EMinent Communicators TMC as Language Evaluator, 10th December 2019

On the 10^th December 2019, I was at EMinent Communicators Toastmasters Club, as language evaluator.  This was my 134^th club visit on the 163^rd day of the Toastmaster year.

The sergeant-at-arms was Mithun Jugal Kishore Malani.  The Toastmaster of the Day was Raymond Zhang.  The timer was Angela Lansbury.  The ah counter was Soe Myat Hein.  The table topics master was Marshall Cooper.

In his president’s opening address, Mithun Jugal Kishore Malani mentioned a friend he knew for more than 17 years.  The day before, he was knocked down by a car, in a hit and run.  He passed away.  It was the day before his wedding anniversary.  This reminds us of the ephemeralness of life, and how we should treasure every moment with our loved ones.  It was a poignant reminder.

Adith Chandrasekhar, in his very first speech, spoke about the concept of altruism.  He cited a series of experiments conducted by economists.  Essentially, there is a finer line between altruism and avariciousness than we all realised.

Soe Myat Hein gave an account of the Myanmar water festival.  Thingyan is the Burmese New Year Festival that usually occurs in middle of April. It is a Buddhist festival celebrated over a period of four to five days, culminating in the New Year. The dates of the Thingyan Festival are calculated according to the Burmese calendar.  He gave his personal account of it, and how he misses home.

Swaminathan R. S. gave a presentation on the consequences of the 4^th Industrial Revolution, and how automation and artificial intelligence is changing the way we do business.  He spoke about growth careers, and careers that under threat.

The evaluators were Lim Chang Jing, Putu Sanjaya Setiawan, and Penny Anne Radcliffe.

Best Evaluator: Penny Anne Radcliffe; and

Best Table Topics Speaker: Guest.

There was no voting for best speaker.