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 28th 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!
