President Aji related the incident of "Paid in full with a glass of milk", the true story of Dr Howard Kelly. Kindness is always paid back in a hundredfold, when one most needs it and least expects it. So please spread random acts of kindness. Thank you Aji, for the knowledge.
At TM Aji's invitation, DTM Rajendra Verma shared his experience at the DTAC meet in Abu Dhabi, where he had been the second runner-up in Table Topics. Congratulations again! And next time we all hope to be there, at least to cheer.
Our TMOD of the day TM Raghu, started off mildly on the theme of ETHICAL DILEMMA, but we were soon on a roller-coaster ride as he kept on introducing new variables to the narrative and plunging the audience into ethical conundrums. We were always agog for the next instalment. A wonderful script, TM Raghu, that held our attention to the last.
We were soon nudged on our way by Timekeeper MTM Swati, who reeled out the rules for the speakers.
Our Wordmaster TM Raja introduced the word IMPEDIMENT to us. Everyone grasped the meaning correctly and participated in the round-robin with aplomb.
And then Jokemaster TM Venkat was upon us, with a mixture of old and new ones, and we thoroughly enjoyed the lighter moments before being plunged into the intricacies of project speeches.
There were two project speeches to be presented today and the evaluators TM Mathen and TM Vignesh carried out their introductions and criteria-publishing, for P2 and P4 speech respectively.
TM Kamil presented his P2 speech UNDERSTAND TO BE UNDERSTOOD, which dealt with generation gaps and how the understanding between them can be enhanced. It was a cool and sensible speech, in TM Kamil's usual laid back style.
MTM Panna presented her P4 speech DON'T LET THE COOKIE CRUMBLE, dealing with the Empty-nest Syndrome that manifests as children grow up and leave for higher studies and the parents are left to themselves once again. The mothers especially, need support. It was a hard-hitting speech, in MTM Panna's usual powerful style.
The two speeches presented a good contrast of style and subject matter, and the audience enjoyed the varied fare.
Both the evaluators had more good things than bad to say, regarding the two speeches, and the speakers rested with enhanced confidence.
This session was a very special one as it included a 40-minute Education Session on "Speech Crafting", conducted by TM Aji and TM Ramki. Presented as a combination of theoritical knowledge and a mini-workshop, the audience absorbed the concepts quickly, applied them in creating a mini-speech and were given feedback on the spot, enhancing the value of the session manifold. A great job TM Aji and TM Ramki - and many thanks.
Table topics were conducted by our young member MTM Rhea and she was kind enough to give very chew-able topics which most people did justice to. The young guests also participated, much to everyone's delight.
TM Rajat carried out General Evaluation of the session, with a few specific observations.
TM Kumar took a few minutes to explain the changes in the committee at the Area level, with TM Ramki slated to be the Area chief for the year 2016-17. TM Kumar was understandably sentimental about his association with Ruwi Club in particular, which he had nurtured from birth. He will always be part of Ruwi club, as long as he can talk, I am sure!
President wrapped up the session and called for tea. A long session it was, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Awards for the day:
Best Evaluator: TM Vignesh
Best Table topic: Ananya (guest)
Best Speaker: MTM Panna
See you all on 11.6.16.
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