22nd April 2017, it was a much anticipated day for
Anchorvale Toastmasters, as it was the annual Tall-Tales Contest!
As the 103rd
Chapter meeting commenced, we were invited by the Sergeant-At-Arms Zulhafni to
participate in a mini game. He would pose questions for us and we were supposed
to form up in 4 different corners of the room depending on our answers. For
example, the first question was, where do you work? The meeting would then
split themselves into four corners, North, South, East, West and this helped break
the ice successfully
After a few more rounds filled with invigorating laughter, we
went back to our seats for the introduction by our Toastmaster of the day, Wee
Chee Sian followed by President Norman Tan’s Opening Address. Hareesh BN, our Language Evaluator then introduced the Word
of the Day, “Invigorate”.
And finally, it was time for the Prepared Speeches.
First up, it was an Ice-Breaker speech by our new member, Yong
Kang, where he shared with fellow Toastmasters a touching story about his personal struggle to do well in school.
It was then followed by Chun Ming’s speech. His P3 project
titled, “Cherish” reminded everyone not to take our relationships for granted
and to cherish them. Rather than breaking hearts, we should instead break into
the deepest corners of our hearts.
Project evaluations came after and both Rusman Lee and
Zulhafni Zulkeflee gave insights and praises for the speech of Yong Kang and
Chun Ming respectively.
It was then time for the much anticipated Tall-Tales extravaganza!
Nine contestants, Angela Cai, Suresh Subramaniam, Sathiyamoorthi Chinnasamy, Hareesh
BN, Zulhafni Zulkeflee, Wee Chee Sian, Norman Tan, Dino David and Rusman Lee
were pitched against each other to claim the title of “Most Convincing Con-man”
and “Most Creative Speech”.
Overheard by one member, "How can that story be true??"
Healthy interrogation to find out the truth
Looks of disbelief and suspicion
The audience were treated to an array of stories ranging from
ridiculous and unbelievable to heart-warming truths. Yet the question remained,
which of those stories were true, which were lies?
And finally, the answers were revealed and everyone was
aghast as how many stories actually were true. Zulhafni with his incredulous
tale of his journey in Egypt and Dino with his humorous tale of getting lost in Woodlands, both tied for 2nd place, for having tricked several members.
But the “Most Convincing Con-man” award still went to
Sathiyamoorthi who entertained us with his tale of a worm, a 2inches long worm
found inside his food and tricked the most audience members into believing his story
After an invigorating and intriguing afternoon, the 103rd
Chapter Meeting and Tell Tales Contest came to an exciting close!
Photos by: Salma
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