Sunday, April 16, 2006

Review of Meeting (04 April 2006)

Attendees: Audrey, Bavani, Ivan Fong, Lakhmichand, Lourdes, Muhendaran, Parimalar, Rema, Rengan, Renuka, Shan and Shandini.
Gests: Area Governor Francis Ng, the God-loving Paul Tan, Mohan and Sumathi.

Meeting started on time as usual, let’s give ourselves a pat on our backs; we never fail to do this every time we meet! Then again, we can never be arrogant about such things, for ego always leads to downfall of even mega-empires.

For this meeting we had a first-timer Toastmaster of the Evening, yours truly, Ranjit Singh.

The session got rolling with Ivan Fong at his best with thought provoking topics for the table topic session, all tailored around the word of the day – “CREDIBLE” !! You are incredible Ivan! Renuka, our new baby (she is made of bronze, mind you... so not really a baby) deservingly won the session. A class act Renuka!

Moving on to the prepared speeches scene... Bavani made a grand entrance, winning the best speaker award while doing only her second speech. Congratulations Bavani! We were then given a dosage of Hitlerism, thanks to our abstract Shan. Then Rema took the stage, I have to say this is the stage really... Rema lovingly roasted her husband “The Viking”, the setting being their 10th wedding anniversary. There you are! Anyone game to have a go at someone you know? All in the name of toastmasters! Finally, we were brought to our senses by a no-nonsense talk by Muhendaran. Aptly, reminding us our status and our responsibility. Let’s each and every one of us do something for our very own Bangsar Toastmasters Club.

Then the authorities were brought out, led by Lourdes (albeit a milder Lourdes this time). Evaluation was conducted by Paul Tan, Renuka, Ivan Fong and Lakhmichand. The every green, Lakhmichand or rather Lucky as we all love to call him, was honored as the best evaluator for the night.

The night ended on a high note with everyone feeling great and still fresh after a long day.




by Ranjit Singh, CTM