Q: Wah, you so young. Can handle us anot?

“Yvonne ar, I think right…my computer got virus.”

The uncles and aunties of Rio who may be plotting to make my weekend miserable, were in fact temporary students of mine trying to make sense of Illustrator. Most of them were there because their company made it compulsory for them to be trained in Adobe, while other reasons include for personal development and learning new set of skills. I made it clear to them that I was no expert, but can get by with designing posters and name cards. It gave them much confidence after looking at my portfolio; most of them were works that I’ve delved in the past.

So the “virus” cry emerged because I asked them to play around with the shape builder icon and told them to create stars, see if they can find the “virus”. After 15 minutes, an uncle shot his arm up and waved frantically for my attention. I applauded him and hence, laughter ensued because he managed to infect half the class. Boy, do those stars look stick thin!

Out of the twenty giddy individuals, one is a thirteen year old, who clearly was placed there by his mother. He was acting cold at first, working on his own, and ignoring the class syllabus. I checked on him from time to time, observing his talent at creating this 3D cheeseburger. I put him on the limelight and I think he did blush at the compliments. The kid, JustinW, was too advance for this AI class. But Sunday was all about CS and he seemed lost at that. Phew, but I admit, kid’s got talent.

Reviews: 4.5 stars!
Vonnie S.