Katong Toastmasters Club

Hi mates, Below is my P6 speech that I’ve prepared/presented, inspired by Gareth Stein’s Racing in the Rain. For your reading pleasure. Often, I wondered. I wondered how life would be if I am slightly different. In my world, I can only see things in black, grey, blue and white. I see green as grey, red as black.I would love to chew and enjoy the sight of a red apple. My tongue is long, flat and loose. It is an ineffective tool for pushing food around in my mouth whilst chewing. I have no words that I can rely on, and gestures are all I have. I attempt to speak but humans classify it as barking. But at least they take care of me. My name is Rufus. I can’t remember much of my family. I didn’t even know who my parents were. After I was born, I was placed in a bucket with my brother. It was a terrible experience. I heard rain drops and thunder, and we were out in the blistering cold traumatised and hungry. After an hour of whining and being soaked in rain, we were picked up b...

SAA of the evening Merry started the session by asking what each individual would want for Christmas. She received some funny responses like wanting to keep 2 front teeth intact, for the turkey to turn out well and to shed some weight. Game Master of the evening Choon Liang flashed seven alphabets (E, W, E, T, A, S, R) and divided the audience into two teams. The objective of the game is to form as many words as possible using the seven alphabets within two minutes. i.e. Are, Ate, Eater, Erase, Sweater. Subsequently, Choon Liang issued some Santa hats for the audiences to wear during the session. For the prepared speeches, Justin Fong presented his P3(Get To The Point), How social media has changed crisis communication. He explained that everyone is using social media on a daily basis, and through platforms like emails and blogs, this has changed the environment. Everyone has the power to tell the world a thought or an idea. Next, Kok Peng gave his P4(How To Say It) speec...