Happy New Year!
The first chapter meeting of the
year was held last Saturday, 10th January 2015. A simple round of
introduction signaled the start of the meeting as everyone spoke briefly on the
languages and dialects that they can speak. Different people can speak
different languages and dialects, but there is one similarity – English. And
everyone is here to improve their English speaking.
The meeting quickly moved on to the
President’s opening speech as Sathya, CC
enlightened us on how our idea will influence our words, which in turn
influences our actions, then our habits, and finally our character. He even
conducted a tiny experiment to explain his point. He placed a bunch of white
flowers into a jar of blue dye and invited us to see what happened to the
flower at the end of the meeting. We had a Language Evaluator that day – Muthu, CC, CL. He encouraged us to use
the word of the day – ZEST.
The much anticipated prepared speech
segment starts right after. As her ice breaker, Nisha shared with us her personal experience as a firefighter. Senthil then educated us on the
benefits of spending just 20 minutes every day jogging, as he had improved his
health condition through this activity. Ken
told a suspenseful yet humorous story about monkey brain, surprising everyone
with a twist at the end. Riz had everyone
laughing as delivered a hilarious speech on the difference between the brain of
man and woman. Finally, Leng Leng educated
us on how to lead an awesome life by following the 3 As – Attitude, Awareness, and
Authenticity. With that Leng Leng
completed her Competent Communicator manual and is now to be known as Leng Leng, CC. J Congratulations!
Following the end of the prepared speech
segment, a short refreshment break gave us the opportunity to mingle with the
guests.
The end of the break marked the
start of the project evaluation segment. Alice,
Anila, Prasad, Salma, CC, CL
and Roger, CC, CL all gave their
insightful comments on the prepared speeches. Salma’s evaluation impressed everyone to win her the coveted best
project evaluation.
Next came the interesting and adrenaline
inducing table topics segment! Our table topics master, Deb, made this special by wrapping the topic slips with a piece of
chocolate. The topics were suitably made to fit into the New Year theme. Richard, DTM eventually bagged the gold
with his informative speech. However he decided to present it to a guest, Rainee instead.
It was the language evaluator’s turn
to shine as he was jotting down impressive uses of language throughout the meeting.
Muthu, CC, CL commended everyone for
successfully using the word of the day repeatedly.
The meeting eventually ended with
the President’s closing address.
Oh! Remember the flowers? They turned
blue!
Interested in finding out more? Come join us on 24th
January 2015 for Anchorvale TMC’s 64th Chapter Meeting.
Special thanks to all appointment holders for their
contribution.
Best Project Evaluation: Salma, CC, CL
Best Table Topics: Richard, DTM
Written by: Chen Ken
Best Project Evaluation!
Best Table Topic!
Our guest, Rainee
Congratulations on ice breaking!
Leng Leng, CC
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