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Synopsis for Chapter Meeting on 18 Feb 2011

Our SAA for the evening Bruce Pei, pointed out that the meeting day was actually the 15th day of the Lunar New Year and invited everyone to share the highlights of their CNY celebrations. One member actually had to work on the first day of CNY, most went visiting, some spent valuable time with family while others had restful days just watching TV, sleeping and even surfing! Our Toastmaster-of-the-Evening Leena recommended the movie "The King's Speech". Club President Nik Chua drew a series of waves and used it to describe his life after he took on the role of Club President in July last year. He shared the highs and lows that he experienced and the valuable lesson he learnt is to enjoy the process. VP(Membership) Ben Xu inducted our three new members Zhuang Yan, Eric Zhang and Merry. Their mentors Benjamin and Elaine joined them at the lectern to confirm their commitment to help them grow. Joni presented a mini-workshop about the Toastmasters Program. She gave an o

Language Evaluation 18 Feb 2011

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BRICKBATS: Grammar: (1) We don't have any relatives that we can go. We don't have any relatives whom we can visit. (2) ... a lot of thing to catch up to do a lot of work to catch up on (3) OK lah It was fine. / That's alright. (4) He was so impressive because I had so many days to do my practice. He was so impressed because I had many days of practice. (5) I was so nervous that I cannot remember anything. I was so nervous that I could not remember anything. (6) My mind went blank upon so many eyes staring at me. Seeing so many eyes staring at me, my mind went blank. Vocabulary: (1) Good evening guys Good evening, fellow toastmasters, ladies and gentlemen (2) It's very ordinary but still very impressed It's ordinary but heartwarming (3) ... even when life is giving you shit ... even when life presents you with insurmountable obstacles (4) We are going to continue on with ... We are going to continue with... (5) leave a deep and impactful in the viewers' mind leav