2019 TEDx Kenyalang: The Best Speech In My Life
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Photo Credit: Ho Jia Yiing Last November 17th, I delivered the best speech of my life on the TEDxKenyalang stage. Guess: How much time did I have to prepare for my TEDx opportunity? a) 1 month b) 3 months c) 1 week d) 3 weeks TEDxKenyalang is held on 17th November every year. I got an invitation email on 30th October, barely 3 weeks before the biggest speaking opportunity of my life. I almost said no. When I got the email, I was fully occupied with supporting my Form 5 students for their SPM English paper on the 5th. After that, there were a bunch of documents I had to compile or "create" for my annual keberhasilan evaluation & I had to complete numerous online data entry nonsense that Guru Tingkatans can relate to. Then, I had to run a workshop about the new Form 4 curriculum for 2020 on the 15th for the English panel at my school. Also, I was drafting proposals & writing letters to get the funds to send a good student from m