if you ask my sec sch or even pri sch frens, i highly doubt that they would use the word 'quiet' to describe me.
i've been reprimanded by my teachers many times to stop talking so much in class. since pri sch, when yvonne and i sat together, and to sec sch when rn sat beside me. I've been banned (okies, that's too serious a word but still..) from sitting next to some ppl cos we were either always laughing in class or chatting.
i've been chided many a times by my frens, saying i'm talking too loudly in MRT trains or on buses. i recited the pledge countless of times in pri sch and sec sch. not exactly the reciting everyone does but with a microphone and standing in front of the school, & sort of leading them. i had to read out long pages of annoucement to the whole school.
if you looked into my autograph book, one recurring word you would see that was used to describe me would probably (other than day- dreamer. xD) be 'talkative'.
it would then seem strange my poly lecturers and classmates, with probably only the exception of tracy & nicole, would see me as this quiet girl. but they seriously think i'm quiet.
when i think about it, it's really true that ppl have contradicting traits. or two sides to them. or perhaps i've grown up, matured and don't go around shooting my mouth off anymore. HAHA. i don't exactly think i'm shy and reserved. but neither do i think i'm outgoing. you know what? i like both impression of me. =)
but wait. it might also come across as strange that i'm actually quite afraid of public speaking. i don't like to speak in front of a crowd of people unless they are ppl i noe really well. even though i was exposed to and had plenty of times, address a group of ppl.
i often wonder why this is so? probably cos we all grow up and change. the young are really more fearless. when you grow up, you start to think more, worry more, dislike more, understand more, hence fear more. hmmm..