Recap of 402nd Chapter meeting on 21st April

21st April was the eve of a public holiday. The evening of fun and excitement sure lighten up our mood as we approach the long weekend, all thanks to the laughter brought in by our visiting toastmasters.

The sergeant-at-arms reminded us to be grateful of life by beginning with a thought provoking question-of-the-evening, " what is one thing you are thankful of today? " Well, our passionate members are mostly thankful of the simplest thing- being able to be present in the chapter meeting. Same goes for me!

I am the toastmaster of the evening once again:) It just gets addictive once you started on it due to the fun that comes along!

We are so glad to have 2 non-toastmasters and 4 toastmasters visiting us on this meeting. It is always so heart-warming to have a crowd with us that livens our chapter meeting.

The 1st speaker for the evening is our VPE, Shuan who touches us with his story, "Hero." His trademark dramatic speaking style almost brought me into the scene of his story. Thumbs up to our wonderful storyteller.

Ulysses, our youngest member is the next speaker. Do not be deceived by his young age as his experience in public speaking is unparalleled. With his humorous speech, he tickle our funny bone as he shared his experience of " how i'm learning to sing" and obtained the best speaker title.

Angela taught us how to gain a more fulfilling relationship through her 5 languages of love.

Lee JinHwui won the best evaluator title with his extremely detailed evaluation on Ulysses's speech.

The table topics segment conducted by our visiting toastmaster, Linda was exceptionally exciting this evening. I simply have to salute her for the efforts taken in preparing for this segment. Once again, It is the great spirit of fellow toastmasters that inspire me to keep on going. Thank you Linda.

Our language evaluation was also done by a visiting toastmaster, DTM John Sih and was particularly entertaining with his inject of humor. At the same time, it provided tremendous value to our club with his account of the usage of good and 'not so good' English.

It sure was another full-filled meeting, especially with so many guests around. Don't worry if you have missed out the fun as the next meeting is just 2 weeks away on the 5/5/2011. See you there!

Ted
VPPR