128th Chapter meeting Recap

128^th chapter meeting held on 14th of October, was an amalgamation of learning and relish.

The sergeant at arms Richen Hu asked everyone “Given a chance, what is it that you would like to relearn?” Some shared their aspirations of relearning mathematics and certain languages, while a few shared their desire to relearn dancing and singing. The podium was then handed over to Muthu Ganesh, the toastmaster for the day. He read out the meeting proceedings for the benefit of guests and new members. With his euphonic voice Muthu invited the President Chee Sian for his address. Soon after that, language evaluator shared the word of the day “ Scintillating “ (synonyms: sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, coruscating, flashing, shimmering). The first speech in the prepared speech session was given by Zhaomin Wang wherein she talked about the meaning of her name. It was her icebreaker speech and she broke the ice with confidence. Next turn to break the ice was of the husband-wife duo, Clarie and Joseph. Both of them gave the introductory speech with zest and zeal. After three “project 1” speech, Lucas gave his Pathway level 1 project 3 speech. Next one in line, Audrey spoke about “cookies” (No, No, No not the tasty crispy cookies, but internet cookies). Satya in his speech spoke about reasons for High blood pressure and also demonstrated how to make a healthy avocado sandwich!! Rusman then came in to rescue all those members who were not clear about the pathways program. He spoke about how to use Pathways toastmaster website.

After a quick “yummy” break, evaluation session began. Evaluators Hemant, Jeff, Haresh, Andy, Frank and Zul appraised the speeches and highlighted some improvement points. The table topic speech session was conducted by Sajith, wherein he brought interesting and witty quotations as topics. Few guests and members participated in the session. Language evaluator, Deepthi, shared the “hits and misses” in the language usage done throughout the session by all speakers. Valliappan and Valliappan’s daughter Rathi were diligently keeping check on the “ah counts” and time, respectively. Jenny did the general evaluation of the session and shared her insights & suggestions. In the end, awards were handed over. The best speaker tag was received by Joseph, and the best evaluator and table topic speaker award was received by Zulhafni. Ribbons were also give to First time speakers and Guests. It was then time to say good bye, but before that a sweet snap was captured. 

It was indeed a scintillating session!