Meeting Keynotes - "Footprints on the sands of Time" - August 12, 2013

Footprints on the sands of time


Our Toastmaster of the Evening, Globetrotter Tan Saw Bee, shared with us that during the recent cruise in the Baltic Seas, several crystal ladies had the opportunity to visit St Petersburg and other cities. St Petersburg took her breath away.


According to Saw Bee, if men like Peter The Great & women like Catherine The Great, had not left their footprints in St Petersburg, she would not have the opportunity to appreciate the amazing & exquisite monuments, buildings and artworks.



St Petersburg is the source of her inspiration for tonight’s theme ‘Footprints on the sands of time’ plucked from Henry Longfellow’s immortal poem “A Psalm of Life” where the below stanza from this poem was dedicated to all the members & guests.

         
Next, we had our Table Topics Master, KL Cheah who almost took away the breath of 5 courageous speakers with her profound table topics, giving the speakers great opportunities to demonstrate their “think on the feet” skills.
                                                              KL Cheah
                                                    Table Topic Master


                                                       Benny Chia
                     What legacy would you leave for your children?        


                                                         Rachael Wong
                     “Footprints in the sand of time are not made by sitting down”      

                                                                 Vivien Seow
                            “Carve your names on hearts and not tombstones”  

                          


                                                                       Esther Then
                                 “I want to leave my mark, like a star in the dark”  




DTM G Sivalingam
“When I leave this world, I will leave no regrets”

Best Table Topic Speaker – DTM G Siva … Congratulations!


Moving on to our 1st Assignment Speaker, Elmira presented the findings as well as proof of the danger of mixing coco cola with mentos which could cause great harm to our health.

Thanks to Elmira for sharing such important information for us to pass on to our children


                                 Best Assignment Speaker – Elmira .. Congratulations!



We were also further entertained by 3 other speakers, Joey Cheng, Jennifer Pan & Irene Lee with their Advanced Communication Series, supported by their respective role players, Carolin Wong, Ng Siew Tho & Emily Bong in their speech presentation.



The speakers were thankful to their respective speech evaluators, Emily Bong, Benny Chia, DTM G Siva & Low Lay Chi for their comprehensive & insightful evaluation. 




Best Evaluator - Benny Chia ….. Congratulations!   


Last but not least, our sincere thanks to our General Evaluator, Victor Ong, ACG, ALS who orchestrated the evaluation session with wit, humour, style & substance.


Towards the end of the meeting, Past President Irene Lee, surprised us with wonderful news that our District Governor, Kiang Fang Pyng, has announced that Crystal Toastmasters Club is one of the 48 clubs in the entire world (out of 14,350 clubs in 122 countries) with 10 DCP goals for 9 (or more) years as of 30th June 2013.


HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS to all Past Presidents & their Committees for such an Amazing Performance.


Well Done!



Key notes by Jennifer Pan,  VPPM 2013/2014
Uploaded by Ogy Ong,  VPE 2013/2014






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