MoM 12 May: A Month of May

The theme for the meeting was “A Month of May” and was hosted by none other than our very own VP of Education, CC Rina. The meeting theme was centered around seasons and the fact that this month was a month of growth and new beginnings.


The table topics session, which was conducted by TM Helda, was very entertaining and had several eager participants, who were asked to give impromptu speeches on objects in small bottles. These ranged from peanuts to a ladies wrist watch.

For the prepared speech session the first speaker was our Division I Governor, DTM Arlan, who gave an educational session on how to give a speech. It was particularly useful considering how the opening of your speech paves the way for the rest of your talk.

The next speaker was our Area G3 governor, ACB ALB David, who was doing his Touching Story project, from the Advanced Storytelling manual. His speech was about a young girl who dared to dream a dream about overcoming the many difficulties in her life and making the world just a little bit better … and actually succeeded. He was evaluated by CC Billy, our VP of Membership.

The final presenter for the evening was the Division G International Speech winner and visiting Toastmaster, TM Fellysia, who was doing her Your Body Speaks project, from the Basic Manual. She shared about several defining moments and events in her life which made her into the person that she is today. She was evaluated by our club president, ACB Niken.

The position for best Table Topics speaker for the evening was shared between ACB ALB Martin and TM Andi. The best evaluator was ACB Niken. Finally, the person who won the most coveted award, the best prepared speaker of the evening, was TM Fellysia.

Overall, it was a fun and eventful meeting, not to mention we’ve got an enthusiastic new member on board: TM Andi

MoM 28 Apr: Enjoy Life

What a joyous meeting we had! This time we were exposed to many different and new foods, we never had previously, including Chicken Satay (^yummy^). The meeting theme was simple yet joyous – “Enjoy Life”. It really suited to all of us and helped us to remind ourselves about how we’ve lived our life. As the Toastmasters of the night, we had a cool laid back guy to lead the program, CC Rama Tidball.

The Table Topics session was led by CC Billy Djunaidi, who believes in “don’t think, just do it” motto. Although the motto sounded bit dangerous, but it was perfect with the impromptu talk session, especially to guest participants: Jensen, Andreas, Ferry, and Merry.

There were 3 Prepared Speech speakers. First, TM Ronald began with his BM#6 (Vocal Variety) project. Through his speech, he inspired everyone to believe that we all have hero potential in within. So regardless who we are, we are capable to help to make an impact in this very world. To conclude his speech, he sang a portion of Mariah Carey’s famous song: HERO

The second speaker was CC Niken, who talked on the inconvenient truth about some ‘convenient habits’ in public space. In her speech, she aimed to generate laughter by bringing the issue of cutting nails on train, ‘digging gold’ and indiscriminate fart. By completing this project, CC NIken now achieved a new title as Advanced Communicator Bronze.

The third speaker was ACB CL Martin. He delivered “Speak Off the Cuff” project, in which he had to talk for 5-7mins on 1 out of 5 topics that he was familiar with. What .made it more interesting was the exact topic he talked about was decided on the spot by his evaluator, DTM Arlan Setiawan. On this occasion, ACB CL Martin brought us back to his University year, where he started to gain interest with Japanese Culture.

On top of the prepared speech speaker, after quite some time, we finally had an educational session again. This time, the topic was “Creating the Best Climate” and it was delivered by our seasoned Toastmasters: ACG CL Boon. During the session, he shared many of his experience on how to keep the club’s environment great for everyone attending the meeting.

Before we closed the meeting this time, we had many great announcements:
• Having delivered an educational session in March, now ACB CL Martin has attained a new leadership title: Advanced Leader Bronze. So now, his full title is ACB ALB Martin Hendriadi
• As per our plan in the last 10 months, finally Surabaya Toastmasters (we) have achieved 10 DCP points and will get President Distinguished Club (the highest award for TM Club).Many thanks for everyone’s effort for making this happened and as per our promise, we will celebrate this by having rafting together on Waisak Day

To our surprise, we also had 2 special cakes on that day, prepared by our fellow Toastmasters to celebrate our achievement. (The Chocolate cake is deliiiicious ^^)

Best T/T: Jensen

Best Evaluator: CC Jessica

Best Speaker: ACB Niken