Photos @ 17 August 2010

Achieving Greatness Together
Report by Angeline Lee

With TME KC Lim in charge, we were assured that our Achieving Greatness Together meeting would be well-run. He gave us a quote from Henry Ford

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Past President KC Lim is our TME

In her Invocation speech, Lay Theng shared with us how her workplace fostered the spirit of Achieving Greatness Together by the simple act of removing partitions. By doing so, it removed the barriers to greater communication and interaction. Lay Theng’s inspiring message for us - Toastmasters is the best platform for Achieving Greatness Together. Let’s walk this journey together and accomplish (word of the day) the results we desire.

We then had an unusual Table Topics session led by Richard Solomon, who was visiting from AFC Club. Our volunteers had to explain why women should be given equal rights and then explained why women should not be given equal rights. Table Topics Evaluator Ben praised Grace, Freddie and Tony’s well-crafted speeches which were full of real-life examples that we could relate to.

Table Topics Master Richard explaining the Table Topics debating game to Grace, Wendy, Angeline, Chee Hoe, Freddie and Tony

For his project speech no. 6, Chee Hoe entranced us with the Navi language used in the Avator movie. His speech on Lì’fya convinced his speech evaluator Grace to get a copy of the Avatar DVD and watch this movie!

In “Chiquita Banana”, Alexandra presented a well-researched speech about a humble fruit with many healing properties. She ended her speech with “A banana a day, keeps the doctor away”.

For Angeline’s Speech To Inform, evaluator Freddie was very generous with his verdict: There were drizzles of romance, sprinkles of heartwarming humour and a just-nice dosage of enlightening facts, all in ONE!

In the Evaluation session, GE Lee Wei Seong praised Ben’s evaluation which was delivered without looking at his notes. He was impressed with Ben’s smooth slow of presentation. He then challenged the other evaluators to deliver without notes. Our seasoned team of evaluators promptly took up this challenge.

First-timer Ah-Counter Emily Kok was composed as she delivered her report. Grammarian Sivadas and Timer Wai Yee once again showed us they had been diligently focusing on their task as they delivered their respective reports.


GE Wei Seong receiving Friendship’s Thank You card from President Zaiton

For our Achieving Greatness Together meeting, the award winners are
Best Table Topics Speaker – Freddie Yap & Grace Tan
Best Evaluator – Freddie Yap
Best Project Speaker – Angeline Lee

Best Table Topics Speaker & Best Evaluator Freddie and joint Best Table Topics Speaker Grace with President Zaiton

For Richard’s guest, it was her first time attending a Toastmasters meeting. Wendy was impressed with the speaking skills of Friendship members.

Evaluator Grace, Table Topics Master Richard, Chee Hoe, Timer Wai Yee, guest Wendy and GE Wei Seong

For Grace’s guest, Mala, she was impressed with the educational nature of Toastmasters meetings. She will be visiting us for future meetings, and vowed to bring along her friends.

Evaluator Freddie, Ah-Counter Emily, Invocation speaker Lay Theng, guests Mala & Andy

Join us at our next Friendship meeting on 7 September where you will Enrich Your Life in Achieving Greatness Together.