It was yet another
Chapter meeting on 25th April, but it was anything but uneventful,
as it had several guests with us, hailing from Grassroots TMC,
Hope@Toastmasters, Bishan Toastmasters and NTU Toastmasters.
The meeting kicked
off with our very own President, Sathya
delivering his opening address and asking the audience, “What is your
nickname?” Everyone is bound to have a nickname at some points of our lives –
but it is merely an alias that is suitable for our own true style J
Thereafter, we had
our Prepared Speech segment, spearheaded by Alvin, who did his P1 Ice Breaker! He shared his musings about how
he originally thought Toastmasters stood for ‘Toast Bread’ Club. As he narrated his hilarious recollections, we
as an audience were ‘stun like vegetable’
but never so certain about his flair for public speaking :)
Next up, we had Deb who delivered his P7- Research your
topic! He spoke about hobbies
and its importance as a form of relaxation. As the saying goes, a hobby a day, keeps
the doldrums away! Speaking about his favorite hobbies, Match box, Stampers and
Watches, Deb even brought his own
impressive collection of watches! Dedication indeed!
Our 3rd
speaker of the day was In Tiam, and
today was a momentous occasion as he was delivering his P10 Inspire your
audience. Question of the day- what is your goal of being here? As In Tiam encouraged everyone to adopt SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Relevant, Time Bomb) goals, he also shared with us simple and
achievable steps towards realizing our goals but all the while emphasizing the
need to be realistic and grounded.
Our last speaker, Melvyn spoke about Risk and our risk
inclinations as part of his AP5 – Speaking to Inform. Through the sharing of
some very useful and thought-provoking statistics, Melvyn pieced apart the notion of risk and elucidated how one’s
risk can be easily tainted between Perception and Reality, which separates the
real hazards from the imaginative ones. His takeaway message - Life is all
about taking risks. If you never take a
risk, you will never achieve
your dreams.
All the speeches
were very interesting, but there could only be one best speaker, and that honor
went to Deb! Congratulations!
As our evaluators
prepared their speeches, we delved into the Tables Topics segment conducted by Norman. The theme for today’s
segment is ‘What is your ideal holiday?’
with a catch – each speaker must draw a random mode of transport and budget
from a pre-determined list. Kudos to all who attempted, Vinay, Rachel, Alvin,
In Tiam and Jackie and congratulations to Vinay who impressed us the most with
a $200 trip to Kuala Lumpur via bicycle!
Next up was the project evaluations conducted by our
impressive lineup of Deb, Leo, Melvyn and Zulhafni! It
was Deb’s maiden attempt at evaluation and it was a close fight. However, the
veterans were too strong and the competition was so intense that there was a
triple tie for the best evaluator, which eventually went to our Area Governor, Melvyn Goh!
Congratulations!
Last but not
least, we had our special guests DTM
Crispin Rodrigues and Jennifer Lee CC, CL to deliver the Language Evaluation and General Evaluation
respectively! Crispin wowed us with
his intricate yet spot-on analysis of the meeting’s language use while Jennifer crafted such a detailed evaluation,
reminding us at Anchorvale that we definitely still have room to become better
=)
Special thanks to
all our guests who took time off to visit us today, Thomas, CC, ALB and Jennifer,
CC from Grassroots TMC, Melvyn, CC,
CL from Hope@Toastmasters, Leo Tan from Bishan Toastmasters and
last but not least, DTM Crispin from
NTU Toastmasters!
All in all, it was an
enjoyable afternoon, albeit a little too short. Regardless, do join us next
month, as we will be having an Extraordinary Team Building Chapter Meeting!
There will also be a barbecue together with games, so do join us for
this special extravaganza!
Details are as follows:
- · Date: 9th May 2015
- · Venue: Seletar Springs Condo
- · Time: 5.30- 8.00pm
See you there!
Written By: Norman Tan
Language Evaluator Crispin wowing us as usual
Alvin after delivering an impressive Ice Breaker
Congrats Vinay for a terrific table topic
Awesome AG after an exquisite evaluation
Deb as usual successfully prepared a splendid speech
Riz the talented Toastmaster of the Day getting his CC ribbon
In Tiam the intelligent inspiration receiving his CC ribbon
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