Week Two Journal..

Hi again...

Working on evening shift today..

TL team leader pula tu.. busy juga la..n agak penat..
Tapi blog tetep blog..hehe..

Seperti yang dijanjikan...here is my brother WTJ..
Silakan la membaca...agak panjang juga la..


Week Two Journal...


Oh my God! It’s that time again, luckily this time my presentation will be held on the next class. I still have one night to rehearse my speech. Looking at my previous marks. it was terrible and I must do something to improve it.


I checked the previous comment, which my friend evaluated for me during my first speech and study what is lacking on my speech. Majority noted that I should be more calm during my speech delivery, even on Ms. Hui comment, plus, she said that I should reduce the number of pauses for my speech.


I said to myself; “If this are the main qualities that are lacking on my speech, then I should concentrate more on how I confronted against nervousness and to many pauses”. But first I should know what are the reasons or main causes for these things to happen. Base on my own research on my speech, I knew that during speech I couldn’t control my emotion which eventually lead to stage nervousness and pauses during speech.


So I come to a conclusion that if I were to improve my next speech, “I must put more effort (practice) in order to gain more marks for my speech”, but yet, how? The day before my presentation, I met with Mr. Sham at the computer lab and asked him on what is the best way to practice my speech. Mr. Sham said that I should practice in front of the mirror so that I can look to myself in the mirror and know what are the missing criteria for my presentation. He also said that I need lots of preparation for my speech. Then the night before my speech, I practice over and over again, until I felt confident with my overall presentation.


I slept early that night so that I will have extra time in the morning to practice before the 9.00 A.M class. I was the 5th (24th overall) person to give speech, at that time my head was starting to have mix-feelings, and my emotion is covered with fear. But yet, I still managed to calm myself down and think positive (turn the negative into positive).


In those situation, I kept reading my speech text so that I could memorize my speech text even better. After the person before me finished delivering her speech, then my heart starts pumping rapidly like a runaway train, “full steam ahead”, then suddenly it stops! And I felt like everybody in the class were in a slow motion video, just imagine “Baywatch” cut-scenes. And finally I was in the real world again, then heard Mr. Hui voice “Feel free to go in front if you’re ready”.


I walk gingerly in front and trying to look as calm as I could in front of the other students. At first I still managed to stay calm and deliver the beginning of my speech smoothly, Then suddenly…(storm) bltzzzzz....I felt like a familiar looking just struct me on the head, and I can only saw blank in front of me, few second after that, I can see again but this time I completely forgotten my speech content, then I rushed near the lecturer’s table to look at my notes.


It was the “lightening of the forgetfulness and nervousness” had struct me again, again and the usual timing: “Mostly during presentation”. I completely felt nervous and lost my coolness,. Everybody in the class knew that I was feeling nervous because my hand was shaking while holding my notes.


Everything that I prepared and every effort I put for the speech was gone, like a sandcastle washed away by the sea. I ended my speech and felt like a complete looser. I blew two of my early speeches for the course and only god will know what will happened with my next speech. But trust me, I’ll never looses hope so cheaply.


*Sekian saja untuk hari ni...hope you'll enjoy reading it...
p/s: paling xtahan part ni "Like A Sandcastle washed away by the sea.."
teror juga c Baby ni bermadah ye..hehehe....

Yohan Tawith

"I never looses hope so cheaply!! And I already prove it!!

*huh! ayat yg sangat mendalam dan menusuk kalbu!

~Good Nite friends~