MoM 23 June: Can't Live Without.....

Do you know what President Obama can’t live without?... I googled the answer and found that he can’t live without “The Entourage” and “The Wire” .. These are TV series at HBO.. How about you?... What can’t you live without?

“Can’t live without...” was our meeting theme that night... And as usual, before we enjoyed the main dishes (prepared speech session), we were entertained by a creative Table Topics session led by ACG, CL Boon. This time the rules were bit different: Every participant was given a picture and had to explain the exact details of the picture, without actually mentioning the thing... Very challenging to participate and very fun to watch!... The very session was praised by many visiting Toastmasters (TM Cithra, TM Hizkia, TM Nur) and guests (Shelly, Ayok, Dewi, I Made)... The Table Topic session was a delicious appetizer indeed! ;)

Best T/T Speaker: TM Cithra (Visiting TM - Eagle)

Next session, we moved to prepared speech session. Although we only have 2 speakers then (1 cancelled at last minute because of emergency), we had 2 great speakers that evening. The first speaker was a visiting Toastmasters, TM Nur who did BM#2 (Organize Your Speech) titled ‘The Silent Thief’. Many of us looked serious when TM Nur threw his 1^st half of the speech saying that the silent thief was everywhere and was there in the room with us. But we became more relaxed when the thief was actually ‘inflation’ and interest built up when tips to beat inflation were shared. TM Nur was evaluated by CC Rina Lukiandari

Best Speaker: TM Nur (Visiting TM - Academia)

The second speaker was CC Rama, the TM who couldn’t live without L.O.V.E. because love makes the world go around ^________^. At the meeting, CC Rama delivered his 1^st storytelling project (Folk Tale) with a title “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. During his storytelling, all eyes were on him and much laughter heard during the 7-9mins session. That night we discovered that CC Rama was no ordinary man. Besides the new revelation that the macho TM has such soft side, we all agreed how good a Dad he was through his skilful storytelling. CC Rama was evaluated by DTM Arlan Setiawan.

During the President’s time, we’ve got to experience President’s election for 2010-2011. After that night, we are pleased to announce that Surabaya Toastmasters’ future would be bright as the club will be led by CC Rina Lukiandari, our heart and soul for the club.

Best Evaluators: CC Rina & DTM Arlan

As a closing, our Incoming Division Governor, ACB ALB David Pranata shared an exciting news as the famous Gerald Green, DTM, AS  is coming to Surabaya to conduct his 2^nd workshop, after the success of his 1^st workshop conducted in March 2010. - "You can look good. You can look smart. You can have all the knowledge in your head - but if you can not tell it... You can not sell it" - Don't miss out the chance to learn from a true leader. Check it out the details here: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/note.php?note_id=105954549453916

FYI, next meeting will be a special one, celebrating Surabaya Toastmasters Club’s birthday.  It will be more fun as we have special game session included on the agenda. Hope you see you there and let’s party then ^^