part of the organizing crew of med batch 13
okie this is old...
like reli REALLY OLD...and LONG I THINK
its happned like what?on the 29th may 2008 (: but i kinda realise i have 2 blog it dwn incase i forget the details in the future..sorie for the limited pixs pep!!
d posters abt the public speaking comp ws put up all around but as usual i hardly cudnt have cared less abt it.tat is until it turned out tat my roomate ws part of the batch orgnzing it (MBBS BATCH13) she kinda persuaded me 2 join in but i ws reli reluctant cos c'mon...inder = speaking...??tats like the most out of place thing in the out of place list!!i only have the ability to crap non stop..not the ability 2 make sense in frun of some medical seniors..smhw after much persuasion fro my eng lecturer n fwens i finally put in my form....wich was without tis title, pic n phtstat ic :) just to see of they'll reject in and i'll live happily ever after...
but guess what..they DIN reject my form..n i was called for the 2nd prelim..hmm i shudn't tok much abt it ere cos there's a lot more details to add later (not true..i particularly forgot everything due to my short memory span) my title was EMBRACING THE F WORD- SHOOTING THE ELEPHANT..whereby F stands for failure :) n i shall not mention whatever tat crept into ur mind earlier incase this post is read by a certain someone..
SHOCKINGLY i got selected for the ten finalists..sometg i din expect after since i felt it ws more of a debating-motivating-failing speech n ws kinda frustrated wif..i had my first term on n the finals ws during my first term break..means i'll have 2 come home form my 1 week of holls 2 see aimst..HOW SICKENING CAN TAT BE?!?!and tats wen the theme was revealed to us = WHO WE ARE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING....the first thing was i am inder and where am i going is to the hostel after this to catch up on sleep :)somehow even thinking of the speech seemed so scary as half my brain cells wr def used up for the first term xams..aihss LIFE
i came up wif the title of my speech a night b4 d big day..tats cos nelson called and asked me wat my ttile was n it wud have been embarassing if i wud have said NOTHING..my title was BIG FEET- BIGGER HEART..since my first speech was def an eye-raiser i sppse my 2nd one cud even raise the eybrows!!lol that very morning i sat and type my speech out..which was of no use cos i still cudnt think of elaborating anything..part of me was more concern about DrHouse leg which was injured in the series HOUSE goin on downstairs..
at about 1.00p.m, i went and fetched my soulmate.aka.chan suk wai fROM skul :) she was to accompany me bak ere 2 aimst..it was wen i started packing tat i felt not only butterflies but grasshoppers and toads and lizards all scrunching up in my stomach!!!the fear of talking to a bunch of smart-a*-kids wr def a torture..and since all my badge mates were on holls, no one i noe is gna b dere..wooshhh the misery :)
we left ipoh at abt 2.30.usually the journey is only for abt 2 hrs max..dere ws still time 2 practise once i reach dre as it ws only strting at 7...boyy was i wrong or what..KARMA decided to teach lil inder a lesson on last min prep..half way thru the journey, the most unexpected happened..the left back car tyre burst and the car skidded to the front..somehow it took sometime for my dad 2 bring it bak under control..what's worse is tat we din have the proper instrments( is tat wat its called..??) to change the car tyre..the first thing i tawt was..TATS IT INDER..U'RE DEAD..THIS IS DEF A BAD SIGN...to add tons of salt to the fresh wound, it started raining//dad had to call some autoassist pep 2 fix d car tyre..there i was-a pathetic girl wif a piece of paper in her hands trying 2 rehearse her speech on a highway wif tons of seeding cars..it was 4.05
dad had 2 make a turn somehwhre 2 jawi 2 get 2 a tyre repair shop but he overshot the turn and ended up stopping at some other stop ahead..once we got the car tyre changed, we resumed our journey thinking that the wrose was now def over wif..the time was 5.55. estimated time 2 reach aimst was 6.20 as we were quite fast..it was 6.40 wen we realised we act overshot another turn again..this time,,all the way in the middle of gurun..someplace not ANYWHERE NEAR AIMST...i was already freaking out in the backseat and for the first time even suk wai's jokes din make me laugh at al..
we managed an abrupt u-turn and got bak on the right track. the event ws 2 start at 7.00. i reached campus at 7.05. somehow i had the slightest sense left to call meena a.k.a.my roomate and inform her abt the delay..she was worried alryte but not as worried as i was..
there i was..not dressed,,still in my 3/4 pants,,wif thoughts running astray and wif the time ticking off like there's no tomoro,,and i'm expected to give my spech all in a rush which ws something i certainly din prepare for..the min i got dressed and wore my coat, i collapsed on the room floor. i wasn't just physically weak bt mentally and emotionally drained out..the all hectic event and pressure of reaching on tme was too much for me to tolerate. i made the dicesion of pulling out and apologized to my mom wif tears streaming dwn for troubling her al the way up ere..but i told er to understand nd not to force me as i def m not ready fo this..my mom did something tat seriously only she can do!!she gave me a huge bear hug n told me 2 go up dre just talk wahetevr i feel like for watever happnd tat night she's still a proud mother for i have made it this far in life and tat i'm not a quitter.
at 7.35 i sat in the hall awaiting my turn..i was the 5th speaker. wen my name was mentioned d applause was a short one since no one in the crowd knew me and neither did i. i managed a meek smile and was feeling very nervous. but the looks on my family's face,,the support they had all the way for me,,just to see them in the crowd almost drowned the unknown sea of faces around me. i finished ,my speech which x trun out 2 b tat bad actually :)
den d 2nd round was the impromptu whereby we wr given 2 mins to prepare for the speech and are sppsed 2 talk for a whole 3 mins.....imagine tat.....
the title given to me made me go WHAAAAATTT.T.T.T.T.T.T....................????it was why should the students vote you as the president of the student council...and the size of the paper dey gave us 2 prepare on was 4cmx3cm...now wat can u reli write on it...??i went down there glad to be receiving a louder applause this time and delivered my speech without thinking what was i spsped 2 speak abt up dre :)
after all the hardship and weird string of events...in the end...I WON!!!!!!!!! but the joy i thought i would recieve as i raised the thropy wasn't reli there cos it ws seriosuly daym heavy!!
the pic of me with the vice chancellor- dun bother the grin,,i cudn't hide it somehow!!!
they called my family includig suk wai down to the stage and we took a happy group pic 2gether :) it was a memorable day no doubt but most impostantly i didn't just discover my new talent in speaking besides debating,,but rather i saw the love and support that i have form my friends and family. whatever the hardship we went thru they never left my side till the very end.
somehow..i really felt lucky just being ME that day..
meena and indeh
and ya incase u wna see the official website for this comp, its http://aimstvccup.blogspot.com/2008/05/hook-line-and-sinker.html
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