Joined the 3rd Korean Language Speech Contest held at RELC Hotel today.
Was damn happy to see that the auditorium was freaking empty because it meant that there would be lesser people to face later on when I do my speech. Then again, contestants were supposed to arrive half an hour earlier so probably that's why the auditorium was still empty at that time.
I was contestant number 19 and since there were only 20 participants, it meant that I would be the second last person to give my speech. Great because I can have more time to do some last minute memorisation. Bad because it meant that I will just get more nervous along the way.
Aileen giving her speech on her short stay in Korea.
Weilan giving her speech on the two months that she spent in Korea. OMG, I was damn shocked to see her there cuz the last time I saw her was in Japanese 4 class, or rather, the actual last time was at JCS when we were taking JLPT.
Kit giving her speech on her experience with Korea's culture.
After Kit was me. Every contestant was damn tall so they could just stand in front of the rostrum and they can speak into the mike normally. Only I had to stand on a wooden block to increase my height so I can even reach the mike. Wah lau eh...damn paiseh can! I wonder how many people were giggling downstage. I wasnt wearing spectacles during my speech so basically everyone in the audience was invisible to me but my legs were still shaking like no one's business. I seriously thought that I was going to fall off the block. Then again, my friend commented that I didnt look nervous at all. -_-. Anyway, while I was doing my speech, this guy in the audience kept nodding his head. Either he was agreeing with my speech or he was dozing off. Then again, he wasnt one of the judges.
The soprano who gave a wonderful rendition of 3 songs.
Kids from the Singapore Korean School giving a traditional Korean performance. OMG, one of them was so cute! Ala Tarepanda because he was practically leaning against the drum that was like as big as him.
Ten lucky winners of the $100 Korean food voucher. All the way up till the lucky draw, I was under the impression that contestants were going to get the vouchers because my teacher said so. In the end, turned out that it was the audience who got it. Wah!!! However, luckily one of my friends got it, so we had a oh-my-god-so-freaking-wonderful dinner.
The rest of the lucky draw winners.
Finally, the announcement of results came. This is Ryu Hye Jin Seonsaengnim in hanbok. So pretty!!
The three second runner-ups. The lady in red really gave a wonderful speech!
By the way, I won the second prize and I got a Korean Air air ticket to Korea~! Yippee! Anyway, here's a photo of me and Ryu Seonsaengnim.
Me and Kim Bo Yeon Seonsaengnim, the teacher who helped me edit my script even though she was on a holiday at that time. :D The teacher who helped me practise my speech, Yoon Mi Jin Seonsaengnim, wasn't there but I would still like to say thanks to her here!
Since my friend, Shirley, got the $100 voucher, we went to eat at Ju Shin Jang on that day itself. Yes, we are that kiasu.
(From left) Shirley, Wendy, Aileen, Me.
Wet towels. The suaku us didnt know what these were at first and I seriously thought that it was sugar, till I asked the waitress. When we added water in the bowl and the towels started absorbing, we were like 'OMG, so fascinating!'. Ok, all the people there are probably scared of us now.
The spread.
Some kind of Korean wine that was cold and soothing on the throat, especially when one's eating BBQ.
The meat and mushroom.
Seafood pancheon that was omfg good.
The pork.
Pork No.2
Chicken.
Yup, I totally understood a pregnant woman's feelings when she's in her third trimester after I finished dinner. :D Anyway, I'll end off with a picture of me doing my speech. Photo taken from the blog of the winner of the speech contest. :D
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