Ice Breaker Speech (영어)
I still feel little shy, but it's OK
한 5-6주 전부터, 회사에서 주 1회 아침 스피치 클럽을 시작했다.
Toastmasters International 이라는 공식 기관을 통해서 하는 모임이고, 우리 클럽의 이름은 EMT (Early Morning Toasters) 이다.
현재 인원은 10-15명정도, 그나마도 한번에 다 안나오는 날이 더 많기도 하지만, 돌아가면서 ice breaker 스피치를 하고 있고 다음주는 내 차례이다.
오늘 밤 자기 전에 30분 정도 후다닥 써볼 생각으로 노트북을 켰는데, 지금 4시간째 끙끙대며 아직까지 붙잡고 있다 (지금 새벽 3시가 다 되어간다...)
써보긴 했는데 아직도 좀 지루한 느낌이 있다...
쓰고 소리내서 읽어봐도 좀 딱딱하고 로봇같은 느낌이 넘 강한것
어떻게 하면 좀더 덜 지루하고 재밌는 자기소개 스피치를 할수있을까?
내일 남편 일어나면 피드백을 물어봐야겠다.
Good Morning, Fellow Toastmasters!
In the next few minutes, I am going share how my life has transformed in the past 10 years.
I’d like to begin with the year of 2008, when I first moved to the States.
I was 16 years old.
As I’ve shared few times in the past, my first language is Korean. And I was not fluent in English when I first came here.
Although I am still learning the language day by day, I think I speak little bit better English than 10 years ago--Let me know what you think, at the end of my speech. :)
The first two years in the state, I was in a high school. I was automatically 11th grade to begin with.
According my high school counsellor, I had to meet all 4-year-worth requirement for graduation in 2 years. Thus, I didn’t have luxury to learn foreign language like others.
Instead, I had to catch up with mandatory classes along with ESL classes.
Luckily I did have my luxury to learn Chemistry and Pre-calculus, which I enjoyed so much.
I “graduated on time,” however, during the entire high school I was too shy to make friends.
So I decided to change my approach little bit.
The next two years in the State, I was going to a community college.
I continued studying chemistry and math. And this time, I could enjoy my own luxury of taking Spanish class as well.
I tried to be more social, and tried to participate in events on campus, such as blood drive.
I was not the same “shy girl” anymore.
I invited my chemistry lab partner, Jose, to go with me.
But it turned out I was not a good “bleeder,” so only Jose donated his blood.
While Jose was donating his blood, I was munching on the snacks they gave out.
Soon after, Jose became my boyfriend.
The 5th and 6th years in the states, I was studying Chemistry.
All I did while I was at UC Berkeley was studying and skyping. Whenever I studied, I was studying-skyping and Jose was always on the other side of the screen.
I studied so hard, only to realize that no matter how hard I try, I was just one dot in the normal distribution curve. The kids were too smart!
I managed to graduate “on time” once again, but my regret was that I had no leadership experience as I was focusing too hard on studying only.
The next year in the state was a little “pause” from studying, now that I had a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
But at the same time, I was preparing for 2 big events in my life: pharmacy school and wedding.
In March 2015, Jose and I got married.
In August of the same year, I started my pharmacy school.
The next 4 years, I was in pharmacy school.
I involved myself in different student organizations and leadership positions.
I studied hard when I could.
In my 2nd year of pharmacy school, I found out a pleasant surprise: I was pregnant.
Cutting my daily caffeine dose was the hardest thing. Ever since the first day of pharmacy school, I could NOT live without coffee.
Going to school being pregnant was not easy. It was tiring.
During one of the exam, I almost fell asleep. But I swear I felt the baby’s kick from inside of me. So I got up and continued taking my exam.
I passed all of my classes, and the baby was born 4 days after my last final exam of my 2nd year.
During my 3rd and 4th years, I have rotated in different pharmacy settings. Managed care elective rotation was my favorite.
So many things have happened in past 10 years.
I moved to the states, and graduated from college & pharmacy school.
I am married to my college boyfriend, and I am a mother of 2 and ½ year old boy. And now I have my first full time job.
My son speaks Span-Ko-nglish, which is the cutest thing to see daily; “Thank you, 엄마 for leche,” but it is okay.
Jose still gets phone calls from American Red Cross, but it is okay.
Sometimes I still feel shy, and also filled like I don't have enough leadership experience. But I am trying to do something everyday to develop myself little better.
With that being said, I am happy to be here with Early Morning Toasters. Thank you for listening.
