I spoke to a very interesting lady today. She's a Trainee teacher teaching at BPGHS now, Ling. Don't be fooled by the name, its short for Lingehswari. Currently doing English Literature at BP, she is quite a character.

Now by no means is she in the template of a normal boring teacher, within the first few minutes of joining Mr Thomas Lee and I, she completely took me over with her verbal abilities as we conversed over many topics ranging from motivational speakers, to her decision to be a trainee teacher, as well as her involvement hosting many events and helping out in the community of YOG.

It was a throughly entertaining conversation, and it was a blatant reminder of my lack of conversational skills as well as charisma. She was speaking complete, uninterrupted paragraphs, while I was spending more time thinking forming my sentences.

And she really was the one doing all the talking, leading the conversation into new topics as one began to grow stale!

Then again, whilst I was about to huddle myself in a corner and emo over my inability, I realized myself that when I was speaking to my students, both in classes and NSC, that I didn't stutter at all. In fact, it would not have been an exaggeration to say perhaps, they would be as impressed about me as I was of her.

Is it because I felt a need to perform before her when she was speaking so well in front of me? Perhaps rise up to the level that was set and prove myself? Or is it just that before someone with a strong ability that I would lose my own by getting intimidated by my own accord? Was the difference in experience the biggest difference? Will I be able to speak like her in 5 years?

Then again, perhaps it would all come naturally, this speaking business. Well, I've got my whole life to get it right anyways.