You get bragging rights when you learn a new language. Living in China allowed me to learn Mandarin Chinese and the ironic thing about many foreigners living here is that they still can't speak decent Chinese after being here for years. I think it was my years living in China that actually allowed me to appreciate English even more. Even though English is my native tongue, I always hated reading books, English literature and writing essays. Being in a culture that generally does not understand English or speak it fluently/correctly made me fall in love with this beautiful language. I guess you appreciate it more when you aren't surrounded by it on a daily basis.

I feel blessed from that experience because now I feel a greater intensity to speak with higher standards and vocabulary. Now I can use it for blogging and finding out how I can tweak my writing to captivate people.