Toa Payoh South TMC as Project Evaluator, 08th January 2020

On the 08^th January 2020, I was at Toa Payoh South Toastmasters Club, as project evaluator.  This was my 140^th club visit on the 192^nd day of the Toastmaster year.

The sergeant-at-arms, as well as Toastmaster of the Day, was Mohamad Hijazi bin Sudarmaji.  The timer was Lam Yong Xian.

Jeannette Poh spoke about the concept of letting go. For her, the lesson was learned in school.  When we do not learn to let go, the only people we hold back are ourselves.

Li Shan Shan reiterated her story of her trip to Hainan in 212, when she was still in school.  They were on a school trip to Hainan to help a village build a wall.  Every time she has told this story, she has always managed to inject new elements, keeping the story fresh.

Anthony Leong shared with us some stories of the two decades of his Toastmasters journey, and this encompassed the early years of Toa Payoh South Toastmasters club.  He reminisced about the Toastmasters come before, many since passed on, the growth of the club, and the times it almost closed.  It reminds us that the clubs we visit have a history built on the work of people many of us may have forgotten.  As such, it is important to respect the legacy of the clubs we visit.

Tan Xian Xun gave an interesting account of his student exchange in Scotland.  He took advantage of his time to travel around Europe.  He spoke about interacting with the locals, attempting to cook local food for them, and the time he was a victim of pickpockets in Barcelona.

Terence Tan S. Y. spoke about our inherent power to influence people, our interpersonal power.  He quoted from “The Power Paradox”, by Dacher Keltner

Oon Sim Sim gave a speech roleplaying a fund raiser for Agape Community Services Centre, with a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation.

The evaluators were Lisa Wong Pui Wan, Hiroshi Kaneko, Peter Max Roth, Paulus Gunadi, Prakash, and myself.

Best Speaker: Jeannette Poh; and

Best Evaluator: Prakash.

There was no table topics session.