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Disney World

A draft for a contest speech In 1971 Walt Disney opened the doors of Disney World Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. A year later I was born. When I was 6 years old my father brought me the news: We are going to Disney World!  A place of Futuristic Technology, Magic and Movies. A place where Mikey Mouse can be spotted in the wild. A place where a dreamer like you would feel at home. But first we have to run away from Soviet Russia, get to America and make a lot of money. This journey would be long and hard, but it would be worth it. Mrs. Contest Chair, Most Gracious Judges and Lovely Audience. I had NO IDEA how long my journey would be. It took 11 years to run away from Soviet Russia, another 11 years to get to America and another 11 years to make a lot of money, but last week I finally made it! I was there! I was in Disney World! And today I'm going to share  The How, The WOW and the Vow  of Disney World with you. How to go to Disney World. Step One: Find a Crazy Beautiful

Weight Loss

I am redoing my previous post, to make it speech worthy. A teacher asks a class to tell about their objects of worship. Other kids are telling about stone Buddhas and wooden Jesuses, and this cute but chubby boy sais: we have a metal object of worship. Every morning my mother stands on it and says "Oh My God!" Mr Toastmasters, fellow Toastmasters and welcome Guests, Please raise your hand if you know someone who made new year resolutions related to diet, exercise or weight loss... Great! I think I found my audience! I was thinking about weight loss forever. I remember sitting down in elementary school , grabbing my tiny belly with my tiny hands and proclaiming to myself: this gotta go! 30 years later, my self-image did not change a bit: I still see myself as cute but chubby. I still think about weight loss. By the way, I lost some weight in the last two weeks. 2 1/2 pounds. According to Mayo Clinic , this is the healthy way to lose weight: 1-2 lbs per week. I'm just sho