Today I went up as one of the two grade eight reps to give a little introduction speech. To be honest, I was kind of frightened by the crowd, but when I got up there, I got even more intimidated. I don't think I really showed my fear, but inside, I was just scared that they would reject me as a speaker and rep.
I had spent only a few minutes writing up the speech (roughly 600 words and two and half minutes long) the day before yesterday, yet after I finished speaking the first part, I realized that the rest would not be good enough. I had already got the crowd to laugh a little, so I needed to keep that off.
In my mind, I said, "Screw the script, I'm going improv." So I kept my speech folded in my free hand, and went off rambling about ideas from my speech, but not the actual words. After the crowd laughed a bit, I got more comfortable and started talking freely, just going freestyle if you may.
When I was done, I was a lot more pleased with my "performance" that I had expected. This speech built up my confidence and now I'm just really happy to be the grade eight rep.
Bursts Of Positive
I could have had a spark of positive while I was doing my homework (I felt dreadful while doing it for some reason, but don't a lot of people?), or I could have had it while I was eating. But this burst of positiveness occurred just as I stepped out of my shower. Weird huh?
Anyways, for a few glorious seconds I stood there, just thinking about all the great things in life I would accomplish, how I would go to UBC and tick of all my bucket list. Then in another few seconds it was gone.
Mood swings eh?
TOWTAKZ is kind of dead lately, so I'm planning to blog a lot more (realized I hadn't put anything up for a long time). Hopefully Tyler and I will finally get together and start talking about restarting TOWTAKZ. Might also think about getting a new template for this blog. It's getting kind of... icky?
Just wanted to say to you guys to have an early Merry Christmas, since we all know the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. Stock up your food items people. Stay safe, and if you see a crack in the ground, don't step on it, because you know, you can break your mom's back and also start an earthquake.
I'm a 9 today. In high spirits because of the successful speech. Can't wait to finally do something as a student rep and help out the school. I've already got my second speech started. And my third. It's all in my head, I just haven't thought of it yet. Anyways, here's one of my lamer quotes.
"The best speaker isn't the loudest or clearest. The speaker can be quiet as a mouse. The speaker doesn't have to do anything. The speaker just needs to know what the people want and when they want it." - Kevin Zou
congrats Kevin! you're going to do really well as a rep. and honestly, I couldn't even tell you were improvising. good job :)
ReplyDeleteYour words will speak louder than your voice. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou're going to be a great grade rep. Stay strong, and don't let anyone or anything bring you down. (:
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