Confidence and Satisfaction

On Monday, one of my big events finished. From this day, Japanese culture presentation started at the library. At 6:30 p.m, in this day, my furoshiki cloth group members, Ai, Tomomi and I went to Assembly hall to check our Power Point. It was OK, and I didn't feel nervous because we practiced again and again, in the morning, in the lunch hour and at midnight. I had confidence that I can do a good presentation. At 7:00 p.m, the presentation of first group started. Our group members waited our turn outside of Assembly hall. I didn't feel nervous very much, but I couldn't afford to listen to their presentation. I started to practice what I would say by myself and I walked around the passage, because I couldn't stay same place and I felt better when I walked around there. After first group finished their presentation, we started final practice of our presentation with very small voices. We thought "We can do it!!"

After practice, our turn came. When we stood in front of audience, I felt nervous a little, but it was not bad feeling. I was second presenter of our group, so I was sitting down the chair when Ai was speeching. I thought she was a good speaker because her speech was very natural and her smile was great. My turn came soon. When I stood in front of audience alone, I didn't feel anything, comfortable or nervous. Then, I started my speech, and I could say smoothly what I want to say, so I felt confidence. However, I had a trouble. I forgot the number of the Edo period. I was displaying the timeline and the audience could see it, but I couldn't see it, so I thought "What should I do?" However, suddenly I got a good idea. After I said the number of the Edo period, I asked the audience, "(Is it) right?" They laughed and I was correct. After that, I felt a little comfortable. My turn passed soon and then our presentation finished. Finally, question time started. I was afraid of this time because I didn't know what the audience would say. However, my feeling was better. One of Mukogawa students asked me "Where can I buy furoshiki cloth in America?" I didn't know that, so I said "Please aske American." The audience laughed loudly. I was happy because I let them happy. After we answered some questions, whole our presentation finished. Now, I'm satisfied because the audience laughed my speech and our group members didn't have any big mistakes. Making a good presentation was very difficult, but I think our presentation succeeded. I'm proud of myself and my group members.