C1 Ice Break, Metamorphosis

Good Evening, everyone. My name is Awin. It’s my honor to deliver my C1 Speech, Ice Break. Why I was called Awin, it’s because my Chinese name is Teng, Yiing, single first name. The pronounce Yiing in HKnese is “win”, so I was called Awin. I was called “Debra””DB” for some time. But my aunt said that it’s sound like “呆\笨”, so I changed my name..

  As you know, I am introvert, shy, and don’t know how to show my feelings, a little stupid. I don’t know what you think. When I was a little child, my teacher told me, you were very smart, but you were a lazy bone…I thought it mean that I was stupid. And I did believe in it…As I have grown up gradually, I knew how to tell the diligent from intelligent. Some people are gifted, they have talent, but they do not cherish it or too proud of it to practice…like me..In Toastmaster, I met lots of great guys.  They are gifted and diligent. They are highly respected by everyone. They do the meeting affairs, Speech and their own work very well.

Those are what I want to learn from them in Toasmaster Club. So I decide to participate in it. Of course, everyone could participate in it. I hope I could do it well in the future.

 Maybe you don’t know, about 5 years ago, I was a member of Toastmaster Club.

I am an introvert. After I graduated in 2003, I thought I should be trained, so I joined in it in 2004.3. Less than half year, I was selected to be the VPE, at the same time I studied for the exam of the license of nurse. (I’m nothing besides Toastmaster, I thought then.) I’m too shy to communicate with others actively.

I just want to deliver my speech as soon as possible. But they give me duty to communicate with people and arrange agenda, it’s really hard for me then.I even don’t know how to explain what is Toastmaster. I remember, someone asked me about “what is Toastmaster”? Are you all bakers? I said “Yes”.

  After these few years, I went to Hua-lien for two years in 2005~2007, and went to Taipei for two years

   I left to Hualien for work in 2005~2007 for two years, and then went to Taipei to work in 2007~2010. Why did I do so? All for the theme of the spring conference in 2005 “Out of your comfort zone.”  I had everything in Taichung, I  I have never suffered before I start to work. I don’t know I risked changing my life then. Actually, it’s difficult to recover. My grandfather was dead in 2006 and my father was dead in this year. I even didn’t have any chance to see them again. I needn’t to regret.

   If it possible, I hope the agony could be transformed into strength. And there are also many interesting things happened in my life. Hope I could share with you through the speech in Toastmaster.