59th chapter meeting @ 59 Anchorvale Road
To many, Saturday is the best day of the week. Often there is no
work, no school, nothing but a free day to do what you need to care of, or have
fun. What could make a Saturday afternoon even better? It was attending the
Anchorvale TMC’s Chapter Meeting.
The sergeant-at-arms, Ying
Leong, kicked off the 59th chapter meeting by bringing out our
attention on the specialty of this particular meeting. It was the number of
this chapter meeting which matched with the location of Anchorvale TMC at 59
Anchorvale Road. Ying Leong embraced
this coincidence and serendipity, and proposed to share our “59th
birthday wishes” as the ice-breaking session topic. Our toastmasters, honored
visitor and guests shared their creative and heartwarming wishes for their far
and near 59th birthday to come.
In the opening address, our dear President, Sathiyamooorthi, CC, shared his experience with a passenger service
staff and how he became inspired by her to have passion in whatever he does. When
our language evaluator, Zulhafni, ACB
gave us the “word of the day”, he mystified us by introducing the word
“obfuscate”. This word challenged all of our speakers throughout the chapter
meeting until Zul explained his intention
of sharing this word. As an effective communicator, we all should be sensitive
with the language we are using and to avoid using obscure words to obfuscate
the audience.
There were 6 speakers who attempted their projects in the prepared
speech session. All of their speeches were beyond eloquent. Rasu, the 1st speaker of the
day, narrated the importance of being rich. Mae delivered a beautiful speech by sharing her personal travelling
experience to India, Sri Lanka and many other places. Her speech elaborated the
quote “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”
which was recognized by most of audiences. Ken
with his powerful mix of serious and humorous style, recounted the downside of
technology in communication. He reminded us the importance of face-to-face
communication and to retain the skill of personal interaction with others. Our
powerful lady, Anila, delivered us
the techniques of being successful. Chee
Sian presented his speech in a great creative form, to connect the
characters in “Journey to the West” (one of the most well-known Chinese
mythologies) with employees in modern corporate world. Our affable Salma, CC demonstrated the truth of
“the last is the best”. She revealed the “Anchorvale’s Wow Factor” in her first
goodwill speech from advanced communication manual. Her emphatic and
epigrammatic speech won her the best speaker in prepared speech session.
During the break for refreshments, Anchorvale TMC revealed another
“Wow factor” by celebrating birthdays for members born in September. I was
honored and overwhelmed with emotion for being the only birthday person
attending this chapter meeting. A delicious rainbow cake was prepared by Chee Sian, and shared with everyone
present in this chapter meeting. Thank you for the arrangement!
In the project evaluation session, our esteemed evaluators, Prasad, Roger, CC/CL, Riz, Kee Min, Harseesh and Muthu, CC, provided
their thoughtful evaluations to the respective speakers. Muthu’s waggish comments towards Salma’s speech won him the Best Evaluator of the day. Next came to the most exciting section– table
topics. Our table topics maters, Anila,
gave the theme of sharing “embarrassment moments” in life. It is always
enjoyable to hear the impromptu speeches from the colorful characters. Our guests were brave enough to stand up and
to think hard about the awkward moments in their lives. The room resounded with
the laughter upon listening to their recounts.
Before Zul shared with us
his language evaluation, Salma held
a small induction ceremony for the newly joint members. All the new members in
Anchorvale TMC were committed to make every endeavor to participate and
contribute to TMC events.
Congratulations to all award winners! It was the best day of the
week! The presence and participation of our toastmasters, honored visitor and
guests made this Saturday afternoon even more wonderful.
To experience it for yourself, visit us at
Anchorvale TMC’s 59th Chapter Meeting on the 10th of October.
Special thanks to all appointment holders and visiting Toastmasters: Kee
Min.
Best Prepared Speech: Salma, CC
Best Project Evaluator: Muthu, CC
Best Table Topics: Fina
Written by: Yue Qi
Most "Wow" Speaker!
Top Table Topics Taker!
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