On the 10th July, I visited Toa Payoh South
CC Toastmasters Club, as Toastmaster of the Day. This was my 115th club visit, on
the 135th day of the Toastmaster Year.
The table topics master was Anthony Leong. The timer was Emily Xin Qian. The ah counter was Lye Rong Fang.
Anthony Leong explained the context of Thanksgiving,
which is a form of harvest festival. It
is a commemoration of the previous year’s harvest, and to give thanks for the
bounty. In that same vein, it has been
expanded in modern society to give thanks for the “harvest” of our social and
professional lives in the previous year.
Yamuna gave an impassionate speech about the necessity
for schools to prepare children for careers in a rapidly changing economy. Considering the needs of he fourth industrial
revolution, she feels that curriculum has not kept up with this rapid
change. It is one of the great
challenges for all stakeholders in the education sector. She gave a stark demonstration of education,
and policy directives, and expounded on the limitations of the system. She put forth possible solutions based on the
experience in India.
Vasanthi Jagannathan Ravi roleplayed as a media representative of
an investment bank, at a press conference.
The subject was the misconduct of an investment banker, and how the bank
assured the public that it would be addressing this. This was her take on an event that was in the
news.
Joanne Sweti d’Souza attempted a humorous speech about
her crushes. She spoke about the men she
fell for, the men who fell for her, and her courtship for her arranged marriage.
The evaluators were Gerald Ong Wen Shun, Sivanesan K.
Murugayan, Paulus Gunadi, and Arinjay Bansal.
Best Speaker: Vasanthi Jagannathan Ravi;
Best Evaluator: Arinjay Bansal; and
Best Table Topics Speaker: Myself.
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