Toa Payoh South TMC as Project Evaluator, 14th August 2019

On the 14^th August, I visited Toa Payoh South Toastmasters Club, as a project evaluator.  This was my 28^th club visit on the 45^th day of the Toastmaster year.

The Toastmaster of the Day was Mohamad Hijazi bin Sudarmaji.  The language evaluator was Aaron Ting King Hean.  The table topics master was Gerald Ong Wen Shun.  The ah counter was Vasanthi Jagannathan Ravi.  And the timer was Myra Teo.

The president, Li Shan Shan’s opening address covered an overview of the club’s progress in the last few months, and they have done well.

There was also an induction of new members by Aaron Ting King Hean, Director, Division D.  It is wonderful to see this club growing again.

The first two speeches were icebreakers by Rennuka Kalimuthu, and Noel Narindra.  They are married to each other.  As such, their speech revolved around their tremendous challenges leaving their hometowns in Malaysia, and coming to Singapore to earn a living.  They spoke about their time finding a job, their fears of failure and going back, and their struggles to make it work.  This gives us, as Singaporeans, some perspective about how we tend to take what we have for granted.

Emily Xin Qian gave her third speech.  This was the second speech for the evaluation and feedback of her path.  She spoke about using the voice to project emotions, and getting people, especially children, to react positively.  I had the privilege of being present for her icebreaker, and her second speech, and I have noticed how she has slowly found her voice, come out of her shell, and become a much more confident person.

Anthony Leong gave his pathway speech for level 3.  Despite having achieved his Distinguished Toastmaster status a while back, it is inspirational that he is still contributing to the club, and being an example, by undertaking the Pathway programme.

The evaluators were Joshua Tay W. H., Zhou Si Ying, Paulus J. Gunadi, myself, and Mohamad Saddiqi bin Mohamad Said.

Best Speaker: Emily Xin Qian;

Best Evaluator: Mohamad Saddiqi bin Mohamad Said; and

Best Table Topics Speaker: Myra Teo.