Speech 5 -- Miss Sol Melia Cayo Largo, Cuba
"Tud tud tudut tud tutudut tud tudut tut tutudud..."
Whenever I hear of rythms such as this, I think of something sexy and fun and whenever I think of something sexy and fun, I think about Cuba.
The 3 colours of the sea... the blue.. green and the dark blue...
The white sand
The summer breeze
The rum and coke
The pinacoladas...
My speech is about Cuba.
Ms. Toastmasters, Fellow Toastmasters and Most Welcomed Guests, in the winter of 2009 I went to Cuba for my friend's wedding. She is to get married for fun as she already has been married before with her husband in Vietnam.
On a typical night near the beach we would usually watch shows.
The shows are usually dancing, theatre arts sometimes even Circus. But there is one night that is different from the rest.
This is a story that was never told, a story that I have never spoken.
On that one night I learned a very important lesson...
My friend Hang, the vietnamese girl grabbed me by the hand and asked: "Michelle wouldyou like to join a beauty contest"?
Iquickly responded: "Ah what?!," "A beauty contest," she replied with glee. Then the back of mind immediately reacted: "Gee, A beauty contest?! There is no way! A da da da da da....." My friend must have seen the reaction and came to the rescue. "Common, it will be fun. It will be something we will remember for the rest of our life," she said. Then I thought "the girl is right, just live the life"....
In this contest I faced four different challenges. The challenges are as follows:
1st is a song
2nd is about kisses
3rd is about balls
4th is about babies.
1st is a song. They asked us to choose one familiar song. We are to sing the song in the stage. The mike will be turned off. We are to lipsing and act the song which will be played in the bakground as if it is our song. I chose the song "I will survive."
Then goes my first challenge. I remember before going in the front. Backstage they gave me a round curly Gloria Mayson wig, a shiny blue cardigan and most importantly, they gave me a whip (like Indiana Jones whip).
So I was singing like this : "At first I was afraid, I was petrified (moving towards the front with mike) living in my life without you by my side". And then I got carried away screaming: "I will survive! As long as I know how to love, I know I'll be alive (while using the whip to punish the stage).
The next challenge was about kisses.
They asked us what is our favorite part in a guy. The other girls said hands, cheeks and eyes. I just said shoulders. The host said: "So for our next challenge" (pause) Then he added: "Kiss as many guys in the audience on those parts within 45 seconds. Whoever kisses the most wins". So I was like running around kissing. Ofcourse I did not kiss the guys. I kiss the air instead (on top of their shoulders).
The next challenge was about balls.
They asked us who is our favorite actor was. I just said Tom Cruise. Then the host said: "Grab the guy in the audience who look closest to your favorite actor." I just grabbed the 1st good looking guy in the front row.
Once we all get back on stage, the hosts, a lady and another guy are doing some demo.
Host: "This is what we want you to do. The guy will stand on top of the chair. You are to put these ping pong shaped balls inside the seams of their pants going upwards until it reached the top you reverse it and then you let the balls fall down the seams.
So there I was looking at Tom Cruise standing on top of the chair. I thought: "There is no way I am going to win this thing! He is so tall. I should have chosen Frodo from the Lord of the Rings!" I didn't won that challenge.
Before our last challenge, we have an intermission. We were asked to relax and sit down. The four guys that we have grabbed from the audience were asked to go backstage. In the meantime, some gays dressed in witches are on stage dancing something like Beyonce's "Single Ladies" song. It was so funny.
Finally, the 4th challenge came. It was a shock of a lifetime. Remember the four guys a while ago, and one of them is supposed to be Tom Cruise? They all came back like this.-- Crawling.. Literally crawling... They are dressed on their swimming trunks and on top of their swimming trunks guess what? Diapers!!! (Not pampers diapers but the real cloth like diapers, you will need a pin.) The 4th challenge is whoever replaced the diapers the fastest wins.
Guess who do you think won?
Ofcourse I did not win. I was not trained to do that thing!
So there you go, I did not win the competition for -- Ms.Sol Cayo Largo. But I won something else that day. I've learned a very important lesson. The lesson about life: the lesson about Happiness.Happiness is not reaching the top of the mountain, nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain. It is the journey towards reaching the peak. In which I will add -- loving the people, the places and the experience along the way. I have so much fun that day and the audience never stoped laughing. Till this day, I'm glad that I did it. I actually did win a rum that day from a stop dance contest but that is another story...
To conclude: I remember once at table topics at Toastmasters I talked about work. My aunt told me to enjoy life while you are young and remember to prepare for your future. This is why we work hard at work. But there are certain times that I look at the piles of folders. And then I just want to shoot it in the glass window and then throw a dynamite. For which afterwards I will gladly sing "Burn baby burn!" And then I realized, I do not need to be a paper terrorist. All I need is a vacation.
With that being said I will leave you with quote by Henry Miller "Develop interest in life in things, literature and music. The world is so rich simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful people".
Enjoy life with all it's wackiness and also be responsible.
So Live the life! Thank you very much.
Whenever I hear of rythms such as this, I think of something sexy and fun and whenever I think of something sexy and fun, I think about Cuba.
The 3 colours of the sea... the blue.. green and the dark blue...
The white sand
The summer breeze
The rum and coke
The pinacoladas...
My speech is about Cuba.
Ms. Toastmasters, Fellow Toastmasters and Most Welcomed Guests, in the winter of 2009 I went to Cuba for my friend's wedding. She is to get married for fun as she already has been married before with her husband in Vietnam.
On a typical night near the beach we would usually watch shows.
The shows are usually dancing, theatre arts sometimes even Circus. But there is one night that is different from the rest.
This is a story that was never told, a story that I have never spoken.
On that one night I learned a very important lesson...
My friend Hang, the vietnamese girl grabbed me by the hand and asked: "Michelle wouldyou like to join a beauty contest"?
Iquickly responded: "Ah what?!," "A beauty contest," she replied with glee. Then the back of mind immediately reacted: "Gee, A beauty contest?! There is no way! A da da da da da....." My friend must have seen the reaction and came to the rescue. "Common, it will be fun. It will be something we will remember for the rest of our life," she said. Then I thought "the girl is right, just live the life"....
In this contest I faced four different challenges. The challenges are as follows:
1st is a song
2nd is about kisses
3rd is about balls
4th is about babies.
1st is a song. They asked us to choose one familiar song. We are to sing the song in the stage. The mike will be turned off. We are to lipsing and act the song which will be played in the bakground as if it is our song. I chose the song "I will survive."
Then goes my first challenge. I remember before going in the front. Backstage they gave me a round curly Gloria Mayson wig, a shiny blue cardigan and most importantly, they gave me a whip (like Indiana Jones whip).
So I was singing like this : "At first I was afraid, I was petrified (moving towards the front with mike) living in my life without you by my side". And then I got carried away screaming: "I will survive! As long as I know how to love, I know I'll be alive (while using the whip to punish the stage).
The next challenge was about kisses.
They asked us what is our favorite part in a guy. The other girls said hands, cheeks and eyes. I just said shoulders. The host said: "So for our next challenge" (pause) Then he added: "Kiss as many guys in the audience on those parts within 45 seconds. Whoever kisses the most wins". So I was like running around kissing. Ofcourse I did not kiss the guys. I kiss the air instead (on top of their shoulders).
The next challenge was about balls.
They asked us who is our favorite actor was. I just said Tom Cruise. Then the host said: "Grab the guy in the audience who look closest to your favorite actor." I just grabbed the 1st good looking guy in the front row.
Once we all get back on stage, the hosts, a lady and another guy are doing some demo.
Host: "This is what we want you to do. The guy will stand on top of the chair. You are to put these ping pong shaped balls inside the seams of their pants going upwards until it reached the top you reverse it and then you let the balls fall down the seams.
So there I was looking at Tom Cruise standing on top of the chair. I thought: "There is no way I am going to win this thing! He is so tall. I should have chosen Frodo from the Lord of the Rings!" I didn't won that challenge.
Before our last challenge, we have an intermission. We were asked to relax and sit down. The four guys that we have grabbed from the audience were asked to go backstage. In the meantime, some gays dressed in witches are on stage dancing something like Beyonce's "Single Ladies" song. It was so funny.
Finally, the 4th challenge came. It was a shock of a lifetime. Remember the four guys a while ago, and one of them is supposed to be Tom Cruise? They all came back like this.-- Crawling.. Literally crawling... They are dressed on their swimming trunks and on top of their swimming trunks guess what? Diapers!!! (Not pampers diapers but the real cloth like diapers, you will need a pin.) The 4th challenge is whoever replaced the diapers the fastest wins.
Guess who do you think won?
Ofcourse I did not win. I was not trained to do that thing!
So there you go, I did not win the competition for -- Ms.Sol Cayo Largo. But I won something else that day. I've learned a very important lesson. The lesson about life: the lesson about Happiness.Happiness is not reaching the top of the mountain, nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain. It is the journey towards reaching the peak. In which I will add -- loving the people, the places and the experience along the way. I have so much fun that day and the audience never stoped laughing. Till this day, I'm glad that I did it. I actually did win a rum that day from a stop dance contest but that is another story...
To conclude: I remember once at table topics at Toastmasters I talked about work. My aunt told me to enjoy life while you are young and remember to prepare for your future. This is why we work hard at work. But there are certain times that I look at the piles of folders. And then I just want to shoot it in the glass window and then throw a dynamite. For which afterwards I will gladly sing "Burn baby burn!" And then I realized, I do not need to be a paper terrorist. All I need is a vacation.
With that being said I will leave you with quote by Henry Miller "Develop interest in life in things, literature and music. The world is so rich simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful people".
Enjoy life with all it's wackiness and also be responsible.
So Live the life! Thank you very much.