Just as you thought Christmas Chapter meetings tend to
have the lowest attendance, Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club defied all
expectations to conduct one of our most successful Chapter Meetings in 2018! With
a special Christmas buffet feast, Christmas Lucky Draw and the attendance of
past Club Presidents all the way from 2013 to 2017, guests and members alike
were treated to a grand party of friendship and celebration that is likely to
be remembered for time to come!
Past Club President 2014-2015 Sathya kicked off the
meeting with a thoughtful question to all on how we would like to give back
during the year-end festivities. Interesting food for thought, especially given
how easily we tend to forget that Christmas is also the season for giving.
This broke the ice between members (*the room was
really cold inside) and Chief Elf aka Toastmaster of the Day, Norman next
introduced Club President Chee Sian, who literally took up the role of Santa
Clause to give out not ONE, but THREE books on public speaking by Dale Carnegie
to Club members! Looking forward to your book reviews soon guys :D
Appreciation can make a day and it can even change a
life, but today it can be used as the Word of the Day as our Language Evaluator
John Tan encouraged us all to embrace and appreciate the people all around us.
I myself, appreciated the Christmas buffet lunch very much.
On that note, food seems to be a rather pertinent
topic for today as even Jerry Lim, ACB, ALB shared his exploits of cooking for
his Advanced Project 5 ‘The Motivational Speech’. The other project speeches
covered a plethora of topics, ranging from managing employee expectations
(Andy, TM – Pathways Level 1 P2), riding the wave of emotions from happy (Rama,
TM – Pathways Level 2, P5) to sadness and regret (Raymond, VC5, EC5 – Pathways
Level 1, P2). We also covered inspirational life stories (Jeff, TM – Pathways
Level 2 P5) and even had time for a mock interview session with IT Pang and his
family (In Tiam, CC – Advanced Project 2 The Interview Show)
After voting, it was time to dive back into our
favourite – FOOD. As guests enjoyed the refreshment break, it was also an
opportune time to celebrate my (ahem!) our members’ birthdays for
December. Special shoutout to the CC Managers, BiÉn and Gabriel who took time
off their busy schedules to join us for the celebration.
CC and RC Managers, Gabriel and Bi En with our Club’s
birthday boy and girl, Norman and Zhaomin
Salma took to the stage next and brought an uplifting
change in her turn as table topics master. Literally, the topic would change as
speakers were on stage, meaning they had to be even more quick-footed to
connect their story to the image flashed on screen. Kudos to the brave souls
who persevered undeterred!
Salma introduced a unique set of Christmas themed
Table Topics
Speaking of LE, John Tan was back to show his
appreciation to speakers who used the Word of the Day. He also pointed our
several ‘’Wow’’ words, good use of the English language and gently encouraged
us all to improve. Spoken like a true English teacher.
Finally before the meeting came to a close, Chee Sian
in his closing address delivered what everyone was waiting for – the Lucky Draw
prizes! Congrats again to the 8 lucky winners of our Christmas giveaway,
sponsored none other than our beloved club mentor, Jenny!
What a memorable meeting it was indeed!
Best Speaker: Raymond Zhong, VC5, EC5
Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC, CL
Best Table Topics: Yu Kang (Jeff’s son)
Best Speaker award goes to Raymond Zhong, VC5, EC5
Best Evaluator award goes to Roger Yap, CC, CL
Best Table Topics award goes to Yu Kang (Jeff’s son)
Written
by: Norman Tan, ACB, CL
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