embarrassed feeling

Hi. I'm Lio, from S. Korea, studying English.

Let me show you a sentence which seems to have some grammatical errors.

[ In spite of the incident, the performance was successful anyway.
But since then, whenever I chew a gum,
I recall that day, that moment, and that embarrassed feeling. ]

Well, this is what one of my buddies wrote,
and we talked about whether these sentences sound natural or not.
After some discussion, we rewrote.

[ In spite of the incident, the performance was successful anyway.
But since then, whenever I chew a gum,
I HAVE RECALLED that day, that moment, and that EMBARRASSING
feeling. ]

I am afraid the rewritten one is not any better than the first one.
If there is anything, of course there is, which looks so unnatural
that you can barely stand, please let me know.
It would be a great help.

Thank you.