Public Speaking

that's me.. top left hand corner

Speaking in front large audience comes with my job as a S&M (sales & marketing.. not the other S&M) person as I have to travel around South East Asia giving presentations to customers. Slowly but surely, after I've gotten used to the situation, the thrill & excitement overcame the fear, and last year after a presentation in Pertronas Kerteh, my reps told me that I just gave one of the most convincing presentation ever. Boy, oh boy.. was I fucking high after that..

Just a week before CNY, I was invited by Petronas to give a presentation in a resort in Melaka with regards to our products. Public speaking has never been a problem for me as I remember winning best speaker in primary school, but somewhere along the way, the guts to do so vanished. I don't know what happened, as I've never experienced anything unpleasant while doing so. I guess the problem is when you grow up, sometimes you become to self-concious. I've read in many articles regarding public speaking, that it is the most feared thing by most people, even more feared than death itself. You can gauge how you performed, by the interest generated after the presentation by the questions they asked about your products. I remember a conversation with one of Petronas' engineer (roughly as follows):

Petronas engineer: Where did you study?
Rockstar: UKM
Petronas' engineer: Oh patutlah.. english you bagus.
Rockstar: Huh? **thinking**
Petronas' engineer: Which part of UK?
Rockstar: Eh.. UKM.. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia... bukan UKlah..

All I could say to myself after that was... "Whatever you need next time.. bring it on" I'm so in cloud nine...

Next stop, singing in public.. kakaka...