P4: When The Moon Falls In Love

Title of speech :When The Moon Falls In Love

Many of you have fallen in love before !!! (pause, look around )

Owh…gosh ! Can you imagine when the MOON falls in love ???

Thank you the Toastmaster of the evening

Fellow toastmasters and welcomed guests, a very good evening to all of you.This evening I would like to share with you : When The Moon Falls In Love…………..

The lyric from Yasmin Ahmad’s song that I love the most. It goes like this;

" If the Moon can linger in the morning so bright, why can’t the Sun do the same at night? "

For me, I always think, the sun symbolises the male, as it portrays the Masculine features of strong, bright but sometimes could be very weak. The moon on the other hand symbolises as a female, with endless beauty, very calm to look at but could be very lonely. They made very good and perfect couple, like it was destined from heaven.

Have you ever thought that the Sun and the Moon are actually lovers?

Why not?

I mean, because the sun and moon are just like Adam and Eve. Without the sun, the moon would not exist, as we know, it only reflect the light from the sun. Human’s Love blossoms from loyalty but can be full of cheat, unfaithfulness and bitterness to each other. But the Sun and the Moon always loyal to each other from the beginning of time up till now. Their love just never fades away like our love. That is the true power of Love.

Sadly, the Sun and the Moon live in separation. Never be able to live together like we do. No matter how strong their love is, they are not destined to be together in their lifetime. The Sun will appear on the day to shine on the mankind but the Moon can only appear in the night to entertain the heartbroken ones. One day the Moon said to the Sun;

“Oh my love, you shine on humans and made them happy for the rest of the day, and I will entertain them and give them a sense of peace and happiness in the night but truly I feels so lonely. When we will be able to hold hands like human do?”

And so the Sun replied;

“Oh my Dear, I’m not trying to shine on them, but rather I’m shining my love on you so you are not lonely. My light will make you glows beautifully and make every eyes of the girls filled with jealousy. Now We MAY live apart but I will always shine my love for you forever in this earth until The Lord Almighty brings us together in the Heaven.”

The Moon satisfied with the answer but never contented with it. One day, the Moon thought to herself, I must be strong in order to be together with the sun. From today on, I will stay behind till noon to show my love to the sun even my glow of beauty does not remain the same as the night. Even both of them, appear on the same morning, but they can only look at each other from a distance. Cannot hold each other’s hands. Even so, The Moon is very happy because they got to see each other but sadly for The Sun, he can only see the pale face of The Moon staring at him. So the sun asked the Moon;

"Oh my Love, why do you look so pale and sad?"

The Moon replied;

“Oh my love, I’m sad because I can’t be with you, and I’m pale because you are shining so brightly at me. You showered me with your love but it has caused me so much pain. Just imagine if I’m not with you, my love.”

The Sun is confused so he asked the Moon;

“Oh my Love, do you want me to reduce my love for you so that you can light up the morning sky with your glow and smile?”

Listening to that, the Moon said quickly;

"Oh my Love, Never Never... If you don’t shine your love on me, then I will forever be in the dark even at night, and the scars on me will never heal.”

So the Sun and the Moon continue to live apart like that. They got to see each other every morning and then they’ll be separated again. So the Moon is becoming greedier. She longs for the Sun every moment and watching him from a far every morning is not enough anymore.

So, the Moon asked the Sun again;

"Oh my Love, If I can linger in the morning so bright, why can't you do the same at night? If you are present at night, I can always show you my beauty."

Hearing to the question, the Sun becomes clueless and don’t have the answer himself. He also wonders why he can’t shine at night. Then he replied,

"Oh my dear, have you forgotten the Words of the Mighty Creator of this world?"

She realized that she could not go against the rules of creation. The God has made their destiny as such. She cried and asked for the forgiveness from the Lord Almighty. She realizes that she could never be together with her beloved…The Sun.

“Oh My Love, there will be time when we will be together. Please be patient”, the Sun said.

So the Moon and the Sun has been waiting until the Lord Almighty granting their wishes to be in each other arms.

The Sun and The Moon’s love is a very tragic love. Loving each other but never able to be together. There’s always that kind of love in this life that will never be able to be together in this world and surely God will grant your wishes in the Heaven. Fate is in the Hand of God and Destiny is God’s blessing for his servants. There will be the time when your love will be realized.

For the love that is never to be realized in this world, I’m praying to God to give us the strength to be patient until the love comes to realize in the Paradise, where it’s full of Happiness. Just wait as the Sun and the Moon has been waiting for each other from the beginning of the world until the End of the World. Whenever you are tired of waiting, think of how long the Sun and the Moon have been waiting for each other..

BACK TO THE TOASTMASTER OF THE EVENING.

Dear TM Risha,

A very interesting speech I must say. Well done.

I have reconstructed some of the sentences with little amendment to the story line.

Please rehearse and deliver within the 5 to 7 minutes.

Sorry for the delay as was caught up with many CNY events.

All the best and looking foreward to see you in action on Tuesday.

Victor Lim ATM (B)