Memorabilia of IMS

Taufik and Farah had rolled the ball. So, I would like to continue, though I know I wouldn’t be able to roll as fast and far as them..

1st audience says, “Im, maybe you’re a bit nervous because you’re late. Somehow the way you delivered your speech was way too relaxed. It would be better if you could vary your intonation.”

2nd says, “The topic was really interesting! The speaker however is noticably feeling unwell. There is a lack of eye contact and the speaker was almost too dependent on the text.”

3rd says, “Not prepared? I’m frustrated. Too much reading. Physical appearance was good though. Smart-looking.”

4th says, “In order to persuade people, show your friendly facial expression and gesture, please.”

5th says, “I’ve read a book from CAP (Consumer Association of Penang) that told about the same facts. You need to give more justifications. Interesting topics, though.”
After finishing my speech, I felt so down. Not because the comments, but of myself. A friend of mine contacted me asking about something else, but I had no other thing to say than to share the pains.

And then he wrote on a piece of paper, “Good speaker, nice look, very relaxed, and confident. You got style, personality. You’re not prepared but that’s not important.”

I burst into laugh. Little did he know how important this is to me. How important it is for me to share the knowledge, to save the world from conspiracy. I knew I could do better, but I did these stupid mistakes:

1. I usually started doing the speech outline earlier, but this time I was spending too much time to look for a book that I didn’t get to the last time. When I can simply refer the facts on the net.
2. I spent a week at my brother’s house. And that was the last week before the delivery of my speech.
3. I only returned back to hostel on the eve of the speech day. Worse, it wasn’t my hostel, but my friend’s hostel because I need to send him back home after we hung out at Sunway Pyramid. Worst, I hadn’t started anything yet.
4. I only started doing the outline in the morning, 2 hours before delivering my speech. Was supposed to be the 1st presenter but I came late. I wore my friend’s expensive formal outfit, with a pair of SLIPPERS!
5. I wanted to show some slideshows, but I only managed to show 1 slide during my speech because I felt so nervous and I completely forgot to click the next slide.
6. I made mistake by reading from texts when I can simply talk infront of the audience (my last speech had been done impromptu and it was OK, this time it kills!)

*Update: Heard that there are some failures this time. KILL ME & SEND ME HOME, PLEASE! To fail means to repeat the course. For all my life, that’s the last thing that I wish to happen in this programme.

*Update: Went to check the result. The instructor only stated the 1st speech+1st test marks. My cumulative marks: 34 over 50. Saw some people got below than 30. But who knows they perform well in the speech? They’ll surely get over me. I don’t care. I only want to PASS!