Like My Korean Heart (Kaye's Drama)

11화: Prices of Oppurtunities

Jeni's PoV

Parents should be the one encouraging their child, they should be the first person to give compliment to their child's smallest achievements and not the one whose recieving recognition to maintain their reputation using our fame.

Why do we need to feed them popularity instead of love?

What am I exactly to them? A child? or a pet? I can't even escape from my cage. They'll hold me in that cage until I become adult, no, i mean until my last breath. When will I stood up for myself? How come I'm not the one whose controlling myself?

"I guess controlling yourself first will set you free from their prison" what the- does Kayerie read minds?

I was just sitting on one corner with my eyes looking straight, talking to myself in my mind when Kayerie suddenly spoke and startled me

"What are you doing there?! You startled me!" i said surprised

"Sorry 😅hehe,, i was observing you" she said

"stop doing it! You're creeping me out! " I reacted

"Haha... Sorry... So.. Still got problem on your speech?" why is she being so nosy?

"Why do you care? Are you having fun bothering me?" tss stupid

"Uhmm.... Sort of 😂" ugh! why did I even ask

Three days passed after practicing commencement exercises it's finally the graduation day, and yet I still haven't prepared my speech. Oh I forgot I did an alternative one, it says
"F*k this stupid life, hope I sleep and never wake up" that's the only thing inside my head.

I submitted a blank paper to my adviser which supposed to be containing a legendary speech. It'll be handed over to me once I stood up on stage to deliver the speech

And once its my time to speak infront of my thousand fellow graduates and thousand supportive parents (except my parents) It'll be a legendary shameful moment for the rest of my life. And I Thankyou

In the middle of the ceremony, I saw my classmates wearing smiles on their faces, I can see their excitement to see their future. I envy them because they get to choose their path.

As our speaker delivers his speech, I paid attention hoping it can help me give an idea to my speech

"Good afternoon fellow graduates of South College University, four years of hard work and endurance, we may treat it like filling water in a pail covered with holes but those holes, holds memories, memories that'll make us strong for a lifetime. So instead of running from it, embrace it and that'll make your pail, full of blessing. Remember that we may have limited capability, but we have unlimited determination." our speaker stated

I still can't do it. When it's time to climb the stage, I got nervous, enough to make me wish to melt on the spot.

My adviser is handing me my speech already with a smile.... Wait.. Didn't she check my speech? Why is she smiling?!...as I open the folder..my eyes was closed. I slowly opened my left eye then my right eye. My paper has text!. I checked it out and it was someone else's speech (obviously because I didn't write anything) but who did this?

"Jeni, go on read it" my adviser whispered from down stage. Since i have no choice.

"Good afternoon schoolmates and professors. It was an honor standing on this stage and being able to express my gratitude towards our alma mater. In my four years in this school, I learned that this is where we become adults, its meaning is not how well you computed chemistry equations or if you correctly completed math questions. What you need to learn is to have caurage to accept your wrong and how to act like a qualified adult. You'll need a forgiving heart as well and use it to envelope other's mistakes and that's how you'll make friends and understanding honor, jealousy and work are all part of friendship."