The long time disappeared member Jack Oh had returned to deliver his speech, entitled “Corruption.” He explained about the different corruption techniques employed such as “Frog” and corruption through sex, by indecent people. He then pointed out that when we ask for bribe from the police, we ourselves also are being corrupted, which is a very wise moral wisdom. A Chinese proverb says (according to Jack Oh), “1 hand clap produces no sound, but 2 hands clap produces sound,” which means you need to work hand in hand for bribery to work, so don’t request for bribe to stop corruption. Don’t abuse power, don’t abuse money, and that will rid of corruption, concluded Jack.
Next, also a long disappeared member, Jo Anne, gave her speech called “Blood Donation.” She told about her experience relating to blood. One was she witnessed a car accident which involved someone’s head badly injured. Another was an experience where the doctor told her to calm her down as he was about to insert the needle onto her arm. We need it one day, so we should donate our blood. Furthermore, blood cannot be manufactured, one of her closing remarks.
The third speaker is Pui Yee with her speech entitled “Be Your Hero.” She began by describing herself as shy and quiet. She was afraid of many things like trying new things (e.g., food), cockroaches, and expectations. As a result, she did not trust herself and perceived no one trusted her, so she yearned to be someone else. This feeling of lack of trust by others and to herself led her to strong interest in certain values found in shows like Power Rangers and Pokemon, writing stories about herself as a hero, and also joining Toastmasters Club to become a hero and save the day. In closing, people are heroes because they fight for what they believe and they take control of their lives. “I will be a hero and I will save the day!” one of her final remarks.
Last, we had Jeremy from NUC Toastmasters Club who talked about “Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.” He began with a story with his girlfriend who asked him if the pink handbag (I think) or blue is better. Blue he suggested but it was a wrong choice by him which he found out later. This is due to different communication style adopted by men and women; men are direct, women are indirect. So when a girl says she has no problems, sit with her, advised Jeremy, because she may mean something else.
The meeting ended with evaluation session and prize giving ceremony:
Pui Yee got best assignment speaker award (or became the hero of today's meeting)!=D
Pui Yee got best assignment speaker award (or became the hero of today’s meeting), while Ernest got the best evaluator award. It also marked the end of Jack Oh, Jo Anne, and Pui Yee’s Toastmasters journey at
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