My first stint as a chief guest...

This Saturday I had the honor of attending a students gathering as a chief guest… as soon as I was invited I became nervous of the worst part of being a chief guest… ‘saying 2 words’(don shabd in Marathi to be interpreted as speech in English)… am very bad at oration esp with so many ppl listenin… my last 3 experiences were very bad as I was made to speak in a function at the last moment and had to speak in Marathi… God knows wht I said…all tata.. papa… but this time I was determined to go prepared… n I had thought of a couple of lines to say… initially I had to distribute some prizes along with some other guests… then there some other things… n then came the final part… my turn was after 2 ppl… the main organizer came n asked me if I was ready… suddenly the whole world around me was blank n all I could think of was the ‘2 words’… n whn my turn was to come the organizer suddenly took up the mike n started sayin the final part… I was stunned…. I thought maybe they had cancelled my speech to prevent embarrassment (as the organizer had heard my previous speech)…to be frank If I was in the organizers place I wouldn’t have invited me after hearin the previous speech… I was so heart broke… had prepared this ‘2 words’ for 2 days…. N I felt bad… I wanted to go there n speak… n suddenly after the organizers speech I was asked to say a few words n end the gathering… actually the organizer had thought maybe had come unprepared n so he gave me some time to think of something… so nice of him… n then I went… couple of my close relatives were sitting in front laughing n ready to ‘enjoy’ my speech… I tried to be as normal as possible n hoped not to give away the impression that I had ratofied the speech… wht I said even I don’t remember but I think I said the words correctly…just as I had thought of… in 2 minutes… but as I gave the speech I couldn’t hear anything… I couldn’t look at any one person… it was as if I was lookin blankly somewhere…. N whn I said my final words “thank you” I heard the roar of claps… n I smiled…. I was back in the real world… i thought I had spoken well… I asked some people n they said it was good.. short n sweet… tht was ncie to hear esp after my previous failure… I have now asked them to give me a cd afterwards… I want to hear myself speak… n maybe if it turns out to be good ill upload the same… it was a grt evening … n ya I think my first stint as the chief guest was successful… only thing is I need to overcome stage fear…. N keep some speeches ready in advance… cos u never know whn u might be asked to say ‘2 words’….