Penguin RushSelf-'talk'
In my 20-september entry, I shared a little bit about how I sometimes 'see' visions and 'hear' voices. Based on those weird encounters, I had actually prepared a humourous speech for my Toastmasters speech contest some time ago. Here it is (shorter edition):Imagine two friends are having a conversation. Tom is asking Jerry for help. Jerry seems to be listening but actually, he's quietly thinking about a movie he had just watched. Have you ever been in a similar situation just like Jerry where your mind suddenly just wanders off?
What happens to Jerry happens to all of us. If only there were a special microphone that could amplify our thoughts, they would be deciphered as spoken words right?
A bizarre incident happened to me one Monday morning. I was on my way to work by taking the LRT. As there were no more seats, I had to stand up. I noticed there was a young lady sitting in front of me. She was humming rather happily and loudly. At first, I was thinking how could she be so oblivious about her humming and let other people hear her. But what I didn't realise was, I was actually listening to her thoughts, until she finally 'said' something to herself, "Hey! that pink gum stuck on the floor reminds me of the pink dress that Romeo bought me the other day. I really love that dress, just as much as I love Romeo....oopsss...that lady just stepped on the gum. Wait lady! Don't leave yet....ahh...never mind."
I had the biggest shock of my life to realise that her lips weren't moving at all. Yet, I could hear very clearly what went on inside her head. I started to look around, wondering if this was a Twillight Zone instead. Then, I saw a man standing not far from me. Not being able to resist, I 'heard' him reading his book, "Harry Potter Jr clambered up the broom and steered it upwards. He literally swept across the sky. From above, he saw his father, the Sr. waving at him.............Gosh, this is the fifth time I'm reading this paragraph. Why can't I concentrate? I guess I just pretend that I'm still reading then. Surely other people wish they could get hold of this book, Harry Potter Jr and The Sky Came Tumbling Down, which is not available here yet. After all, I can set a good example to these people, that reading is a much better thing to do than just staring at a gum stuck on the floor."
During a Toastmaster meeting that evening, I had a similar encounter. A fellow member, Ms. Drew More kept looking at her watch while another member was giving his speech. She was playing with her fingers as though they were a spider crawling on the table. Then she sang in her head, "Itsy bitsy spider, come on just wrap it up. Hello Mr Speaker, don't you know your time is up? Wait a minute, did he just say the word conundrum again? Wow, this is the 7th time he uses the word. He sure has good vocabularies eh?"
That night, I got the chance to watch the 'extended' version of the Titanic movie, as in I could even hear the voices inside the actors' heard while they were acting. In one scene, the hero was saying something to the heroine. Then, she suddenly thought to herself, "Your breath stinks like garbage. And stop spitting on my face while you talk....gross! Luckily I get to wipe off my cheek pretending I am crying.......dirt bag!!"
Before I conclude my speech, just for the record, all the characters I had mentioned are fictitious. Any similarity with anybody is purely coincidental. Well, the characters may be fictitious, but how about my ability of hearing people's thoughts. I leave it to you to decide....and to Mrs. Contest Chairlady, thank you for admiring my tie a minute ago.
© Copyright Abdun N.A. - February 2004, Malaysia
Labels: Life, Toastmasters
posted by The Pisces Man @ 5:44 pm
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