Word of the day : Blossom
Thursday, March 11, 2010, Merchantile Athletic Club
“ Spring is associated to time of growth, renewal, and new life. This term is also expressed as a Metaphor for the start of better times and better life. Many flowering plants bloom this time of year such as magnolias, cherries, quince and august “.
Our TOM of tonight’s meeting, TM Fetty Kartini explained a glance of Spring season to the audience at the opening sessions. She also asked CTM CL Mike Nicholson to share his childhood experience when he was still in UK and how spring time felt like in his hometown. The blooming flowers and fallen leaves in Mike’s backyard made him so happy and enjoyed his moments of spring back then. Mike’s experience spread the sense of Spring to the audience that night who were mostly never felt how spring was like since Indonesia is not a four seasons country.
The audience of tonight’s meeting was “blooming” when TM Alvin Anwari led the table topic session, Three questions thrown out to the audience who were anxiously waiting to be chosen. CC Thomas Alfiandes chose “ Peter Pan “ as the character which really reflected himself when he was asked to choose one of the cartoon character who could represent him the most. Meanwhile, TM Matthew Horkey expressed his mind about Spring in a smart and elegant way where he associated the blooming times of spring with new beginning and a time to growth as well as develop as a person. What an inspiring speech! Most people in the audience liked the speech so much and eventually he was chosen as the Best Table Topic Speaker in the Hall of Fame session.
“ Angry is good and normal so Get Angry, People ! “
TM Noortanti Kusumastuti brought a new concept and horizon of Angry to the mindset of every audience tonight. Truly brilliant how she presented the other side of Angry in her BM 3 Project with the title “ Aarrggggghhh ……. “ A twist of mind contrary to the general thought of every people. Angry should be expressed ! and it should not be holding in since it will effect our health. The Fact is that angry is a healthy, normal emotion when you know how to express it appropriately and could deal with the situation in a positive way.
In her childhood life, she was taught by her parents that Angry should not be released. She should stepped back and calm her self down when it attacked her and should not let the anger controlled her. “ Take a deep breath and count to three to let go the feeling of angry !“ advised her parents. Her one of a kind speech achieved its purpose in persuading the audience to vote for her and titled her as the Best Prepared Speaker.
TM Yenie Tanzino delivered her BM 2 – Organize your speech with the title “ When You Pay Peanut, You Get Monkey “ . Her travelling experience was so funny and made everybody smile and laugh. She delivered her speech hilariously. Everyone in the meeting was entertained with her story and we got the tips and trick as a back packer traveller as well.
Both of our International Speech Representatives in the Area Level delivered their dazzling speeches. TM Matthew Horkey who delivered the speech of “ Your Most Valuable Asset “ explained how Health is the most valuable asset for everyone and should be taking care of. He also gave us a glimpse on his occupation as a chiropractor. TM Muqlazh Yusufi delivered his BM 9 speech - Persuade with power with the title “ The Greatest Treasure “ and was evaluated by CTM CL Mike Nicholson. His powerful speech truly persuaded the audience to look at Books as the Greatest Treasure of all times.
The prepared speech session concluded with the speech from ACB CL Indriati Permanasari - AM # 2 Interpersonal Com - The Succesful Negotiator and the title was “ Everything is negotiable“. The Negotiation’s role play was about sponsorship proposal to support the event of “Puteri Indonesia“ which was organized by Mustika Ratu. As a Public Relations Officer who was a representative of Mustika Ratu, Indri could developed her negotiation skill very well and successfully persuaded her client who was an owner of a motorcycle producer in Indonesia to be the event’s sponsor. Everything is indeed negotiable once you implemented all of those negotiation tips from our Club’s President. What a performance!
Tonight’s meeting was slightly different. All of the audience were asked to be silent evaluators for our International Speech Contest Representatives. They should gave feed back, advises as well as evaluation for these gentlemen. This is very essential for their improvement prior to the Area Level contest which will be held within next few weeks
Evaluation Sessions was indeed a session which shouldn’t be missed out this time since All of our best Evaluators could be there and evaluated those prepared speakers. Steve Bowen’s evaluation was not only enlightened the speaker but the audience as well. Cindy Resita and Mike Nicholson were also gave an exceptional evaluations for TM Noortanti and TM Muqlazh Yusufi who were then titled them as the Best Evaluator in the Hall Of Fame Session. Yes ! We had two Best Evaluators voted by the audience in the meeting that night.
The Meeting really “fling” everyone’s mind about spring this time. The members and guests of the Club blossom all night long during the meeting.
2010 INTERNATIONAL & 
BTMC-ers, My Fellow