Be The Best Of Yourself

At the Division E Humorous Speech Contest October 7, 2010, I went up and presented this:

[opening – stay at back of the stage, have friendly eyes and smile – take a deep breath]

If I were to ask you…… [paused - smile]
Have you ever try to impress … a giirrl?

Or…. A man? (deep voice).

I bet all of you will say… “Yes”

I don’t want to brag or anything… when I approach and talked to her for the very first time, she say…. (act proud…..paused)
“What A Loser” [hand pointing myself - paused]

It was 6:45 on a Thursday morning, I went up to the 7th floor

I grab my coffee cup strolled down to the kitchen.

At the kitchen sink

I felt (paused) it was warmed.
I noticed the air-conditioned was turned off.
the kitchen was dimly lit and….. (paused)
I look right and left and ……….there was no one in the office.

Suddenly, I heard [hand on ears] “Click”, “Click” x4 [increase volume].
Sound of sharp & pointy footstep approaching me.
The sound became louder and louder and it stopped.

I turned around (360’ turn) and I saw (paused – look at audience, look at Jess and look at audience & both hand shaking),

“It was Jessica!!” [smile facial]

I gazed right into her eyes……. [2 fingers]
And she looked back at mine [2 fingers]
Eye balls to eye balls….. [hand], like butterfly wings clapping against each other.

If you ever met Jessica in person, you’ll agree with me…..
“There is something about….. [hand up] high heels” (paused)




Finally believe there is…... (paused)
“Love At First Sight”

If I’m am Romeo in the office, Jessica is my Juliet. I never had a chance to talk to her because she worked in different department.

While I have many secret crushes on my female colleagues, she made it to my Top 5 “G-I-P” list………… “Girlfriend In Progress”

She walked closer and closer, right next to me and joining me at the kitchen sink washing her plates.

I was washing my cup and she was washing her plates.
I felt like were husband and wife playing with the dishes (paused & hand washing)

Her elbow accidentally touches mine, and (paused & hand on chest 3 times)

She activated my heart rate and my heart pounded so loudly. For that second, I was thinking (look up)…..

“Is she trying to seduce (slower) me….. in the kitchen (low tone)”

Suddenly a monstrous voice creeps [2 hands out 5] out of my brain, and says… “Kian!! (high volume & paused) Go for it! Go for the girl you always wanted”

With blush on my face, I tilted my head to Jessica and with my trembling voice, I say ….. (paused) “Do you want more soap?”

I was met with silence.
If you were there, you can see her eyes were telling me…… “What a Loser?”

She nodded her head, looks back and stormed away. She ended our one and only romantic experience.

The word “Loser” hovers in my brain for the rest of the day and weeks. I never made my second attempt to approach Jessica.

There is something I never tell you… I’m my mummy’s boy. “Mum! Mum! I’m giving up on Jessica. I think I have an inferiority complex syndrome.







My mum looked up at me with her big brown eyes and says…
“No, Kian… you don’t have inferiority complex syndrome…”

“You are inferior!” (she was kidding).

If you sit beside my mum, just a few minutes later in the black leather sofa, chocolate chip cookies baking behind the scene, you’ll heard her say something that will absolutely change your life.

I know it changed mine.

She say…. “Kian, if you cast a sight on a girl that you’re really interested in, disregard the fear of rejection and persistent until her heart melted. Go for it!! Give you best shot You Know You Have Make The Best Of Yourself!!

With my mum wisdom behind my head, I stormed into the office, confident, firm, bold and I want to show her the man I’m meant to be. I walk right into her cubicle, look into her eyes…. And say

(looks change to timid)

“Call me, urgent”
Kian: “Hello”
Jess: “Hi, this is Jessica”
Kian: “huh!!….. Jessica”
Jess: “Who is this? Is this Kian?”
Kian: [eyes look at left audience] “No, No….. Can you hold?”

[jump up and dance]

Kian: “Yes? [deep tone] Ohhh…..… Jes-si-ca…, Dinner on Saturday at 7pm?”

Kian: “Hold on, let me check my schedule”
[brush my hair, eye brow, adjust my tie & look right to the floor and Elvis Presley style]

Kian: “How about… (paused) 7:15pm?” Our first date went on superbly well.

Ladies and gentlemen,

My message is simple – “Make The Best Of Yourself”

Jessica is our goal, mission or dream in life.


When gazed at me and say “What A Loser”
- are judgment from friends, colleagues and families.

The inferiority complex that was developed within me are often self inflicted obstacles. Judgment comes when we tried to impress.

To stretch out and achieve your dream, embrace the judgment…. And Go for it….. because, when you do you know you have make the best of yourself.

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Cheers,
Kian