REPORT ON SPEECH CONTESTS

HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST & EVALUATION CONTEST

2 August 2011

Report by Susan Lim, Daphne Au, Tan Lay Theng & Angeline Lee

With almost 40 guests and members in attendance, Organising Chair VPM Alexandra started our annual Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest by thanking all contestants, role players, Chief Judge Francis Ng and his team of judges.

The audience

Past President Lay Theng who was our Contest Chair, conducted both contests in her usual cool, calm and collected manner. 

Humorous Speech Contest

The first contestant, James stressed on the importance of knowledge. He conveyed it by using a humorous story of how he helped a damsel in distress and gained instant admiration. His body language and message was clear - “If you know something other people do not know, your voice will be louder and you can raise yourself higher”.

Second contestant, Angeline shared how she has conquered her fear and achieved tremendous results. In her early days in Toastmasters, because she did not want to disappoint her club VPE, she joined the table topics contest and accidentally won it. Moving on, she became the Area Governor and then the President of Friendship Toastmasters club. But her most whimsy story was how she conquered her fear of heights and eventually earned kisses from two handsome guys.

Sylvia, who was the third contestant, shared a story on how she reluctantly got herself a disastrous housemate. In a dire situation, she discussed with her friends and came out with 4 simple yet ingenuous steps to get rid of her housemate. It involved the deceitful yet amusing acts of talking to her mum and also her plant. In her finale, she revealed that her former disastrous housemate is now her fiancé.

The final contestant, Sivadas shared his Toastmasters journey and how he completed his 10 speeches. His “never say die” attitude and his stories with the messages of “do not stop learning” and “everything is possible” are not only inspiring, but were entertaining as well.

Contest Results

First place - Angeline Lee

Second place – James Arokiasamy

Angeline receiving her trophy and certificate from Contest Chair PP Lay Theng

PP James, first runner-up in the Humorous Speech Contest

Evaluation Contest

The evaluation contest started with our test speaker Zoe Lo presenting her speech on “The day when everything went wrong”.

First evaluator, Tony Lim, liked Zoe’s energy in delivering her speech. Both Tony and second evaluator Chee Hoe pointed out that Zoe’s speech was well-structured and organized. They both liked the way Zoe started her speech by asking a question which successfully grabbed the attention of the audience. Tony, Chee Hoe, third evaluator Freddie and fifth evaluator Angeline thought that Zoe’s speech was humorous by recapping on “even though she had a bad haircut but at least she still had hair, and also the difference between Starbucks and Setapak that contributed to things that went wrong”.

All the evaluators liked Zoe’s speech with a meaningful take-home message – even if things don’t work out as planned, we should be thankful for the things that went right. Tony, Freddie and Chee Hor commented that Zoe is pretty and has a sweet smile which helped her to connect to the audience effortlessly.

Angeline ended her speech by saying she could not give Zoe a brilliant evaluation, but at least Zoe had a free evaluation. This made the audience laugh out loud. She is quite a talented humorous evaluator!

First place – Freddie Yap

Second place – Angeline Lee

Third place – Tony Lim

Congratulations to PP Freddie Yap, Evaluation Champion!

PP Tony Lim is second runner-up

Note of Appreciation

Friendship would like to record our appreciation to

Organising Chair – VPM Alexandra Lau

Contest Chair – Past President Tan Lay Theng

Chief Judge – Francis Ng, DTM & his team of judges

Timers – Bryan Cheong (HELP) & Lee Han Sen (TTDI)

Ballot counters – Ian Tai, Tan Tze Yi (HELP) & Derek Soo (Mantissa)

SAA – Andy Supramaniam, Daphne Au & Kelly Teng (Mantissa)

Test Speaker – Zoe Lo (HELP)

Contestants – Angeline, Ben, Chee Hoe, Freddie, James, Sivadas, Sylvia & Tony

Contestants Angeline, Ben, Freddie, Chee Hoe, Tony & Sivadass

IPP Jessica (One World), Secretary Han Sen (TTDI), PP Derek (Mantissa),
President Angeline, President Kelly (Mantissa) & President CK (One World)

HELP President Zoe with her members Bryan, VPE Tze Yi & IPP Vincent Liew,
OC Alexandra & President Angeline

Members & guests of Friendship TMC

Thank you to all contestants, role players and members of the audience for helping Friendship TMC to have a successful Humorous Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest !

Report by Susan Lim, Daphne Au, Tan Lay Theng & Angeline Lee