Beingoptimistic’s Weblog

Do you know that there are such word as ‘Please’ And ‘Thank You’? It’s damn annoying when people don’t know how to appreciate these words. Let me share with an experience that happens to me on my secondary school speech day which was today ( 18/4/2008) . Speech Day is the day whereby all the students who did well in their exams will receive an award on stage. It is a way to show the student that their efforts are recognize by the school. After the prize giving, its performance time! My CCA which Juying Symphonic Band was the first to perform. While they were setting up the instruments and arranging the chairs, i was interviewed by the MCs on stage asking me about the experience that i had when i was in Band. At first, before i step on the stage, they told me that they will be asking me two questions. However, they made me look like an fool when i got up the stage. Reason? It’s because they only asked me one question and i waited for the next question on the stage and they were like using eye signal to me just to make me get off the stage. People laughed at me and i felt so demoralized even before the performance starts. Argh!!  I performed feeling so upset about the moment and it is still stuck in my head now.  I’m angry with the MCs because they do not have the basic courtesy to just use the word thank you instead of using signals and body language.  We are being taught all this stuff the moment we entered school right?  So, we should keep practicing basic courtesy all the time.  Hence, I would strongly encourage people to keep practicing basic manners as i would make this world into a better place.

~wan