Public Speaking(Toastmasters Style) Tryouts

Hi there! sorry for the uber late update on this english blog.I've neglected so badly on things lately due to the absence of my laptop.It's been sent to repair for almost 2 weeks,and I have to admit that it's pretty troublesome do just surf it on my mini screen BlackBerry :/ Sigh.The lady who helps me to repair the laptop called me the other day telling me that a wire connected to the Wifi built in on my laptop broke so she needs to order from overseas and wait for the stock to arrive,then only she could carry on with the repairing.So that means I have to wait for at least a month ? It's so nerve wrecking,indeed.

Last week's English class was about Public Speaking(Toastmasters Style).It's something that is foreign to me and I didn't know a single thing about it till my ECS teacher,Ms Sheba explained it to us while in class.Frankly speaking,I never like public speaking.I have a huge phobia towards whatever that requires me to get infront of the public.Anyway the topic that I've spoke about was on mainly revolving on my identical twin sister and also my siblings.I know that most of the people get overly excited whenever they see twins! o_O It's something unfathomable to me as I myself is a twin.Haha.And yes,if you seen another person in IMU walking around,that is my twin sister.Many people claimed that we don't look alike with each other and there are also people who say that we both resemble.I think it's based on individual and the way how they interpret it.
The picture below is the Shape Poetry that I've done with my partner: Pui Yong.We were brainstorming and thinking of ways to write and draw an interesting shape that mostly none of us could think of.And here it is:The shape that we've came with was RAINBOW  It's about the persona waking up to the soothing sounds of nature like birds chirping,water drops in the morning after a heavy rain.And the best of all : The magnificent plethora of colours that amazes the persona and left him/her breathless.

The list of ten new english words that i've learnt :

1)Proverbial 

pro·ver·bi·al

   [pruh-vur-bee-uhl]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbialbrevity.

2.

expressed in a proverb  or proverbs: proverbial wisdom.

3.

of the nature of or resembling a proverb: proverbial sayings.

4.

having been made the subject of a proverb: the proverbialbarn door which is closed too late.

5.

having become an object of common mention or reference:your proverbial inability to get anywhere on time.

2)Dabbling

dab·ble

   [dab-uhl]  Show IPA verb, dab·bled,dab·bling.

verb (used without object)

1.

to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with thehands.

2.

to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner: todabble in literature.

3.

(of a duck) to feed on shallow-water vegetation with rapid,splashing movements of the bill.

3)Delinquent 

de·lin·quent

   [dih-ling-kwuhnt]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of amisdeed or offense.

2.

(of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.

3.

of or pertaining to delinquents or delinquency: delinquentattitudes.

4)Sloe

sloe

   [sloh]  Show IPA

noun

1.

the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunusspinosa,  of the rose family.

2.

the shrub itself.

3.

any of various other plants of the genus Prunus,  as a shrubor small tree, P. alleghaniensis,  bearing dark-purple fruit.

5)Retorts

re·tort

¹    [ri-tawrt]  Show IPA

verb (used with object)

1.

to reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way; reply in kindto.

2.

to return (an accusation, epithet, etc.) upon the personuttering it.

3.

to answer (an argument or the like) by another to thecontrary.

6)Witty 

wit·ty

   [wit-ee]  Show IPA

adjective, wit·ti·er, wit·ti·est.

1.

possessing wit  in speech or writing; amusingly clever inperception and expression: a witty writer.

2.

characterized by wit: a witty remark.

3.

British Dialect . intelligent; clever.

7)Ergo

er·go

   [ur-goh, er-goh]  Show IPA

conjunction, adverb

therefore.

8)Wince 

wince

¹    [wins]  Show IPA verb, winced, winc·ing,noun

verb (used without object)

1.

to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow;start; flinch.

9)Launder

laun·der

   [lawn-der, lahn-]  Show IPA

verb (used with object)

1.

to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).

2.

to wash and iron (clothes).

3.

Informal .

a.

to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds orprofits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank ora complex network of intermediaries.

b.

to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation,or the like) by routing money or goods through one ormore intermediaries.

4.

to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics orelements from in order to make more acceptable: He'll haveto launder his image if he wants to run for office.

10)Inimitable

in·im·i·ta·ble

   [ih-nim-i-tuh-buhl]  Show IPA

adjective

incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation;matchless.