Courage in Action

14 April 2009

Word of the Evening: COURAGE

Hello!! Today, I had a different idea and as such, this report will be courageously prepared in a different way. And just before you think I am giving an example for the word of the evening, hehe..I wasn't.

Right..Here we go..

Event began at 6.15 pm with Break & Fellowship, an amendment that you would like to take notice of. Meeting officially started at 6.45 pm with Michael Chan as the SAA performing his duty. Stand-in President, Lim Sze Yue :) took the stage with his welcoming address. Control was then handed over to the Toastmaster of the Evening.... MUTHU KUMAR!!! The young man created a warm atmosphere with the audience with his question... If you could be, what age would you like to be at this moment?? Hehe.. That evening saw NG WEI JIANG as the Timer, ONG SIEW MING as the Ah Counter, LUCAS NG as the Table Topics Master, STEPHEN FERNANDO as the Table Topics Evaluator and last but not least, our VPE.. GRACE CHONG taking note of the Grammar for the night.

LUCAS led the us all through a fantastic Impromptu session. First up was Sze Yue who spoke about What was the happiest moment in your life? Then, came Jacky, Prince, Bushra as well as Siew Ming who were all given topics related to the 'courageous' theme. XD Jacky was given the topic on What is the Most Courageous thing you have ever done? Prince was asked to define what courage means to him (though after a slight hiccup we saw there..ain't that right Lucas?? xD) Bushra was then asked on Who is the Most Courageous person in your life? Her Grandpa was her answer and it was indeed a memorable story of hers. Then Siew Ming, a first-timer and a new member courageously shared her feelings. Excited or Nervous?? Haha.. I can tell you this, she's talented in making people laugh!! Muthu Kumar, Sam Fo and now Siew Ming too?? Gosh... I so gotta brush up my humour now.. Ergh. :D

MR STEPHEN FERNANDO a regular and honoured guest took the Evaluation session and as always..it was an enjoyable 10-minutes altogether. Simple, sweet and smart. A very experienced speaker whom we can always count on to learn from.

Humour Session was open to the floor. Stephen Fernando firstly cracked his joke on "Original or Spicy" before it got Sam Fo to raise his arm with excitement and shared his piece of humour too.

A 5-minute break.. To catch up on makan time! Hehe.. Hungry la... LOL.

JACKY ANG was first for the Prepared Speech session. Proceeding with his 2nd speech from the C&L manual, he delivered his message on Frozen Food. It has been a while since Jacky gave his Icebreaker speech and it was really good to have him back on track again! Keep it goin Jacky!

LIM SZE YUE then delivered his 2nd speech from the Specialty Speeches Manual entitled Speak Up. The objective was to Uplift the Spirit and the speaker chose to deliver his points on the benefits of Toastmasters. Well, I sure hope that it was good enough to get the audience motivated!

General Evaluation took place led by AMY CHOO, the G.E. for the evening. Sam Fo evaluated Jacky while James Gan was in charge of evaluating Sze Yue's speech. Both Evaluators did an awesome job, encouraging the speakers and to also include the room's for improvement as they have noticed. Reports were delivered from the rest of the Role Players and summed up by the G.E's overall evaluation of the meeting ongoings.

Control handed over to Muthu Kumar who then presented the Best Table Topics Speaker award to Prince! His calm and steadiness in taking on his topic proved to win the hearts of the audience. Great job there, and Congratulations to you, Prince! Yap.. Time's almost up.. Sze Yue then gave his closing speech and wrapped up the meeting. Yay!!!

And can you believe it? We ended the meeting by 8.15p.m!! This meeting should seriously go into the SCTMC's Book of Records! Hahahah..

See you guys next two weeks on 28 April 2009. Same time, same place. See you there! ;)

Have a great day ahead, Cheers!

Prepared by,

LIM SZE YUE
President..oops! VPPR.
*Smacks head* Sorry.. Hehe.. XD

Quote of the Evening: COURAGE IS BRIGHT AND COURAGE DOESN'T LIE. by Prince