Bukit Batok TMC as Toastmaster of the Day, 02nd November 2019

On the 02^nd October 2019, I was at Bukit Batok Toastmasters Club, as Toastmaster of the Day.  This was my 105^th club visit on the 125^th day of the Toastmaster year.

The sergeant-at-arms was Julia Pan, the table topics master was Annie Goh, the timer was Sathiyavani d/o Muthu, and the workshop speakers were John Liew, and Aaron Ting King Hean.

In the first workshop, John Liew brought us on a magical journey using only words.  Utilising excerpts of the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, he demonstrated the power of words to paint a picture.

Lucy Koh gave her icebreaker speech, where she said that she will not be defined by her titles, and her relationships.  It was an existentialist monologue.

Mellita Angga read from a letter she wrote to her younger self, in a period of great challenge in her life.  It was words of comfort, and detailed the loneliness, the insecurity, and the fears she had when she first came to Singapore, all those years ago.  A foreigner in a foreign land, she spoke of the journey of adapting, and rebuilding her social network.  It was an uplifting story, and there were a great many lessons to be had by all.

Vanitha spoke about the process of communication.  She defined communication as a dynamic process that makes or breaks relationships.  Communication is not just about the words, but how they are utilised.

Aaron Ting King Hean gave an excellent exposition of the process of evaluation, and what it actually is.  He went through the process of evaluating a speech, and the areas to focus on at each stage of the speech.

The evaluators were Tony Lim Tong Lee, Vincent Chua Tin An, Tony Tan Sein Wee, Lim Chang Jing, and Martinn Ho Yuen Liung.

Best Speaker: Mellita Angga;

Best Evaluator: Vincent Chua Tin An; and

Best Table Topics Speaker: Tan Sze Yong.