The disadvantages of having good handwriting

I'm really in a blogging mood these days. I keep writing about the most insignificant things. This time, as you can see from the title, it's about handwriting.

First of all, a disclaimer. I might have won a handwriting prize before, but it was a long time ago. (I won a handwriting trophy in kindergarten, and a clip-clock in Standard One) Since, my handwriting has kinda deteriorated (or so my mother complains says) But at least I can still write well when I want to. ;)

So, back to the title. So what are the disadvantages of having good handwriting?

You can't read bad handwriting.

You see, I was doing a permanence (see bottom for details) with Paul last night, and I was drafting a thank-you letter for the interview I had just went to. I had scrawled my ideas (sentences, phrases, etc) quickly on a piece of paper before leaving home, and I was continuing my thinking during the permanence. And Paul simply managed to read it, without the slightest difficulty!

Now when I scrawl, sometimes it's because I'm writing quickly, and sometimes it's because I don't want it to be readable to anyone (like any stranger) at first glance. But it seems that this "tactic" isn't working. Why? 'Cos if someone has worse handwriting than me, he will manage to read it! (as was the case with Paul; when I was surprised that he managed to read so easily what I had written, he readily admitted that it was "because he wrote worse than me".) Whereas when I glance over at something someone else wrote, I usually find it hard to read unless if I'm familiar with that person's handwriting!

About the permanence: the table-tennis club in INSA (TTIC) is holding an internal competition next Monday, and we were in the INSA restaurant to do a little publicity for the event. They call it doing a permanence...though I don't quite know why :P

Oh yeah, and another note: my scrawl is really bad. I don't even write out each letter correctly, I just write enough to be able to remember later what I was thinking of, so that I don't forget a certain phrase I thought of using.

And should I mention that we have the best HU3 teacher? Today she brought Pim's (a type of orange-filled cake/biscuit) by LU and its equivalent by Casino (a supermarket chain), so that we can play out a scenario where LU takes Casino to court for imitation of their product.

I'm so glad I'm not in the other group, who had 2 classes cancelled, and once had to come at 8am before finding out! Muahaha...