Beng Kee was the Sergeant-at-Arms. He performed a fantastic job for the first attempt.
Aloysius was the Toastmaster of the Evening. Being a seasoned Toastmaster, he filled the meetings with interesting comments. Aloysius is the best!
President's Address:Siva welcomed members to the New Year & the start of the 2nd half of the Toastmasters term. During the Dec month, some would have spent it to clear their outstanding leave. Hopefully, some thought was spared to reflect on one's projects' status, ie. by end of this term to achieve Competent Communicator or embark on their first Advanced Manual. For those who didn't think have the time to reflect on Toastmasters, need not worry & smile to start thinking about it now.
The theme for this evening's mtg was "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened!." He cited a story which he read from a book about a pastor & his son. A pastor was busy preparing for his address in the Church & his 5 year old son was consistently seeking his attention. The pastor came up with a plan to keep him occupied. He flipped thru several magazines til he saw a picture of a world map. He tore the picture up in tiny pieces & gave it to his son to solve the jigsaw puzzle. How would a 5-year old boy solve this puzzle coz it would be too complicated to solve. The pastor proceeded to work on his script. To his amazement, his son came back to him 5 mins later with the solved jigsaw puzzle of the world map. The boy showed that on the reverse of the world map was a picture of a man. He put the pieces together easily based on the picture of the man & turned them over. Hence, jigsaw for the world map was solved. The boy didn't cry when given this challenge, he smiled, remained positive & solved it by looking at the reverse of the pieces. Learning from his son, the pastor included in his address to the Church that when we face challenges, we should remain positive & cited the example of how his son solved the complicated jigsaw puzzle.
In Toastmasters, we may be writing a script for a prepared speech & get stuck when there isn't enough material. We may keep on delaying to present it coz the script isn't ready. Why not choose another subject/message for the project which might have enough material to eventually present it.
Word of the Day:
Envisage - Foresee, Visualize
E.g. I envisage that tonight's Chapter Meeting will be a successful one.
Successful Club Series
Lye Sum presented his Successful Club Series Project - Going Beyond Our Club.
Table Topics
He uses a clever pun on 'Singh' namely: Flexing, Taxing, Relaxing, to describe the different stages of his life.
Ho Peng - Presented his P7 project: Cycling. He describes the benefits of cycling and how to do it safely.
Ribbons Presentation
Best Table Topic Speaker Award: Gogi
First Time Speaker: Gogi
Presenting Tokens of Appreciations to visiting Toastmasters:
Daryl Lim (Grassroots TMC)
Devesh (SIM Students' TMC)
Our guest, Angeline sharing the thoughts on the chapter meeting.
Aloysius was the Toastmaster of the Evening. Being a seasoned Toastmaster, he filled the meetings with interesting comments. Aloysius is the best!
President's Address:Siva welcomed members to the New Year & the start of the 2nd half of the Toastmasters term. During the Dec month, some would have spent it to clear their outstanding leave. Hopefully, some thought was spared to reflect on one's projects' status, ie. by end of this term to achieve Competent Communicator or embark on their first Advanced Manual. For those who didn't think have the time to reflect on Toastmasters, need not worry & smile to start thinking about it now.
The theme for this evening's mtg was "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened!." He cited a story which he read from a book about a pastor & his son. A pastor was busy preparing for his address in the Church & his 5 year old son was consistently seeking his attention. The pastor came up with a plan to keep him occupied. He flipped thru several magazines til he saw a picture of a world map. He tore the picture up in tiny pieces & gave it to his son to solve the jigsaw puzzle. How would a 5-year old boy solve this puzzle coz it would be too complicated to solve. The pastor proceeded to work on his script. To his amazement, his son came back to him 5 mins later with the solved jigsaw puzzle of the world map. The boy showed that on the reverse of the world map was a picture of a man. He put the pieces together easily based on the picture of the man & turned them over. Hence, jigsaw for the world map was solved. The boy didn't cry when given this challenge, he smiled, remained positive & solved it by looking at the reverse of the pieces. Learning from his son, the pastor included in his address to the Church that when we face challenges, we should remain positive & cited the example of how his son solved the complicated jigsaw puzzle.
In Toastmasters, we may be writing a script for a prepared speech & get stuck when there isn't enough material. We may keep on delaying to present it coz the script isn't ready. Why not choose another subject/message for the project which might have enough material to eventually present it.
Word of the Day:
Envisage - Foresee, Visualize
E.g. I envisage that tonight's Chapter Meeting will be a successful one.
Successful Club Series
Lye Sum presented his Successful Club Series Project - Going Beyond Our Club.
He shared with us the learning opportunities in Divisional and District levels, and encouraged us to take up a role when there is a chance.
Table Topics
Poh Lian was the Table Topics Master. She conducted Table Topics in a special way such that the subsequent speakers has to speak on the random topic as well as relating it to the previous topic.
Table Topic Speakers:
Eng Kai - Crocodile Tears
Aloysius - It's Over
Gogi - A New Beginning
Beng Kee - An Experience That Leaves You Smiling Til Today
Karl - Crying Helps?!
Prepared Speeches
Gogi - He presented his P1 titled: Accident.
Eng Kai - Crocodile Tears
Aloysius - It's Over
Gogi - A New Beginning
Beng Kee - An Experience That Leaves You Smiling Til Today
Karl - Crying Helps?!
Prepared Speeches
Gogi - He presented his P1 titled: Accident.
He uses a clever pun on 'Singh' namely: Flexing, Taxing, Relaxing, to describe the different stages of his life.
Ho Peng - Presented his P7 project: Cycling. He describes the benefits of cycling and how to do it safely.
Ribbons Presentation
Best Table Topic Speaker Award: Gogi
First Time Speaker: Gogi
Presenting Tokens of Appreciations to visiting Toastmasters:
Daryl Lim (Grassroots TMC)
Devesh (SIM Students' TMC)
Our guest, Angeline sharing the thoughts on the chapter meeting.
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