My English Blog May I have the swagger to feel I can change the world and the humility to know I have so much more to learn

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Work has been challenging.

I'm in desperate need to improve my English, FAST.
Monday I handed in my report, to which my consultant told me: 'There are too many grammatical errors'. I felt like crawing under my desk and weep. Then he said: 'The content is terribly, the structure is illogical, this is very disappointing.' At that point I was ready to shoot myself in the head, or be prepared to sign the resignation letter.

Today though I talked to two of my firends and they made me felt better by saying this is the process everybody goes through - really? I can hardly believe them but I have to, for it's the only way I can find strength to push on. Need to improve English desperately.

I've been reading, writing, speaking, breathing, dreaming English for the last two weeks and it's worked a little. But colloquial English is quite different to professional corporate use English. Plus English idioms are aplenty and difficult to learn. Everyone in my office tends to speak in an elaborate form (to sound super intelligent) or idiom ridden (which is super funny but something I can hardly pull of). Sigh.

I guess there's nothing I can do but to pay close attention to the work of my seniors and to learn learn learn. And to continue my no chinese committment - it's really working. it's a fact now, at least for the less enlightened individual such as myself,chinese is a huge distraction to english. French on the other hand, can enhance english tremendously.

I just hope I can improve faster - I want to speak English like it's my first language, and to find the confidence to interract with clients, colleagues, seniors etc with a great command for English. May that day come soon, SOON! God only knows how desperately I need it.