Wednesday, May 28, 2008
hey, just got back from Brunei yesterday from the AUN Educational Forum and Youth Speakers' Contest 2008! I came in 2nd at the Youth Speakers' Contest!! Haha...unbelievable, isn't it?
Hmm...how's the experience? How should I describe it? It's totally fantastic and enjoyable. Totally missing everyone of the delegates, especially those in my clique. We just got on so well we will lepak at my and my roommate (another rep from NUS)'s room every night and every evening before dinner on the last few days till the wee hours and we just really enjoyed each others' company.
Generally, got on really well with the Thais, the Bruneians and the Filippinos. Really enjoyable. So much so that I and everyone else are in depression now..On the last day, we said a few rounds of good byes and no one wanted to leave for the airport or our respective activities before our flights and when we met some of the others at the mall, we were soo happy. We just ran towards each other, hugged and kissed each other in public!! We had to hold back tears too.
Don't really know how to describe. Just that the experience has been totally magical and fun. How I wish I could do everything all over again..Oh, let me describe the contest. It was brutal. There were 2 rounds of competition. In the first round, we had the topic about 1 month ago and so we had lots of time to prepare for them. We were all 'quarantined' in a room, separate from all other participants and we went in individually to give our 10-min speech. Then, 6 finalists were announced. Two days later was the 2nd round. For the 2nd round, we were only given the question about 1.5 hrs before we were supposed to speak. The 1.5hours includes travelling to and fro from the library to the university's Senate room (which took about 10 minutes each time). So we only had 1 hour to prepare, and without any internet access. Then, we were quarantined again and we were called to give our 5-min speech individually . After that, we had to answer a question on the spot. Quite nerve-racking. I was quite surprised when the other participants told me that I am a good speaker..maybe i have some hidden talent. haha..apparently i was very fiery..haha:)
I will let the photos tell the story..will fill you guys in when i meet you all. Must remind me to tell you all about this particular Filippino participant that is totally hated by most other participants except some of the guys cos she's pretty. She's so...urgh..tell you guys another time.
So what's the details about the supposed gathering on 4 June? Can someone pls update me?
kx
rmb to sign off! sang at 8:42 PM
