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This is how my computer screen usually looks like when I’m working on the web.

And I have to say, I find it interesting when many people thought I picked up some sort of computer graphics and web stuff from school. Hehe.

Anyway, I just thought I’d share a little background :

I took up Marketing & Finance in Uni, and I had ZERO knowledge of any design stuff then. Even after Wilson and I got married in 2001, I still didn’t know anything about how to do up a website, or how Photoshop works. At all.

I remembered the time when Wilson did something in Photoshop and I sat there completely stunned and amazed at the many ‘wonders’ it can do to a photo!

But it was only in 2002 when I started checking out what Photoshop could do. At the time, I just tried different things with it myself. Touching up our photos. Cropping. Changing its colours.

And honestly, the mere thought of showing my beginner’s work to a hubby who’s a DESIGNER did turn my confidence level down. If I heard any negative or condescending criticism from him those first few times I showed him my ‘works’, I’m sure I’d most likely stop trying and exploring. I was far from confident.

The lovely thing about my hubby is that he didn’t criticise! In fact, he complimented my work, gave some inputs and encouraged me to create more stuff with Photoshop! I remembered how I felt so good about the whole thing and went on exploring even more stuff!

And now, writing, sharing and doing stuff in Photoshop have become my passion!

Some people said that having a designer as a hubby is great because he can give you private tuitions on how to do stuff with a website and Photoshop. Haha, as if we both have all the time in the world to do that!

Wilson has lots of other work that he needs to handle and so I picked up 95% of web stuff and Photoshop on my own, with a few tips from him here and there.

And it feels great, to have learned and picked up completely new stuff all by yourself (especially when I never thought I could do these stuff before!).

And it’s amazing how words of encouragement, however a little, can push you further into trying new stuff you probably have never imagined before!