29 Oct 08, 4th Chapter Meeting@Bishan

Acting President's Address
Spoke on theme "Expectation is better than realisation". Related how his classmates & himself did not expect that Maths was tough till they set for the test and realised needed more work. In Toastmasters, we should be prepared for speeches, expect to check visuals, materials, etc are in order and not to realise just before giving speech that things are not in order.

Word of the Day
Simple, simplify, simplicity
--- Language Evaluator, Anand (NTU Alumni TMC), Division B Governor.

Table Topics
Siva was the Table Topics Master. The topics attempted were:
Au Yeong - Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new
Heru - People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges
Azizah - The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Theresa - When the cat’s away, the mice will play
Mdm Koh - Travel broadens the mind
Soumya - I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody

Prepared Speeches
1) Beng Kee, P4 (Speech Title: Days got thrown)
Shared his experience of learning judo. Encounter with sparing partner who is bigger, stronger. Attack - best form of defence.

2) Theresa, AP3 (Speech Title: The Journey)
Entertained us on her personal journey from her home country to S'pore. She was cautious and cool when first step foot in S'pore. Aborbed the Singlish language along the way.

3) Anand, AP4 (Speech Title: The Prisoner of Zenda)
Narrated a story from a book & brought it to life through his use of Vocal Variety.

Project Evaluation
Azizah (NTU Alumni TMC), Heru (Cairnhill TMC) & Au Yeong (Entreprenuers' TMC) fedback on the areas done well and gave suggestions for improvement.

Language Evaluation
Our Divn B Governor, Anand, touched on incorrect pronunciation, creative use (simile, contrast, alliteration, etc) and use of Word of the Day.

Guests
Jeannie & Mdm Koh from ABB attended as they were looking at starting an in-house Club in their organization.
We were delighted to have our International Director, DTM Poh Kim Siong to join in the meeting and thereafter providing advice to our 2 guests from ABB.

Thanks to Kay Chuan who bought food & souvenirs for visiting Toastmasters.

Best Table Topics Speaker:Soumya, CC (VPE, Team Young NTUC TMC) & Azizah (President of NTU Alumni TMC)
Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Anand, CL (Divn B Governor, NTU Alumni TMC)
Best Evaluator: Azizah (President of NTU Alumni TMC)

Siva, VPE