Katong Toastmasters Club

Project 3 Get to the Point Time: 5 - 7 minutes Objectives: • Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves those purposes. • Ensure the beginning, body, and conclusion reinforce the purpose. • Project sincerity and conviction and control any nervousness you may feel. • Strive not to use notes. **************************************************************************************************************** I magine you are on your deathbed now, when you think about the years you have lived through, what will be the thing you regret most? F or me, it is certainly the fact that I did not have the courage to follow my heart. A very g ood evening, dear fellow toastmasters! T oday I am glad to give you a speech after which I hope will encourage you to listen to your heart more when you make a decision . R ecently, there was this article written by Bronnie Ware that caught my attention. S he is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in the hospital , caring fo...

Opening Address 19 April 2012 S a pa is a rich and arable land in the Northern part of Vietnam. There was a story that long time ago, a young lad fled from his home after a fight with a nasty landlord. He walked and walked till he c ame upon a paddy field. He approached the Vil lage chief to allow him to stay , in turn he would help in the farm. The chief agreed. At d awn the next day , when the dogs barked and the cocks crowed, the young lad put on the unmistakable conical hat and joined the rice farmers. In the large scale of wet soil and ponds galore , workers s pread in rows. The farmers bowed almost 45 % and planted each young grass just centimeters into the fertile soil. With focus and skill ful hands , they distributed the paddies. They waded laboriously in the floode d f ield , in a formation - like manner. The young lad was fast and impatient. He was moving way ahead of others. In a distance away, he turned back to look and was happy with himself. He tho...

Some of the pictures taken during the April Chapter Meeting =)

Synopsis of Chapter meeting on 19 April 2012 We were delighted to welcome 4 walk-in guests into our midst: Karina, Shamala, Garth and Glenn. Rajendra also brought his whole family along. What wonderful support. We love having cheerleaders! Ben Xu opened the session with a round of introductions getting everyone to share their favourite foods. We found out who were the cake lovers (Leena & Joni), chocolate fanatic (Justin) and foodies (Elaine, Ida, Benjamin). TME Justin shared about a momentous event that happened on 19 April back in 1897. It was Boston's 1st marathon run. From this, he shared the analogy that our Toastmasters journey is a marathon, not a sprint. Ida in her opening address shared a story about a Vietnamese boy who rejected the rules of rice planting and ended up with withered lifeless stalks of rice and an aching body. Pearls of wisdom for us to mull over: If you follow the rules of life, you will reap what you sow. Today's oak tree was yesterday's nu...

Dear Katong Toasties, The turn out of Area Z3 International Speech and Table Topics Contests was phenomenal! 45 Toastmasters were present at our club in Katong CC to witness the contests. Our registration officer , Merry handed 2 pages of name contacts and passed it to Joni. We are also expecting a new member , Raj , in April. He said he was amazed by Leena's introduction of the programs. Many members were early as promised to set up and transform our usual meeting place to a very well organised new ground. More surprises. Some email correspondence from members of other clubs, as well as NOL TMC, have tagged positive feedback that the event was a resounding success . Your efforts were very much appreciated ! Give ourselves a pat on the back ... Congrats to Choon Liang and Justin who did not miss their shots. Both clinched 1st runner's up titles for International speech and table topics, respectively. Some photos are on Facebook, courtesy by Joni and Choon Liang...