... having fun, preferably a great deal of it. My first bits of computer related English knowledge came via playing video games. Back in my beloved nineties there were plenty of video games developed for MS-DOS operating system so whether you wanted to shoot some alien spaceships or descend into depths of ocean where ... I learned in English before I even had an idea what it meant in Latvian. Now when I look back at it, I honestly think that video games might actually be the greatest English teacher I have ever had both related to computers/IT and overall. Of course the first ones were more...

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... adversity. During the summer vacation of my 9th grade, I was spending time with my grandparents at their house in Moga, Punjab. One day while I was in my room playing video games, I heard my grandmother call out frantically. As I rushed down the stairs, I could feel the knots in my stomach tighten. With my mouth dry I could barely get the words out, but ... emergency drive through and caught the attention of the people there. I feverishly looked for a doctor and finding one gave him a brief idea of what was happening to my grandfather. In a flash, he was put on a stretcher and taken ins...

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