..going by the book..

I only understood things by observation and mere listening… but, i have these friend of mine who knew a lot of things in a more profound manner. She’s so smart, and never run out complex vocabulary. I sometimes call her the "walking thesaurus", well, coz she knows her words. I remember someone told me that, being knowledgeable in something, boils down to product training. I did question myself that time, am i really absorbing all information? I guess, I never studied everything by heart. I now realize that it’s really important that i have to go by the book, conform to the basic facts and ideas, and if i didn’t get it the first time, ask questions and go back to the drawing board.