Recap: 161st Chapter Meeting – 25th July 2020

Dear Members,

It was indeed yet another stupendous Saturday afternoon well spent at Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club through a Zoom session! It is definitely a key milestone event in the history of Anchorvale CC Toasmasters Club which would perhaps form a part of our 20th Anniversary Celebrations, (I hope so  J) as we had our champion Ng Kin Foong, DTM, doing his champion speech rehearsal. Many thanks to our mentor Jenny Au, DTM and Salma Begum, ACB, ALB, for inviting guests from all over the world.

District 80 Humorous Speech, Table Topics and International Speech Contests triple Champion, Ng Kin Foong appearing on the cover page of Toastmaster Magazine?

Our Sergeant at Arms Sarah Ong, IP1, kick started the meeting with a thought provoking question that made every one of us to rekindle the champion within us. It was “What is the one thing that you would eliminate from your daily routine, in order to become a champion in your life?” Fear of failure, negative thinking, procrastination were some of the answers from our members and guests. “Indeed this keeps the alarm ringing in every one of us to find ways of succeeding in life.”

Not to forget our benevolent yet tyrant (at times J) Toastmaster of the Day, Wee Chee Sian, ACB, ALB. It was a wonderful gesture by Chee Sian to give such a brief introduction about our Sergeant at Arms Sarah Ong, IP1, which I have hardly seen in any of our meetings so far.

Club President Rusman Hadijanto, CTM, CL, DL5 shared his own experience of being surrounded by champions when he was in his school and University, which made him run constantly towards the 10/10 mark, inspite of failures and never be content with what we have achieved. One such search made him join Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club. With that he urged each and every one of us to reactivate the champion within us.

Language Evaluator William Lim, DTM, from Star Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club came up with the Word of the Day “Indite” meaning to write or compose.

Next in the prepared speeches segment, our first speaker,

Santwana Shrivastava, took us through the journey of her life where god was/is always with her making her economically and mentally a strong woman to overcome all the traumas which she faced with two major accidents that happened to her and her younger son. She is a teacher and an avid learner married with 3 children in Singapore.

Our VP Education 2, Venkat Voleti told us how he was living with procrastination for 8 long years in his life and how he is overcoming it by prioritizing his tasks. He makes it a point to complete the first 3 most important tasks in his list without any procrastination. He enlightened us further with his knowledge about procrastination.

Joseph Lum, TC5, shared with us his passion on photography with his speech titled “Smile, you are on camera”.

Salma Begum, ACB, ALB, gave a re-entry with a bang!..... to her lovable Toastmasters journey with her speech “ 

Why I chose to return which was filled with expressions and emotions. Wow!..... A truly amazing speaker whom I look forward. She explained how she felt herself to be dying and toasted for the past 2 years when she was away from Anchorvale CC Toastmasters Club which was her love and passion once upon a time. “Welcome back Salma”, another champion speaker in the making!

Prepared speech speakers clockwise from top left; Santwana Shrivastava, Venkat Voleti, Joseph Lum and Salma Begum

Finally, our District 80 Champion Ng Kin Foong, DTM, rehearsing his championship speech.

District 80 Humorous Speech, Table Topics and International Speech Contests triple Champion, Ng Kin Foong, will be representing Region 13 in the World Championship of Public Speaking Semifinal to be held in August 2020

All our evaluators gave their valued feedback and suggestions to all our speakers. Another great gesture from our champion Ng Kin Foong, DTM, who asked all the evaluators for their feedback which would aid him to retain his championship position. Although it was a bit tasking for the evaluators yet they did a fantastic job!

“I also had a great opportunity to learn as an evaluator”! Thanks a lot!

Table Topics Master, Durga Prasad, did a fabulous job with a variety of questions bundled up on the theme of the meeting “Championship”.

Congratulations to all the brave souls who took up the challenge! “You are truly champions”!

The scrupulous Language Evaluator William Lim, DTM, captured the good usage of the Word of the Day. He also commended on the good usage of words and phrases by our members. In addition, inappropriate and incorrect usage of words and phrases were also noticed and suggestions for improvement were given.

Observant General Evaluator John Tan, ACG, CL, from Geylang Serai Toastmasters Club presented to our Club his insightful and detailed General Evaluator’s report by highlighting certain positive points and providing suggestions for improvement.

Big turnout at our 161st Chapter Meeting with many wonderful guests, friends and visiting Toastmasters

Congratulations to Santwana Shrivastava, Joseph Lum, TC5, and Salma Begum, ACB, ALB, who took a courageous step forward in their Toastmasters Journey.

Certificates of Appreciation given to Ice Breakers; Santwana Shrivastava, Joseph Lum and Salma Begum

DRUM ROLLS PLEASE!!!

The award winners in today’s meeting:

Best Speaker Salma Begum, ACB, ALB

Best Evaluator Chia Choon Kiat, DTM

Best Table Topics Ng Kin Foong, DTM

Award winners Salma Begum, Chia Choon Kiat and Ng Kin Foong

Indited by

Valli Kasinathan, CC