Thursday, August 21, 2008

The great experience (:

Let's think. What should I write. Well, just a lil info for you, I'm posting this in my best friend's house. We sort of came here for a gathering. Old buddies gathering.
Anyways, just 5 days ago, I attended a public speaking workshop. Yup, public speaking alright. It was fun, I've gotta admit. And I enjoyed myself. The public speaker who thought us was Mrs Jagjeet Singh, or also known as Mrs J. She's wise for a 60 something. But none of us believe she looked like a 60 something. She looks WAY younger! Oh yeah, she even appeared in BLOOMBERG! Talk about famous. You should go check out her CV(biography). She's the trainer and team manager for our Malaysian Debate team. AND, she's a world debate judge. Yeah, I know, talk about totally cool!

What ya' learn there, you ask.

Well, we learned a LOT of things. How to overcome fear, how to have the right posture, stance while speaking. How to present well-organized and structured speeches and conveying them. It was interesting, the way she taught us. We had many activities going on, I honestly, had a wonderful time. Did i mention I actually stood in front of everyone and just said an impromptu speech? Well, not to say I'm boasting or anything, but, It's my first time. I tried my best. And really had fun (:

Mrs J even introduced me to Randy Pausch, you know the famous writer of 'The Last Lecture', and 'The Prince' by Machiavelli. They are the nicest books of all time. You've gotta go check it out. (:

The public speaking workshop is better than benificial, why? Cuz' not only we get to learn the techniques of public speaking, we even get to expand some knowledge. Wow, talk about killing two bird's with one stone. Ha! To those schoolmates that missed the workshop out, well, there's always a next time right? So, make sure you grab the chance when it comes! Or you'll regret!

1 comment:

Liz said...

The last Lecture... The book nice???
Heard that it's kinda cool.