On the 17th August 2019, I was at Jauhari
Bilingual Toastmasters Club, at project speaker. This was my 32nd club visit on the
48th day of the Toastmaster year.
The Toastmasters of the Day were Syaiful Hakimnudin
bin Sa’adon, who spoke in Malay; and Siti Zuhriyyah binte Mohammed Ariffin, who
spoke in English. Siti Zuhriyyah binte
Mohammed Ariffin is also the resident chef, and responsible for the amazing
food. The language evaluator was Aaron
Ting King Hean. The timer was Hasniza binte Khalil.
Wiwiek Najihah binte Hairudin spoke impassionately, in
her president’s opening address, along the theme of “Kampungku, Kampungmu,”
in both Malay and English, about the need for us to know our neighbours, to be
good neighbours, and to leave a good neighbourhood for our children.
The first speech, by Syaiful Hakimnudin bin Sa’adon,
was about his job, and the importance of radiographers. He gave a humorous account of how doctors
cannot even give a prognosis without them.
He was a last-minute replacement speaker, but he did exceptionally well.
In the spirit of national day, Muhammad Nurfarhan bin Abdul
Jaaffar recounted the fraught relationship between Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
and Major-General William Farquhar. Farquhar was the man who actually built up the British settlement in
Singapore. Raffles
actually spent less than a month in Singapore.
Farquhar was so beloved that the people of
Singapore, of all groups, gave him a rousing send off when Raffles had him replaced. And yet,
despite all his work, we have Raffles Place, and Stamford Road. General William Farquhar was the true founder
of modern Singapore.
I gave a speech which was along the lines of what I
spoke about in DSTA. Whereas I gave
security policy details there, and how they evolved; here, I only touched on
them briefly, and went into the background of the Sri Lankan civil war, and how
we took the lessons there that racial and religious harmony should never be
taken for granted.
The evaluators were Willie Loh Chung Wei, Malcolm Sunny Chen @
Malik Sani Abdullah Chen, Mohamad Saddiqi bin Mohamad Said, and Tony Lim Tong Lee.
Best Evaluator: Tony Lim Tong Lee; and
Best Table Topics Speaker: Aaron Khalid bin Azhari, and
Mohamad Saddiqi bin Mohamad Said.
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