Welcome to our monthly e-Newsletter - the Sterlink, take a deep breath to peep into our Humorous Speech & Evaluation Speech Contests 2008 ! Hi folks! Let’s put our hands together and congratulate our newly emerged winners! Hunky Liang Siah for his humorous speech and babelicious Joanne Koo for her great evaluation!
For those who were present, you would know it was a battle closely rivaled, a match keenly fought. As for those who missed the event, lucky you, here are some interesting highlights which you certainly would not want to miss …not for the second time… Part 1-Humorous Contest
Our Contest Chair - Mindy Ding tuned the mood perfectly for the evening. Rules of the game were briefed in the spirit of leveling the playing field while the essence of humor was aptly defined. The contestants not only humored us with their speeches, they also brought us through the cardinal points in life through their meaningful speeches; progressing from “singlehood” to “marriage” and “family”, to the eventual summary of putting life in perspective...
Bernard Gan kick started the contest with his satirical speech on “Why Women Remain Single”. Women, by continuing raising their expectations on their Mr. Right, signal more singles and fewer marriages.
After getting round the issue of marrying, next was setting up a family. This was expounded by our Quah Kah Seng with his speech, “My baby”. He highlighted how some women, in their bid to conceive, would wear clothes worn by other pregnant women. How creative!
What’s after giving birth? Our Poh Liang Siah fittingly shared with us on how having a baby shaped his life through his anecdotal speech, “A Different Life”.
Lin Daoxun continued to sum up life holistically with his speech “New Year Resolution”. That reusing, recycling or even reducing that familiar New Year resolution of yours is certainly not the way to go! Yes Sir, point taken!
Part 2-Evaluation Speech Contest
Test Speaker Tracy Wong delighted us with her humorous speech “Is I.T Their Profession?” Well done Tracy! With all evaluators unanimously suggesting you taking part in humorous contest, was by no means a coincidence.
The evaluators, Poh Liang Siah, Rose Ho, Lin Daoxun, KVS Srinivasulu, Coen Tan and Joanne Koo, pit their analytical skills against one another by sharing with Tracy on the do’s and don’ts of her speech. Not only did these evaluators suggested constructive recommendations to inspire her to scale greater heights; they also shared insightful techniques on how to bring her communication skills to new frontiers! WOW!
Part 3-“Judgement Call” The judges, led by our Chief Judge, Albert Lim, had the daunting task of selecting the Champion from the champions. Cracking their heads within a short span of time was definitely mind-boggling! Kudos to our judges!
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The Results: A) Humorous Speech Contest: 1st) Poh Liang Siah 2nd) Quah Kah Seng
B) Evaluation Speech Contest: 1st) Joanne Koo 2nd) Coen Tan 3rd) KVS Srinivasulu |
Curtains Drawn The evening was wrapped up by our Ms President, Rose Ho, who paid tribute to all contestants for participating in the contests. Appreciation was expressed to our guests, visiting toastmasters and appointment holders who made our contests a success!
Let’s continue to root for Liang Siah and Joanne in their coming Area D1 contests on 20 Sep!
Be the Club that all in Singapore emulate!
Written by: Melissa Wong
Edited by: Editorial Team
Announcement:
17 Sep 2008 – 2nd Chapter Meeting
