One of the earliest lessons that I learnt as a Communication student is that communication is TWO-WAY. Communicators not only talk, they need to listen too.

What's my point here?
I realise my talk-listen balance has changed a lot from secondary school till now.

In secondary school, I was pretty quiet. I was shy to give speeches. I preferred to listen, sit back and observe. And I realise I learnt a lot about people by simply keeping quiet and being an observer to the events around me.

Now, I have moods. In the right environment with the right people, you could catch me with verbal diarrhoea. In the wrong environment with the wrong people, I could be as quiet as a mouse and become wallpaper.. or in the case of Malaysia, we don't use wall paper... so become wallpaint. The bad thing about talking more is I realise I cut down on my listening time. I talk too much about me. And me . And me again. I don't wanna be a ME-ME diva. So many times I catch myself diverting a topic and making it about me. Oh no, I'm doing it again, by writing this post. But what the heck, this is MY blog.
Anyway, I realise when I listen less, I know even less about the person I am talking to. Now even when I shut up, I realise people I am having a conversation with, don't talk to fill in the silence. It's as if they are waiting for me to say something.

This is not good. I need to learn to communicate.