A wonderful evening to cap off a wonderful term! The much
anticipated Installation Night 2016 of Tampines-Changkat Toastmasters Club took
place on the final day of the term.
Changkat meetings are always filled with much joy and energy but
today’s meeting was even more special because we would be witnessing a renewal
of leadership.
A mighty salute goes to our leaders who have served us ever so
faithfully in the past year and a big welcome to our incoming exco!
Before we kicked off proceedings, we were treated to a tantalizing
array of delicious food that certainly whet our appetites.
Also, what is a meeting without some fellowship and fun?
The theme
of the night was “The Olympics” where everyone was encouraged to come dressed in any one of the 5 colors of the Olympic Rings.
The theme was chosen because we, in Tampines-Changkat Toastmasters Club, strive to embody the persevering spirit of the Olympic athletes. Also, The Olympic motto is the Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger."
TampinesChangkat will indeed soar to greater heights!
With the swift bang of the gavel, the meeting was called to order
by Sergeant -At-Arms, Ho Yee Yuen, and we were good to go. It’s always a
pleasure to have our very own magnificent Michael Wee kick start proceedings.
Our now Immediate Past President Gladys Tye delivered a beautiful
opening address that touched upon what the past year meant to her as well as
thanking everyone who had helped her along the way.
Then, we had our guest of honor Mr Desmond Choo, MP of Tampines
GRC, drop by in very modest attire. It was heartwarming to know that we are
always in his heart and that he would have made it in time had there not been
an accident along the TPE.
He was only able to take part in our celebrations
for a brief period of time before having to leave for other commitments but
that was all he needed to leave us with a few great words of wisdom: If we had
to pick a best generation, let it always be the next one.
The Executive Committee of 2015-2016 has finally been discharged of all further duties! Thank you for all the hard work, time and love every single one of you have put in for our club!
Dressing smart is the Changkat way to go!
The tokens of appreciation for the outgoing Executive Committee, Toastmaster of the Year award and Most Improved Toastmaster award were then given out in recognition of our members’ dedication to our club.
Our Toastmaster of the year, Jia Hong, was deeply grateful for his achievement and was remarkably candid about it when he shared what it meant to win the award. Congratulations Jia Hong! You deserved it!
And who else to win our Most Improved Toastmaster award than our
very own trailblazer Naveena!
She’s been on fire over the past term and has been contributing phenomenally to both club and self. Keep your flames of passion burning strong Naveena, we’re right behind you!
Our dear Kin Foong was charming and eloquent as ever as he brought
us through his 5 years of experience in Toastmasters and with Tampines-Changkat
Toastmasters Club, how we went from strength to strength with each year that
passed. He let us realize just how blessed we were to have had strong leaders
for the past 24 years of the club’s existence. No matter who’s in charge now,
we’ve got to carry our Changkat banner with pride and fervor! Truly, it’s sharings
like these that explain why we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on a Thursday
evening.
Next up, was the installation of the incoming Executive Committee for 2016-2017!
Citius, Altius, Fortius!
Joe Wan then gave his inaugural address as President of Tampines-Changkat Toastmasters Club on what leadership is and how the new Executive Committee with strive for more than just leadership[ but sparkling leadership.
With that, a toast was made to the new Executive Committee with sparkling Ribena.
What kind of initiatives, when revealed, would make members not
want to come for future sessions? You won’t get no answer from Joe because you
just got to come see the Sparkle for yourself! This evening we welcomed Joe as
our new club president and he sure got us real excited with his promises of
juicy creativity!
Next, we had Vidhi our Game Master who invited us into her world of feet bondage and whacky races.
During the finals, there was even some entertaining horseplay by our gladiator Diederik to further liven up our evening!
Who’s a cheeky fellow?
Following that, we were left simply awed by Nathaniel’s
educational segment on Leadership. He was a sage, who through amazing use of
visage and adage, thoroughly captivated us.
Finally, President Joe wrapped up the meeting marvelously with his
final address and a group photo.
Our wonderful evening would also not have been possible without the hard work of the Organizing chairs as well as all our capable appointment holders.
Kapil Pareek - Organizing Chair
Lau Kheng Soon - Organizing Chair 2
Kelvin Cheng - Audio Visual
Raghin Raghavan - Audio Visual
You Xiao - Sergeant-At-Arms
Ho Yee Yuen - Sergeant-At-Arms
Angela Tan - Registration
Vidhi Sarkar - Games IC
Junic Kee - Photographer
Ashish Kundra - Photographer
Yong Mu Ming - Photographer
Pijush Kanti Mukherjee - Timer
We would also like to thank all those who have helped out in one way or another behind the scenes without any specific appointment role. Thank you all!
Thank you to all the guests who have made the time to come down and show your support in our Installation Night! We hope you had fun as well as gleaned some gems in the midst of it all!
Our pleasant evening had come to an end and we were left with excitement as well as the best kind of regret: Regret that this meeting did not last longer and excitement in knowing that things will only get better henceforth.
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Cheers to everyone for a great year ahead!
Written by Ho Yee Yuen
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