Four-page application form

Four-page application form for the Financial Times. Yup! I thought I'd finish in an hour or two.

But surprisingly, It takes me hours to fill in all the blank space and I'm still working on it while grabbing time to update this post - just wanted to set my mind free for a while.

Why does a four-page application take me so long to complete? Only four pages, aren't they? Well, starting from the second page, it asks the candidate to note down each full-time schooling since age 11.

I was trying hard to remember when I started my secondary school, what grades I obtained, what results I achieved, and what else I did at that time...

Then university degrees, professtional training, undergraduate diplomas, summer school course, and loads of stuff flooded into my application form, I found.

What's next? Employment and work experience. Okay, this will include all the work placements, training scheme, and freelance work in the UK - for my journalism's sake!

On top of that, I will have to fill in the things I did in Malta and India. I didn't forget them and I shall not. Obviously, I understand FT wants to study every each one of us – this is how the big brands choose the right candidate.

Before writing this post, I read David and Denae's latest updates, and there is no doubt that their writings are always natural, vivid and engaging. I enjoy that.

I told myself why not take a shot and write likewise?

CSS style sheet

CSS Style Sheet is the essential tool for web design, it's like the main structure with a web, as long as a web designer understand CSS Style Sheet, he/she can complete the whole web site.

Learning CSS Style Sheet

In David's Class, we used one morning, more precisely, we used 4 hours around to learn CSS Style Sheet.

Most of the students in class aren't familiar with CSS Style Sheet, but the module requires us to understand this roughly in a couple of hours.

To be honestly, I remembered I spent several times after class to practise CSS Style Sheet, every time I spent couple of hours, so several times altogether should be more than 20 hours.

I think to understand CSS Style Sheet is more than important to remember the process.

In fact, the more I immerse myself in Dreamweaver, the more I discovered that if you understand what this particular language is talking about, it isn't difficult to remember it, because it comes naturally.

If you don't understand

I always got stuck during practice, and the troubles're spreaded into different procedures. I realise that computer language is the same as other languages.

If you practise more of this kind of programme, you will be very quickly to grab the tool.

For instance, it's like if you practise more about a particular composer's music pieces, like Mozart, Beethoven, you'll understand what kind of character/style this particular musician possesses.

So in this case, knowing a range of softwares, such as Photoshop,Indesign,Final Cut Pro, etc, these all will help to understand Dreamweaver.

My online report

the report I write to David about my online learning, I'm kind of saying learning CSS in one morning isn't enough.

Indeed what I mean is if he could spend more time to explain other things, such as creating flash button/text/formatting text etc, that will be great.

To create a website, the web design is essential, if the course contribute more training about design, that will be more helpful.