Meeting #465 (14.07.2020) marked as the beginning of
the term. It was our club first meeting and many were excited. Members joined
the zoom meeting earlier and started to chat to each other.
The first highlight of the meeting was the President’s
Speech. President Julia Leong, DTM urged us to uphold the
achievement of President distinguished club and our mission of friends helping
firends to succeed. In essence, she encouraged us to take up the challenge to
be a better speaker, as she said, “if I can do it, you can do it, we all can do
it.”
After that, we have a short self-introduction and
talked about the theme, “The beginning of a new normal”. Many shared how they
had adapted to the changes, for example, learn to attend new meeting, wash
hands more frequently,
practice
physical distancing, wearing
mask, “grab” food, buy groceries online and follow the Government SOP guideline
in the workplace. In general, the “New” normal has impacted our life.
Followed by, an interesting Table Topics® session.
Here are the topics:
|
Speakers |
Topics |
|
Victor Wan, DTM |
Will you plan to have
a new normal trip? |
|
Guest Aizat, MS2 |
How does the new
normal affect your life? |
|
Rey Thean, PM1 |
What is the hardest
thing to comply in the new normal? |
|
Manish, IP1 |
What is your “new normal” dining out experience? |
|
Chloe Lau |
Will the “new normal”
ever go back to the old one? |
The second highlight of the meeting was the ice-breaker speech, presented by Chloe Lau. She looked composed, spoke out loud and clear in her presentation. Listening to her speech, I started to know her a bit more. She loves English and she turned her interest to career. Two years ago, she opened her English Centre and students learned the Grammar at different paces. She is proud to become an educator. She found that Toastmasters is a platform where she can learn the soft skill like speech presentation, giving feedback that helps to make her a better person and can impact more life. She hopes she can learn and grow in Toastmasters while improving her English and fulfilling her dream.
Rey Thean, PM1, on the other hand, gave a very
engaging speech and many had responded to her questions in her speech. She
spoke well, paced well and her research presentation was very interesting. Well
done, Rey!
Our third speaker, Mathew Philippose, EC2, gave his hats off to the previous EXCO team on their
contributions to the club. He brought us back and recognise their efforts. His
speech was so motivating. Thank you, Mathew!
The third highlight of the meeting was having a good General
Evaluator and with her strong panel evaluators in the meeting. It was so happy
to see the progress of Chitirra, LD1 in her evaluation. Her evaluation was very
lively, and highlighted the strength of the speaker. The evaluation was so
encouraging and it is so important to the speaker, especially it was the first
speech presented by Chloe in the club. Keep it up, Chitirra, LD1.
The fourth highlight of the meeting was the moment of
encouragement. We voted the best performers of the night. The results were
shown as below:
Best Table Topics® Speech: Chloe Lau
Best Assigned Speech: Rey Thean, PM1
Best Assigned Speech Evaluation: Hj Hashim, DTM
We had a splendid night. This meeting adjourned with good speeches, positive vibes and constructive evaluations.
Blog Writer: Ron Yeap, ACG, ALB
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