21 Jan 09, 7th Chapter Meeting@Bishan

President's Address
Lye Sum mentioned that now we are at mid-term, the well is half-full. As we progress, the well should be full. He commended the Club on doing well on the 4 core values of Toastmasters ie. Integrity, Dedication to Excellence, Service to the Member and Respect for the Individual. He then reflected on the DCP goals status of our Club. Our target was to achieve Select Distinguished Club (7 pts). For membership goals, it was a Challenge to sign up 4 new members to achieve one point. Hence, the target has been revised to Distinguished Club (5 pts). Bearing in mind we have to meet the minimum requirement of at least 20 members.

Word of the Day
Enrich, enriching, enrichment
--- Language Evaluator, Kenneth (IFPAS TMC)

Table Topics
Andrew was the Table Topics Master. Topics attempted were:
1) Lye Sum - to cane or not to cane
2) Aloysius - tattoo
3) Poh Lian - use of mini laptop among the young generation
4) Siva - whether to reimburse for donating organs
5) Eng Kai - attack on MP

Prepared Speeches
1) Beng Kee, P6 (Speech Title: My 1st Love)
The love of martial art. Developed confidence after learning it. Told a story about an application of the skills he has learnt.
2) Siva, AP3 [Speech Title: National Service - Basic Military Training (BMT)]
Reflected on his BMT experience in Pulau Tekong.
3) Lye Sum, AP4 (Speech Title: 1st Love)
Told a story about his son's first love & how he tried to make him understand the consequences.

Project Evaluation
Poh Lian (ITE TMC), Michael (NTU Alumni TMC) & Johnny (NTU Alumni TMC) fedback on the areas done well and gave suggestions for improvement.

Language Evaluation
Kenneth thanked those who used the word of the day correctly. He highlighted the figures of speech used : Alliteration, Rhyme, Abbreviation, Anaphora, Pun, Proverb, Idiom, Simile & Metaphor. He reported on the incorrect pronunciation.

Ah CounterBeng Kee gave the Ah Counter's report.

Thanks to Kay Chuan who bought food & souvenirs for visiting TMs and Aloysius for buying Mandarin oranges for everyone present.

Best Table Topics Speaker: Yeo Poh Lian, CL (ITE TMC)
Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Ong Lye Sum, ACB, CL (ITE TMC)
Best Evaluator: Johnny Teo, ACS, ALB, Area B2 Governor (NTU Alumni TMC)

Siva, VPE