Anchorvale TMC 60th Chapter Meeting on 11th Oct 2014

A thing (An Essence) of beauty is a joy forever, and that beauty resides in Anchorvale TMC. The difference between success and failure is a great team, Anchorvale TMC has a great team, great leaders and that continuous success has been witnessed by many of us, many of our visitors.

The Traditional 'Anchorvale' Birthday VIP Treatment!

Kelvin, TM  as Sergeant-At-Arm called the meeting to order by banging the gavel on the lectern with the warmest welcome to the entire audience. Kelvin introduced himself, adding a topic on his favorite animal and rolled the ball to his right as an ice breaking topic. Fellow toastmasters and the distinguished visitors joined the crowd -  introducing themselves and their favorite animals from chicken, fox, wolf, cow to elephant with interesting thoughts.

Immediately after the introductions, the Sergeant-At-Arm introduced the Toast Master of the Day, Deb, TM, who jovially kicked off the program by re-articulating the two  historical events that happened in October (1) Evacuation of 5 million people in preparation of Cyclone Phailin in 2013 (2)  Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan in 2012 on '11th Oct' coinciding our 60^th Chapter Meeting Date.

In the opening address, our dear President, Sathiyamooorthi, CC, shared his motivational experience in swimming at his thirties and leveraging that successfully on his son at age four. His message was well articulated, that 'the fear lives until we do it for the first time' and thereafter the fear becomes no-fear. Thomas, CC politely shared his 'wish come true' to stand one day before everyone as language evaluator. He announced the 'word of the day'  as Pugnacious explaining the meaning and correct usage of the word. Looking forward to hear more such words from Thomas, CC, creating a sense of illusion in the thinkers mind :-)

Toastmaster of the Day, Deb, TM gave us a heads up about the forthcoming excitements as there were 5 marvelous prepared speakers lined up to thrill us with their chill topics. Alice, TM continued the momentum of the chapter meeting being first speaker of the day. She has shared her bicycling experience on 2^nd Project titling "Bicycle (hurt healed by love)".Mae, TM enlightened the audience by the power of the words, both spoken and unspoken. Pang, TM  made entire audience 10 years younger by his speech and providing the techniques on "How to be 10 years younger".  Being an engineering student, Norman, TM  influenced us with a strong inspirational story about a mouse, chicken, pig, cow and how small events can end up making big changes. Finally Hareesh, TM engaged the audience by compelling us to write down our 3 dreams and reminding us that "You have the freedom to choose".  

Being born in the month of October, Kelvin, TM,  Thomas, CC & Hareesh, TM gave us the  opportunity to celebrate their birthday with the Anchorvale Toastmasters Club family. Chee Sian, TM remains unbeatable in organizing events and it was one of the arrangements beside BBQ party, Trip to Malaysia, etc. the 20 minute refreshment break indeed flew in a second with real enjoyment.

Deb welcomed back everyone with a humorous joke 'Eat whatever you want and bill will be paid by your grandson'.  Roger, CC/CL,  Zulhafni, ACB, Sanchit Rao, CC, ALB, Richard Tay, DTM, Salma, CC  as evaluators, provided the honest reaction in a constructive manner to the speaker’s efforts which not only helped the speakers but provided many key take-aways for all of us.

The most awaited segment of the chapter meeting was led by Mae, TM - the best ever Table Topic comprising the quotations from various Philosophers, Politicians, Celebrities, Scientists from different parts of the world. 7 speakers, acombination of  fellow toastmasters, visitors, welcomed guests, re-emphasized those quotes in their individual speeches.

Immediately after Thomas, CC shared that many of the speakers have used the 'word of the day' well, Salma, CC was led the grand presentation for certification of Hareesh & Norman on their successful completion of 10^th project entitling "Competent Communicator" with a burst of poppers and cheers. Congratulations to Hareesh & Norman for achieving the milestone, and congratulations to all award winners from 60^th Chapter Meeting!

Relatively being a new member of Toastmasters club, I, Debananda Patro have eagerly agreed to take up the role as TMD on the 58^th & 60^th Chapter Meeting with short notice - it gave me a wonderful experience to host and long-term benefits. This is not just about playing a role but it gave me enormous experience and ideas to create an atmosphere of interest, expectation, receptivity. I'd look forward to more such opportunities going forward.

Last but not least, thank you for the sweet words from Sanchit Rao, CC, ALB, EASB TMC Melvyn Goh, CC, CL, Area A2 Governor, Armada, SIA Toastmasters club, Jackie CC, NUS TMC and their remarkable appreciation about our Toastmaster club – made our day. Those words remain unforgettable in Anchorvale Toastmasters Club's book.

Salma, CC Claiming Best Evaluator Ribbon!

Best Prepared Speech: Hareesh

Best Project Evaluator: Salma, CC

Best Table Topics: Melvyn, CC, CL

Laughter, Fun, knowledge is the cherished diet for us will go and go on .. ..

With that, we wish Norman and Hareesh our heartiest congratulations for completing their CC Manuals! And do join us for the next meeting on the 8th November!

Entry by:  Debananda, TM

Anchorvale TMC 59th Chapter Meeting on 27th September 2014

59^th chapter meeting @ 59 Anchorvale Road

To many, Saturday is the best day of the week. Often there is no work, no school, nothing but a free day to do what you need to care of, or have fun. What could make a Saturday afternoon even better? It was attending the Anchorvale TMC’s Chapter Meeting.

The sergeant-at-arms, Ying Leong, kicked off the 59^th chapter meeting by bringing out our attention on the specialty of this particular meeting. It was the number of this chapter meeting which matched with the location of Anchorvale TMC at 59 Anchorvale Road. Ying Leong embraced this coincidence and serendipity, and proposed to share our “59^th birthday wishes” as the ice-breaking session topic. Our toastmasters, honored visitor and guests shared their creative and heartwarming wishes for their far and near 59^th birthday to come.

In the opening address, our dear President, Sathiyamooorthi, CC, shared his experience with a passenger service staff and how he became inspired by her to have passion in whatever he does. When our language evaluator, Zulhafni, ACB gave us the “word of the day”, he mystified us by introducing the word “obfuscate”. This word challenged all of our speakers throughout the chapter meeting until Zul explained his intention of sharing this word. As an effective communicator, we all should be sensitive with the language we are using and to avoid using obscure words to obfuscate the audience.

There were 6 speakers who attempted their projects in the prepared speech session. All of their speeches were beyond eloquent. Rasu, the 1^st speaker of the day, narrated the importance of being rich. Mae delivered a beautiful speech by sharing her personal travelling experience to India, Sri Lanka and many other places. Her speech elaborated the quote “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” which was recognized by most of audiences. Ken with his powerful mix of serious and humorous style, recounted the downside of technology in communication. He reminded us the importance of face-to-face communication and to retain the skill of personal interaction with others. Our powerful lady, Anila, delivered us the techniques of being successful. Chee Sian presented his speech in a great creative form, to connect the characters in “Journey to the West” (one of the most well-known Chinese mythologies) with employees in modern corporate world. Our affable Salma, CC demonstrated the truth of “the last is the best”. She revealed the “Anchorvale’s Wow Factor” in her first goodwill speech from advanced communication manual. Her emphatic and epigrammatic speech won her the best speaker in prepared speech session.

During the break for refreshments, Anchorvale TMC revealed another “Wow factor” by celebrating birthdays for members born in September. I was honored and overwhelmed with emotion for being the only birthday person attending this chapter meeting. A delicious rainbow cake was prepared by Chee Sian, and shared with everyone present in this chapter meeting. Thank you for the arrangement!

In the project evaluation session, our esteemed evaluators, Prasad, Roger, CC/CL, Riz, Kee Min, Harseesh and Muthu, CC, provided their thoughtful evaluations to the respective speakers. Muthu’s waggish comments towards Salma’s speech won him the Best Evaluator of the day.  Next came to the most exciting section– table topics. Our table topics maters, Anila, gave the theme of sharing “embarrassment moments” in life. It is always enjoyable to hear the impromptu speeches from the colorful characters.  Our guests were brave enough to stand up and to think hard about the awkward moments in their lives. The room resounded with the laughter upon listening to their recounts.

Before Zul shared with us his language evaluation, Salma held a small induction ceremony for the newly joint members. All the new members in Anchorvale TMC were committed to make every endeavor to participate and contribute to TMC events.

Congratulations to all award winners! It was the best day of the week! The presence and participation of our toastmasters, honored visitor and guests made this Saturday afternoon even more wonderful.

To experience it for yourself, visit us at Anchorvale TMC’s 59th Chapter Meeting on the 10th of October.

Special thanks to all appointment holders and visiting Toastmasters: Kee Min.

Best Prepared Speech: Salma, CC

Best Project Evaluator: Muthu, CC

Best Table Topics: Fina

Written by: Yue Qi

Most "Wow" Speaker!

Top Table Topics Taker!

Anchorvale TMC Extraordinary Chapter Meeting on 13th September 2014

Beyond ordinary – that’s what we are, and always will be.

It’s Saturday, but no ordinary Saturday. It’s the second Saturday of the month, and all roads led to the 59^th Anchorvale Toastmasters Extraordinary Chapter Meeting at Sengkang West Zone, ‘D’ RC Centre where fun, prizes, and surprises awaited everyone!

Our able President, Sathiyamoorthi, CC, set the mood of a champion club by bringing out photos of two dashing gentlemen who made name in football, Philippe Lahm of Germany, and Lionel Messi of Argentina. A winning team is not necessarily a bunch of elite players, rather a company of characters that can cohesively work as one as articulated by our President in his opening address.

Part of the prize when attending Anchorvale Toastmaster’s Chapter Meeting is a privilege seat to witness prepared speeches from our talented fellow Toastmasters, to be inspired, entertained, and enthused. To start off the highlight of the meeting, a not-so-talented (yet ,eager to learn) Toastmaster kicked off the show (oh, it was moi!) with my Project 2 topic on photography. I began by sharing my little knowledge on photography, and then shared my personal philosophy behind it – what cameras see that our eyes don’t, and sharing that experience to people and hopefully enlarge their own life experience.

From the wonders of eyes and lens, Hwee Leng, our second speaker brought us to the wonder of human mind, and explained in details how the mind influence, not only on our thoughts, but also on our natural expression manifested in our daily communication with her Project 3 subject, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). I felt the topic is quite relevant to most of us who are learning public speaking, at the same time, managing our personal relationships by preventing conflicts and arguments.

And from knowing one’s mind to managing other’s mind, particularly the intricate and delicate minds of women, Muthu ably enlightened us the striking difference between male and female thoughts in his Advanced Project 1 topic. Not only informative and interesting, the third speaker of the day tickled the audience with his punch lines and humorous anecdotes, as well as, educated his androgenic audience on how to better understand their estrogenic counterparts, how to avoid conflicts, and how to work out a more understanding, loving and progressive relationship. He bagged the Best Project Speaker of the day!

It’s time to think and speak on your feet! Our Table Topics Master, Rachel Heng, took center stage, and brought more surprises to everyone as she brought along mementos coming from different parts of the globe, and put them inside a black plastic trash bag (what a nice way to wrap surprise presents these days!). Participants were to draw one item from the plastic bag, and share their thoughts about it in 1-2 minutes. Our amiable Past President, Roger Yap, CC/CL, wowed the audience as he brought us to Mongolia along with his memento through the figment of his imagination and the gift of tongue. He was awarded as the Best Table Topic Speaker of the day!

Evaluation time! The debonair Zulhafni, ACB kicked off this portion with his creative delivery of his evaluation of my project, and provided me an honest and direct feedback (so thanks for that, dude!). He is followed by our eloquent Salma, CC who shared an insightful evaluation to Hwee Leng’s project. And lastly, our charming Roger Yap, CC/CL brought the house down as he delivered his evaluation for Muthu’s project. He brought home his second bacon after winning the Best Evaluator of the day. Using triple Ks (Kiss – Kick – Kiss) methodology (and no, they didn’t give us a kiss!), the evaluators rightly pointed out our strengths, and more importantly stressed the things we can improve.

It had been a fruitful, fun, and entertaining Saturday afternoon so far, but that wouldn’t have been made possible if not for our equally able Debananda, our Toastmaster of the Day who cunningly stirred us around from start to finish during the program, and put everything in order.

Has it come to an end, yet? No! The evening was still young, and the fun has just begun. Anchorvale Toastmasters Club held its teambuilding session with quiz and games – which means more fun, prizes and surprises to come.

Our enthusiastic quizmaster, Riz, spellbound everyone with his wits and tricks as he chaired the quiz show, after the group was divided into three teams to compete with each other. The energetic Chee Sian took over the limelight from Riz when he moderated the game, Pictionary cum Charade, as our game master. In the end, we learnt how Anchoreans are not only good in speaking communication, but also great in communicating without the spoken language – reading between the lines and behind those horrific drawings!

Team 2 (oh, it’s my team!) was proclaimed as winners, but overall, Anchorvale Toastmasters Club transpired as the real champion as we ably demonstrated how we could continue to create great things together with fun, help develop one other, and move forward as one.

The sun had started setting down, and dusk enveloped the sky, yet it’s still not to go home for Anchoreans. The second and the best part of last Saturday’s program was yet to start. Barbecue Party!

As a newbie of this club, it was my rare opportune to commune with my fellow Anchoreans, and get to know some of them on a personal level. The high-spirited Salma immediately set up the place, and voila, everything settled in their proper places in minutes! I was tasked to do the most laborious tasks -- making the garlic bread (LOL, shame on me, and please take note of the sarcasm). As I gently spread the garlic butter on each slice of bread, others were sweating out trying to make fire at the BBQ pit, while the rest painstakingly threading food onto the skewers or wrapping potatoes and corn with thin foil to be barbecued.

More people were arriving for the night, while I started smelling the aroma of barbecue food from the pit a few meters from me. Little by little, pieces by pieces, cooked food came to our table, and immediately vanished! As the night progressed, everyone was moving around, catching with up with fellow Anchoreans, and simply having a great time.

Every great event always has extraordinary people behind it. The Anchorvale Toastmasters Club Extraordinary Chapter Meeting cum Team Building cum barbecue party wouldn’t have been made possible if not for our dedicated, extraordinaire Anchoreans: Chee Sian, Salma, Anila, and our President, Sathiya. Well done and kudos to you, guys! And to everyone who came, and contributed to the success of the event, congratulations and thank you for this wonderful, memorable event!

The activity wrapped up with a “groupie”, and Anchorvale Toastmasters Club, again, emerged as the champion.

“It's unbelievable what we have achieved. Whether we have the best individual player doesn't matter at all. You just need to have the best team.” 

- Philipp Lahm

To catch more fun, prizes, and surprises, visit us at Anchorvale TMC’s 59th Chapter Meeting on the 27th of September. I’m sure you will have loads of fun!

Just a gentle reminder: This coming Saturday, 20^th of September, our Club Humorous & Evaluation Speech Champions, Riz and Zulhafni, ACB, will be participating in the Area A2 Humorous an Evaluation Speech Contest. It will be held at Temasek Polytechnic, Business School, Block 26, Level 2, Lecture Theatre 19 from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. If you are free, please come down to support our dear members in their fight to greater heights.

Special thanks to all appointment holders and family members of Anchoreans (as coined by Mae :D), who helped to prepare the awesome food we had.

Best Prepared Speech: Muthu

Best Project Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC/CL

Best Table Topics: Roger Yap, CC/CL

Written by: Julie Mae

Game Master Chee Sian

Muthu clinching the gold for his prepared speech.

Roger effortlessly bagged the other two!

2nd Runner-up!

1st Runner-up!

Champion team! Congrats!

Everyone helping out with preparation.

Satay, anyone?

A gift-of-appreciation for Chee Sian, the organizer of today's event. Thank you!

Everyone had fun? You bet!

Anchorvale TMC 57th Chapter Meeting on 23rd August 2014

Inspiring & interesting, short & sweet.

Our dear President, Sathiyamoorthi, CC, kicked off Anchorvale’s 57^th Chapter Meeting by discussing goal-setting and how to achieve it. BAR. Word of the Day – bar. Norman, our language evaluator explained the multiple uses of the word ‘bar’ and encouraged us to use it throughout the meeting.

It was time for our prepared speeches. Initially we were supposed to have a total of 3 speakers, but 2 of them dropped out. Despite that, the chapter meeting has to go on. Mae gave an inspiring speech on how she discovered her own identity and how fortunate she is for having such understanding and accepting people in her life. Her confidence and courage won her a standing ovation from some of our members.

Next up was the brain-racking table topics segment. The theme Ken gave this time round is phobia. There are many different types of phobia in the world, some serious, some may just seem comical. Speakers had to pick at random one type of unusual phobia and speak about it.

Rachel then gave her evaluation of Mae’s speech. She pointed out the good aspects of her speech and gave her some tips to improve. They both seem to have one problem in common – sticking with the time limit! Nonetheless, let’s all improve on that together! :)

Norman, our language evaluator gave high praises to speakers who have used the word of the day and literary techniques, such as rhetorical question and triads, correctly. We were also blessed with a general evaluator for this chapter meeting. Visiting toastmaster Daniel Chu, CC/CL, commented on how our meeting was held and gave us some useful pointers for improvement.

On another note, Anchorvale TMC presents … … the Anchorvale Progress Roster! For the first time, we are trying out this new format of providing update through Google docs. If it works well, this format can hopefully be adopted for booking of speeches in the future, which will hopefully ease congestion while simplifying the process! This form is specially done up by our charming Norman and Zulhafni, ACB. Please click on the link below to fill in the form. It will only take you a minute!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KYyi0io1JeReVhs33JgZuWS7YbcdJgEhX5IDsXiUeVk/viewform?usp=send_form

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. Take your first step in overcoming your fear of public speaking. Come down for Anchorvale TMC’s 58^th Chapter Meeting on the 13^th of September. Just a reminder for all our members, our 58^th Chapter Meeting will be held in conjunction with a team bonding event (BBQ @ Blk 317). Mark it on your calendars! You are welcomed to bring along your family members as well. Special thank goes to Chee Sian for making the beautiful poster.

A big thank-you to all appointment holders and visiting Toastmasters: Daniel Chu, CC/CL and Justin, ACB/ALB.

Best Table Topics: Salma, CC

Written by: Chen Ken

Norman explaining the Word of the Day.

Mae delivering her inspirational speech.

Daniel giving a general evaluation of the meeting.

Salma! Grabbing the gold effortlessly!

Kudos to Mae!

Our lovely August babies!

Anchorvale TMC Mini-Workshop on 16th August 2014

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

I stepped into the room last Saturday expecting a long lecture on achieving speech objectives. I was wrong, well, partially. Anchorvale TMC’s club mentor, Richard Tay, DTM started off by discussing how to craft speeches that bring the most out of it. He also highlighted points that we should look out for when crafting our speeches. He then moved on to discuss how to evaluate speeches. He outlined the roles of an evaluator as well as how he/she should go about doing it. I would say that it was a pleasure listening to Richard going through important aspects in a Toastmasters journey to us CC wannabes. It was definitely educational, engaging and enjoyable.

After the refreshment break, we had a lineup of 8 speakers attempting their Projects 1 to 3. Alice, Yue Qi, Kelvin and Jia Jun, attempted their maiden speech, ‘The Ice Breaker’. Debananda and Ying Leong moved on to their Project 2, ‘Organize Your Speech’. Saleena, Anila and Ken rounded off the prepared speeches segment by delivering their Project 3, ‘Get to the Point’.

The greatest benefit of delivering a speech at this mini-workshop is that we have a panel of esteemed evaluators all commenting on the speeches. Richard Tay, DTM, Sathiya, CC, Roger Yap, CC/CL, Thomas, CC and Zulhafni, ACB separately evaluated 4 different areas (General Feedback, Body Gestures, Vocal Variety, Language Use) of the speech right after it is delivered. You definitely can say that these evaluations are served right out of the oven, piping hot!

Although the timing went well off the original schedule, I can safely say that every single minute there at the mini-workshop was worth my time.

Do drop by for Anchorvale TMC’s 57^th Chapter Meeting on the 23^rd of August. It will definitely be worth your afternoon. Believe me.

Best Prepared Speech: Anila

Written By: Chen Ken

Richard's lecture

Alice receiving evaluation from Thomas

Zul enthusiastically expressing his evaulation

Round of applause for Anila!!!

Anchorvale TMC Humorous & Evaluation Speech Contest 2014 on 26th July 2014

Champions of Humorous & Evaluation Speech are crowned!

The moment the contest started, I had a feeling that it was going to be extraordinary. It wasn’t just the enthusiastic speakers or the passionate audiences, it was the atmosphere in the room that gave me this feeling. There was such a big crowd that we did not even have enough chairs for all of them!

The contest began with the Humorous Speech segment. Each and every contestant was given 5 to 7 minutes to deliver a prepared speech while trying their best to crack up the audiences. The contestants were: Hareesh, Prasad, Rasu, Riz, Roger, Thomas, Chee Sian and Zulhafni. As they performed their amusing speeches one by one, we all laughed till our stomachs hurt.

After the refreshment break, the Evaluation Speech segment began. We had the honour of having William, President of Vietnam TMC, deliver a speech as a test speaker. He recounted the best birthday experience he had to date, and even left us something to ponder over:

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

- Mark Twain

It was then the evaluators’ turn to shine. The contestants were: Hareesh, Rachel, Rasu, Roger, Thomas, Chee Sian, Zulhafni. They excellently pointed out good points in William’s speech as well as areas of improvement using their own unique ways.

Before we knew it, the contest came to a close with the presentation of tokens of appreciation to all contestants, appointment holders and judges. Finally, the moment was here. The announcement of contest results!

Humorous Speech

Champion: Riz Masurekar

1^st Runner-up: Roger Yap, CC/CL

2^nd Runner-up: Zulhafni Zulkeflee, ACB

Evaluation Speech

Champion: Zulhafni Zulkeflee, ACB

1^st Runner-up: Roger Yap, CC/CL

2^nd Runner-up: Hareesh BN

Congratulations to all award winners! Three cheers for our champions! Hip, hip, hooray! Let’s cheer them on as they proceed towards the Area and District levels!

Do come on down for our Members Initiation Workshop cum 57^th Chapter Meeting on the 23^rd of August. I promise you that it will be as exciting and engaging as this contest.

Special thanks to all appointment holders, contestants and visiting Toastmasters.

Written by: Chen Ken

Enticing trophies!

What a crowd!

July babies! Happy Birthday!

 Anchorvale Ace Team

FUNSHOT!

Anchorvale TMC Chapter Meeting & Installation of 2014/2015 EXCO on 12th July 2014

2014/2015 EXCO installed! Prepare now for an awesome year ahead!

Learn from the past and look towards the future. A remarkable year just ended and another incredible year just began. Today’s chapter meeting is unlike any other as it also includes the installation of the 2014/2015 EXCO. *Round of applause*

To start off the meeting, our Outgoing President Roger Yap CC/CL presented chocolaty tokens of appreciation to the 2013/2014 EXCO for assisting him in managing the club throughout the year. Next came the installation of the 2014/2015 EXCO by Incoming Division ‘A’ Governor Kenneth Yeo, ACS/ALB. All EXCO members were made to swear upon the gavel that we will perform our duties to the utmost of our abilities. Incoming President Sathiya CC then delivered his inaugural address. Oh my gosh… we all laughed so hard at his amusing story of why he joined Anchorvale TMC and how he progressed through the years. Good job to your maiden President’s Address, Sathiya! Congratulations!

Outgoing Division ‘A’ Governor Carolyn Street-Johns, DTM and Outgoing Area ‘A2’ Governor Rebecca Chan, ACB/ALB both shared their experience of being their respective roles in the past year and gave well-wishes to their successors. Most importantly, they both revealed that their favourite club will always be the one and only Anchorvale TMC! What honour! Incoming Division ‘A’ Governor Kenneth Yeo, ACS/ALB also addressed his hopes for the upcoming fiscal year.

Today, we had a long refreshment break as we all enjoyed the delicious food prepared by Salma’s friend’s mother. Many thanks to her for taking the effort!

We were honoured to have our club mentors Jenny Au, DTM and Richard Tay, DTM give speeches meant to advice and encourage the incoming EXCO. Jenny discussed why teamwork is powerful and how to achieve it. We even played games to build our team-bonding abilities. The games involved solving word puzzles and blowing balloons. Congratulations to the winning teams! Richard then emphasized the importance of dreaming big and thinking big. He shared with us who he WAS and how he became who he IS today.

The last event of the meeting is the table topics session. Our Table Topics Master Riz Masurekar challenged participants to rack their brains to give an impromptu speech regarding slogans of various companies.

Do come on down for the Humorous and Evaluation Speech Contests on the 26^th of July. Trust me, your time there will be made worthwhile as you witness the battle of wits and the clash of titans.

Special thanks to appointment holders and visiting Toastmasters: Outgoing Division ‘A’ Governor Carolyn Street-Johns, DTM, Outgoing Area ‘A2’ Governor Rebecca Chan, ACB/ALB, Incoming Division ‘A’ Governor Kenneth Yeo, ACS/ALB, Incoming Area ‘A2’ Governor Melvyn Goh, CC/CL.

Best Table Topics: Zulhafni Zulkeflee, ACB

Written by: Chen Ken

Roger and his mentors

Sathiya giving his inaugural address

2014/2015 EXCO installed!

FUNSHOT!!!

Yum yum!

Winning team for word puzzle game. Congrats!

Winning team for balloon game. Congrats!

FUNSHOT!!!

Zul’s interpretation of Nokia’s slogan got him the gold