127th Chapter meeting Recap

The meeting kick started with the SAA Jeff Lin asking everyone about their views on global warming and recent calamities that had happened in Japan and Indonesia. Mixed opinions were shared and ideas/solutions were exchanged. The SAA then handed over the session to toastmaster of the day (TMOD) Sajith Kumar. TMOD welcomed Chee Sian for the presidential address. Chee Sian mentioned that “there is always a first time for anything” and encouraged all to participate in the upcoming humorous speech and tall tale contest. Soon after that language evaluator Jenny shared the ‘word of the day’ Magnanimous (meaning generous, charitable, benevolent, beneficent, open-handed).

In the prepared speeches session first speech was given by Dinesh; he spoke about Tiger Woods and his Life Journey. The second speaker was Sarah who spoke about her passion for running. The third speaker Francis spoke about, how our thinking directly impacts our action. 4^th speaker Rusman shared talked on the topic of stress management. The prepared speeches session was entertaining and informational.

Soon after that we had a small break in which everyone enjoyed the sumptuous food including pizzas and tasty lontong/sayor lodeh prepared by Jenny.

During the evaluation session evaluators gave assessment and valuable feedback to the speakers. First speech was evaluated by Lucas, second speech by Valli, third by Deepthi and fourth by Valliappan. For the table topic session Hemant brought very witty and thought-provoking topics e.g. “Who would you haunt when you are gone?”, “Who would you want to invite in next chapter meeting and how would you convince him/her to come?” and many more. Guests and members participated in the session enthusiastically. Language evaluation was then performed by Jenny and it was indeed one of the best evaluation which was beneficial for all the members.

In the end, awards were handed over. The best speaker ribbon was handed over to Francis for is wonderful speech on “Our Thoughts, Our Action” and the best evaluator as well as the best table topic speaker award was handed over to Valliappan. The meeting then concluded and everyone dispersed after taking few mirthful photos!!