On the 16th August 2019, I visited Jurong Green English Toastmasters Club, as a project evaluator, and ah counter. This was my 31st club visit on the
47th day of the Toastmaster year.
The Toastmaster of the Day was Oon Sim Sim. This was also part of her project. The table topics master was Sam Chou. The timer was Gordon Liu. The ah counter was myself. I was doing this differently, explaining where
the speakers made their pause fillers, instead of just listing the number of
times they did it.
The president, Owen Ter’s, opening address was brief on
account that there were seven project speakers, which is impressive.
The second speech was by Loh Ne Kyean. He spoke about the time he was retrenched at
age 40, and how it felt to lose his career in sales, his dignity and the financial
struggles that ensued. He then detailed
how he finally went to the CDAC for help, and they gave him a job as a tuition
teacher for underprivileged children. It
was there that he discovered his passion for teaching, and how it lead to a
late switch to teaching in primary schools.
Siew Kueen spoke about her passion for travelling –
alone. Unlike most Singaporeans, who
travel in tour groups and in packages, she loves to travel off the beaten
path. She spoke with passion of how she
meticulously planned her trips, despite her self-professed inability to
adequately read a map.
Praba gave a very short speech about Steve Jobs, and
how he started Apple, was removed from the company, and how he came back in
triumph.
Niranjan gave a humorous speech of his two fears:
heights, and his wife. He said that his
wife is very kind – she always forgives him for her mistakes. He told us how he worked to overcome his fear
of heights because he wanted to bring his daughter on amusement park rides, and
in the course of it, learned he enjoyed roller coasters as well.
Jason Seet C. M. told us about his first holiday in Phuket,
back in 2004, and how he just missed getting caught by the tsunami. He then told us how it took him years to
contemplate going back to Phuket, and when he finally did, he had no regrets.
Yi Ling gave us a lecture on the meaning of grit, and
how we need it to overcome challenges, and thrive. She showed us a chart on how to calculate our
grit factor, and advised us on how we can enhance it, and be mentally tougher.
The evaluators were Arun Prasanth, Thomas Chen Jun
Ying, Chor Wui, myself, Sam Chou, Nicholas Tay, and Timothy Lin.
Best Speaker: Loh Ne Kyean;
Best Evaluator: Thomas Chen Jun Ying; and
Best Table Topics Speaker: Li Shan Shan.
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