We were 5 minutes late to the BBQ nite, on the eve of the closing ceremony for CAC 69 (Children’s Adventure Camp No. 69) at Outward Bound School in Malaysia, a chartered member of Outward Bound International, in UK.
As we hurried to the hall we heard the following,
“When I came to OBS, I thought…….” *we missed the introduction of her speech*
“Sounds like Erica, huh? Can’t be, she sounds so confident? But it looks like her…… just a little darker….”
David and I stood at the hall staring and admiring the very confident girl delivering her speech to a 300+ audience consisting of participants and parents. We were confused because she looks and sounds very much like our daughter, but logic told us she can’t be…..because Erica is an introvert and has lots of problems speaking up in public!
As she continued with her speech, we were trying to look at her cothes, listening out to her intonation and staring at her mannerism for confirmation that she is our daughter. It’s not that we are horrible parents who could not even recognise our girl, it’s just that her transformation after 10 days was beyond belief!
“Thank you, Ms Erica Yong for your very inspiring speech”, said Mr MC.
We were stunned and speechless………
So exciting!!