Word of the day : “ Luck “
Date : Thursday, March 25, 2010
Venue : Merchantile Athletic Club
“ Shamrock is the most common icon in Ireland and St. Patrick was the one who introduced Christianity to the Irish “
TM Noor tanti, our TOM showed her green shamrock emblem to the members and guests of BTMC at the beginning of our meeting session that night. She greeted warmly and gave a brief explanation that Shamrock is the National Flower of Ireland and several other interesting facts about St. Patrick’s Day. She also asked CTM CL Mike Nicholson shared stories relates to St. Patrick’s Day and He made this opening session more exciting when he shared Jokes of the Irish. Everyone laughed and enjoyed those hilarious jokes so much. Meanwhile, Our President of the Club, ACB CL Indriati Permanasari opened our club’s meeting with smile and a glance explanation of the reasons behind St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.
BTMC members and guests who were luckily selected by our Table Topic Master from Jakarta Toastmasters Club – ACB Matthew Price were smiling that night when the questions were thrown out. At first, They looked very surprise since Table Topic session this time was so unique. It was only a single word for each of the speaker that must be developed in to a speech, Pretty tough indeed! However, It seemed that the Speakers were up to the challenge and performed very nicely. They could showed their ability in organizing their thoughts quickly and responded to the topic well.
TM Raj Daswani who was selected as the first speaker got the word “ Suddenly “ from our Table Topic Master. He shared a story about an incident which happened to him as well as his family when he drove his Italian Viat and How Luck of the Irish saved him and his family’s life. On the other hand, the number of 42 was related to a journey for 42 days that was spent in India. This fascinating journey shared by TM Mathew Horkey. He told us the story of his meditation or Yoga experience in a Budhist temple on top of Himalaya Mountain and how hard it was for him to follow. TM Ray Asnar explained to us how “ Early is Good ! “ He shared that the first time he jointed as a member in Toastmasters was an early decision for him. Toastmasters offers so many benefits and It’s indeed the right place where he could learned so much. He also shared how reading books in an early stage expanded his horizon of knowledge.
“Sometimes I feel so stupid because I did something unconsciously ! “
The first line spoken by ACB CL Indriati Permanasari after ACB Mathew Price thrown out the word “ Unconscious “ as her word in this table topic session. She shared her experience when she forgot to put her mobile phone, her key and other stuffs which were very important. She realized that this was a dangerous habit that she should improved and eliminated. At the end, she explained to the audience her effort to be more conscious person. Our last speaker – Santi, who was one of the guest in the meeting got her self “ Clean “ as the table topic word. Santi loved clean things such as clean clothes, road and water. She also shared us her dream of a better life and environment on earth.
The prepared Speeches Session consist of Five Speakers including a guest speaker from Jakarta Toastmasters Club. We had a variety Level of Prepared Speakers who delivered their speeches that night, range from Basic Manual 1 to Basic Manual 10.
Mochammad Ali once said : “ One toughest fight ever is the fight with my wife. “ Meanwhile Socrates Quotes : “ If a man got a good wife he’ll be happy , if He doesn’t -He’ll be a philosopher . “
TM Bobby Kalwani delivered his speech – Get to the Point with the title “ Wife “ and evaluated by TM Matthew Horkey. Our Entertaining Speaker made us smile as always with his funny jokes of how all wives should be treated appropriately since wife could bring a home to the house as quoted : “ Man buy the house but the woman who made it into a home. “ This inspirational speech truly made us realized more on how precious a wife is in the eye of a husband and eventually, elected him as the best prepared speaker of the meeting.
The First Speaker TM Suharni Rintoko who delivered her First Project of Basic Manual Competent Communicator brought the audience in to her job as a customer service at Sunlife Insurance. We ‘re now have a better understanding of her present job, some of her difficulties in dealing with variety characters of customers, her company’s products as well as the tips to get the suitable and appropriate insurance for us.
TM Gusni Tandjung took us to several spots in Indonesia. She brought a traveling brochure just to give us a glimpse of Indonesian natural beauty. She shared her experience when she visited Bangka Belitung in her latest adventure and encouraged everyone to travel and get the sense of the Indonesian Paradise.
TM Olivia Suwandi – a guest Speaker who delivered her prepared speech titled “ Perfect Body” highlighted everyone’s dream of a perfect body like models or movie stars and their efforts to achieve it. She also made an example of Barbie doll as the perfect figure of a woman. Hmm… She’s definitely perfect alright !
TM Muqlazh Yusufi concluded his Basic Manual Projects and got him self the title of Competent Communicator. He shared his story when He studied in United State and how he didn’t really serious at the time and experienced failure. However, This was his turning point to be a better person and moved on to grab more chances in life. His Speech Title was : “ A Change in Life “. Listening to his speech made us realized and learned the way to overcome failures and embracing the changes to be successful in our life.
Our Table Topic Master, TM Mathew Price gave us a glance about the celebration of St. Patrick’s in Ireland as well where the Irish tastes Guiness Beer as their tradition and the Beer of choice on St. Patricks Day. That's because Guiness has played such a large part in Ireland's history, The original Guiness factory was established in Dublin and it’s one of the oldest brewing companies in Ireland.
In the Evaluation Sessions this time, we were privileged to have two guests evaluators. Bhavna as the first guest evaluator who evaluated TM Suharni Rintoko made several points for her improvements, the second guest evaluator was Mathew Price who evaluated TM Gusni Tanjung’s speech. He praised Gusni for her speech and encouraged her to be a better speaker next time and put more spices and details in her story.
TM Mathew Horkey’s gave his first Evaluation Session at BTMC Meeting which was very interesting for everyone. He evaluated TM Bobby Kalwani and complimented his humorous inspirational speech and only made several notes in the room of improvement for him.
CC Lola Delfin evaluated TM Olivia Suwandi on her BM 7 – Research Your Topic, She analyzed on the speech very well and made some evaluation points to share to the audience and those points will definitely endorsed TM Olivia to moved forward to her next speech. The last Evaluators who evaluated TM Muqlazh Yusufi was Our Club’s President – ACB CL Indriati Permanasari. She congratulated TM Muqlazh who has concluded his Basic Manual Competent Communicator and made some suggestions to encouraged him to the next level as an Excellent Communicator.
In the Hall of Fame Session, TM Raj Daswani titled as The Best Table Topic Speaker, TM Bobby Kalwani voted as the Best Prepared Speaker and TM Mathew Horkey elected by the audience as the Best Evaluator.
Obviously all the members and guests of BTMC had a goooood time ! It was indeed A Happy St. Patrick’s Day for everyone !
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