Best Prepared Speech: Christina Ho
Best Evaluator: Shaun Li, ACS, ALB
Best Table Topic: Gladys Tye, CC
Word of the Evening: ENERVATE
Club President, Gurmit Singh, CC, kicked the meeting off
with a story about a man who took the place of a diety in a temple,
for one day. And he had to follow only one simple rule: He mustn't
say anything when he takes the place. After watching a sailor get
blamed for stealing a wallet which someone else took, the man
couldn't keep quiet any more, and spoke up that he saw it was someone
else who stole it. When the deity returned and asked the man if
anything interesting happened, the man said he just saved a sailor
from being thrown in jail unnecessarily. However, the deity told the
man that he had just killed the sailor; the sailor's ship was
supposed to be sunk, and the sailor was to be exempt from boarding
the ship, when he was supposed to be in jail. What's the moral(s) of
the story? Deities have grand plans, some of which we don't yet
understand. Do what deities tell you to. And stop taking the place of
deities! Do the work you're paid to, and enjoy your days off!!
The first Prepared Speech (CC Project
3: Get to the Point, entitled “Greeeeen”) by Toastmaster Chan
Chee Wai, was about taking care of the environment. He summed it up
with 5 Rs: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Renew, and Respect. Chee Wai
mentioned some ideas for protecting our environment: Car-pooling,
Energy Star Rating and donating old clothes. I really like the
ecological message of his speech and the specific steps that we can
take to take better care of our environment. Also his detailed
description of the man who comes by to collect recyclable materials:
“Kring, kring!”
The second Prepared Speech (“Be
There”, CC Project 5: Your Body Speaks) by Toastmaster John Lee was
about a King who sought wisdom by finding the answers to 3 questions:
a) When is the best time to be doing
something?
b) Who should I be doing it with?
c) What's the most important thing I
should be doing, right now?
John gave an example from his own
childhood: about being in the 'flow' of playing. Turns out The King
in the story found out the answers to his questions by helping his
enemy.
The third Prepared Speech by Andrew
Chen, ATMB, ALS, was a rallying call to serve in next term's Exco
(Advanced Project 5 from the Persuasive Speaking Manual, entitled “We
Need You”) Andrew started by sharing with us his vision for our
club: “To be an elite Toastmasters Club”. Then he spoke about how
he went (Toastmasters) club visiting with his mentor, Michael Wee,
DTM, who helped him a lot with his personal growth. Andrew also
mentioned Nathaniel Koh, DTM, who was club President and Division
Governor in 2006.
The next Prepared Speech was by
Toastmaster Christina Ho, entitled “Everyone Has a Story” (CC
Project 5: Your Body Speaks). Christina told the story of someone who
just had an eye operation and was seeing the world for the first
time- very odd behaviour. If we really understood where they were
coming from, though, it makes sense. She also told of how her Dad
seemed enervated and not interested in her basketball win and amazing
speech achievement. However it turned out that he had a health
problem and was losing weight because of it. Christina understood,
though, and when she hugged her Dad, there was a clear message of
love between them.
The fifth speaker, Toastmaster Joe Wan,
talked about “Leadership in Adversity” (CC Manual Project 6:
Vocal Variety). Joe recounted Cao Cao's speech from the “Romance of
Three Kingdoms”, right after their defeat at the battle at the Red
Cliff. His 830,000 troops were defeated by an army of 60,000 men. “A
military commander is like a physician; when more people die from the
failed treatments, the physician's skills become better and better”
and “Failure teaches us how to succeed” were some memorable
quotes from Joe's speech.
Till next meeting, be awesome!
Carl Wong HL
(Vice President of Public Relations)
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| Best Table Topic: Gladys Tye, CC |
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| Best Prepared Speech: Toastmaster Christina Ho |
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| Best Evaluator: Shaun Li, ACS, ALB |
