The speech started off with a few of awkward lines that I unpurposefully blurted out.It went,'Pleasant morning,ladies and gentlemen.How has the day been treating you so far?' When there was no response,it immediately dawned to me that they must had been quizzical.But fortunately,I did say 'I mean..how are you? *chuckled*' and they did too haha and I continued presenting my speech in a so-informal-way.Could you even believe that I presented as if I was talking to them? I mean,people would usually present their speech in a monotone that would eventually doze people off.So,I tried to find a way that'd keep people entertained and make them to listen very intently to me.And that is,by talking so spontaneously that I didn't even want to look down on my text paper.They did listen to me very carefully.They did stare at me as if I held the meaning of life.But when it came to the line of 'who cares about that brand new zit',laughter could be heard.And I was to mention about the winnie the pooh's tummy but I thought that would be twice humiliating hahaha.Oh yeah,my speech was about confidence anyway.
But I went absent-minded at the midst of my speech performance and accidently uttered 'I forgot what to say next...' and they laughed,literally laughed.I didn't mind though.I liked it,actually.I asked a friend who was standing at the same podium with me,[since she also had her Arabic speech earlier],to open up the book that I had written my lines in it.And she did.And when she did,she opened up the wrong page since I didn't have my texts in a proper order.So I was like 'eh apani?' and they went laughing again.But I managed to keep them listening very sooner afterwards."Well,I guess that is pretty enough for my speech today *smiled* the next mement you'll walk in your class,I wanna see THAT squared shoulder and the pretty smile *smiled* I highly appreciate your undivided attention and.." I looked to my right where my friend was,to indicate her to show me my text but she didn't get it and she made me said 'ahh I forgot this one again' out loud.And yes they laughed again! hahah .I continued "oh,till I stand here again,Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh".And you need to guess what,as I stepped down the podium,there was this MASSIVELY LOUD round of applause! And you know what,THAT round of applause is probably the most rare one.Not to brag,but only the good ones were given.There was once this girl who made her speech in Arabic and she did it so impressively that everybody gave that same round of applause and yay! I got one too!
Couple of moments after my speech finished,Sir Ali Kanan,the most professional English teacher in our school,came up at the podium and spoke.He spoke of how impressive I had been on presenting my speech."We had just seen a girl presenting a speech so beautifully.The intonation is perfect,the way she talked.I had been waiting for this day.For somebody to speak in a confident,off-handed way.I like the speech! Did you girls like it too?" and everybody cried "YEES!".I went overly ecstatic and smiled the whole time he was speaking.When the assembly was over,I walked back to my class and a couple of old friends told me how great I had been.At the class,the girls congratulated me and Nazihah told me how she kept hearing endless compliments being given to me all the way I was presenting my speech.Nabilah,a girl from next class,came up to hand in something to a friend and when she saw me,she instantly went 'oh you! you've got a great time speaking,haven't you? I enjoyed'.Break time means it is time to finally go to a place where I wish I'd be at the every single time of my life! Yes,it's the library.While I was on my way,there was a group of year 7 kids walking past me but before they did,one of the girls said 'Hi,Ka!' to me.And since I didn't wear my glassess I just pretended as though I knew who she was and said "oh heeeey!",very enthusiastically.It was packed at the library and when I sat alone on this one place,there were girls after girls pointing and staring at me.It was..umm..kind of weird.I wasn't saying I had gained fame that whole day but this is just plain weird.
School time was over and it was about time to get home.As I made my exit,the girl from another class on my grade said hello to me and complimented of how splendid my speech and my accent was.On my way to my ride,Ka Fazira,a senior in our school, shrieked to me,'heeey! lawa speech sama English mu! The best one I have ever heard' and you know,that compliment made my whole day.Not to mention when a student from the class Sausan told me the same thing.But those aren't the end.Girls from my school kept on texting me on Facebook telling how terrific my accent sounded like.I even told my parents about all of these and mom constantly beamed but as ussual,dad would conceal his awe and reacted nothing like a proud father but I knew,deep inside he is proud :)
These little episodes gave me motivations to put a bigger amount of effort towards achieving my dream.I had been feeling like a total idiot lately and I knew,I might be one at times but we can never grieve.Rising everytime we fall is all we have got to do.
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