Did you discover something new over the weekend? If you did, then you've probably attended Anchorvale Toastmasters 111th Chapter Meeting last Saturday, 30th September 2017. If you did not and you want to learn to become a better speaker and leader in a relaxed, supportive environment then visit the most coolest club, Anchorvale CC Toastmasters club.
Hemant, our macho Sergeant-At-Arms of the day, kicked-start the meeting with a topic about Victory and how it meant to each one of us. And without further delay he immediately reminded us that it is our membership dues renewal, such an astounding reminder, he felt victorious afterwards.
Toastmaster of the Day Jeff Lin – who was diligent and very inspiring specially with his witty remarks and cute smile. After explaining the programme of the day, he invited Madame President Salma to deliver her emotional speech. She gave her fans some advice about creativity and encouraged everyone to give more speeches, take more roles and to continue improving. Madam Salma stands proudly for creativity by sharing to us things like injectable contraceptives in India and how a waste plastic can be reused for building road. She emphasized why creativity is really a crucial factor for our future success and how it can gives us a competitive advantage. This is probably the secret to her public speaking success.
We had five project speeches that day:
Helena's Project 1 Pathways titled "2nd chance" really gave her the chance to showcase her talent. Followed by Narayana who also flawlessly completed his Project 1 Pathways titled "What's in a name". With such pizzazz, Chu Chuen carried out his Project 2 Pathways titled "Want to see a doctor? Not that simple". Sam Wang’s Project 3 was a superb story titled "To be successful, is it worth risking your health?". Muthu's AP1 speech was riddled with paradoxes, similes and persuasive metaphors entitled "A riddle". Our final prepared speaker that kept us on the edge of our seats was our comedic diva, our friendly neighborhood guy Zul, who just completed his AP5 titled "The Laju incident".
Then came Norman Tan's favorite time: refreshment break! We had outstanding homemade salad from Jenny, it was really good. It was so delicious that she even forced a tomatoe into Chee Sian's mouth, such kindness, everyone's heart melted.
Followed by another round of excellent feedback from our evaluators. Vicky, Owen, Rus-man, Alice, Zul and Salma gave their respective evaluations of the prepared speeches. Special congrats to Mr. Vicky d'Versatile who completed his first evaluation, this according to him. Zul was teary-eyed and took scores of selfies while doing the chicken dance because he was really proud winning the best evaluator award, such a momentous event, bravado my friend!
We moved on to Table Topics, conducted sternly and brilliantly by our VP of Education Chee Sian. The topics were based on intelligent quotes inspired by his past experiences, previous affairs, childhood flashbacks, unforgettable evoking dreams and the almighty google search. Our table topics speakers wowed us as they tackled these mind-bending quotes with unflappable brilliance. Below are samples for you to practice.
- He who asks is a fool
- A rumor travel, a truth stay put
- My bed is magical place, I can remember what I have forgotten to do
- would you like your coffee black or what?
- My first date
- Beauty is skin deep and ugliness is deep to the bone
- Today is the tomorrow you worry about yesterday
Our beloved Deepthi took up the role of the Language Evaluator. She commended and gave everyone a high-five for successfully using the word of the day "astounding". Big thanks also to Raymond Wong for being the Ah-counter of the day.
Roger's general evaluation was impeccable with specific suggestions to each speaker and everyone who generously shared their time and talent to this wondrous event. The audience was especially thrilled with his unique stories specially when he shared to us how he managed to recollect his name from his wife over the phone during an unforgettable titillating experience with a cop. Another great meticulous evaluation and story telling from the panegyrist master.
Special thanks to all our guests who took time off to visit us last Saturday.
Do join us for the next chapter meeting on 14 October at Anchorvale CC, 3rd floor Falcon room.
Congratulations to all Award Winners!
Best Project Speech: Sam Wang
Best Project Evaluation: Zulhafni Zulkeflee
Best Table Topic: Vicky Frantz
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