Basic Speech 1: Who I am - A Case Study

(This is initially a speech delivered for the Competent Communicator Manual of Toastmaster International. My Basic Speech 1) Main objective of Speech 1 is to Break the Ice — It challenges the speaker to face the fear of public speaking and deliver a speech that is very familiar with the speaker - about his/her self. The speech should be 4 to 6 minutes. Who I am - A Case Study Once upon a time, on the night of September 15, when the world is at war, Gulf War to be precise, my mother is having a war of her own, my birth to be exact. A thousand kilometers from the hospital, it was bombarded with missiles. Boom, boom, boom but my mother was whispering to her womb, asking  "please baby come out, do not make your mama suffer, it's time to see the world."  And then I was born. A healthy baby girl with a red dragon mark at the back of her neck and a map on her head (like Gorbachev's). I came because of the promise to see the world. And when I came my father has huge expectations because he said  "Great people are marked" http://lifemoresimply.blogspot.com But most often than not, society dictates how a person should be. Sometimes, even before a person is born, fate has already been pronounced by the guardians. It's a boy, he'll be an engineer just like his father and then a good housewife if it is a girl. So, what would make me any different from other individuals? Who am I? Is the question.

Toastmasters: A Love Story

(This is initially a speech delivered as my Inaugural Speech during Queen City Toastmasters Installation of Officers)

Toastmasters: A Love Story

I used to believe that to “live by emotion is to live in anillusion.” And that is to stress to myself the importance of good judgment in making decisions – meaning, every decision should be logical and practical. I should not let myself get involve on things that I ONLY FEEL like doing nor shall I decide on things that I ONLY FEEL is right.

That was my personal philosophy until I met Queen CityToastmasters - my Love at First Sight.

Who ever thought that one could find love online? Well, I learned about the club through its multiply site. At that time, the critical faculties of my mind tell me

do not be stupid enough to join