Day1: 

i learnt the effects on power speeches. it us when a speech is inportant and influence other people decision. i learnt that we should not be tunnel minded and open our mind to the endless possiblility. having fear is that the way we feel and think. however sometime the way we see a certain thing may not be real. building up confidence can help to conquer our fears. different poses can mean different things for example having you hands on your waist shows that one has a higher power. i learn how important the first impression was and how to give a good and impactful first impression. i also lesrnt the different tonality in a speech. pitch, loudness and speed. we had to stare into each other eyes for 4-10 sec and although it was awkward, the eyes is the window to your soul. just by lookinn into ones eyes you can tell if they are irritated, sad or happy. we then had to give a 1 min speech and come out with a topic. overall it was fun and interesting.

day2: 

i learnt a out magical presence and how to debate. making a magical presence is xatching the audience attention by our words, action and power words we use. we did a speech on 'what people wants'. i did not want to give the speech at first as i did not know what ill say and everyone before me had very good speeches. after everyone gave their speeches, i had to give my speech too. i was scared of what others would think about my speech however i gave my speech. afterwards one friend had to hold a paper anf the other had to read it out with expression and hand gestures. i was the first group and i didnt know what was expected so afer our turn the trainer showed us an example. then we had a debate, we neither get to choose our group nor our topic we were debating on. the debate i thought would be done did not go as the way i thought. i thought it would be one party stating their poiny while the other oppose to the statement and state her or his point. although it did not go as i hoped it would be, it was still meaningful and exciting. overall the whole 2 day workshop was challening but meaningful. 

Honestly, truthfully, I was not looking forward to going back to school during the holidays. At all. But Eventually (by the end of two days, I mean), I don't regret waking up early in the morning those two days. I guess one of the reasons why I didn't entirely look forward to the workshop is because every time I hear the word "workshop" what I get is a boring lecture in a classroom with probably an instructor telling me things I (have to humbly) say I already know, such as "having a positive mindset to conquer fear", then playing some "icebreaker" games that have no relevance whatsoever with the objective of the workshop. 

Some of the time spent in the workshop was still theory, especially I think the second day, and I nearly dozed off quite a few times (as I always accidentally do). However. I suppose it's not possible to go completely without theory. The workshop (although short) taught a lot more than some (school organized) workshops I've been (forced to go) to which were infinitely longer than the 8 (was it 8?) hours combined. It was captivating because Ms Rose was seemed like she had a unique teaching style of her own, which gave an interesting break from the usual droning on and on and on - and the workshop itself had icebreakers and *activities which played some role in helping us to understand what was just taught or what was going to be taught, for example, the eye contact exercise, where we learned the importance of eye contact and the very first one, with the handshake, where we learned the importance of giving a good first impression, something I realized I am not very good at (oops).

*One of the most important activities, though, I feel was the part where everyone had to go up and speak about any topic we wanted to, intermittently throughout the duration of the session. They are what helped us summarize and remember all we learned by applying them in a real life scenario. By going up and experiencing, we not only could see and experience for ourselves what we learned, but could also receive valuable feedback from Ms Rose on the areas we could further improve on. For me, it would be the way I put my hand behind my back (something to work on) I never noticed could be anything but habitual. 

Something I didn't entirely like about the session was that certain things we were taught were generalized. For example, what Ms Rose classified under the feeling of fear, may not have been fear to some people, but more of a general feeling that one may experience whether or not the person is in front of an audience - Certain things apply to different people differently. However, I do think that most of it is still quite applicable generally and it IS impossible to have every one feel the same way under the same circumstances, so there isn't anything I feel I am really against. 

I learned from this session that what I may usually blow off (how I feel etc) is extremely important and may be a great factor to how I present myself in front of an audience. For example, it has never occurred to me that perhaps walking around the stage might be a good gesture, but the way I do it (more on one side and not the other) gives an impression of nervousness. Now I can rethink why I do just that, and find the reason and work on that area of improvement. I also learned that first impressions, which I usually do not note, are detrimental of how the person you're meeting may treat you in future. I learned it from when we were taught that a firm handshake shows that you're a confident and warm person, and a loose grip gives the impression of sloppiness, some things that I never thought of before. With all this new learning I can (hopefully) improve on how I present myself to people, as well as improve on skills I previously (unfortunately, complacently) prided myself on (geez that's - wow, never thought of it). 

In a nutshell, I am glad I was given (and that I took) the chance to attend this session, and the session has definitely been beneficial in allowing me to know my areas for improvement.