SOHO COMPUTER COURSE

Situation : receive call from a stranger

Daughter : Mother, you forgot to bring your mobile phone, right ! someone called you just now.
Mum (me) : Alamak, who is there calling?
Daughter : No idea, is a stranger, a man lah.
Mum (me) : Did he leave down any message?
Daughter : No, just a phone no. only, saved inside the phone.
Mum (me) : O.K. I will return call tomorrow to find out who he is?

Next day, I gave a call to the “person”. Finally, I got to know that, he’s name is Mr. Thomas Low. He is from eHomemakers. After the introduction.Mr. Low briefly descriped about the course to me.

He told me that, they had organized a computer course for disabled women. The purpose of this programme is to provide OKU women who are interested in learning to use computer. At the same time they also organized motivation courses and encourage us to try harder. They will giving three months of learning. Also that, they will pay every “Students” RM35 when they attend the class.After the course, they will get a job for us. There is work from home, provide you have a spacing in our house. The title for this course is called “SOHO” , that means small office home office.

I felt nervous, when I heard about that. Because I found that the place of the “school” is quite far away from my house. Firstly, I have the transport problem. Secondly I got to arrange my times. After that, I started to discuss with my husband and two daughters. My family members satisfied with it. They encouraged me and told me that, this is a opportunities to improve yourself. The more you learn, the smarter you become, they said so. Just do your best – that is enough. Above all, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Lastly, I had get rid of nervousness and I called Thomas for registered to seek admission.

First day, I got up early because we scared of traffic jam. My husband use to send me by his motorcycle. It’s quite a distance from house to school. We took almost an hour to reach the destination. The first day I attended the class. I personally feel that the school environment , there can accommodate the wheelchair members. Beside steps, ramps should also be built to make it easier for them to move around. Toilets too, should also be disabled friendly. Before disabled students can enjoy the benefits of education, they must first get to the classroom.

There are several advantages in studying at the course. Firstly, we get the opportunity to meet members from all over the areas. Very often, lasting friendships are made during this period. Since they are able to mix with members from different states and different background, it helps us to broaden their outlook. Another advantage is to further improve our proficiency in the computer.

There were 30 “students” in the class with me. I enjoy on learning in this class and happy get along with my friends and teachers. All of them are nice, and like to lend a hand when I having the problem. The teachers taught us patiently start from the very beginning. Now I getting to know and having fun while using the computer, In the computer class, I learnt from the basic things like, how to type and using Microsoft word m excel and power point. The most exciting activity is searching the internet. I have been looking forward to try on this and this was the first time I sent on e-mail through internet. So, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my dearest teachers. I really appreciate because letting me to learn some computer literate.