A thing (An Essence) of
beauty is a joy forever, and that beauty resides in Anchorvale
TMC. The difference between success and failure is a great team, Anchorvale TMC
has a great team, great leaders and that continuous success has been witnessed
by many of us, many of our visitors.
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| The Traditional 'Anchorvale' Birthday VIP Treatment! |
Kelvin, TM as Sergeant-At-Arm called the meeting to
order by banging the gavel on the lectern with the warmest welcome to the
entire audience. Kelvin introduced himself, adding a topic on his favorite
animal and rolled the ball to his right as an ice breaking topic. Fellow
toastmasters and the distinguished visitors joined the crowd - introducing themselves and their favorite
animals from chicken, fox, wolf, cow to elephant with interesting thoughts.
Immediately after the
introductions, the Sergeant-At-Arm introduced the Toast Master of the
Day, Deb, TM, who jovially kicked off the program by
re-articulating the two historical events
that happened in October (1) Evacuation of 5 million people in preparation of
Cyclone Phailin in 2013 (2) Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to
Chinese author Mo Yan in 2012 on '11th Oct' coinciding our 60th Chapter
Meeting Date.
In the opening address, our
dear President, Sathiyamooorthi, CC, shared his motivational
experience in swimming at his thirties and leveraging that successfully on his
son at age four. His message was well articulated, that 'the fear lives until we
do it for the first time' and thereafter the fear becomes no-fear. Thomas,
CC politely shared his 'wish come true' to stand one day before
everyone as language evaluator. He announced the 'word of the day'
as Pugnacious explaining the meaning and correct usage
of the word. Looking forward to hear more such words from Thomas, CC, creating a sense of illusion in the thinkers mind :-)
Toastmaster of the
Day, Deb, TM gave us a heads up about the forthcoming
excitements as there were 5 marvelous prepared speakers lined up to thrill us
with their chill topics. Alice, TM continued the momentum of
the chapter meeting being first speaker of the day. She has shared
her bicycling experience on 2nd Project titling "Bicycle
(hurt healed by love)".Mae, TM enlightened the audience by
the power of the words, both spoken and unspoken. Pang, TM
made entire audience 10 years younger by his speech and providing the
techniques on "How to be 10 years younger". Being an
engineering student, Norman, TM influenced us with a strong
inspirational story about a mouse, chicken, pig, cow and how small events can
end up making big changes. Finally Hareesh, TM engaged the
audience by compelling us to write down our 3 dreams and reminding us that
"You have the freedom to choose".
Being born in the month of
October, Kelvin, TM, Thomas, CC & Hareesh,
TM gave us the opportunity to celebrate their birthday with the
Anchorvale Toastmasters Club family. Chee Sian, TM remains
unbeatable in organizing events and it was one of the arrangements beside BBQ
party, Trip to Malaysia, etc. the 20 minute refreshment break indeed flew
in a second with real enjoyment.
Deb welcomed back everyone
with a humorous joke 'Eat whatever you want and bill will be paid by your
grandson'. Roger, CC/CL, Zulhafni, ACB, Sanchit Rao,
CC, ALB, Richard Tay, DTM, Salma, CC as evaluators, provided
the honest reaction in a constructive manner to the speaker’s efforts which not
only helped the speakers but provided many key take-aways for all of us.
The most awaited segment of
the chapter meeting was led by Mae, TM - the best ever Table Topic
comprising the quotations from various Philosophers, Politicians, Celebrities,
Scientists from different parts of the world. 7 speakers, acombination of
fellow toastmasters, visitors, welcomed guests, re-emphasized those
quotes in their individual speeches.
Immediately after Thomas,
CC shared that many of the speakers have used the 'word of the day' well,
Salma, CC was led the grand presentation for certification of
Hareesh & Norman on their successful completion of 10th project
entitling "Competent Communicator" with a burst of poppers and
cheers. Congratulations to Hareesh & Norman for achieving the milestone,
and congratulations to all award winners from 60th Chapter
Meeting!
Relatively being a new
member of Toastmasters club, I, Debananda Patro have eagerly
agreed to take up the role as TMD on the 58th & 60th Chapter
Meeting with short notice - it gave me a wonderful experience to host and long-term
benefits. This is not just about playing a role but it gave me enormous
experience and ideas to create an atmosphere of interest, expectation,
receptivity. I'd look forward to more such opportunities going forward.
Last but not least, thank
you for the sweet words from Sanchit Rao, CC, ALB, EASB TMC
Melvyn Goh, CC, CL, Area A2 Governor, Armada, SIA Toastmasters club,
Jackie CC, NUS TMC and their remarkable appreciation about our
Toastmaster club – made our day. Those words remain unforgettable in Anchorvale
Toastmasters Club's book.
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| Salma, CC Claiming Best Evaluator Ribbon! |
Best Prepared Speech: Hareesh
Best Project
Evaluator: Salma, CC
Best Table Topics: Melvyn,
CC, CL
Laughter, Fun, knowledge is
the cherished diet for us will go and go on .. ..
With that, we wish Norman and Hareesh our heartiest congratulations for completing their CC Manuals! And do join us for the next meeting on the 8th November!
Entry by: Debananda, TM
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