Gentle Giant's speech draft.

Gentle Giant

Speech Draft


A brand is an identification of a specific item like for example Coca-cola is a brand for a carbonated drink and Adidas for various types of sports’ goods. As for me? I brand myself as Gentle Giant. YOU people must be wondering why of all I brand myself as Gentle Giant? One simple reason; just because it suits me well and it reflects me like how I look at myself in the mirror! I may be BIGGER in size, TALLER in height, LOUDER than anyone else and I may even look scary BUT bare in mind that I don’t bite! I smile! That is why I am Gentle Giant. 

Everyone wants to look good! Agree? Appearance matters even to a giant like me! I always appear in either a pair of jeans or shorts with a tee. I’m 189cm tall, big, I look smart and you have to agree with me that I’m attractive therefore I am always a centre of attraction due to my outstanding appearance. I always tell myself that if I look good, I’ll feel good because if I look good I’ll be very comfortable and I will do whatever I want including putting a smile in YOUR face! Now, who says giant can’t look good?

Happy go lucky is my way of living because I am a person that doesn’t like to be seen sad or frowning. I mixed with almost everyone and able to communicate well with anyone and I am also a person that is trustworthy and definitely a very good listener; almost everyone can talk but not everyone can listen. I am very talkative and sometimes crazy but don’t worry because it’s in a good way though. I care a lot for my friends and especially my family because without them there will be no gentle giant. I’m friendly and gay all the time! And all this explains why am I a Gentle Giant.

Have you ever ask yourself that what are your abilities? I did! Different individuals have different competencies. As for me, I realize that I am good in handling crowds no matter where am I and it is proven when I became the master of ceremony for an event in my college and it was one awesome experience. Besides that, being a good team player and leader as I can obey and lead at the same time is one of the abilities I have. I’m willing to learn and experience if I’m given a chance. I am also able to think and react quick therefore problems will be solved just with a snap of fingers. And and, I’m street-smart!

I am special because I am who I am! This is what I tell myself everyday when I look at myself in the mirror, in fact; everyone is one In a million. As for me, I have an advantage of being tall and that is why I standout and shine in groups; I’m noticeable! Besides that, what’s different in me is that I am a trained trial specialist therefore I have an ability to make sales and earn my own money. Punctuality is another very important issue for me and I am very particular about it! I plan things 2 hours ahead and I don’t believe in “Malaysian timing”. I just love being myself; my special self! Be like me! A happy go lucky Gentle Giant!

Everyone uses social networking websites now, almost everyone! I do too, but me in the cyber world is more likely in the real world. All you can see about me are mostly happy side of me and getting to know people building networking because I believe it is important to do so; who knows they might be able to help you in the future? Agree?

Last but not least, I have a special person I would like to thank for bringing me into this world which is my mum! She is the person that I respect and adore most. Who is Superman, Batman or whatever man? I don’t care because the only superhero I know is my mum. I gave her pain since the day I was borned and until now I’m still giving her pain but she never gives up in me and she inspires me a lot. Since my father passed away, she has been the strongest person I’ve known and at times it gives me a sour feeling seeing her being so sad just because I can’t do anything much to help. She is the person that makes me who I am right now, I choose to live happily and work hard so that I can lessen my mother’s burden and help her in any sense she needs. I love you mum. Now who says giant can’t be gentle? I am the best example ever and I most importantly I am very happy!

Gentle Giant :)

So, it was the last presentation for the semester in presentation skills class and I have to admit that I've learnt lots of stuff as in my voice projection; reminds me of first class when we did the "lalala", body posture/language and differentiation of persuasive, entertaining and interpretive speeches. With no doubt I'll say that presentation skills class is one of the BEST class I've attended so far.

Our last presentation requires us to brand ourself and I've branded myself as Gentle Giant and why Gentle Giant? Because it reflects me regardless of my physical traits, appearance and also my personality. I am tall and big therefore a giant and my personality also reflects my 'gentleness', so don't ever be intimidated my me; I don't bite, I smile. :)

Flashing back since the first class, I've improved a lot in my voice projection, I've became more confident and I know how to at least differentiate the differentiation of different types of speeches and I believe not only me, my classmates improved too as you can see from their content and confidence level.

So far, this class is the only class that I really like as like what Miss.Cheryl always said that we will learn a lot from our classmates and knowing more about them and not forgetting about ourselves too and Presentation Skills class is definitely a class to remember. :)

Good luck in finals fellow DMC-ians. :))

Self reflection and comments on Raj's interpretive speech.

First and foremost I would like to comment on Raj's interpretive speech, more like giving compliments though. He is one of my favourite speaker in class and I like his sense of humor and he is definitely a great spontaneous speaker and no doubt a very good impromptu speaker as he let his imagination run wild. His interpretive speech is talking partly about his grandfather, he started of without the title of his speech as he wants us to know it or guess it at the end. At first when he started talking about his grandfather I thought he was tearing as he gets very emotional and I believe other people felt it too as I felt the sourness in me when he talks about a coffin he sees in his house but I believe everyone was relieve including Raj when he says that all of it was just a dream and one thing, one super big mistake Raj shouldn't do. Vulgarity Raj, control! ;) And that's what I think about Raj, great job! :)

Next, my self reflection; I somehow felt that not only me but everyone in the class is improving as time goes as we were trained or asked to present for every presentation skills class and honestly speaking I love this class. I find it really interesting and like what Miss Cheryl always says that we'll learn more about our friends throughout this semester. My speech was talking about taboos and I felt that I could have done it better and I must be careful of my choice of language and of course speak appropriate language and drop words like 'lah'. And I definitely must be more confident in speaking as I still shivers at times and that is not a good thing. Overall, I think I did okay and I hope to improve more and be a better speaker. :)

Adrian

Reflections

The title of my speech plays a big role talking about short forms used in messages. "Short forms, friend or foe?" This title says it all! What do people think about short forms? Different individuals have their different opinions.

First of all, I thought that I could have done better if I'm much more prepared and like what Miss Cheryl told me, more practices! These factors can lead me to a better speech. There are a few things I regret not doing in my speeches; for example, I've prepared lots of different examples but I was restraint by time limit, my time management definitely went off!

Besides that, I could have prepared a better content and did more research but I was convinced myself that my content was quite strong but getting to look at the marking criteria proves me wrong.

Basically there are a lot of things to be improved on, my confidence, my content of the speech, my body language, my gestures and a few more stupid mistakes. These are the common mistakes that I should keep in mind and restraint myself from doing it again.

Other than that, I've learnt a few new skills and things to prepare in my speech. Thina's and Jason's speech somehow inspires me. Thina's energy and Jason's picture presentation, they're both kinda cool and I will definitely do that in my coming speeches.

Overall, I think that presentation skills class is helping me improve in my speech day by day. More and more to learn in future class and definitely more experience to be gained.

Adrian :)

Short forms! Friend or foe?

Short forms are used by almost everyone ever since they get their first mobile phone or instant messaging account just to follow the trend and because it is convenient. But short forms are indirectly affecting our command of our language especially English. Actions must be taken to prevent any unecessary common mistakes either in school or in work, afterall using short forms is a bad habit and not worth learning. I've created a survey to gather informations and to support my speech.

Survey questions.

1) Do you use short forms in your messages? Eg: Instead of “YOU” you’ll type “U”.


2) IF you do so, may I know why? Is it because it is convenient or other reason?


3) When did you start using short forms in messages?


4) What do you think about short forms? Is it a good or a bad thing?


5) Have you ever encounter this situation where when you’re writing your essay, you somehow use short forms in your essays too just because you’re too used to it?


6) I somehow feel that short forms are affecting our daily use languages, what do you think? Do you agree on this statement?

Warmest regards,
Adrian Leong :)