The Week Four Journal

Yohan with Dr.william

on

our sister's wedding
2007

Yeah! home at last!, I thought it will be a 5 days honeymoon for me,but I was totally wrong. It's a 5 days of pain-staking non-stop hardwork,helping my father and other family members,doing preparation for my sister's wedding. (ehem..it's me) There was absolutely no free spaces for me to squeeze in for my 3rd speech preparation, not even enough rest hours. Thank you Bi for the help during my wedding 6 years back :)

I was back in Klang after a long journey on 9/9/2003 at 6.30PM. I took a shower and slept at 8.00PM without having my supper (I was damn tired). Then the next morning I woke up at 10.00Am (14hours of sleep) and feeling fresh for the 11.30Am ENG212 Class.

Ok! enough with the story crap...lets move on with the journal. Knowing that I have absolutely zilch preparations for the third speech, Iasked Ms.Hui's permission to give my presentation on the next day (Thursday) , and thankfully she allowed it. If not,I'm totally screwed up.

I began gathering information from the net and printed it out. Then at night I start typing my speech,which I eventually finished typed and edited roughly at 2.30AM. I took another 30 minutes to practice the speech before I jump in to bed. I set my alarm clock at 7.00AM, so that there are still time for me to prepare for the class.

On my way to the classroom, I was a bit shakey since i've only slept 4 hours before coming to class. This time I managed to overcome a bit of the pressure compare to my condition with my previous speech. I wasn't ready to present my speech because I didn't have enough time to really prepare and memorise my speech text. But since there's no time for me to argue with this, it is my problem and I have to deal with it face-to-face like a man.

There's nothing fancy with my speech introduction this time as I was already prepared the text for my speech. I choose to stood still and put my hand behind my back as I am not so familiar giving speech with the right body language, proposeful gesture, and right facial expressions.One more missing criteria was eye contact with the audience, as I was busy reading my notes... hehehe..

Oppsss! there goes my marks. It was like looking at RM1,000,000 bill falling from the sky, knowing that I could catch it but instead watching it hopelessly going down to drain. I don't expected high marks for this speech but hopefully it'll be better than the previous one.

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Comment:

Well Yohan,I don't know what to say. Having read about how little time you spent working on

the speech, it is no wonder you were reading the text-and you will suffer terribly from it. I do not know whether the marks will be better then #2-I haven't marked it yet.The final I shall say is: Please don't risk it anymore.

marks 2/3

written by: yohan

typed by: nsst/bingo

Week Three Journal

My Lil' brother,

Yohan Tawith

Me,Yohan & My sister

@KK International Airport 2008

He just arrived from USA for a 1 month vacation

in Sabah.

As I promised at my previous entry...here it is..
(do check my MAY post friends..got week one and week two journal also)
The~Week Three Journal..
Written By Yohan Tawith
Date: 3/9/2003 (6 years ago on his 19th birthday)

Though it's not compulsary to write the journal this week,but what the heck!...
it won't hurt anybody does it?

The next presentation is six days from now and that sinking feeling of unable to deliver good enough speech is again grasping tight to my mind.

But this time is a bit different,because I have almost two weeks to prepare,however the speech consists of 10%
out of the overall grade mark and I just can't afford to loose those precious marks.

At present I'm still in a crossroad of which topic to choose for my third presentation; "the speech to inform".
It is whatever about illegal animal poaching,euthanasia,or about football equipments.


I just can't made up my mind.Not to mention all the ENG212 assignments that I need to be done by tonight,as I'm leaving to SABAH tomorrow morning to help my father for the preparation of my SISTER'S WEDDING this Sunday (7/9/2003). *it's my wedding :)

Which also means that I need to prepare and practice my 3rd speech mostly at home.Thank you for the comments and empowering words.It's really propelled my morale to give extra effort for my following speech.

I'll try my best though public speaking is totally out of my league.And yet,will I perform better this time? That's remained as a million dollar question,we'll have to wait and see for that..

p/s: wait for the week four journal k Bi...
I'll type ASAP....

your sister,
nsst/bingo

His ENG212 Book..

Hi..

Hari ni,got nothing to do,so i think of doing something yg berfaedah.

Oleh kerana bilik bawah ini sudah menjadi ala2 stor,

i decided to kemas la bilik bawah ni...

aka stor juga la sbb semua barang2 yg jarang dipakai,we put there..

Sedang tengah2 mengemas tu,i found something....

jeng..jeng..jeng..

no la..bukan jumpa harta karun pun!

I found my little brother Yohan,s English Journal Book.

Apa lagi,sesi pembacaan pun bermula la...

Agak menarik juga karangan2 adikku ini...
Then i postponed my hajat to kemas the stor..hehehe.

sbb sudah tersangkut dgn karangan nya...

Ada 6 karangan yg terkandung dalam buku tersebut...

So,harus la di share2 dalam blog ini k....

Setuju ka tarak setuju?

Whatever it is..aku sudah pun selesai menaipnya..

so baca je la.....

xrugi pun kan...

p/s: Bi,kalau ko baca blog ni,senyum ja la k..jgn marah..nanti kena jual!!

INFO:

This karangan,he wrote when he's still study in SIT

(sepang international technology)

College,Klang.6 years ago..

(now he is working and staying in USA)

so,paham2 ja la..masih student time tu..sekarang ni..confirm aku pun xdpt lawan American slang dia! Tersangat la terror! kan bi?

~SELAMAT MEMBACA~

The Story Begin...

Week One Journal
21/08/2003

10.00A.M in the morning, I’ve just woke up after a long journey from Sabah.Then I rushed to Sie Ling’s office to get the ADP timetable from her. Noticed that the Monday Schedule is packed. Moreover,I needed to go to the bank and get my money to settle my tuition fees, as it was the last day to pay my fees without late payment’s penalty.

I looked at my handphone time and realized I still have 30minutes to go to Klang town and finished my business. But due to unavoidable traffic problem, my time calculation was inaccurate, this made me late for the first ENG212 (Public Speaking) Class. That eventually lead me to an unexpected “Speech For Reasons Of Late For Class”.

This is the first time in my life taking a ‘public speaking’ subject. Though at first my outlook towards the subject that it was a difficult and complicated subject for me to handle. And looking back at my past experiences, I found myself in familiar territory again, overcoming the high obstacle and consider it as just another challenge in life and also a chance for me to know how far I can go.

Then our lecturer, Mrs. Hui gave us the course syllabus and I’ve noticed that this course is nothing but speaking or I should say “The art of Public Speaking” all the way, plus our first speech presentation will be held on Wednesday (20/08/2003).

The day before the presentation’s day, I got no classes to attend, so I took advantage most of my time preparing for my speech. I found myself asking what topic to present for my ‘self introduction speech’, it is either my background or my interest. It was very difficult for me to choose from. So I decided to just continue looking for ideas for both topic.

On the presentation day, I don’t do any rehearsal for my speech because I don’t want to put too many pressure on myself, so that I can present well and won’t be nervous during my presentation. Before my name was called to present my speech, I was ready and calm as I can still remember everything. And at the final moment I’ve picked which topic to choose. Also at the same time I was beginning to shiver and begin to loose my cool.

“Yohan”, it’s my turn now and I walked gingerly towards the front of the class.
I completely forgot everything about my speech, but slowly I managed to calm down and try to do my best for my first presentation for the ‘Public Speaking’ course.
Though my speech was a little bit shaky, but I think I’ve just done enough, and still have time to improve. ”Welcome to the club”.

Written by:Yohan Tawith

Type by:Nooryati Tawith

Thats all for the first chapter of his Journal...

I'll write the 'Week two journal' ASAP..

~Thank You~