End of the world, or I thought so at least.

Well, December 21, 2010. My new end of the world, forget December 12, 2012, it was going to be today Tuesday the 21st. At least that is how I had it pictured in my head. I was hoping for all sorts of things to happen, maybe lose my voice for the day, school to be canceled, my teachers to be gone. Anything to save me from this day.


The reason this day was not looking so bright for me was because of three things I had to do. First, I was to recite a poem I memorized in Lithuanian to my entire Lithuanian literature class. I have a slight fear of public speaking and a small class of 20 people isn't bad but speaking in Lithuanian had me scared to death. Secondly, I was to sing a song in English to my music class. This task was what I was most dreading, singing alone in front of people had me ready to lose my voice and run for the hills. Lastly, I was going to be preforming my skit in drama class for who ever wanted to watch. This one I wasn't worried about and it didn't bother me. Somehow I am not nervous on stage just all the other time when I am in front of a large group of people. 


The big day came and I was a bit nervous. I carried my poem around with me to each class and just sat and re said it over and over again. I asked classmates how words were supposed to sound and if I was pronouncing them somewhat correctly.  This is the poem (below), I attempted to say. According to some classmates it sounded Russian when I said it to the class, but never less I said my poem and only on occasion needed to look at my notes. I decided that it was a good accomplishment and somewhat of a success. 

SU NEMUNU PATEKA SAULĖ

by, Paulius Sirvys

Su Nemunu
Pateka saulė.
Su Nemunu
Leidžias toli.

Prie Nemuno
Mano pasaulis,
Prie Nemuno
Mano šalis.

Su Nemunu 
Ašarą plovėm,
Su Nemunu
Griovėm stabus.

Su Nemunu
Pateka saulė.
Linguoja
Lopšinė gyva.

Prie Nemuno 
Mano pasaulis —
Gimtoji šalis —
Lietuva.

After my poem came my worst nightmare, the song. I had a few lessons prior to my performance so of course I got nervous and looked over the song nearly a      dozen times. I was to sing, "This Land is Your Land" not a difficult song               especially sense I can remember singing it when I was younger. This was an         interesting experience. My voice was a bit off tune and you could hear the shake in my voice but I did a good job and my music teacher was content with my       performance. For me it was a huge relief, I survived singing alone and the world  was still in one piece. So I crossed that off my list and moved on to my next task.

Drama, the easiest and by far the most fun task of my day. I was to act in a short skit for my friends and other classmates. According to some classmates I nailed my part. Now I just need to figure out why I am perfectly fine on stage but            nervous any other time I get in front of people. But I will worry about that later, it   is time for pizza! Yum!

Till the next post. Merry Christmas!