Cassandra as the SAA-of the meeting gave us an introductory question by asking the latest movie we've watched or we want to watch. After that, Qinmei took over by giving her presidential address and asked us to 'Be Sad' as she announced about John, Gajendran and Jason Lim's departures. Nevertheless, the moody atmosphere was brighten by TOM Jee Aik who gave us the brief Toastmasters history and proceed with the agenda of the meeting.
After that, Ernest Wong gave us an insight on 'Creating the Best Climate for Your Club' through his workshop. As he mentioned, he stressed on the importance of creating the good atmosphere and setting in order to invite and retain people in and out of the club.
After that, we went into the Table Topic session headed by Jaime as the TTM. She divided the choices of questions into two paths: the Chance or the Destiny/Fate. Jason Lim was the first who chose the Destiny: The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B.
Next, we have Gajendran for the tough destiny choice on 'A big shot is little shotsd that kept shooting'.
De Ren was pretty unfortunate to choose the Destiny path on the longest quote given; 'The World is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil; but because of those who look on and do nothing'. And this quote was by Albert Einstein.
Finally, our newly joined member Daniel also gave his second Tabletopic speech who was the first and final person who chose the Chance path and his question is 'If I wasn't me, I'd be...?"
We had a quick break of 10 minutes before we had our first and only one assignment speech by John Lee. It was his fifth ACM speech where he gave us the new term; new meaning; and the new information about 'Schadenfreuder' [Sha.den.fr0y.the] (it's german, by the way). The meaning? The joy/pleasure for seeing sufferings. He stressed that it is a 'social comparison' phenomenon; where people in nature love comparing; thus, they fell pleasurable when others do badly than them.Next, John also conducted a workshop on 'Finding New Members for Your Club'. He gave many tips on how to attract new members and making sure the members' interests are attained in order mantain the flow of the members in and out of the club.
Next session was evaluation session where GE Dr.Sharon Tan CTM, ALB gave us the detailed general evaluation about our meeting and the role-playing for the benefit of the guests and new members. She also encouraged us about involving in Toastmasters for the future.
Next, Gajendran took over and evaluated John's speech.
As for the best table topic speaker, Jason Lim pulled off with his 2-min speech on reasons why plan A will fail and why plan B will be used instead in order to be successful.
After two years! Gajendran finally gained his CC and CL title before he flew to Wales.
And John managed to get his ACS title as he completed his ACM manual!
After that, we headed to the farewell lunch at Marco's Pizzas.
Ernest Wong, Jason Moi, Qinmei and Jess Foong from UNITAR TMC gave their farewell mini speech to three of future lawyers respectively.
And of course the three future lawyers had to gave speech. And so John spoke about Gajendran, while Gajendran to Jason Lim and Jason Lim to John Lee. We had our group photo before we left=) All those moments captured!
To Gajendran, John Lee, and Jason Lim!"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing"
and
"Be well, do good work, and keep in touch. ~Garrison Keillor"
Jaime
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