Oh My God, What Was That?
Okay, what did I just go through? Listen, I have honestly never done anything like participating in a PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION. I used to have stage fright; every time I was faced with an audience, I always started shaking. When I found out that we had TWO public speaking classes for the all-English term, I wanted to bolt - to straight up skip school altogether. The moment our first speech project happened, I felt like fainting in front of class. I hated it. I hated how everyone's eyes were on me. I hated how people were just waiting for me to make a mistake. I basically hater public speaking in general. God, I was so scared that day. Apparently, though, I seem to have improved a lot. By a lot, I mean a lot. I would've fainted in front of everyone if I didn't learn to ignore everyone watching. I would've panicked as soon as my eyes met with the audience. There were a lot of things that could've happened, and those aren't good things at all. I never would have imagined myself standing there on stage and talking in front of IDK-how-many people. I didn't even want to be a finalist, really, because being a finalist would mean delivering your speech onstage and that was never on my bucket list. Buuut, (un)fortunately, my name was called and I embarrassed myself onstage - I mean, what? Standing on stage was one of the (worst) most memorable experiences I have ever had. I am thankful for the people who cheered for me and believed in me despite my constant whining about how I was gonna mess up. I am thankful for the one who is always one message away, waiting inside that little chathead on my phone. I am thankful for the one who never fails to send an assuring breeze as soon as I look up. I am thankful. Anyway, there were a lot of great speakers and I don't even expect to win anything because I screwed up my speech, but oh well! At least it's all done. Do I get my additional points now?
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