just smile then tell my interviewer about my spelling problem....

Now, I'm still trying to improve my spelling but I always remind myself to not feel inferior because of one such inconsequential matter.

We all have flaws! Right?

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