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Thursday 28 May 2015

Anchorvale's 69th Chapter Meeting on 23rd May 2015

It was a chilly Saturday afternoon. Our Sergeant-at-Arms Valliappan launched the meeting with an Ice Breaker Question – ‘Selfie Culture’. The atmosphere turned warm when each speaker introduced themselves and most of them agreed that the "Selfie Culture is good, but too much of anything is not good."

Next, Club President Sathya gave his opening address - "How did he KISS the Ugly Frog in his life". Subsequently, our imaginative Language Evaluator, Zulhafni, introduced the "Words of the day." There was a small twist. Speakers were told to use synonyms of the following words: GOOD/BAD/HARD. This is because he felt these words are generally over used. 

We moved on to prepared speeches. There were five exciting speakers waiting to enlighten the audience. The first speaker was Vinay, he delivered his maiden speech - "Boath to Bath". He narrated his life journey from Boath to Bath and finally to Toastmasters. There were surprises in every word he displayed in his slides. The next speaker was Jackie, as he delivered a very informative and interesting speech on ‘Smart Phones,’ now we know who to approach when we want to buy new smart phones.

The third speaker was Rasu, his topic was “Power of Language,’’ he vividly described how he learnt two languages when he travelled from his home town to a distant state. He concluded with a quote “ If you talk to a man in a language he understands, it goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, it goes to his heart.” Our next speaker was Julie Mae, her speech topic was "What's in the T?" She did substantial research and showed vivid images for her speech. It was an eye opener for most of us. 

The final speaker was Peter from Toa Payoh TMC, he showed us ways we could beat the stress, by giving us the ‘Stress Buster.’ By showing us statistics from various research papers, he said that ‘Gratitude’ will bust the stress.  All the speakers were equally impressive, Rasu and Julie Mae were voted as the best prepared speakers for the meeting and kudos to them.

After a refreshment break, we celebrated Birthdays of our May babies, Rasu and Valliappan, and then the project evaluation segment began.

Alice, Rachel, Deb, Rebecca and Muthu gave their respective evaluations of the prepared speeches, Speakers appreciated the valuable feedback from the evaluators. Muthu's evalution scored him the best evaluator's Ribbon.

Ricky, our table topics master, wanted to increase the members' brain cells by twisting the Table Topics. Each participant would draw a topic and first line of the speech should be the topic, i.e once upon on a time. There were nine brave speakers on this segment, Deepti's "This is the day" speech won her the Ribbon.

Everyone was eagerly waiting for the Language Evaluation cum Ah-counter report from our incoming President Zulhafni. His evaluation was impeccable with specific suggestions to each speaker. The audience was especially thrilled with his unique ah-counter report. Another great  meticulous evaluation.

However, all good things must end. The meeting ended with awards presentation and an update of the Revitalized Education Program from our past Area Governor Rebecca Chan. This was yet another scintillating meeting and I hope everyone enjoyed the wonderful Saturday afternoon.

Congratulations to everyone, we are just inches away from President's Distinguished Club again. Keep up the good work. Special thanks to all appointment holders and visiting guests: Peter Goh (Toa Payoh Central CC TMC), Rebecca Chan, ACS/ALB (Fort Canning TMC).


Best Prepared Speech: Rasu and Julie Mae
Best Project Evaulation: Muthu, CC, CL 
Best Table Topics: Deepti


Written By: Sathya CC



The President doing his thing


Our entertaining Toastmaster of the Day - Yue Qi


Very Happy

Birthday Boys


Sharing is Caring. Julie Mae and Rasu win the Best Prepared Speech Ribbon

As usual, Muthu gives another astute evaluation

New Member Deepti impresses as she delivers the Best Table Topic

Special Bonus - Some of our members at the BIG Conference 

Monday 11 May 2015

Anchorvale's Extraordinary Teambuilding/ BBQ Chapter Meeting on 9th May 2015




It truly was a beautiful day to have a barbecue @ Seletar Springs Condo
BIG THANKS to Jenny, Chee Sian, Sathya, Rachel, Norman, Zul and other committee members!


2 PM to 5 PM – Toastmasters Chapter Meeting
5 PM to 6:30 PM – Team Building Games
6:30 PM onwards – Barbeque





I was surprised by the wonderful venue for our barbecue.
We were surprised by a 'square' in our team building games.
Ricky surprised all of us and won the best speaker award for his maiden speech!
‘The surprise is that you continue to be surprised’. Stay tuned for more surprises.

The meeting kicked off with Chee Sian, Sergeant-at-Arms and asking the audience, “What will you do for your mother in Mother’s Day?” All that we are, or hope to be, we owe to our angel mother. Followed by our very own President, Sathya delivering his opening address.



Then we had our Prepared Speech segment, began by Ricky, who did his P1 Ice Breaker!  He shared his target for this year and his passionate reason to join toastmasters. We were stunned by his presentation and wondered if this was P1 for CC or DTM.



Next up, Sridhar delivered his maiden speech P1 for ice breaker. He shared how he overcame his challenges to join toastmaster club. Well done for interacting with the audience.



Our 3rd speaker of the day was Deb, and today was a momentous occasion as this is the first time someone brought a blender to deliver his P8 Get Comfortable with Visual Aids. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. Deb does and I understood. Before today, nobody knew how to make an Indian tea. After today, we all knew how to make it and how it tastes! Thank you Deb for your tea!



Our last speaker, Pang spoke about investment as part of his AP5 – Speaking to Inform. It started with a song “Money Money Money” to grab our attention. Through the sharing of some very useful and eye-catching statistics, Pang pieced apart the return and risks of investment.  His takeaway message – Be mindful and pay respect to the market



All the speeches were very interesting, but there could only be one best speaker, and that honor went to Ricky! What a diamond in the making! Congratulations!

After our “sweetest” refreshment of ice cream and dessert, they were project evaluations conducted by our impressive lineup of Anila, Thomas, Hareesh and Ritz. Did you notice someone was preparing his evaluation while others enjoyed their food and speeches? He was the best evaluator for the day, Hareesh! Congratulations!

Next up was Tables Topics segment conducted by Zul. The theme was ‘Describe the item chosen from the basket of surprises.’ The prizes were whatever you picked from the basket!  Rachel, Thomas, Christine, Ricky, Deb, Vinay, Siew Ping hurried and picked up their surprises. Congratulations to Deb who impressed us the most with his imagination.



Next was Norman to deliver the Language Evaluation! Norman loved the use of a song to start my speech and reminded us to check the internet before speaking a foreign language in a speech. Here at Anchorvale TMC, we can always do better!



But guess what folks, our fun has just begun! After crossing a beautiful swimming pool, we reached our barbecue pit. Our first challenge was to make different patterns using 7 pieces of different shapes. Chee Sian, we just want to relax and enjoy. Please spare us from this kind of strenuous game next time, ok?





Right after that, it was lead the blind and make the word. Dashing off starting points, team A completed the game within 4 minutes. It was 1 minute faster than team B. Well done!




Our funs continued with Balloon War! We were divided to two teams. The team which pierce all balloons from the other team was winner. Interestingly, Salma kept her balloon and did not pierce anyone. Why? Because she was too smart and escaped from the battle!





Finally, barbecue time! A person who does not like barbecue does not exist in our club. We all gathered around the barbecue pit and fight for the foods.



WOW! Chicken wing, corn, fish, mushroom, satay and HOTDOG! This was the heaven of food. All foods on table were finished in seconds!

Special thanks to all our guests who took time off to visit us today, Christine and Siew Ping.

All in all, it was an enjoyable afternoon, evening and night. Do join us for our next meeting on 23rd May.


Congratulations to all Award Winners!

Best Prepared Speech: Ricky Setiawan
Best Project Evaluation: Hareesh BN
Best Table Topics: Debananda Patro