a childhood memory that makes you smile?

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When I was a kid, I had this selective mutation (self-diagnosed! lol!). I was a very shy kid way back that time. I didn't usually talk to people, even with our relatives that are from other places, I was too shy to talk with them. I only talk to people inside our house and a few from outside. And one of the most memorable experience I had was that I literally didn't recite in class from kindergarten until grade 3. Every time my teacher called me to recite, I didn't speak up. But thank God to written examinations, I usually got high grades that's why the school didn't kick me out! lol! What made me recite in the class? I was in Grade 3 and my father asked me for a birthday gift, he wanted me to recite in the class before his birthday, even at least just for once. I thought I was gonna faint when he asked me that! haha! Time came for me to grant my father's birthday wish. I was sitting in the class one morning, listening to what my teacher's saying, until she suddenly called me to recite (Yeah, my teachers kept calling me to recite even if they knew that I'm not gonna answer anyway! haha!). That moment, it was like my world had stopped, I didn't know what to do. My shyness kept me seated on my chair but my mind was telling me to stand up and recite, to fulfill my father's birthday wish. There was an odd silence inside the room. I felt like everyone's eyes were on me, waiting for what am I gonna do next. A few more moments passed then I suddenly stood up. All eyes were still on me. Up until now I can't remember anymore what I exactly said, what the question was or what subject was it, but all I could remember was that, right after I recited, the whole class APPLAUDED! Damn! I felt like that was the hardest thing I did in my entire life! hahaha! Looking back to it, it makes me smile everytime I remember that day. That's one of the things I was thankful I did. I haven't totally overcome my shyness, but none of my friends now and new people that I meet believe that I am still a shy woman! lol! How about you? What's one childhood experience that you will never forget and will make you look back and smile everytime you remember it? HAPPY MYLOTTING GUYS! =)