Going back to books

Of late I have been preparing for some technical certifications which has become a mandatory deportment for survival(of the fittest). The emphasis is on how colorful your profile looks!! Aaaahhh…Well, back to books after a looooooong gap of 4 years. Can someone get what it means to be back to tech books? It’s so easy to go to sleep after reading a technical book. After every line or two I read , I conveniently take off to a fairy land. That apart, I have realized that the memory chip that is installed in my brain is volatile! It needs a fresh reload of data after every restart! Each time I open the book, everything seems so fresh. The feeling is miserable and depressing, I tell you. Ufff… Believe it or not, I have read the introduction to the subject that I am currently going through for about 10 times, on and on. And I have a problem, unless I get a hang of the introduction I cannot continue to read the other chapters!!! Sounds weird? I remembered mamma would always make me write what we read so that it stayed long. So like a good mamma’s child, I have started typing the programs in the listings. It does take long to finish the chapter but it is working!! Just the act of typing in a program seems to help me remember what I have read about it. I decided to get some Dilbert-type exercise – making my fingers humongous! LOL! I jus gotta see how long I will continue to do this.