so how?

I once read that the point of writing, is to convey your message in an understandable form to your intended audience. Well, putting audit report and creative writing aside, every day news should, at the very least, be fathomable to the normal people like you and me, who may not have an extensive vocabulary.

So. I was reading the newspaper just now, the on-line one, and could not really understand what is it that the writer was trying to say. I did feel, more than one time, that he is just showing off his writing flair, leaving me to alternately switching the tabs; news-merriamwebster-news-merriamwebster, which then left me annoyed and frustrated; 'why don't I know the meanings already????'.

When I was in Form 5, I have this pocket dictionary which I stole from school. I would randomly open a page in between classes (and during class) to learn new words. I carried it to UiTM classes too, and now to college (wah, I'm downgrading, from university to college ha ha not funny). The pages are yellowing and edges becoming stained, but I love it. It has 50,000 definitions!

Anyway, again, the main topic, or sub-topic, or whatever. I do like learning new words, but the depressing part is, I don't think my brain can retain the meanings for long after learning. I have already forgotten most words that I used to know.

You know on-line dictionaries have history, and that it can show that you've searched for that word before when you are typing it? Well, I've looked up for the same words over and over and couldn't seem to remember their meanings.

So how?

My brain is only 23 years old.