10 Jun 09, 12th Chapter Meeting@Dover

Acting President's Address
Siva, on behalf of President who is away on overseas assignment, gave the opening address. He addressed the theme "Learning is a treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere". Cited an example about how a newborn giraffe learns its first lesson. Just after birth, the mother giraffe would kick at her calf. If it doesn't get up, the violent process is repeated over & over again. Finally, the calf stands for the first time. The mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up quickly to stay with the herd, where there is safety.

Word of the Day
Nimble (able to move fast & easily, able to think quickly)
--- Language Evaluator, Yee Keong

Table Topics
Eng Kai was the Table Topics Master. Table Topics speakers were:
1) Jet (2nd time guest) - If you are able to travel back in time, where do you want to travel to & whom do you wish to meet
2) Poh Lian - If you are able to live forever, what would you do & why
3) Kay Chuan - If you are able to fly, what would you do & why
4) Eng Meng Choon - If you are to become the President, what would you do & why
5) Sean (SIM Students TMC) - If you were to win 1 million dollars in a game show, what would you do & why

Prepared Speeches
1) Eng Meng Choon (ITE TMC), P1 (Speech Title: Growing Up Green)
Gave an account during his younger days experiencing village life in the palm oil & fruit tree plantations.

2) Jackie (SIM Students TMC), P5 (Speech Title: My Mother)
Told a personal story on an occasion where he got angry with his Mother & ignored her. Eventually, she was the one who protected him when he was assaulted by boys. Reminded us that the Mother will always look after you no matter what.

3) Sean (SIM Students TMC), AP1, Entertaining Speaker Manual - The Entertaining Speech (Speech Title: When things become memorable)
Entertained us on how he planned to approach a girl & the actual approach - something which he didn't plan on doing.

4) Poh Lian (ITE TMC), AP5, Storytelling Manual - Bringing History to Life (Speech Title: The Force Behind Technical Education)
Brought the history of technical education to life by giving credit to Dr Tay Eng Soon.
She has completed her Storytelling Manual, her 2nd Advanced Manual. Hence, achieving Advanced Communicator Bronze. Also, earning 1 DCP point for our Club this term.

Project Evaluation
Joan (SIM Students TMC), Aloysius (ITE TMC), Taufiq (IFPAS TMC) & Kelvin (Fuchun TMC) fedback on the areas done well and gave suggestions for improvement.

Language Evaluation
Yee Keong (Chong Pang TMC) gave the Language Evaluator's report. He included proper pronunciation in his report.

Ah Counter
Siva gave the Ah Counter's report.

There were some 2nd time guests who indicated that they would sign up. Hoe Luen & Siti who were 1st time guests learned what Toastmasters was about.

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

Best Table Topics & Prepared Speech Speaker : Yeo Poh Lian, CL (ITE TMC)
Best Evaluator: Kelvin Thiang, ATM-B, CL (Fuchun TMC)

Siva, VPE