Three Kings CLub

Flowers…the theme for the evening of September 22nd 2016. By the time the meeting came to a close a veritable bouquet had been created, held in a basket woven together with words from speakers from around our fair planet. Faqir and Paurnima started the evening with their Icebreaker speeches, followed by Zainab, Tarun and Anji. The speeches were rich, diverse and well presented….and highly atmospheric as Anji closed with a tale of the Battle of Culloden fought on bleak and misty moors. I must say that I continue to be impressed by the quality of Three Kings TM speakers!

Table Topics were a blast and closed with Michael resolving to learn to read his own handwriting…large print and bullet points were recommendations from the floor.

New members joining our ranks were Gretel, Clement and Fariq. As mentioned Fariq gave his Icebreaker speech this evening. Gretel and Clement have elected to give their first speeches at the next meeting and I for one am looking forward to that. It’ll be good to see you there too!

The theme of club meeting on 25 August was Diversity Is Our Strength. It’s truly spoken one of the most important strengths of Three Kings Toastmasters Club.

A big thanks to Andrew and Liz who took over the role of Timekeeper and Table topic evaluator respectively in view of the absence of original role players.

The word of the night provided by Debbie was “assorted/assortment”, an apt word to describe the diversity of Three Kings Toastmasters Club.

Clare kicked off the prepared speeches telling us that being happy is essential to our cells, health and lives through her career in hospice care. People thought it’s sad to do the job, but to Clare, it’s exciting to hear people revealing what matters most in their lives before death.

Marie P reminded us “The most important thing is life is not the triumph, but the journey to achieve it” by sharing her journey to New Zealand and her friend Jordan’s life journey being affected, but not restricted by cerebral palsy – a permanent movement disorder.

 

Maria G talked about the history of eating tortoises and different types of tortoises available. Surprisingly the giant tortoises somehow started to breed even though the last giant tortoises died years ago.

Peter gave us a nutrition lesson on iron and iron deficiency – the benefits of iron to our health, the consequence of iron deficiency, what food contain high iron and how to improve iron absorption (Vitamin C).  

Kevin wrapped up the prepared speeches by educating members on how to select a topic.

In table topics, Nico entertained us by saying people was the reason he likes most and dislikes most about his job; Steve believed leading by example and willing to sacrifice were the number 1 qualities in great leaders; Wearing suits and living a successful life was what Charlie wanted since he was a kid; Grant was going to start his new era when his kids leave home; Joy shared her motivation to join toastmasters and she became more brave on the stage since she joined Three Kings; To Sarah, honesty, similar hobbies and values were the most important qualities she seeked in friends.  

Rik received the award for completing 10 speeches, and Marie P just completed her 10th speech tonight. Debbi was lucky enough to win the lucky draw sponsored by Chairman Ivo.

Our next meeting is on the 8th of September. See you all next time.