It was a star studded 42nd session with Two Directors, Two Presidents, a few members and a reasonable amount of guests. We sure miss many members who were not able to make it for this star studded session.
The kick-off happened with the usual panache of TM Ramalingam and his quote in line with the theme of the day. He made sure the rules of digital silence, taboo subjects and the mission statement were well addressed.
The President TM Aji in his usual cheerful and energetic note welcomed the Area Director, the members and the guests. He enlightened the members with the fact that the Olympic movement brings together people of diverse races religions ethnicities and economic strata. The story for the day was the Untold Story of Muhammed Ali ( Casius Clay) who was selected to light the Olympic Torch and had go through the rigours of many practice sessions since he was battling Parkinsons disease. Since Ali had a lot of difficulty in the practice sessions Janet Evans was asked to help Ali. On Friday the 19th of July 1996, Ali did the unthinkable, that is, he was able to take the torch from Janets hand and surprised everyone by lighting the torch. The spirit gives you the energy to do the impossible and the belief to compete and compliment each other.
The Toastmaster of the day was TM Chaitanya and he had selected THE OLYMPICS as the theme of the day. The members and guests were informed by reference to Phidepedes about how former Olympic Marathon runner Vanderlie de Lima lit the Olympic cauldron just after Interim President Michel Temer had announced the opening of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio Brazil. He also mentioned how the opening ceremonys focus was on global warming and the effects of climatic changes. He then highlighted by a quote from Baron Pierre de Coubertin, father of Modern Olympics, on the importance of taking part vis a vis winning.. The Olympic Motto and its motivational impact on all participants of the games was emphasised. The essence of the games transcending race and creed was captured with the example of Jesse Owens winning 4 Golds in the 1936 Berlin Olympics much against the desires of Hitler.
The importance of the split second and its effects on two Indian athletes Milkha Singh and P T Usha chances of winning the bronze medals was combined with the introduction of MTM Kavita for the Time Keeper role. Her favourite sport being Tennis and her favourite player being Sania Mirza was also highlighted. MTM Kavita used her own humorous and effective way of explaining the rules, with an indication continuous waving of the red card as the cherry on the cake.
The Jokemaster of the day was guest President of the Penn State Pingers club and tickled our funny bone with his witty anecdotes and presentation skills. His humour had an effective punch line for both the genders and that brought a good balance to the anecdotes.
The Mascot of the Rio Olympics is Vinicius pronounced as Vee nee see us, a strange looking yellow coloured mixture of all Brazilian animals. Its named after Vinicius Moraes a Rio born poet and composer.
A new word Boisterous was introduced by the Wordmaster of the day TM Nagesh. The word is an adjective. The synonyms are blustery gusty windy stormy and the antonym is calm. It originates from late middle english and a variant from earlier rustic and coarse. TM Nagesh enjoys the world of Badminton and the deft shuttle play of Saina Nehwal. All the members and guests enthusiastically found effective usage of the word.
Steve Butcher is the Judge of Judges evaluating the judges who judge the participants at the Olympic Games. He will have a Herculian task up his sleeves. The same of course is not the case for our General Evaluator Area Director TM Ramki who does this regularly with consummate ease. Inspired by the speed at which humans run, his favourite sport is the 100m run especially by the sprinter Usain Bolt.
Seth Wescott a gold medallist at the snowboard and crossboard events faced many challenges of regaining enthusiasm and motivation to regain his title.This however is not the case with TM Ananth who delivers all his project speeches, from wall to wall, with enthusiastic fervour
His favourite sport is pole vaulting and is quite impressed by the record breaking achievements of Sergie Bubka in the last two decades.
His P5 speech title had an amazing twist to it. We all were pleasantly surprised when it was actually DIY( Do It Yourself) and not Die. His amazing enacting of the role of a friend in need to help another friend in a dramatic situation was extraordinary. The effortless way in which he enacted the role of stranded driver of a punctured car, ditched by the AAA services, was outstanding. His ultimate role of repairing the puncture himself made us speechless. Kudos to you.
The Rio Olympics will be the eighth games of this Georgian Olympic shooter. It will be the first time she will be joined by her 18 year old son who will also be a participant in the games as a shooter. A proud moment for us took place today in our 42nd session with the combined participation of father and daughter together. MTM Akshaya Ramalingam is not only a brilliant speaker who has participated in the International Speech category titled 3 Seconds, she is also a very talented painter as well. Today she delivered he P5 Speech titled Mission Impossible.
The speech by MTM Akshaya Ramalingam had us in splits by the way she humorously led us through a weaving case of weight reduction strategies. Her mother had informed her that she needed to get back in shape (not round) for a family occasion. Four Commandments of a weight loss programme only aggravated her situation through deft humorous and Malapropism filled scenarios. A change in lifestyle, a change in meal construction to quantity and size reduction of the meals. The reverse psychology on family members
to increase their weight was amazingly enacted through a prop of a box of cakes.
Harold Osborn successfully recovered from a serious eye injury, which had dented his athletic career, to return back to the games with his skill, precision and endurance. Such is also the endurance capacity of TM Pramod who enthralled us all with his diversified and multi faceted topics which had the guests TM Sachin , Vishwanathan and the boisterous stalwarts ATM Ramki and TM G Kumar forced into thought provoking situations
Topics like Easy come Easy Go , Fortune favours the bold , Necessity is the mother of invention Action speaks louder than words and Practice makes you perfect.
TM Pramods favourite sport is shooting and he enjoys the sharp shooting abilities of Indias flag bearer Abhinav Bhindra.
Nadia Comanche won her gymnastic event with a perfect 10 but the judges had an embarrassing situation due to a digital constraint which displayed only 1. However our TM G Kumar had no constraints when he praised the P5 speech of TM Ananth. The wonderful twist in the tale of the DIY title to the boisterous voice in narrating an amazing and well woven story. He also praised the gestures and facial expressions of our talented speaker, Areas of improvement mentioned were reduction in the content of the opening, a movement with a purpose and a requirement of additional examples.
Darchirri Sherpa of Nepal participated in the games and felt that the Olympic spirit would be a positive guide for his fellow countrymen even thought there was a high probability of him coming last in his event.
However our Area Director Toastmaster Ramki never fails to encourage and guide fellow Toastmaster in delivering excellent project speeches. His evaluation of MTM Akshaya Ramalingams speech metaphorically suggested a cavalier approach by God gifted face. He praised her clear concise and naturally canny approach in delivering her project speech. The usage of all possible gestures was applauded and he highly commended he linguistic skills by mentioning the how the writer Akshaya impressed us all. Movements and the purpose filled use of the prop were areas of improvement suggested for her.
The modern Olympic flag from 1908 has five linked rings with the five colours representing the colours of all the flags of the participating countries . The year 1994 saw the introduction of the Summer and Winter Games alternating so that the television companies could televise the games to millions of spectators worldwide. New rules every time but not so by our silent observer of Ahs and grammatical errors. TM Saiju Victor loves the supreme athleticism of Carl Lewis over the disgraced Ben Johnson. His alert ears picked by very few ahs and filler words and gave sound advice to all the role players on a very few grammatical errors.
All Indians are proud to know that not only is she a social reformist and philanthropist she is also the first woman from India to be elected to the International Olympic Committee. She is none other than Nita Amabani. MTM Ritas favourite sports person is Jackie Joyner Kersee who has wowed us all, in four Olympics with her athleticism in the hepathalon and long jump events.
MTM Rita complimented all role players for the wonderful and exemplary manner in which they executed their roles. She requested the club to invest in a mini audio system to assist all members to hear the role players effectively.
The business session of the day saw the confirmation of the roles of TMOD by TM Ananth Word master by MTM Kavita Harkmaster by TM Pramod Welcome Address by TM Gagan and Sargent At Arms by TM Salim for the next session on 13th of August. The 13th of August is a day of training for office bearers and there was a suggestion by the Area Director to ask some of the Project speeches to be refreshed or done again due to lack of role players on that day. TM G Kumar suggested that TMOD TM Ananth take on the role of coordinating the same. The session on 20th of August could be altered in terms of timings to accommodate the live streaming of an International contest.
Finally the the much awaited award winners were announced by the President along with his concluding remarks and thanks
Best Table Topic Speaker A Tie between ATM Ramki and TM G Kumar
Best Speaker A Tie between MTM Akshaya Ramalingam and TM Ananth
Best Evaluator TM Ramki
After a long account of the sessions proceedings on behalf of TM Rajat Ray this TM Chaitanya signing off.
PS There will be a new blog writer for the next two sessions as I will be travelling.
The kick-off happened with the usual panache of TM Ramalingam and his quote in line with the theme of the day. He made sure the rules of digital silence, taboo subjects and the mission statement were well addressed.
The President TM Aji in his usual cheerful and energetic note welcomed the Area Director, the members and the guests. He enlightened the members with the fact that the Olympic movement brings together people of diverse races religions ethnicities and economic strata. The story for the day was the Untold Story of Muhammed Ali ( Casius Clay) who was selected to light the Olympic Torch and had go through the rigours of many practice sessions since he was battling Parkinsons disease. Since Ali had a lot of difficulty in the practice sessions Janet Evans was asked to help Ali. On Friday the 19th of July 1996, Ali did the unthinkable, that is, he was able to take the torch from Janets hand and surprised everyone by lighting the torch. The spirit gives you the energy to do the impossible and the belief to compete and compliment each other.
The Toastmaster of the day was TM Chaitanya and he had selected THE OLYMPICS as the theme of the day. The members and guests were informed by reference to Phidepedes about how former Olympic Marathon runner Vanderlie de Lima lit the Olympic cauldron just after Interim President Michel Temer had announced the opening of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio Brazil. He also mentioned how the opening ceremonys focus was on global warming and the effects of climatic changes. He then highlighted by a quote from Baron Pierre de Coubertin, father of Modern Olympics, on the importance of taking part vis a vis winning.. The Olympic Motto and its motivational impact on all participants of the games was emphasised. The essence of the games transcending race and creed was captured with the example of Jesse Owens winning 4 Golds in the 1936 Berlin Olympics much against the desires of Hitler.
The importance of the split second and its effects on two Indian athletes Milkha Singh and P T Usha chances of winning the bronze medals was combined with the introduction of MTM Kavita for the Time Keeper role. Her favourite sport being Tennis and her favourite player being Sania Mirza was also highlighted. MTM Kavita used her own humorous and effective way of explaining the rules, with an indication continuous waving of the red card as the cherry on the cake.
The Jokemaster of the day was guest President of the Penn State Pingers club and tickled our funny bone with his witty anecdotes and presentation skills. His humour had an effective punch line for both the genders and that brought a good balance to the anecdotes.
The Mascot of the Rio Olympics is Vinicius pronounced as Vee nee see us, a strange looking yellow coloured mixture of all Brazilian animals. Its named after Vinicius Moraes a Rio born poet and composer.
A new word Boisterous was introduced by the Wordmaster of the day TM Nagesh. The word is an adjective. The synonyms are blustery gusty windy stormy and the antonym is calm. It originates from late middle english and a variant from earlier rustic and coarse. TM Nagesh enjoys the world of Badminton and the deft shuttle play of Saina Nehwal. All the members and guests enthusiastically found effective usage of the word.
Steve Butcher is the Judge of Judges evaluating the judges who judge the participants at the Olympic Games. He will have a Herculian task up his sleeves. The same of course is not the case for our General Evaluator Area Director TM Ramki who does this regularly with consummate ease. Inspired by the speed at which humans run, his favourite sport is the 100m run especially by the sprinter Usain Bolt.
Seth Wescott a gold medallist at the snowboard and crossboard events faced many challenges of regaining enthusiasm and motivation to regain his title.This however is not the case with TM Ananth who delivers all his project speeches, from wall to wall, with enthusiastic fervour
His favourite sport is pole vaulting and is quite impressed by the record breaking achievements of Sergie Bubka in the last two decades.
His P5 speech title had an amazing twist to it. We all were pleasantly surprised when it was actually DIY( Do It Yourself) and not Die. His amazing enacting of the role of a friend in need to help another friend in a dramatic situation was extraordinary. The effortless way in which he enacted the role of stranded driver of a punctured car, ditched by the AAA services, was outstanding. His ultimate role of repairing the puncture himself made us speechless. Kudos to you.
The Rio Olympics will be the eighth games of this Georgian Olympic shooter. It will be the first time she will be joined by her 18 year old son who will also be a participant in the games as a shooter. A proud moment for us took place today in our 42nd session with the combined participation of father and daughter together. MTM Akshaya Ramalingam is not only a brilliant speaker who has participated in the International Speech category titled 3 Seconds, she is also a very talented painter as well. Today she delivered he P5 Speech titled Mission Impossible.
The speech by MTM Akshaya Ramalingam had us in splits by the way she humorously led us through a weaving case of weight reduction strategies. Her mother had informed her that she needed to get back in shape (not round) for a family occasion. Four Commandments of a weight loss programme only aggravated her situation through deft humorous and Malapropism filled scenarios. A change in lifestyle, a change in meal construction to quantity and size reduction of the meals. The reverse psychology on family members
to increase their weight was amazingly enacted through a prop of a box of cakes.
Harold Osborn successfully recovered from a serious eye injury, which had dented his athletic career, to return back to the games with his skill, precision and endurance. Such is also the endurance capacity of TM Pramod who enthralled us all with his diversified and multi faceted topics which had the guests TM Sachin , Vishwanathan and the boisterous stalwarts ATM Ramki and TM G Kumar forced into thought provoking situations
Topics like Easy come Easy Go , Fortune favours the bold , Necessity is the mother of invention Action speaks louder than words and Practice makes you perfect.
TM Pramods favourite sport is shooting and he enjoys the sharp shooting abilities of Indias flag bearer Abhinav Bhindra.
Nadia Comanche won her gymnastic event with a perfect 10 but the judges had an embarrassing situation due to a digital constraint which displayed only 1. However our TM G Kumar had no constraints when he praised the P5 speech of TM Ananth. The wonderful twist in the tale of the DIY title to the boisterous voice in narrating an amazing and well woven story. He also praised the gestures and facial expressions of our talented speaker, Areas of improvement mentioned were reduction in the content of the opening, a movement with a purpose and a requirement of additional examples.
Darchirri Sherpa of Nepal participated in the games and felt that the Olympic spirit would be a positive guide for his fellow countrymen even thought there was a high probability of him coming last in his event.
However our Area Director Toastmaster Ramki never fails to encourage and guide fellow Toastmaster in delivering excellent project speeches. His evaluation of MTM Akshaya Ramalingams speech metaphorically suggested a cavalier approach by God gifted face. He praised her clear concise and naturally canny approach in delivering her project speech. The usage of all possible gestures was applauded and he highly commended he linguistic skills by mentioning the how the writer Akshaya impressed us all. Movements and the purpose filled use of the prop were areas of improvement suggested for her.
The modern Olympic flag from 1908 has five linked rings with the five colours representing the colours of all the flags of the participating countries . The year 1994 saw the introduction of the Summer and Winter Games alternating so that the television companies could televise the games to millions of spectators worldwide. New rules every time but not so by our silent observer of Ahs and grammatical errors. TM Saiju Victor loves the supreme athleticism of Carl Lewis over the disgraced Ben Johnson. His alert ears picked by very few ahs and filler words and gave sound advice to all the role players on a very few grammatical errors.
All Indians are proud to know that not only is she a social reformist and philanthropist she is also the first woman from India to be elected to the International Olympic Committee. She is none other than Nita Amabani. MTM Ritas favourite sports person is Jackie Joyner Kersee who has wowed us all, in four Olympics with her athleticism in the hepathalon and long jump events.
MTM Rita complimented all role players for the wonderful and exemplary manner in which they executed their roles. She requested the club to invest in a mini audio system to assist all members to hear the role players effectively.
The business session of the day saw the confirmation of the roles of TMOD by TM Ananth Word master by MTM Kavita Harkmaster by TM Pramod Welcome Address by TM Gagan and Sargent At Arms by TM Salim for the next session on 13th of August. The 13th of August is a day of training for office bearers and there was a suggestion by the Area Director to ask some of the Project speeches to be refreshed or done again due to lack of role players on that day. TM G Kumar suggested that TMOD TM Ananth take on the role of coordinating the same. The session on 20th of August could be altered in terms of timings to accommodate the live streaming of an International contest.
Finally the the much awaited award winners were announced by the President along with his concluding remarks and thanks
Best Table Topic Speaker A Tie between ATM Ramki and TM G Kumar
Best Speaker A Tie between MTM Akshaya Ramalingam and TM Ananth
Best Evaluator TM Ramki
After a long account of the sessions proceedings on behalf of TM Rajat Ray this TM Chaitanya signing off.
PS There will be a new blog writer for the next two sessions as I will be travelling.
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