... my English...?? aaah... I think .. its ok...

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Hi lotters ! Here's what happened, while I was having a formal conversation my friends. A lot is going on the radar, as our college is soon going to be visited by multinational firms for campus recruitment. Don't know when, the conversation turned into a discussion; topic: "our conversation skills and English". I mean a lot of my colleagues are really concerned about their conversations skills and specially, their English. Its really a time for some self assessment, some self introspection, on where we stand being judged on our verbal skills. It really got me thinking, what have I learned and achieved during all my years in those missionary schools. I remembered the time I participated in those debates, group discussions and all sorts of competitions I used to take part in when I was a kid. First thing which came to my mind was my writing skills. But this was not a concern, as it was a campus recruitment. Nobody s gonna ask me to write an essay..:p Ok... So as far as writing was concerned, I felt.. aahh okkk..yeah, I can write some sensible stuff. Then came my verbal skills. "Am I confident enough to speak in front of a packed hall ?" Well, I did secure 2nd position at a district level debate competition though. But that was five years back. And I have to brush my verbal skills all over again, since I haven't had a chance to utter even a single complete paragraph in English, except for a few technical seminars. This was something that needed attention. I remembered the time when I started imitating the foreign accent so as to make some extra impression and that, by default, became my style. But wait a sec. Thats shouldn't be my concern now. The bigger problem wasn't "how" I will speak but "what" will I speak...:p I remembered now that there was hell of a preparation needed regarding technical stuff than my English. I had to go through all basics concepts of C and C++ again. I had to revise all of my previous semester subjects that I hated so much and never bothered touching it again at any point in my life. It suddenly struck me that I haven't decided my major project yet. My minor one was a total disaster and it ended up with me getting the lowest grades, cuz it was an FM transmitter which never transmitted a thing. It did transmitted my grades far away from me though... Besides How much I try; even if I go upto the extent of completely filling my answer sheet, I never get good grades "Aaaaahhh.. this college... no this university.. no this "engineering: s**ks man!!! ... ... ... ...uummm.... Have I completed my industrial training report...?? Crap..!! The whole world turned upside down. It was like some meteor came falling from the sky and hit me right on my head. Yes Mr. "I dont care"... now you do have a "lot" of things to take care of. *clap..* It was one of my friends snapping his fingers in front of my face, and then literally shaking me to wake me up. Then he said- "Dude.. welcome back... so guyz... our beloved friend himzey's gonna give us a short seminar on how to face your first interveiw.." "Interview ... what ??" It was then I realized that the topic has already changed from English, to facing interviews..." All my friends went lolz... My friend went on further... "And before you start off, just a humble request "Sir".. English please.. as you know, we are trying to brush up our own skills.. By the way,..hows your English..??...." Me- "... huh.. my English..?? aaah... I think .. its just ok.." Some of you might have had some experiences of the same stuff. Go on share them.. We are all ears..