I was asked to give a short speech on the closing of a pre-departure training for AusAID scholarship recipients at IALF in Jakarta (September 2012). Here is my speech which I delivered surely without text, no teleprompter, either 🙂
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It is always good to speak in your home country, especially when people just know how to pronounce your name. Yes, my name is I Madé Andi Arsana, not I made Andi Arsana. Thanks Richard for your introduction and thank you for pronouncing my name correctly. Michael and Barbara, I cannot thank you enough how grateful I am for this opportunity. It certainly is really something. In the language of Syahrini “sesuatu banget”. I have known Barbara for nine years now. Time flies, really! Barbara, you look as wonderful as you were nine years ago [staring at Barbara and smile]. This is actually a payback because that’s what Barbara said to me when I met her two days ago. So Barbara, the score is now one-one.
Teman-teman pejuang sekalian, today is of course about you not me. Today marks an important stage in your journey to Australia. I understand this is not the final day as some of you still have to sit IELTS test in the next couple of days. I know the fight has yet to end but I am also sure that you will do just fine. Good luck.
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