It was
the final chapter meeting of the month for Tampines-Changkat Toastmasters Club.
It too was the final meeting for the 2015/2016 exco term. We had a very interesting line-up of speakers and
appointment holders for the night!
Sergeant-at-Arms: Mohanapriya
Toastmaster of the Evening: Kapil Pareek
Timer: Amirul Syaffiq
Ah Counter: Ashish Kundra
Table-Topic master: Yong Mu Ming
The
meeting started with the bang of the gavel by SAA Mohanapriya who got everyone
in and ready on time before paving the way for a smooth transition to the
hilariously funny TME Kapil Pareek. The moment Kapil came on stage and he
tickled everyone’s funny bones. His introductions were humour-packed and the
audience were laughing all the way into the night.
Joe
Wan, the stand-in president of the meeting, gave a very deep and
thought-provoking opening address. As we near the halfway point of the year, we
often think we should start preparing for what is to come in 2017. ‘HOLD YOUR
HORSES!’ Joe bellowed, ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!’ And it’s
true, there is six more precious months where make amends for the time wasted
in the first half of the year, so make them count!
Tia
Maria then came up and we were swooned by her gracefully crafted educational
speech titled ‘What’s Up with Meeting Roles?’ She explained the roles of each
appointment holder in a Toastmasters meeting, which was very apt as she is the
incoming VPE for the next term. She also enlightened us about the benefits of
each role and what’s in it for us if we took it up.
The
highly-anticipated prepared speech segment came immediately after that.
Diederik gave us a spontaneous cock-up moment that cracked us up; Andrew taught
us how to negotiate better in business and relationships, particularly useful
for married men ;) Naveena brought us to tears with her touching personal story
once again. Overall, all speeches were of finest quality and everyone were on
the edge of their seats.
We then
inducted our new member Ho Yee Yuen and welcomed him into our Tampines-Changkat
family.
During
the second half of the meeting, we were all in for a treat because the line-up
of the project evaluators was equally superb. The final and favourite session
of the night was the table topics session conducted by our creative Table
Topics Master Yong Mu Ming.
We then
ushered in the General Evaluator Jaric Ng to help bring the club meeting
experience to another level with his useful tips garnered from his numerous visits
to various toastmasters clubs in Singapore.
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As we
draw the curtains to a close, it was time for the results:
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| Best speaker: Naveena Methani |
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| Best evaluator: John Lee |
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| Best table topics: Ho Yee Yuen |
Our
next meeting will be the Installation Night happening on 30th June
2016 where we will be welcoming the incoming Executive Committee for the next term. So be sure
to be there for another fun and awesome night!
It’s
been good. It’s been real. Stay tuned!
Written by Jaric Ng
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