Anchorvale TMC 66th Chapter Meeting on 14th March 2015

First Time, First Memories, First Step

We all have first times in our life. And we shared ours during the icebreaking session. Zulhafni, ACB was our Language Evaluator that day and he did things a little different from usual. Instead of giving the usual word of the day, he introduced a rhetorical device of the day – triads (Power of 3).

Then came the prepared speeches. Karthik informed us on internet security and privacy, specifically the threats present online and how to prevent them. Then Yueqi spoke on accepting unexpected moments by not sticking to schedule. Rasu inspired us to open up our mind to more possibilities by talking to more people. Deb recalled a very exciting story that happened to him personally. Salma, CC, CL attempted giving a provocative proposal to the public – legalizing the sale blood and organs. Yueqi and Salma’s effort eventually won them the best prepared speech ribbon.

After a refreshment break which celebrated the birthdays of members born in the months of January, February and March, the project evaluations segment began.

Ken, Mae, Mugan, Norman and Roger, CC, CL each gave their respective evaluations of the prepared speeches. Roger eventually clinched gold got the best project evaluator.

Alice, our table topics master prepared 12 envelopes, each corresponding to a month of the year. Speakers will then have to recount something that happened during that month that they chose. We heard many fun stories and we all got to know each other a little better. Alvin’s incident of his birthday being on April’s Fool Day brought us lots of laughter and thus won him the best table topic speaker.

Since Zul took up the role of being both the Language Evaluator as well as the Ah Counter, he did things differently this time round. By taking note of our frequency of using certain pause fillers, he introduced us to how each one of us tend to use them and how we should reduce its usage. He also gave a very useful tip, when delivering a speech, one has to take note of 3 things – yourself, your speech, your audience.

Anchorvale TMC’s very own Riz will be representing us in the Area ‘A2’ International Speech and Table Topics Contest, to be held on 28^th March 2015 from 1:30 to 5:00 PM at Temasek Polytechnic. It is an event not to be missed as you will get to see the best that Toastmaster has to offer. Do join us in cheering for Riz!

Special thanks to all appointment holders and visiting guests: Mugan (Grassroots TMC).

Best Prepared Speech: Yueqi and Salma, CC, CL

Best Project Evaulation: Roger Yap, CC, CL

Best Table Topics: Alvin

Written by: Chen Ken

Table Topics!

Free egg for each speaker!

Thank you all so much!

One of the best prepared speech!

The other one!

Best evaluation!

Best table topics! Well done!

Anchorvale TMC International Speech and Table Topics Contests 2015 on 28th February 2015

11 prepared speeches. 10 impromptu speeches. 2 champions.

Despite being contest day, not a single hint of nervousness could be sensed. Our ever-so-cheerful contest chair Jenny Au, DTM started off the contest by briefing the contestants and audience about the rules and regulations of the international speech contest. Then it began. The international speech contestants are:

Hareesh BN

Ken Chen

Norman Tan

Prasad Karnati

Riz Masurekar

Rudy Tan

Salma Begum

Sathiyamoorthi

Thomas Selvaraj

Wee Chee Sian

Zulhafni Zulkeflee

Right after all the speeches were delivered, the judge ballots were immediately collected and the refreshment break began. With a sumptuous spread of delicious food, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The contest chair then read the rules and regulations of the table topics contest before picking out the table topic for this contest. The contestants were then ushered out of the room, not before confiscating their handphones. Don’t worry, they were returned after the contest. The contestants are:

Alice Ow

Hareesh BN

Rasu

Riz Masurekar

Roger Yap

Rudy Tan

Salma Begum

Senthil

Thomas Selvaraj

Zulhafni Zulkeflee

Again, the judge ballots were immediately collected and the results were tallied. Tokens of appreciation were then presented to all contestants, appointment holders and judges. Good job everyone!

Finally, it’s time for the announcement of the contest results. The winners are:

International Speech

Champion: Riz Masurekar

1^st Runner-up: Zulhafni Zulkeflee

2^nd Runner-up: Salma Begum

Table Topics

Champion: Zulhafni Zulkeflee

1^st Runner-up: Riz Masurekar

2^nd Runner-up: Roger Yap

Congratulations to all winners! And to the rest: don’t be sad, there’s always next year.

Special thanks to all appointment holders, Contest Chair Jenny Au, DTM, Co-Organising Chair and photograher Yueqi Ge, Videographer Anila, SAAs In Tiam Pang, Karthik, Ying Leong, Tally Counters Debananda, Ng Luan Eng, CC, Yap Zhee Lian, Timers Edwin Tan, ACB, ALB, Ng Kin Foong, CC, Chief Judge Lynda Neo, ACB, ALS and her group of Judges.

To see and hear more from our club, visit us at our next chapter meeting on 14 March 2015. Hope to see you there!

Written by: Chen Ken

Phones on sale!

Tokens of appreciation

Contest Chair & Co-Organizing Chair

Table Topics Bronze!

Table Topics Silver!

Table Topics Gold!

International Speech Bronze!

International Speech Silver!

International Speech Gold!

Contestants with Contest Chair