Katong Toastmasters Club

Guests and visiting toastmasters graced the club’s Chapter Meeting on 16 June 2011. Johnny and An Lian were guests visiting a toastmaster’s club for the first time. Visiting toastmasters were Carin, Shuzhen, Goo Yin from AIA TMC, Daniel and Abraham from Vietnam TMC, Robert from NUSS TMC, John from NUS TMC and James from NUS Alumni TMC. SAA Joni Siah welcomed everyone to the enchanting evening, and requested the audience to share something that had brightened up their day. Thereafter, our Club President Ida Lee gave us the opening speech. “Do you ever feel you live life the fullest?” she asked. Ida highlighted the story of Mark Hunter (World Champion of Public Speaking 2009) during the District 18 Conference. Mark became paralysed during a car crash and could never walk again. He tried to fit into the new world but was faced with devastation. One day, he was attracted by the wonderful aroma coming from the kitchen. It was grandma preparing the meal. Grandma requested Mark to loo...

CHAPTER MEETING DATES 2011-2012 21 July 2011 18 August 2011 15 September 2011 (Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest) 20 October 2011 17 November 2011 15 December 2011 12 January 2012 (Note: 2nd Thurs instead of 3rd Thurs due to CNY on 23 Jan 2012) 16 February 2012 15 March 2012 19 April 2012 17 May 2012 21 June 2012 AREA/DIVISION Z EVENT DATES 2011-2012 1. Club Officers' Training I 09/07/11 (this Saturday) Venue: AIA Alexandra Time: 1:30pm - 5:30pm 2. Humorous Speech & Evaluations Contest Area Z3: 01/10/2011 Division Z: 22/10/2011 3. Division Z Club Officers' Training II 14/01/2012 4. International Speech & Table Topics Contest Area Z3: 29/03/2012 (@ KATONG CC) Division Z: 14/04/2012 5. Achievers' Day 09/06/2012

For our club's 6th Anniversary, we had invited Craig Teo as our Guest Speaker and 4 visiting toastmasters: Daniel Tran from Vietnam TMC, Lee Min from Singhealth TMC, Florence Boey from Toa Payoh Central TMC and RIchard Sng from Tiarel TMC. SAA Leena kick-started our chapter meeting by reminding us that the June school holidays is around the corner, and requested the floor to share with one another their most memorable school holiday. Items shared were video gaming, overseas trips, the 80's kampong life and spending quality time with family. Benjamin Gan, our club's Charter President, gave us the opening speech. He shared with us the history of the club, an appropriate theme for the club's 6th anniversary. The club was initially located at Singapore Swimming Club, where sumptuous food was always served during meetings. The club ran into a brick wall when the management of the clubhouse realised that most members of the Toastmasters Club are actually non-member of t...

Good evening District Governor Aziz Mustajab and fellow toastmasters. It is, for me, a great privilege and honour to be installed as your president of Katong Toastmasters Club. The position and role of the president, glamorous as it may sound, calls for being fully committed and having a deep sense of responsibility. I would like to begin by thanking the previous committee team members of 2010, for having taken us through a very rewarding and eventful year. A very special vote of thanks should go to Nik Chua, our immediate past president, and Joni Siah, (who is now our VPE in the new term), for their very valuable contributions. They have done us proud. It is to Toastmaster Joni’s credit, that she has brought much glory and recognition to our club, by winning the championship award for the Best Evaluator in District 80 Competition of November 2010. And there a more great news. Through our 3 talented members, Cynthia, Benjamin and Joni, whom participated in the rec...