Katong Toastmasters Club

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CHAPTER MEETING DATES 2012-2013 19 July 2012 16 August 2012 (Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest) 20 September 2012 18 October 2012 15 November 2012 20 December 2012 17 January 2013 21 February 2013 (International Speech and Table Topics Contests) 21 March 201 3 18 April 2013 16 May 2013 (8th Anniversary Celebration) 20 June 2013 AREA/DIVISION Z EVENT DATES 2011-2012 1. Division Z Club Officers' Training I 28 July 2012 (Saturday) Venue: AIA Changi Time: 1:30pm - 5:30pm 2. Humorous Speech & Evaluations Contest Area Z3: 15 Sep 2012 Division Z: 27 Oct 2012 3. Division Z Club Officers' Training II 19 Jan 2013 (Saturday) Venue: AIA Changi Time: 1:30pm - 5:30pm 4. International Speech & Table Topics Contest Area Z3: 23 Mar 2013 Division Z: 20 April 2013 5. Achievers' Day To be confirmed

P3 Get to the Point speech by Shahnawaz: An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer his plans to leave the house bu ilding business and live a leisurely life w ith his wife and family. He would of course miss his payc heck, but he w ould get by. The builder was sorry to see his favorite worker go and asked him if he could build one last house for him as a personal favor. The carpenter succumbs to years of loyalty and said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished the house in few months, the builder came to inspect the house , the builder then hand ed over the front-door key of the house to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently ...

Project 1 The Icebreaker speech by Lynn Tiang: Good Evening, fellow members and guests. My name is Lynn Tiang and I am very grateful to be given this opportunity to stand before you to introduce myself. Today, I would like to share with you my CHILDHOOD DAYS IN THE KAMPONG Any of our friends here do not know what is ‘kampong’ ? Kampong is a Malay word which means village. I grew up in a small Kampong called Setiawan in Malaysia. Setiawan ; origin:Malay, a portmanteau of Setia Kawan , meaning "Loyal Friend". I was a very adorable little girl when I was young, but I had very boyish personalities. Why do I say so? I played basketball with boys not girls, because I thought the girls were too weak. I climbed trees to be Tarzan but not Jane. I reared colorful fighting fishes in glass container like other boys; I caught small little black fighting spiders at the back yardand kept them in the match boxes. I could even differentiate the male from female spiders. For fighting...

SYNOPSIS FOR CHAPTER MEETING 21 JUNE 2012 Malcolm kicked off the meeting by asking what was everyone's favourite seafood. Some love salmon sushimi (Lynn), some are lobster lovers, prawn lovers (Joni, Benjamin Gan, James, Roann), others crave oysters (Brian), salted-egg crab (Seh Leng, Abraham) and chilli crab (Shahnawaz). In her Opening Address, outgoing President Ida encouraged us to "talk the talk and walk the walk", to step out and reach out to others when the situation requires it. Leadership is action in progress. She shared an insightful mathematical equation: " 2Get and 2Give creates many problems. Just double it... 4Get & 4Give solves many problems. " She offered an alternative equation: " 2Get & 2Give creates opportunities; 4Get & 4Give creates possibilities. " At the New Members Induction, we officially welcomed Shamala and Lynn to our club. They were presented with Eric Feng's book Get to the Point as a token of welcome. ...

POSITION NAME EMAIL President Leena Santore leena_santore@yahoo.com VPE Justin Fong fongchengwah@yahoo.com.sg Asst VPE Yeo Choon Liang cheshire84@gmail.com VPM Elaine Tan elaineserious@gmail.com VPPR Rajendra Tiwari rttiwari@hotmail.com Secretary Yeo Choon Liang cheshire84@gmail.com Treasurer Merry Tjandra merry_tjandra@yahoo.com SAA1 Roann May roann.kuan@ngaiheng.com.sg SAA2 Nik Chua, CC nik.chua@sc.com IPP Ida Lee, CC leeida73@yahoo.com.sg Club Advisor Joni Siah, ACS, ALS jonisiah@yahoo.com

Opening Address by Leena on 21 June 2012 On behalf of Katong Toastmasters Club, I would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Patrick, Saddiqi and Abraham on their appointments. Thank you for stepping up to the leadership challenge. We offer you our support and seek yours in return. We look forward to working with you in the coming year. Ladies and Gentlemen I stand before you honored and excited to accept the role as President of Katong Toastmasters Club. My dedicated EXCO team members and I will continue our efforts toward increasing club membership. We will uphold our tradition of quality meetings and workshops and strive toward attaining the goals outlined in the Distinguished Club Program. The famous 17 th century scientist Isaac Newton said, " If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants .” This simply means we can see a greater distance not because of our own sight but because we are raised up on the shoulders - on the experience, w...

President Leena Santore VP Education Justin Fong Asst VPE Yeo Choon Liang VP Membership Elaine Tan, CC VP Public Relations Rajendran Tiwari Secretary Yeo Choon Liang Treasurer Merry Tjandra Sergeant-At Arms Roann Kuan Asst SAA Nik Chua, CC