The Xmas-themed meeting opened with a Christmas song by Robert Tan in his dual role as Acting President and TOE. There were a few reindeers with enough red elf caps plus the surprising appearance of Santa who dished out "sweets" (reward for a good year's work) to spice up the holiday mood.
General views of members and interested guests - Ashoka, Raghavan, Devadas, Kris, Yoges . . Lots of Christmas caps and reindeers around though without the red-noses.
Dr Subhassh as Table Topics Master gave mind-mining topics catching most respondees off-guard BUT in the TM way, all managed to answer to everyone's satisfaction. The good Dr claimed to have mined his topics from spiritual teachings which he thought would be in line with the festive occasion. The questions were too complex to record so the reader has to ask the Dr himself. TTE Stephen Francis evaluated on content and gestures adding his opinion in many cases.
The various role players are depicted in the various pictures shown below. Tan Lai Hock managed to influence the "aliens" enough to bag the best Table Topics Speaker.
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| Our own Santa |
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| Tan Lai Hock (GE) and Robert Tan (TOE) at the Control Centre |
Rosa Phua gave an informative, spirited and interesting account of the possible origins of Santa Claus and Christmas. It had to to do with the giving of gifts and the shift of the Dutch word Sinterklass (Sint Nicolas or Saint Nicholas) to Santa Claus. It seems the evolution of SC looks came from the Coca Cola advertisement and promotion image. Rosa was sooo effective she got her wish.
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| Sinterklaas - pic from Wikipedia |
PD Toastmasters wishes its members, ex-members, guests, friends a Merry Christmas with the Best to come for the New Year. Please note the next meeting has been brought to the FIRST Tuesday i.e. 7th January 2014. HO! HO! HO!
General views of members and interested guests - Ashoka, Raghavan, Devadas, Kris, Yoges . . Lots of Christmas caps and reindeers around though without the red-noses.
Dr Subhassh as Table Topics Master gave mind-mining topics catching most respondees off-guard BUT in the TM way, all managed to answer to everyone's satisfaction. The good Dr claimed to have mined his topics from spiritual teachings which he thought would be in line with the festive occasion. The questions were too complex to record so the reader has to ask the Dr himself. TTE Stephen Francis evaluated on content and gestures adding his opinion in many cases.
The various role players are depicted in the various pictures shown below. Tan Lai Hock managed to influence the "aliens" enough to bag the best Table Topics Speaker.
Like the neat and precise write-up for this end of year edition. Very colorful and full of Christmas spirit. Keep up the good work!
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