Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC
Best Table Topics: Christina Ho
WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING MEETING! Two Toastmasters, Gladys and Nui, graduated with their "Competent Communicator" titles, seven (7) more participants signed up for Speechcraft 2013 and we had an awesome General Evaluator Ken Lie!
First, Club President Gurmit Singh, CC talked about the advantages of ageing gracefully in his speech "Look on the Bright Side". These include becoming more like a baby (less hair, less teeth), having more attractive women around you (the poorer your eyesight, the more attractive women there are) and not having to worry about a bulging tummy.
Next, Nui Thantong Bang-on, gave a speech on how her life has changed after joining Toastmasters, and what motivated her to join in the first place. She did this to overcome language barriers and many unpleasant incidents at job interviews. Her mother told her to get help with those challenges, and that was when she had her radar switched on. She saw a Speechcraft banner with Andrew Chen's contact number on it, and Andrew asked her to do one thing: "Come and pay!" The rest, is history.
Gladys Tye's speech was about how when she was a child, she monopolized her parents' attention for the first 10 years of her life because she didn't have a sibling yet. Then her younger brother arrived, and her parents' attention shifted to him. Later, she found a boyfriend and "a girl's task is to find the perfect man, and make him yours" (If I found the perfect man I'd sell him for money, but hey, that's me) Gladys then told us about her recent break up with her boyfriend, and how her friend said to learn from the relationship and move on. The finale was when Gladys whipped out her ukulele and made us sing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. Exquisite! Gladys knows how to work the crowd. I confess to singing only 1 line from that whole song: "I'm yours...". But then this is me, the same guy who tore the One Direction song "What Makes You Beautiful" into an awful rap version...
The final prepared speech by Shaun Li, ACS, ALB, was an Advanced Project humourous speech on a serious topic (Leave Them with a Smile). Shaun talked about how he learned how to communicate through his relationships, how he thought "tau" (arrogant or proud, in Hokkien) was "handsome". "The Most Handsome Man on the Planet" also shared how to strategically contrive a meeting with a girl at a bus stop, which I will not share here, and which I also intend to sell for money... "Going Home? - How to meet the girl of your dreams at bus stops and MRT stations"
The evaluator Roger Yap, CC from Anchorvale TMC, gave us thought-provoking questions about Gladys' speech, and asked how many of us would pay money to watch Gladys perform. Many hands went up (mostly guys, but that's beside the point: she has an audience). IPP Ted Chong, ACB, CL, evaluated Shaun's speech by suggesting a more relevant joke.
Table Topics Master Ronnie Wang told a classic joke that will forever be remembered : "For those of you who know me, I'm Ronnie. For those who don't know me, you can also call me Ronnie" Nice one, brother!
Questions include "If you could star in any movie, what would it be, and why?" and "If you could author any book, what would it be, and why?". Christina Ho said she would love to star in the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron, because it is THE romantic movie and it's about how your love is remembered when your lover's not there. (Hint: take long vacations away from each other) And we can all remember what book Peter Koh would have liked to 'author'...
Below are the photos from the event. Till next time, love each other and yourself, communicate, and make money!
-Carl Wong, VPPR
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| Best Prepared Speech: Gladys Tye |
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| Newly-crowned CCs: Gladys Tye and Nui Thantong Bang-on |
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| Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC from Anchorvale TMC |
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| Best Table Topics: Christina Ho |
