Lesson 1

Yesterday after completing the introduction, I immediately started lesson 1. There are five exercises altogether. After reading through some paragraphs on the theory, I managed to complete the first two exercises last night. It was not too easy but it was interesting as I was able to apply the techniques almost immediately and I still remembered what I memorized this morning when I woke up. Exercise 1 was called the "Chain" method and exercise 2 was the "Russian Doll" method. Before I concluded the day, I finished forming the 25 images used in the "Cicero" method, the 3rd exercise.

After completing exercise 3 this morning, I had to go out with my family for Xmas party. I also realized that I have created the Cicero image string with 30 images instead of 25 images. I think it is good as I have an extra 5 images just in case I have longer list.

While outside I took the chance to practice and recall the three memorized lists. The result was 100% for exercise 1 and 2 and 90% for exercise 3. The results were not too bad results although I had expected full score. While outside at the same time, I also finished creating another image list for the "Free Association" method. This is not so straight-forward but it was worth the practice. I chose the topic of stationary and it gave me a very good chance to identify different types of stationary to use in my Free Association image list.

When I tried my image list on exercise 4, I realized that my list is incorrect. Instead of identifying all the things related to the same topic, I need to find matching object for each image. With this revelation, I had to go back to drawing board to redefine my Free Association image list. Finally, with the newly perfected image list I managed to complete exercise 4.

The final exercise 5 is the Alphanumeric Code. It is simpler than other exercises as it only required me to memory the number with alphabets. I completed this exercise quite quickly. After answering few questions at the end of the lesson, I clicked on the "Done" button at the end of lesson 1.

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