Another Blog.

Another WordPress Blog. I’ve been away from the blogging world for a very long time. This blog is made for my daily kwentos.

I badly need to brush up my English writing and oral skills. Vacation has passed by so quickly and in a few weeks time, I’ll be off to college. And there will be no excuses, I certainly won’t excel in acads if I can’t even speak a few sentences without being embarrassed. I’m pretty good in English and literature tests and in grammar, but I can’t apply this grammar knowledge of mine in writing essays and in speaking. I remember when I was in my second year of high school, we had to make an impromptu speech about a certain topic (I can’t remember mine) and when it was my turn to speak, I just stood there. My teacher kept on asking questions and she gave that “look” to encourage me to speak and go on with my speech. But after a couple of minutes, I started crying. My teacher gave a sympathetic look and just asked me to sit down. I really don’t know what got into me and made me act like that. I certainly like the subject English and I often get above average scores in written exams and aptitude tests. Maybe, I need to build my confidence and believe that I can really speak in English, but that is hard, isn’t it? Confidence, I believe, is something accomplished. It isn’t something that you can’t get with just a snap of a finger.

I really admire people who can speak and write in English in the easiest way possible. There are people, who use this language effortlessly, maybe not perfectly, but at least – they can speak well and they can make people believe and listen to what they’ve got to say. I want to be like that. I want to improve and develop myself; I want to learn how to express my self freely, even in tagalog. I want to speak my mind and voice out my opinions without sounding unsure and I want people to listen to me. I mean, really listen. Not because they have to, but because I’m a good speaker.

And that really is something, this school year, speaking and writing in English fluently is one of my main goals. Hmm. And I’m willing of writing an English blog just to practice writing creatively in English and I really miss blogging – need to get these Chronicles of my Life and Adventures out of my system. You guys can help me out right? =) If you have nothing to do, you can point out mistakes and comment on my Entries. I am very willing to accept suggestions and corrections. Thanks everyone. Have a nice day. ^___^