~The Art Of Public Speaking~

Most people are afraid to talk in front of an audience maybe because they arent confident, not language literate or simply because they are not well known about the topic that they have to speak about. I was one of them. I usually get scared when i have to speak up in front of  people whom i dont know. My style is i will build my confidence once i am comfortable with the environment and the people. I am quit a chatter box when speaking informally. But when i have to talk in front of a class, i start to stutter.

My first impression about En. Hisham is he is very funny. He reminds me about 'Harith Iskandar'. Maybe this is because of his appearance. He knows really well how to get connected with us immediately. It makes us comfortable and we began to talk confidently to him.

There are many important things that i learn from him and miss Nani. We were given a task to draw what picture came out of our mind. I drew a lollipop. There were 10 people who had been choosen to talk for 5 minutes about their drawing. Its interesting to know what people have to say spontaneously. I dont know if I had reach the level of confidence to talk like them.

For the evening session, each groups were given an item to present anything about the item in front. Since this is a public speaking class, everyone i mean everyone have to talk at least for a minute. Our group, 'pecah mental' received an iphone 4. we act as  a family travelling in 'alphard' to go to opah's house. In the car we all try to use the iphone by secretly telling the audience about the iphone's function. We were labelled the fun group. Maybe because all of our team members are playfull. I was praised by En. Hisham because he told me i have a good projection of voice and my acting skills are quite good. Maybe for anyone it is just a simple praise. But for me, it really make my day and now i feel more comfortable and confident to speak to the public.