It's a meeting that is full of inspirations and energy. It was a meeting that motivates everyone in the room to BE YOUR BEST.
In the Toastmasters' movement, it is important to have this commitment to yourself, and to the club. When you put in effort in preparing your speeches, spend some time practicing your delivery, only then you will be able to produce a good speech to the audience. In that way, we can all contribute to bring ourselves up and improve the standard of the club collectively.
Acting president EK Yeo, CC, CL delivered his acting presidential address that night with a clear and concise message- all of us should strive to be our best in everything that we do, and along the way, we should motivate our peers to do the same.
There was an inspirational quote that I heard in the meeting that night, and it still lingers on my mind until this minute. "You get the best out of others when you give the best yourself". It's true, isn't it? In order to bring out the best in the people around you, you have to first bring out the best of yourself. This rule applies to all of us, and in all stages of life, whether you're a working adult, or a student. Imagine you're in a competition, when you give it your best in the game, you will motivate your competitors to outdo themselves too. In that way, all of you would live the spirit, and make a good game.
Thanks to Julia Leong, TM, our Table Topics master of the day, who had brought forward few uplifting and inspirational quotes for our Table Topics session that night. Vincent Soon, who is a guest on that night, took the trophy of Best Table Topics Speaker home with his befitting talk about how his bunch of friends always do their very own best during swimming exercise in order to motivate the rest of the group to do the same.
For the project speeches, we had in total four speakers that night. Ginny Leng, TM shared a tip with us that night that we should never display an inverted peace sign ("V" sign with your fingers with palm facing yourself) as it means a grave insult to the person that you're facing. (Hmm I should start screening my pictures to filter that...) Abdulrahaman, TM spoke about his opinion on The World Order that night; and Vince Kek, TM conveyed a strong message to all of us that we should all do something to save our Mother Earth who is in sick, after quietly enduring all the harms we have done to Her. Last but not least, Abdul Aziz, CTM delivered a keynote address 'Heal Thyself' that night. I believe the audience that night has learned a thing or two about pharmaceutical industry practice that night. We should always check and see whether we really need take the drugs that promised us youth and health on the label. Anyone are to join me for a jog at FRIM?
During the speech evaluation session, all evaluators provided good feedback to the speakers and I believe they all have received a tip or two from their evaluators. Henry Fu, ACB, CL, our General Evaluator for the night, also shared his opinion on the overall flow of the meeting and the meeting arrangements. Thanks for his comments and suggestions. As people always say- feedback is the breakfast for the champions. That's how we learn to better ourselves.
At the end of the meeting, EK Yeo, acting president of the night made some announcement on the next Club Officers training which is scheduled on 12 of December 2009. Club officers who're reading the blog, please mark it on your calendar. Also, our club is launching an exciting project- a club newsletter! Victor Wan, KH Song and I, will be the central persons coordinating the newsletter. All members of the club are welcomed to participate in this project. We need someone who can write, proof read, and take good pictures. Also, anyone in the club is welcomed to contribute any useful material for the newsletter from time to time.
With this, the club meeting adjourned and a fellowship begins.
Yours sincerely,
Gean Lau
Vice President of Public Relations
2009- 2010
