Warning: Too cheesy. Don't read unless you are prepared to puke. Lol. Haha! This my 9th Speech for Toastmasters. :)
Good morning Fellow Toastmasters and guest. Before I deliver
my speech, I want you to promise me that what you see and what you hear, when
you go, I’m begging you please leave it here. If you can’t keep a promise, you
are free to leave the room. Joke!
Today I’ll be delivering my 9th Speech Project
for Competent Communication Manual. Obejctive: To Persuade with Power. I
believe I have no power. I only have the charms and definitely I am going to
persuade you. And no, you don’t have to look at me while I do this (get
necklace and do the hypnotizing moves haha). All you have to do is listen.
Yesterday I had a talk with Third about my speech. I asked
him if it’s okay if my topic will be a mushy one. Third, being the ever
supportive one, evaluated my speech right then and there without even hearing
my speech! I can imagine him saying this “It’s okay if you’re topic is mushy.
But if it’s about falling in love, I won’t be persuaded. Why in the hell would
you talk about an overused topic? That’s being so insensitive! Fine. You’re in love
but do you have to brag about it?” I was hurt. How in the hell did he know I’m
going to talk about falling in love?! My gosh. We think the same! So I decided
to revise my speech. In order to please him, I won’t talk about falling in love.
He’s right. Love is an overused topic. So I won’t talk about falling in love. I
will just talk about...MY love.
Lucky for me, my boyfriend is away so I would like to take
this opportunity to talk about him. Remember your promise to me that nothing
will come out of this room? Please keep it or else you’ll bloat my boyfriend’s
head and I’m sure you would agree it won’t be nice to look at. As some of you
know, I met my boyfriend through Toastmasters. I’ll always be grateful for
joining this club because I found my true love here…oops that’s the love for
public speaking just to clarify. It’s just a bonus that Toastmasters paved the
way for me and Marion to meet.
They say there are a lot of fishes in the sea. You only have
to catch the best one for you. And ehem ehem among my handful of suitors,
Marion stood out. Why? Let me tell you my reasons why I think Marion is the
best boyfriend for me.
First of all, he is my bestfriend. Before we got together,
we were just clubmates. We hung out a lot and eventually, we became close
friends and with time…we became closer friends.
As closer friends, we’d talk about anything – as in anything under the sun.
From the geekiest topic like Pnoy’s SONA, to the square root of three hundred
sixty five thousand four hundred thirty nine to how rainbows are formed. We’d
talk about the sun, the moon, the stars… anything we can talk about. We’d talk
about you Third (points to Third). We’re Toastmasters right? So we just love to
talk. We’d debate about the silliest things like why the country Ecuador is
called such when there are still other countries located near the equator. And
our favorite topic? We’d talk about US. Having your best friend as your boyfriend
made things easier. Before we even got together, he already knows my flaws and
weaknesses and same goes for me. We knew each other well and it helped us
manage our expectations when we entered into a relationship. He’d complain how
moody I am and I’d complain how sleepy head he is. He always sleeps on me while
we’re texting and I won’t mind because I know even before as friends, he’d manage
to find my text lulling him to sleep. We may have clashing opinions at times
but then we’ll know how to compromise. After all, friends do know how to give
and take right? And it’s an important ingredient in sustaining a relationship.
Second, he is the best boyfriend for me because I know he’ll
be a good family provider someday. I firsthand experienced how great he is when
it comes to money matters. He is frugal. I repeat, he’s VERY frugal. When he
was still courting me, he’ll bring me to Contis. When we got together, the
Contis turned to Red Ribbon! There was a time when he surprised me by going to
my office just to tell me personally that he already got the job at Toyota. He
was extremely happy and he said he’ll treat me to lunch. But lo and behold! He
instantly remembered that he’ll have to withdraw money first. He doesn’t keep
extra money in his wallet in order to avoid unnecessary expenses. So I ended up
paying for our lunch. Nevertheless, he made up for that by treating me out the
next day at an expensive resto. Every peso for him counts. Last week when we’re
already finished eating dinner, he suddenly said, “Baby I’m still hungry. Would
you like me to order additional food?” I said sure. He said, “ Would you like
to have some fries?” I said, “Uhmm…Baby can we order cheesesticks instead?” He
got the menu and pondered for a veryyyy long time. After thinking hard, he said
with finality “Okay baby. Let’s order fries.” I teased him “Ok. I know what you’re
thinking. Sa presyo nagkatalo no? Give me the menu.” He didn’t give me the menu
so I begged him to tell me the price difference of fries and cheesesticks.
Guess what? Cheesesticks cost 135 pesos and fries? 105. I complained to him
that it’s only 30 pesos. He explained to me that is still 30 pesos, saying that 30 pesos is the cost of our parking
fee. I waved white flag. He had his way and I wouldn’t really care because the
happy conversations we had made up for my cheesesticks craving.
Last but not the least, he’s the best boyfriend for me
because he is my personal coach here in Toastmasters. I wouldn’t be here if not
for him pushing me to do my speech. I talked to him last night and I told him, “Baby,
I’m nervous. How can I deliver my speech tomorrow? Imagine, Third is pressuring
me to deliver it without using notes. Que horror!” He calmly told me “Oh no
babe, don’t be nervous. It’s just Third. He won’t eat you alive if you forgot a
line in your speech or if you went mental block on stage.” He then proceeded to
give me pieces of advice on how I can convey my speech effectively.
As you see, Marion is my bestfriend, my financial advisor
and my Toastmasters coach all rolled into one. Now you know why MARION is the BEST
boyfriend for me. I have no regrets in taking the risk of having a relationship
with him and if I have to choose among other fishes in the sea (I’m not saying
he’s a fish okay), I’d gladly choose him over and over again. :)
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