459th Meeting on 5th September 2013

Meeting Recap:
Best Prepared Speech: Tan Mingjian "Take The Next Step" CC P10
Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC
Best Table Topic: Jack Chu

Word of the Day: Ecstasy

President Gurmit Singh, CC, kicked off the meeting by talking about "The Power of Words", and he illustrated this by telling the story of a motivational speaker who could make a member of his audience angry or calm, just by using the right words.

Toastmaster Richard Jia did his P1 from the CC manual, "The Ice Breaker", by talking about how he came to Singapore, studied in NUS and how he got to his present job. He also explained about his personality profile.

Toastmaster Gladys Tye did her P8 ("Get Comfortable With Visual Aids") with her speech entitled "Law of Attraction", showing how grateful she is to have her parents and sibling, colleagues and us Toastmasters at Tampines Changkat. Aww. Also our brains eliminate the word "not", so if I keep saying "I do not want moths flying into my mouth", guess what I'll get? Moths flying into my mouth!

Toastmaster Carl Wong, CC, told the story of George Eliot's "Silas Marner", about a man preoccupied with gold and obssessive saving, who lost it all one day, but he instead got a child with golden hair, who brought much joy into his life, some unexpected happiness.

Toastmaster See Shunwei did his P6 (Vocal Variety) and talked about how laughter can boost our immune system, and reduce stress. Most fascinating of all, is his ability to laugh spontaneously!

Toastmaster Tan Ming Jian did his P10 (Inspire Your Audience) entitled "Take The Next Step", which is about stepping out of his comfort zone, and how he broke through his limitations to participate in the International Speech Contest a few months ago.

Table Topics Master Linda Huang, CC, gave "interview questions" as Table Topics, the likes of "Why are you leaving your current position of Project Manager?" and "What makes you a good telemarketer?"

September Baby: Desmond Ang, CTM

Best Prepared Speech: Tan Mingjian

Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC

Best Table Topics: Jack Chu