Recap: 142th Chapter Meeting by Freya Gwee

The session was kickstarted by the new team of EXCO 2019/2020, starting with Sergeant-At-Arms, CP Yuen; asking all to share the experience of stepping out of the comfort zone and doing something for the first time. From Swimming, Ski-ing, participating in singing contest, wake-boarding and more, our members are learning something new to experience the first-timer adrenaline!

 As the Toastmaster of the Day, TMD, Sarah Ong said

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. By Walt Disney”

So fellow members, do be courageous to explore the unfamiliar and reclaim the joy of learning.

New President, Valliappan, presented a meaningful speech on how National Day Parade, led by example, by collaborating with Zero Waste SG; a new not-for-profit and non-governmental organization dedicated to help Singapore eliminate the concept of waste, and accelerate the shift. For example, from distributing lunch bento boxes to buffet spread, thus reducing unimaginable of plastic waste. Similarly, members are encouraged to suggest or recommend any suggestions to improve the Club functionality. Small steps to big changes.

Next was the crafted Prepared speeches by the confident members. There were a total of six (6) by Joseph Lum – How good is it to have a mentor, Bharathmma – The boy who costed his life, Rusman – Organizational Changes, Wee Chee Sian – The Folk Tale: Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóu Jì), In Tiam – Diffusing Verbal Criticism & Ebnu Etheris –  Finding Balance.

Following the end of the prepared speech segment, a short refreshment break gave us the opportunity to mingle with members & guests.

The project evaluations segment came right after our refreshment break. Narayana Rao, Norman Tan, Pang In Tiam, Hilda Xie, Jeff Lin and Wee Chee Sian gave their opinions on the respective prepared speech speakers. 

Finally came my favourite segment of the meeting, both nerve-wrecking and adrenaline rushing – TableTopics! Table Topics Master of the Day, Tee Lee Hong, prepared with a purpose – To help members think on their feet with glares of anticipating audiences. A total of 8 courageous fellows took the opportunity to challenge themselves! A round of applause for Sathya, Samuel (guest), Pravin (guest), Wilson, Desmond, Freya, Jeff and Sarah.

Appreciation to helpful members:

·        General Evaluator of the Day – Valli Kasinathan,  

·        Ah Counter – Andy Ang and

·        Timer – Wilson Lee, for their contributions.

Before Valliappan wrapped up the meeting, congratulate to:

·        Wee Chee Sian who was voted Best Speaker,

·        Norman Tan who was voted Best Evaluator,

·        14yo Samuel (guest) who was voted Best TableTopic.

·        Joseph Lum who progressed to next Level.

Club President, Valliappan, expressed his heartfelt gratitude who made the meeting a successful, fruitful & eventful one.

Thanks everyone.

Post written by Freya Gwee

Team Building Meeting and New Executive Committee 2019 / 2020 Installation

On 29 June 2019, Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club had its annual Teambuilding Meeting cum Exco Installation. 

                                   Our Immediate Past President 2018/2019 Wee Chee Sian was preparing the room



The meeting was started by Immediate Past President 2018/2019 Wee Chee Sian to share on Annual General Meeting for his CEO term in 2018/2019.

After the AGM, Chee Sian congratulate the Immediate ExCo and Team Members by presented award-winning prizes to Immediate ExCo 2018/2019 Valliappan, Rusman, and Alice (unfortunately other ExCo were not available to attend this meeting), and Team members Achievement in completing their Pathways within the year 2019: Level 1 (Sarah), Level 2 (Andy), and Level 3 (Rusman)

                                                              Members Award Winning 2019 announcement prior ExCo Installation


After this AGM, we were enjoying food refreshment and celebrated the June's birthday babies, we were all wishing to still be a baby :)

Once we have made our stomach happy :),

We have the distinct honour to have Raymond Zhang, Area A4 Director Elect 2019/2020 to conduct our Club's incoming EXCO 2019/2020 installation.

Raymond began the installation by thanking the outgoing Exco members for their valuable contributions. In the 2018-2019 term, Raymond visited Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club thrice, including this visit. He has always been impressed by the quality of speakers in this club, but more importantly, the camaraderie of the club members. It was very clear to him that that the members are a close-knit family, and whenever he visited, He is always felt at home with the Anchorvale CC Toastmasters team wonderful hospitality.

Raymond then went on to install each of the exco members by reading out their roles and responsibilities, and behind every “I will”, it was evident that they are very committed to serve Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club to the best of their abilities and to overcome any challenges that come along their way. 

                              ExCo Installation for term 2019 / 2020 with our new President Valliappan (right corner)

The evening continued with three fun games- “It’s All About You”, Charades, and “Three of a Kind”.

Hilda Xie, the incoming Vice President Education, hosted the segment “It’s All About You”. It was a series of very interesting Table Topics set by her, whereby participants had to pull out the question from the envelope. The questions were all one word long, and they were all intricately designed by Hilda. We all had a great time reflecting on the various aspects of our lives!
  

                                                                    Freya in action to performed her table topic impromptu speech

Sarah Ong and Yuen Cheok Pui hosted the charades segment. The living room was divided into two teams and each team had to send ‘actors’ to ‘act’ out the phrases to the audience in our team for them to guess what it was. All ‘actors’, including myself, amused the audience as we struggled to depict various words and phrases. Indeed, we are all blessed with a mouth to be able to articulate our thoughts well, and it is only through this game, that we realise that our tongues are indeed, very powerful when it comes to communication! 

                                                               Winners of actors to act games


The last game, “Three of a Kind”, was hosted by outgoing President Chee Sian and Freya Gwee. Participants were each given three words, and they had to do an impromptu speech (of any genre), 1-2 minutes long, using these three words. To win the game, the audience must be unable to guess these three words within three attempts. We all had a great time trying to string a story with these three words, and of course, peppering some drama and creative juices to make the stories as fictional as possible.

The night culminated with a BBQ party. I saw many members of the club, working tirelessly just to cook food so that we all could enjoy a hearty meal. I had a great time in the living room, chatting with various members, catching up with them on Toastmasters happenings and even on Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club itself. I could see everyone was enjoying themselves amidst the celebratory and relaxed mood. 

                      

 

          

Here was the feedback from Raymond Zhang, Area A4 Director, District 80, 2019-2020 as he has closely witnessed the Team Building and performed the ExCo Installation for Anchorvale CC Toastmasters club:

Big congratulations goes out to Chee Sian and his team for achieving 10 perfect DCP points for this term! Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club has consistently been doing very well and I’m delighted for all that you have achieved. 

Thank you so much for your hospitality, and it has been a huge honour to be your Installation Officer. I enjoyed myself greatly at your party, and I look forward to visiting you more in my term as the Area A4 Director.
All the best to Valliappan and his team in this new term!

Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club would like to thank so much for Raymond Zhang to came visited us and performed the Exco Installation 29th June 2019.


Written by:
Raymond Zhang, Area A4 Director, District 80, 2019-2020
Rusman Hadijanto, VP PR, Anchorvale CC Toastmasters, 2019-2020