On the 05th December 2019, I was at Buona
Vista Toastmasters Club, as language evaluator.
This was my 131st club visit on the 158th day of
the Toastmaster year.
The Toastmaster of the Day was Julyka Hameed. The timer was Serena Lee. The ah counter was Lee Pei Geok. The table topics master was Chong Ruey Hua.
In her president’s address, Pee Hai Ning told us how
she loves Christmas. She shared some of
her earliest Christmas childhood memories: artificial snow at Tanglin Mall. Her address centered around the theme of
family.
Melvin Tan gave us a presentation on dragonboat racing. He informed us that dragonboat racing has a 2,500-year
history. It began as a festival to
commemorate the poet Qu Yuan, who lived during the Warring States period. He also took the time to explain the
mechanics of the race, and how the team is set up.
Tushar Sinha spoke about the need for scepticism. He began his speech with an explanation of
precession in the Earth’s orbit, and how that means there is a change in the
north star every several thousand years.
In the time when the Great Pyramids were built, 4,800 years ago, the
north star was Thuban. In 4,000 CE, the
north star will be Gamma Cephei.
The evaluators were Wilson Ong, and May Zhang.
Best Table Topics Speaker: Pee Hai Ning.
There was no voting for best speaker, or best evaluator.
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