Computer and the usage

Computer. I still remember the first time I got to know about computer was back in 1990s where the first software I used was GW Basic, using the flopy disc and all using codes. It was really not so user friendly. I gave up as it was really difficult. In 1993 I started using the microsoft office which was user friendly but still,  I had difficulties since I was not familiar with english instruction and less practices as I did not have computer at home. Those days, I used computer when I went to computer lab only. When my father bought us the first computer somewhere in 1996, kira dah terrer sikit guna computer however, tak seterrer kawan-kawan yang dok chat about hard disk, tambah ram, etc. Yang saya tahu cuma guna je,when things did not turn as expected, call vendor. kalau vendor kencing terima je janji boleh guna. In 1997 if I'm not mistaken I started using internet when I first signed up with TM net. I did the internet setup myself and the first internet search I did was about clone, Dolly. Back then, I did teach microsoft office in my hometown eventhough I did not received an official training but I did explore a lot myself while using it. There's a lot of things that the computer can do especially microsoft office. It ease the working life, but some people did not realize it as they are used with the things they normally use dan malas nak explore the wonders of the microsoft office.
I give you an example, the mail merge, tak ramai yang tahu nak guna mail merge, mungkin ada yang tahu tapi tak guna sebab dah terbiasa with the normal practice type address satu, satu. Recently in my office, one of the PR people asking me about how about to get the same format of letter to send to clients. I told XXX to use mail merge as you just type one letter and merge the recipients in one click. I thought XXX knows when XXX ok., yet I found out that XXX asked the trainee to typw one by one the recipients details for each letter. Wasn't it waste of time. Yes it may consuming time when you creating the database but it still the same of typing the recipient's details one by one and yet you have to go page by page in which you can have a database, choose, finish & finally merge. In a second your hundreds letters ready to be delivered. The same database you can actually use and use and use whenever you want it. You can event updates the database. tapi sayang some people lebih mementingkan ego daripada bertanya. Some people lebih mementingkan dan memepertahankan pengalaman daripada ilmu. Mereka merasakan kalau mereka bertanya bagaimana, menunjukkan mereka tak pandai macam kami yang dah masuk universiti, sebab dia rasa dia sama dengan kami yang dah masuk universiti sebab dah naik pangkat sebab pengalaman. Tapi sayang, ego tak bawa anda kemana-mana. Ilmu mesti dicari walau belajar setinggi mana. Walaupun kami masuk universiti, kami masih rasa banyak lagi ilmu perlu digali walaupun menuntut daripada orang yang lebih rendah dari kita, kerana ilmu ada dimana-mana. Yang penting sikap terbuka menerima ilmu. Jangan jadikan ego menghalang kita menuntut ilmu. We should also capable of stealing knowledge to pusue what we want. Maka belajarlah selagi hayat masih ada.