Training Day

It’s been a while since my visitor left the comfort of his safety-blanket and faced the world with strangers in a common goal.  Eto ang hinga ng bago kong bisita sa Tumana. ” Ang tanda ko na men para mag-aral, pero eto, susubukan pa ring matuto”…. Those were the words he uttered when he bravely set-off for training.

Had the training been about security and risk, that would have been fine. Had it been advanced fire-arm handling, counter-sniping, or improvised explosive detterence, much better.  But he was attending an IT related training.  All his stock-knowledge on the subject has been stuck at “DOS” based programming.

Hey, even the old dogs deserve a chance to learn new tricks. And so off to the training he went.  It was a pleasant surprise. The other members of the group were very nice, accomodating and warm. The trainor was very patient.  In the last three days, he did not participate in the hands-on tasks.  He’s there to grab the logic and hopefully the wisdom on how the subject-matter would be applied in the real world.

In the end, he met new friends. Two generations younger of course, but never the less, very intelligent people.  Well, you cant absorb everything, but you have to admit, you learn something new everyday.

The training comes to a conclusion after 4 days.  He will take with him the new things IT has to offer. Hopefully it would be applied when he comes back to the world of bad guys where he operates the best.