People are there to be entertained, and if I'm lucky, occasionally learn something.
That attitude can be traced back to his playing days in the unforgiving surroundings of Australian state cricket in the 1990s where "there was no such thing as a bowling coach and we just worked it out for ourselves or, occasionally, learnt off each other".
Eric glanced at his watch and laughed, "As a foreigner in Kunming, it seems you only do four things: smoke, drink, teach English, and occasionally learn some Chinese".
In Europe, birds including bee-eaters and shrikes capture adult bumblebees on the wing; smaller birds such as great tits also occasionally learn to take bumblebees, while camouflaged crab spiders catch them as they visit flowers.
The first is that I spent all three years of my university career occasionally learning what Foucault thinks about reality television, rather than anything vaguely scientific that would teach me how to launch myself through earth's atmosphere without dying immediately.
While males are best at speaking and whistling, females can learn how to whistle and will occasionally learn a few words.
Try to finish a book every week, and occasionally learn about a topic you know nothing about by browsing the Internet or checking out a random book at your local library.
"I like to re-examine my attitudes; I think it's fun, and occasionally I learn something.
Occasionally, we learn that during the war the government kept details about loss or film footage of suffering secret, out of fear that they would shake public purpose; here, such details and footage seem to serve that very effect.
Project management involves a lot of "politics," not an easy game to play, but I am happy to get the opportunity to join in, make mistakes occasionally, and learn as I go along.
