It always sounds better in my head...

Today in class, we were doing the trial for public speaking. The topic was  "getting to know you". It is considered an easy topic to many people, it's all about yourself. However, I don't know if it's just me I find it is really hard to talk about yourself in front of people. It always sounds better in my head than it does, when I say it out loud. It's always easier to talk about others... behind their back :)) (just kidding, it's not cool at all). Despite all that, I had to give a speech when my turn came:

"It is really hard to talk about your self in front of people. If it was 2 or 3 years ago, I wouldn't ba able to do this. I was shy and self-conscious. So today, I am going to tell you about how I overcame those fears.

First of all living an 18-hour flight from home has given me an opportunity to be more confident and independent. Some of you might already know, you have to do everything on your own, adjust yourself to a new place with different culture, language, and in my case, home sick and the come winter. In that circumstance, I was forced to go out of my way to stand on my own.

I figured out that I couldn’t make friend if I was too afraid to talk to them or I couldn’t get to know the place when I hesitated to go outside. It was hard at first really, but it got easier the next time and has become no problem to me at all as time goes by.

 Being far away from home give me strength and ability to treasure what I have. Because when you are own there on your own, you know how important family and friends are. I appreciate those you have met, people who have touched my life. I have learnt from them. I couldn’t be who I am right now without any of them.

It is not that hard to be confident. Just believe in yourself and be who you are, because you are amazing, just the way you are! :D"