That One Time I Was Reminded of My Neat Handwriting

The accurate title for this post should be That Many Times I Was Reminded of My Neat Handwriting but I want this post to belong to That One Time Series, hence the adjusted title.

Gone are the days when I sheepishly smiled whenever people complimented my handwriting. I used to have really neat handwriting but everything changed when I entered college. My handwriting got worse as I started to use the computer more. You win some, you lose some, no?

Anyway, as someone growing up with self-esteem issues, my handwriting was one of the very few things that I took pride in. I considered my handwriting as normal (I can't write in artsy and creative ways) but very neat. A fun fact; all my family members have neat handwriting!

Pardon me if I may sound so full of myself but I would like to think that the people around me were thinking the same too! 😛 Here are some anecdotes of my neat handwriting that still bring a smile to my face, for my keepsake.

My handwriting in 2017. 

I used to have better handwriting than this :(

 Sadly my handwriting does not even look like this anymore :(

1/ Once in a while, I got my friends (a few different sets of them) tagging and mentioning me on viral posts of someone's having pretty and neat handwriting. These friends are mostly friends that I rarely talk to ever since I left school. I probably said hi to them on social media two or three times only in a year. However, they still remember my handwriting. Thank you, korang! 💙

2/ Once, almost all my female classmates got jealous of me because our HTM*1000 TA initiated a one-to-one conversation with me. So, what happened was I submitted my final paper a tad earlier than the rest of the class. I was packing my stuff when my TA suddenly approached me and whispered, "Your name is Farah, right? I think this is my first time talking to you. Nice to meet you! YOU REALLY HAVE NICE HANDWRITING." Admittedly, I was blushing when he complimented my handwriting because he was that one TA that everyone seemed to have a crush on (except me?). Hahaha! Things got really awkward for me after that because he kept walking towards me after that and he kept saying that I had nice handwriting while the rest of the class was watching 😅 He even escorted me out of the lecture hall. Talk about A.W.K.W.A.R.D.

3/ A lot of my professors, especially professors from different schools complimented my handwriting while smiling. Honestly, those smiles really made my days and made me feel loved. I guess I was really love-deprived back when I was a student in Canada 😜

3/ My financial controller back when I was working as a NA in Canada was so excited to see me for the first time! She had been seeing my handwriting almost every day for a year and was really curious about me. According to her, my handwriting soothed her heart and lessened her pressure when crunching the numbers. She also mentioned that if it were possible, she wanted every NA to have neat handwriting just like me. I lol'd so hard when she said that!

4/ The same financial controller extended her excitement about my neat handwriting by offering me a casual position as an accounting assistant for the summer. I hesitated a bit to accept the offer because I didn't think I could do a good job in that role but she was so sure that I could do a good job. So yeah, I got to assume a new role because of my handwriting. Pretty neat, eh?

Those are some of the anecdotes that I still remember up until this day. As I mentioned before, they really bring a smile to my face. How I wish my handwriting was still neat just so that I can keep making new memories and feel good about myself 😭