Me

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If you ask my friends to describe me in one word, just one word, they would all
obviously say ‘Nerd!’
“Dear fellow participants, Toastmasters, and everyone who is present here,
Good Morning to all of you!”
As most of you may know my name is Salman Iza, I attend Stafford Intl. School
and I study in Grade 9, I’m thirteen and I was born on the 06 th of June 1997. I’m
really very proud of my birthday. I have two extremely annoying sisters, and
loving parents. My father’s name is Saffan Mohamed, My mother is Shameela
Saffan, My elder sister is Fathima Saarah, and my younger sister in Fathima
Sabrah.
Being the eldest amongst the family eldest amongst the family is sometimes just
great, but otherwise, it’s really hard. As many of you may have experienced, for
everything that my sister’s do, I am to be blamed.
If I wanted to say about my family briefly, I could say;
 - My Father works in a leading firm in Qatar, his hobbies include
visiting Cricinfo once an hour, watching TV Programs on the net and
playing Minesweeper. He can be good and peaceful at times, but also
rough and not-so-peaceful at other times.
- My Mother is a sweet person. She takes care of us three very well and
cooks some of the most delicious delicacies I’ve ever tasted. Most of
her time goes on keeping me and my sisters controlled so that we
don’t fight for bits and bobs, which we usually do.
- Me, that’s what this speech is about,
- My Elder Sister is nice and naughty. She is always on the lookout to
see if she can make trouble for me. And other than that, her concern is
all about neatness. Completely opposite to me as I like my room
messy.
- My Younger Sister is cute and crafty. She likes to make things like
Birthday Cards, etc. etc. She has an interest in Movies and Cartoons.
And unlike her sister, she is not into neatness, but other stuff.
“And before anything else, I would like to say that if My Elder Sister and
my Younger Sister combine it would obviously result in and Ultimate
disaster’’
Most of the time, if you meet me; you’d be seeing me with one book or another,
for I’m mad over books. As far as I’m concerned you can call me a bookworm. I
have, since I started reading English books, which was about three years before,
read so many books, That I have lost count of it. I’m not lying.
I’m not a person who always reads, even though most of the time you’ll see me
with a book. Other than that I’m so definitely into computers and video game
consoles. I got my first computer when three years old and used it to play a
learning game called ‘The Reader Bunny’, to say the truth; it was something
exciting I did in my life. Then when it was my eleventh birthday I got my
Laptop, as a reward for getting good results in the Year Five Scholarships, and I
was so proud of my achievement, second place in the District.
It was one of my very first personal Achievements, and I was so happy. Well
anyway, back to electronics, So later I got my PlayStation 2, and wasn’t I happy,
in fact when the PlayStation 2 arrived to Qatar, I couldn’t wait to get it, that I was
so ready to miss school. But still I had to go to school. And one more thing, I’ve
been interested in every kind of software’s to hardware’s since I came to Qatar. I
quite don’t know why?
Well, then Again, Books. Books are something I like, love and respect. As I said
before I don’t even know how many books I have read. But still every book
despite its author makes me want to read it. I have, as all bookworms do, a
favorite author, well not one but four. My favorite authors in order are Enid
Blyton, Anthony Horowitz, Edward Stratmeyer and also Jules Verne, whose
books are great and must be read.
Well, other than books and electronics, I love to swim. Swimming has been my
favorite sport all the time. I like swimming more than any other sports. In fact, I
think swimming is my only favorite sport.
“Well you’ve heard most of the boring stuff’’
Well Other than the usual and boring stuff, which I have yet not finished, I have
got some rather unusual stuff to talk about. This year, I once broke my finger
bone and also dislocated the nearby joint, and I had to keep my hand in plaster
cast for nearly a month or more. Well, that was not enough of disasters for me.
Because, after some time I tried stroking a street cat or rather a cat who lives in
the same compound as I do, because it just stayed still and looked cute, well in
the end I got bitten. Anyway, that didn’t hurt much compared to fracture and the
dislocation, but it was really dangerous. I could have nearly killed myself of
Rabies. Well, then after three ARV’s, short for Anti-Rabies Vaccination, I
survived.
Well, many years before that, when it was the first time ever in my life that I rode
a Proper Cycle, I was so enthusiastic to ride it, well I had ridden cycles before,
but not a real ones, just the baby one’s with four wheels on them, one in the front
and three in the back. So then, I got in and headed out of our gate. Well, this
happened in Srilanka, you see, and outside our gate is a very big slope. So I go
out, and down the slope. Suddenly a Three Wheeler came by, and I applied the
front brakes of the Bike.
“And for a brief moment, I could feel myself flying, little I knew about the
cycle flying behind me…’’
I fell on the ground, with a thud, and the cycle landed on top of me. Fortunately,
my uncle was standing nearby and he came to the rescue. So I was, rescued. He
carried me home, where my mum took care of me. The pain was so hurting, that I
started to laugh. I don’t know what happened to me, I was laughing as if I was
mad. Some of you may have experienced it, you can’t just describe it, and funny
when you experience it in person.
Back when, when I was only about two or three, I’ve gotten myself into many
mischiefs, like when I went to the shop. I think you’re bored. But I’ll still
continue, as to make full use of the time, well once My Uncle was asked by my
mum to go to the shop to buy ‘Coffee’, so to tease me he said me to go and said
that the money was in the drawer.
So, after some time, they realized that I was missing in action and searched
everywhere. Later my uncle just came to the shop which was pretty near, in
doubt to check whether I was there. And He saw that I was buying ‘Toffee’
instead of ‘Coffee’ with a Hundred rupee note in my hand.
Well, once I was pretending to be a fish seller, using my first Three Wheeled
cycle also known as a Tricycle and selling fish to my mum, my dad returned
from work and honked the car. Oh, and I forgot to tell the fact that we lived in the
second floor of a rented house, well the gate which kept the baby me from using
the staircase was unfortunately open, so, I rode my tricycle direct down the stairs
to see whether it was really my dad. I fell down from the tricycle and injured
myself, bumping in the stairs.
Well… I’m nearing the end, So, Some more boring facts. I have been a Head
Prefect once, just once, when I was studying in St. Anthony’s College, Kandy
and also a prefect the year before the year I was the Head Prefect. I have
experienced many difficulties throughout my years as a Prefect, also got caned
for forgetting a speech in a rehearsal, just a rehearsal, and it really hurt, I couldn’t
walk or sit that day.
I have always tried to come out successfully in every problem I’ve faced. I got
my broken finger fixed, Forgotten the fear of Rabies and remembered to rehearse
a speech many times after that event.
“Now I would like to end my speech saying that ‘Every Problem has a
Solution’”