One Down

I am so relieved that I picked Tuesday as my speech day. Today was one of my major speeches and although I have not gotten the papers back from my professor with my grade and the comments, I am just relieved to be done with it. I have another speech due in two weeks and although I have the option to pick Thursday, I will probably volunteer for Tuesday again. The suspense is killing me that I just want to be done with it.

Our professor is so awesome in making us feel comfortable about ourselves. He always reminds us that the sun will still rise and set and life goes on after a speech, so there is nothing to worry about. I still felt nervous because there are a lot of eyes on me but I managed. My seatmates said I did well but I thought of myself, “I could have done better”.

After the speech our professor handed us the flash drive that we gave him. He recorded our speech so we could see how we did. I watched my speech earlier and it was so weird. I have mannerisms, and I kept pushing my eyeglasses back. The feedback that I will be getting on Thursday should put everything in perspective, and hopefully I could improve on to my up coming career speech and persuasive speech. It is the persuasive speech that I am so excited about because I just have the perfect topic in mind.

Eating Healthy

I was so determined to study and finish what I have to do with my Comm. 101 class. I was off from work yesterday, and I had a class. I got the netbook with me in case I needed to connect to the internet. I did not want to leave the building because it was so hot outside. I only got some snack bars with me and that won't fill me in until 4:00 p.m. I was really planning to stay there, but after eating lunch, I was ready to go home. You see, the cafeteria had very limited meals. I can have some made to order but I have to wait, and I didn't have the time to keep on waiting. I picked one of their meals and it was a little gross. I didn't have any choice but to eat it since it was almost $6.00 and I need lunch.

There are a lot of people that eat food everyday not mindful of how fattening they are or if it was healthy for them. Sometimes people have very limited options. It is either because they could not afford or they do not have the means to eat healthy at all. Don't you just wish there is a weight loss formula that helps you lose weight regardless of what kind of food you eat? That would be really awesome!

Lingerie

One of the things I really hate is shopping for lingerie. I don't know why but I cannot stand it. In the place where I work, customers can try on bras. I have been to many stores before, and I have never seen a store that lets you try on bras. I actually think it is a little disgusting, and I can also imagine how many people walked out from the store with a new pair of bras because they usually leave their old ones in the fitting room. I have helped people over that department, but it is with the plus size lingerie that I have a hard time helping the customers that wear plus size. I don't know how to measure their bust. They really need to go to a place where it caters to their specification where they will be given appropriate help.

My First Speech

It has been an overwhelming week for me. The sudden change of my schedule because of school ended up being ok with me adjusting to it but leaving me extremely exhausted especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thankfully, they also give me Thursdays as my day off at work, so I get to come home after school and take my nap. Since Tuesday, I haven't been having enough sleep, but I got some yesterday. On my speech class, my professor immediately assigned us with our first speech. I could tell that everyone is very nervous during our presentation yesterday. I even told my classmates and teacher that I could hear my heartbeat louder than my voice. Although, I know every one by name because we had an exercise about it last Tuesday, they still gave me the chills.

My first speech went well. In fact, I got an A with some nice comments from our teacher. I try not to be nervous again on my next speech. It wasn't that bad really and seeing the look of my classmate's faces who seemed to be very interested got me to keep talking. In fact, it was only supposed to be a 2 minute talk, and I turned it into a 2.35 minute talk. Good thing my teacher did not deduct points for that. Well he said, it is a refresher or a practice for the major ones we are going to have.

I am so thankful that even if I am having a hard time doing both school and work, but I just love going to school this semester because my two professors are just awesome. They are just great! My astronomy class is exciting but not the Math part. Thankfully, I have Dada to teach me and show me in that. He even told me last night that Math he could help me but not so much with English. I'll take that anytime.

Here is my sheet back from my teacher.

Comments:

Relax- you're doing great.
Solid eye contact - but focus on both sides of the room.
Excellent vocal inflection and enthusiasm!
Good details. Thanks for sharing.
Lesson is very clear. Nicely Done
At the beginning of our class, I expressed to our teacher how concern I was because I was not a native English speaker. He told me that as long as I go by the criteria, I should be ok.He also added that over the spring another student came up to him with the same concern who ended Acing the class both written and oral. I wish I could be the same. On another hand, the only thing that he dinged me was the eye contact. The class is divided into two, and I kept on looking in one side of the class and not the other side which 90% of the us did. I am so excited and looking forward to the next class.