Meeting of August 12, 2010

On Thursday (August 12, 2010), ASA Henry Yip used the gavel to signal that the meeting had started. President Nancy spryly took center-stage to give us her monthly address. As expected, she had a message for us. She stirred members' self-awareness on what they want to achieve in the club and in their life throughout the voyage. Then, Bernard Louis took over the podium as the Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), and things proceeded smoothly and quickly.

Guest Speaker Lee Wei Seong gave us an understanding of “Vision versus Power” – we all know he is a good speaker and he was spewing and disgorging fact after fact, that by the time his 101 session ended, most of us needed to close our eyes to quietly digest all that information. I remembered him telling us that it is ‘vision’ that is important, not ‘power’.



Just as well that we broke up for some F&B before we proceeded with our dosage of 4 speeches – two Ice-breakers, one CC speech # 5 and one Advanced speech. Iylia and Cherisse spoke with confidence – for first-timers, they were good! – and then, Victor Ong’s turn, followed by SK Khor.


I personally felt that this time around, the evaluations were painstakingly detailed and dare I say it, hard-hitting even – particularly directed at the seasoned speakers like the last two. It was great to see Dennis Wee and Chan Siew Peng giving honest and gripping evaluations that can only help the speakers improve! This meeting took longer than normal but it was still fun and interestingly enjoyable!

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D’Utama Advanced Toastmasters Club