Welcome back!
It’s never easy
being in Anchorvale TMC because we are
forever looking out for new things to try – and in line with that spirit,
Anchovale TMC had our first-ever Joint Chapter Meeting with PL-Link TMC. Packed
with excited members from both Clubs and the effervescent energies of the TMD
Zulhafni and SAA Yvonne, both Anchorvale TMC and PL-Link TMC were ready for an
explosive morning!
The Language
Evaluator, Shaun Li, got the day off to a fashionable start with an apt choice
of the Word-of-the-Day: fashion. To
set the tone for the meeting, Freddie, President of PL-Link TMC, delivered a
powerful opening address which left us anticipating the rest of the programme.
Prepared Speeches
With a packed
programme ranging from the Project speeches to even Advanced speeches, the
prepared speakers were all ready to enthral us with their speeches. Our first
speaker, Marzouq, gave us a timely reminder about life with his speech, “Think
Simple”. Even Anchorvale TMC’s President was in on the action with Bernard
presenting his Project 7! For the Advance Speeches, Sally brought us back to
the Singaporean context, prodding our minds and inviting us to question our usage
of Singlish. Our resident word-smith, May Lee, delighted us with her
re-enactment of the predicament of being stuck in between a spouse and an
in-law while Paul Amazona gave us a stirring and meaningful re-telling of a
popular folk tale, Ibong Idarna.
The highlight of
the day had to be Roger Yap, who managed to successfully bring the audience on
a touching and powerful journey in bringing our attention to the victims of
abuse around the world. Undaunted by the 15 min requirement for his speech,
Roger placed the audience in the shoes of billionaires and popular figures such
as Barack Obama and deservingly won the Best Prepared Speech Ribbon.
Congratulations Roger!
The speakers had
the privilege of having our assembled team of Project Evaluators who together
provided everyone with countless nuggets of wisdom to be a successful
Toastmaster! The Best Project Evaluator went deservingly to Freddie, a man of
many hats who took up the challenge of giving two project evaluations.
Congratulations Freddie!
Table Topics
No meeting is
ever complete without the much-anticipated Table Topics session and this time
round it was led by none other than Freddie who ingeniously used a smartphone
application to generate the Table Topics. In the spirit of inclusiveness, everyone
had a chance to participate (even Freddie’s daughter, a budding, young
Toastmaster!). At the end of the day, it was our star of the morning, Roger who
convincingly received the Best Table Topics Ribbon. Congratulations once again,
Roger!
We had the honour
of having Thomas Lee, a visiting Toastmaster and also our General Evaluator for
the meeting who, together with Shaun, gave both Clubs invaluable advice with
regards to the “fashionable” usage of language and the smooth running of the
event; not forgetting the many advice and tips that were shared unselfishly as
well.
To mark the
fitting end to the meeting, we had the unabashed lion and President of
Anchorvale TMC, Bernard, to give the closing address and invited our guests and
visiting Toastmasters to give their feedback and opinions about the meeting. Everyone
was unanimous in their praise and fun that they had which the two homely Clubs
graciously hosted for the morning. And with a drop of the gavel, another
successful meeting was, once again, reluctantly concluded.
We would like to
thank PL-Link TMC as well as all our guests for making the combined Chapter
Meeting a successful, enriching and exciting event and this will definitely
mark the start of a period of cooperation in our Toastmaster’s journey.
Till we meet again wish you all the very best !
Best Regards
Zulhafni - VP PR 2
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