to sir with love

in primary school, whenever i use capital letters in my essays to try to reinforce the point that a person is screaming out loud, i recall that my teacher would just take out her red pen and slash it across the paper because i wasn't supposed to use capital letters for the whole word. even though the spelling was perfect, using capitals to spell out a whole word was considered bad spelling (like wth).

in secondary school, i was using the computer in hullett memorial library, a place rather full of fond memories especially with a *itch called mrs. *heryl *ap who liked to catch me checking my email without permission. right there beside the computer stations there's this like, huge sign about webspeak saying "DO NOT USE CAPITAL LETTERS. IT IS EQUIVALENT TO SHOUTING ON THE NET."

and like the way i presented it here the notice was bold, big and err.. in capitals. really leaves you to wonder what's the point of putting that up eh.

so for all the mannerisms that i have been taught in my past schools, i've decided to abandon capitals for good. (actually for this post only)

after all, if using capital letters constitutes shouting/being rude, then would it not be true that i am being rude at the beginning of every sentence? a proper sentence that starts with a capital letter would then represent me shouting at the beginning of every sentence?

not bad. so if you can imagine me reading out all of my posts here, using the fact that capitals = shouting.. i think i might have lost my voice altogether.

oh well. these are just random thoughts after a nice, calm after-lunch walk. as i ate quite a lot i decided to go for a short walk to let some food digest. the walk lasted three hours and i think it's all digested already - the moment i went home i had a stomachache. think next time i could have a middle name like "johnny". because i'm a walker. keep walking.

and for all my teachers who were ever so against the use of capitals, i dedicate this post to you. except for the quoted part above from hullett memorial library. that's not my problem any longer.