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Is Katong Community Centre getting a facelift? The walls are painted white at the moment.
Happy New Year and I hope you had a refreshing and revitalising break during the recent year-end festive period. During the start of a new year, it is an especially meaningful time to reflect upon what we have achieved during the last year and what we would like to accomplish in the coming year. While you are busy planning your new year resolutions, I would like to share with you this story: "A father was walking in the mountains with his 5-year old son. Suddenly, the son fell, hurt himself, and screamed: 'AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!' To his surprise, he heard a voice repeating, somewhere in the mountains: 'AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!' Curious, he yelled out: 'Who are you?' He received the answer: 'Who are you?' Angered at the response, he screamed: 'Coward!' He received the answer: 'Coward!’ He looked to his father and asked: 'What's going on?' The father smiled and said: 'My son, pay attention.' The man screamed: 'You are a cham...
Alliteration refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers", "long-lived", "short shrift" and "the fickle finger of fate". (from dictionary.com) A triad is a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things. (from dictionary.com) Put the two together and you get ALLITERATIVE TRIADS , that means groups of three words beginning with the same sounds. I love alliterative triads. I like to use them in my speeches and evaluations. It helps me to remember my points easily too! Here are 3 tips on making alliterative triads work for you. (1) Use alliterative triads as heading for the points in your speech. Let's say in your speech, you want to share three points. Think of three words all beginning with the same sounds that can describe these points succinctly. Here are some examples from my own speeches: 3 things you lose when you have ...
16 February 2017 Once again, it's the annual International Speech & Table Topics Contests! We get to witness our club members pitting their speaking skills against each other. NUS Alumni TMC and many toastmasters from other clubs pitch in to help us organise the contests and take up various appointment roles. Our 5 contestants for the International Speech Contest: 1. Aarti Kabra Just DO It 2. Malcolm Chen Anger Management 3. Khoo Kok Peng Grateful to Fail 4. Rajendra Tiwari The Special One 5. Joni Siah Journey of Love Our 6 contestants for the Table Topics Contest opining on the topic "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." George Washington 1. Tracey Yuen 2. Rajendra Tiwari 3. Khoo Kok Peng 4. Rosalind Wong 5. Cherylene Tan 6. Geri Kan CONTEST RESULTS: International Speech Contest Champion ...
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