What is the thing you are good at or bad at ?

@greenline (14838)
Canada
November 14, 2010 2:38pm CST
People have different gifts, and I am certainly very glad to see my friends with very unique gifts, doing things they are so good at. Personally, I don't have much that I am good at. But, I can say one thing which I am bad at, and that is "cooking". All the members of my family know that very well too. They know that all I can do by way of cooking is to boil water !! Even for boiling water, some don't have confidence in me. Ha ha ! So, that's how bad I am with it. How about you ? What is th thing you are good at ?
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15 responses
• United States
14 Nov 10
I don't cook. I can't say I can't cook anymore. I have seen Way too many cooking shows. I know about rues and other tricks but I Won't cook! what I am bad at is trying something new when I am comfortable with my old way or method. What I'm good at? Music and now I can say writing! I could sing by age3, I learned the violin at age 9, and the guitar at 13. During that time I Never tried to write! But now I have! And my friends say I'm good at it!
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• United States
4 Oct 11
Thanks. When I was younger the last thing I thought I could do was write . But now It seems like I'm writing more and doing music.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Oh, Sarah. You are very good at many different things ! That is wonderful. Singing by 3, play violin at 9, guiter at 13 ! There will not be many people like you, very gifted ! Yes, I can sense you are very good at writing, indeed !
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• Philippines
14 Nov 10
I'm good at composing my own music. I like music a lot since I was a kid and I think that's why I developed my skills as a musician. I'm also good at drawing sketches of people. I like to draw portraits of famous people, especially beautiful women.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Oh, that's wonderful ! One certainly has the gift to be a musician. Very nice to know you are a gifted person at that. I am addicted to music, only listening to different kinds of music, classical music especially.
• Philippines
5 Oct 11
Classical music is great to listen to when you're trying to relax.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
i used to say that i am a bad cook but then i tried to cook once and it turned oit pretty amazing. i havent tried anything else after that so i can not say too that i am good. i am bad with colors. i am color blinded so when it comes to judging or picking colors you can not count on me with that. i am good in bed.... i can sleep all day har har har har. well i guess i can say i am a good father for i make sure that i am there specially when our child needs me.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Very much like me. I am not good at cooking at all. I have tried a number of times, following how my friends do, but every time it was a failure. Things I cooked tasted aweful ! Ha ha !
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
15 Nov 10
Hey greenline! There is nothing to be ashamed about not being able to cook! Not everyone can cook, be it man or woman! And I think that men especially get an easier time of not being able to than a woman! I spent alot of time learning to cook with my Great Grandma and my Grandma, but I also spent alot of time learning how to fix things by watching my Father and his Father! They owned an Interior Decorating Business and made Furniture! For some reason I like watching my Father (and I hated him) fix things and for some reason my brother had no interest. I can still fix some things and don't need a "man's" help. But, I can still do more around a kitchen because all the women in my family were great cooks, at least on my Mother's side!
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Hello Opal. Thank you for saying not to be ashamed regarding cooking. I can sense that you are good at many things. Very lucky too that you are surrounded by highly gifted grand parents. That is indeed the best way to learn about things.
• Malaysia
14 Nov 10
For me, to think of one that I am good at, I would say sports (especially jogging). Most of my friend around me seldom exercise, and with them, I seems to be expert in sports. :) In fact, I joined marathon quite often, and the time I am using is always within the qualifying time. The thing that I am bad at would be cooking, as I don't really like to eat, so I seldom spent a lot of time on this area.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Marathon ! That is excellent. Would you run very long distances ? Competitions, charities, and so on ? Jogging is my favorite too. Every evening after I get back home from my work, if the weather permits, I would go out to the park and go jogging. A way to get refreshed !
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
14 Nov 10
To name one I'm good at, I may mention anything with computers, and particularly at programming, that is my job and my personal passion too. On the bad side, sports hehehe. Everything that has to do with physical activity is bad for me.
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
That's excellent. Computer programming is a very interesting field. I do have a passion for that, just haven't on to it yet. Not good at sports at all ? Ha ha !
• India
15 Nov 10
I am good at Science! I am an Engineer, Mathematics was definitely like an arranged marrige for me and Physics, Chemistry and Biology have always left me to crave for knowledge! I am rather a Scientist than an Engineer(who works on already devised laws and conceptions)!
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
That is very impressive ! You are a Scientist and an Engineer too, I would say, good in both professional fields. You would certainly have a very promising future !
@SimpleBB (1329)
• Philippines
15 Nov 10
Good thing I got a good mark in cooking as evaluated by my family, friends and colleagues. I usually asks to prepare some specific food in some company gatherings. All my siblings knows how to cook, and got it from our father. I can't say things I'm bad at for I don't know what is it, but for sure I have. No one is perfect, that's what I believe. I can't boast that I'm good at all.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
I would give you good marks for cooking too !! If company gatherings request you to prepare foods , then for sure that's because you are excellent at cooking. Otherwise, they would not !!
@dollar3235 (2062)
• India
15 Nov 10
I am good at forgetting things, often I used to forget important things and that makes people go mad. Generally, I forget my keys, it happens more than often, people who know me, they get pissed off because of my mistakes but still it happens, I try to change my behavior but it just happens.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Um, that's interesting ! Keys are certainly very important things. I suppose you have to find some way not to forget keys, may be designate some place just for keys ! Thank you. Have a nice day !
@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
15 Nov 10
I am very good at talking to people and making them feel better when they're down. I'm very good at writing at my diary that my older sister would steal it coz reading it, according to her, is like reading a novel. I'm good at teaching my son with regards to his school work. I'm good at painting murals on my walls and take note only my walls. However, like you I am terrible at cooking meals. I can bake and make great desserts but never good at cooking meals. I couldn't even cook rice in a rice cooker!
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
You have many things you are very good at. Excellent. Good at making people feel better when they are down ! That is indeed a quality friends and relatives will very much value and appreciate. For cooking, yes, I couldn't cook rice in a rice cooker either !
@arkhan099 (110)
• Pakistan
15 Nov 10
for me it's sketching, i love it,but sometimes i start sketching during a class and or when i;m preparing for an exam ,that's when it gets a little out of hand,but i'm also a good cook, i make great pizza's,salads,fries,and all such types but i don't clean up afterward's which is why I'm kept out side the kitchen premises by my mum.but when she's not around i'm free to experiment on foods( believe me ,sadly a lot of food is wasted on my attempts).
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Good reason why your mom kept out side the kitchen ! Ha ha ! No, no, I would think she knows very well that you are a good manager of the kitchen ! Pizza is a very delicious meal !
15 Nov 10
i think i am good at computer because i can easily learn things about computer and some other electronics and i think i am good also on running i became track and field player before.. but i can say that i am bad at academics specially English Subject..
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
That's wonderful that you have the aptitude and the skills about computer. That is a very interesting field of study these days, indeed.
• Philippines
15 Nov 10
I am very good at reading and writing but very bad when it comes to numbers and math. I really don't know when I did began but I was reading at a very young age to entertain myself since I didn't have any playmates around me. Television programs, in those days, do not have a lot of variety or have anything exciting in their format. Thus, textbooks and novels became the victims of my curiosity and attention. I guess everything started from there because up to now I am still reading things online or offline. I have a special rooms just for papers and books in our house that I have to organize and reorganize every month.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Hi Jean. So, you were, in a way, in a perfect environment to be good at reading and writing. That is very fortunate too. You continue on having a passion for reading books !
• India
15 Nov 10
i am good at modling with good personality and features.i have my own name in my city.i can play good cricket with good skills.i am olympic player of takewondo at world level no one can defet me this is my open challenge to all of u.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Olympic player of takewondo at world level ! That is wonderful ! A qualification to be proud of, indeed !
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
15 Nov 10
I feel like I'm bragging when I say these things but I'm good at singing. I'm also good at playing the guitar. I'm also good at riding horseback and swimming. I have been good at playing the piano but I haven't practiced it in a long time. I've also been good at playing the harmonica. If I had the time to practice those instruments like I used to, I would be good at them again. As far as what I'm bad at,I don't think I'm that much of a cook, either.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
4 Oct 11
Hello Cyrus. No, you are not bragging ! You have the special qualities as a singer and musician, then. You know, I had a passion to learn how to play the piano. I love piano music very much, very beautiful, very enchanting ! I hope some day I can.