Topic: Descibe your earliest memory.
My Debut Stage
Do you remember
everything when you were young? Most people can not and I am one of those,
people who can not remember things in their youth. I had to think about the
memories very carefully or my parents had to describe it for me to let me have
a picture of that moment. Or else, even just to let me remember the situation
and realize about it. However, people like me have at least one strong memory
of their childhood which had lots of impact on themselves. This memory starts
at 2005, 7 years back from now.
Have you ever
sung in front of more than a thousand people? Well, I have. The situation
happened in October, 2005. It was fall. The wind was tickling my cheek with my
hair. Sky was as blue and clear as the water of ocean. Little bit of cloud
decorated the scenery, which is pictured in my mind. I was coming home from
school with my friends. I nearly ran the stairs and knocked on my house and I
went inside of my sweet cozy home. I told my mom that my elementary school home
room teacher said I had to go to the festival which is in our city. Being
honest here, I did not have to go to the festival. My teacher told my
classmates and me that there is going to be an event holding in the city for 3
days and because tomorrow is the day that the school orchestra is
participating, she was encouraging us to go. However, I told my mom that I had
to go because I really wanted to go and thought my mom would not let me go if I
said it was not mandatory. Since the day I persuaded my mom was Friday, and the
day after is Saturday, my family decided to go to the festival all together. On
the way going to the festival, I was so nervous that I could not stop talking
about the festival. According to my dad, he said I was just like a person with a
motor on her mouth. As soon as I arrived at the fiesta, I was very surprised. I
never realized that thousands of people would come. It was very crowded that I
had no where to put my feet and walk. As I was afraid of getting lost, I was
holding my mom’s soft hand and my dad’s tanned hand. I set at the third row
from the front. I did not understand why I could not go and sit at the first
row, but my mom told me that the first row is always supposed to be saved for
elderly and she was too shy to sit at the front.
When it was the
time for my school orchestra to begin, people had to wait for more than 10
minutes. I heard the reason lately from my parents and it is because some
members were late, they had to change, and they had to tune the instruments. Also,
the sunshine was too bright that it was about to melt everything even though it
was autumn. Also some people were elderly. Lots of people were getting
exhausted and some were trying to leave. However, the host had to stop people
from leaving. Therefore, she came up with the idea. She was looking for a child
who would like to volunteer to sing or dance. I wanted to do it but because I
was timid, I was just sitting at my spot, doing nothing. My dad was encouraging
me to sing and because I was hesitating, my mom and my dad put both my hands up
and shouted, “Here! Here is a child who wants to sing!” to the host. They had
to shout because I was in the middle row but the MC was keep going to the left
row to search for a child. After a shout, she looked at me and was saying, “Hi,
little lady! Come up!” I was shy but because I was a type of girl who likes to
get people’s attention, I went up the stage.
On the stage,
the host was interviewing me, and the type of stuff she was asking me was my
personal information like my name and my age. She was asking me if I am going
to sing or dance and I said with confidence, “both!” So I sang and dance
without any background music. When it was a time for me to choose the song, I
saw the crowd and noticed that there are lots of elders. After realizing the
fact, I chose and old-fashioned
song (called teuroteu in Korea) to please the elders
and myself. I thought of what my teacher said, “If
you are facing everyone and talking, or doing something that everyone is
looking at you, have confidence and do what you were planning to do. It is your
time.” Just like what my teacher said, in that brief moment when I was
introducing myself, I threw over my nervous feelings and trying to enjoy my
time. All I had to do is doing things I used to do in front of my family. As
soon as having that mind, I was having fun rather than being frightened. I obviously sang and
people were laughing, smiling. To say more, some even came right up to the
stage and danced with my singing. I spiced up everyone and also got the prize.
It was a sun protection cap. I honestly did not like the prize but it better
than getting none. The host was looking for my parents to compliment me. My dad
raised his hand up high and proudly, but my mom was looking like she was
ashamed about me. I asked her why she was putting her head down and she said
she was not ashamed, just shy. Just right after I went off the stage, I
affected everyone. I did not know there were that much people. People gathered
up there because they heard a child singing. I realized this fact when I was
searching for the festival recently, and it said the moment I was there had nearly
three thousand people.
The aftereffect of singing was
bigger than I thought. After the day, mom went to the
training center, and everyone asked her about me. The festival frequently
talked about me and became popular in school. I am still surprised of myself
for being not frightened and making everyone happy. In my opinion, it was a
great experience for me to do that because I can be braver and having more
confidence than before the situation occurred. If you were put in my situation,
how would you feel?
P.S. This is a link to a song I sang. It is a Korean song and I tried to find a English Version or English Lyrics, but because the lyrics was not in the video, I will just type here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUOZkLQfCo
Lyrics: Oh my god, Oh my god
don't do this to me.
Women's mind are like reeds (changes easily)
No, why do you do this
Don't ask me.
You shouldn't want more to me.
I met you today, but you are my love
If we brake up, we will be strangers, ignoring each other
I like you, I love you
It may seem like a lie, but I love you
I am not a protagonist in a novel or movie
It's okay, tell me
I will give you everything for you
P.P.S. This is the sun protection cap I got as a prize
