77th session

The 77th session on May 13th 2017  was kicked off by none other than the Master, the Leader and the Stalwart of us all Kumar bhai.  He has the flair to motivate anyone and this session began with him commenting that there was slim attendance due to the fact that some members were in Vacation mode.

The Welcome address, in absence of our  sparkling and exuberant Acting President MTM Panna, was delivered by TM Chaitanya. In line with the tradition of stories with a message TM Chaitanya narrated a story of a King who had injured his finger in a hunt and ultimately due to infection had to lose his finger. The perceived catastrophe by the King ultimately turned into a boon when his life was saved as a result of this loss.  Good Bad who knows is how one should look at each incident in ones life. The moral of the story was never to judge an event as good or bad as each occurrence bears a significance in ones life.

The Toastmaster of the Day was TM K Venkat. He led us to a wonderful flight to the world of Vacations. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. To derive benefits of physical well being  a real Vacation can only happen when one unplugs from work and focusses on what one likes to do beside work. Vacations relieve you of Stress and its negative effects on ones physic. Vacations  also help to clear ones head of confusion and the feeling of being frazzled. Vacations increases happiness  helps in  building ones immune  system and lowers the risk of heart diseases.  Vacations improve your bonding with the family, the quality of sleep and the final rejuvenation of your body.

The Time Keeper of the day was carried out by the now increasingly confident MTM Vaishali who not only gave us the time criteria but also explained us through a quote the value of time and how to respect it.

The Word master of the day was filled in at the last minute by our ever helpful TM Salim. The word introduced was IMPLAUSIBLE. It is an adjective which means (of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince. Even  though it sounded close to the word impossible TM Salim was able to have a successful round robin usage of the word in sentences by the members present.

The Joke master of the day was MTM Rita who tickled our funny bones in a unique style of her own. There was  witty humour  free of any gender bias.

The Project 9 speech criteria of Persuade with Power was eloquently explained by the confident TM Vignesh. His pleasant disposition and clear deliverance of the project criteria had a persuasive and motivating power to it.

The Project 9 speech titled The Genuine Sandwich by MTM Criselda Pinto had quite an interesting twist to it. The smooth manner in which she explained her desire to get genuine feedback from not only her evaluator but all members present was very innovative as well as motivating. Many TM fall victim to giving only positive feedback with no meat in it. The distribution of feedback slips to each and every member made it easy for her to encourage and motivate the members to give her a feedback. Kudos to our guest speaker whose message will always be imbedded in our minds.

The Table Topic Master of the day TM Raja were in line with the theme of the day with topics which were laden with humour and innovative style. Vacation without money, Vacation which was memorable and Vacation a status symbol were some of the challenging topics given by him.

The P9 Speech evaluation by TM Vignesh was amazing and an eye opener not only for the speaker but all of us who were present. He gave a fantastic feedback which  encouraged the speaker with meaty positives and also had sufficient genuine areas of improvement. A thorough evaluation which taught us that one is only genuine when one balances the pros and cons of any speech.

The General Evaluator of the day TM Ram has a unique way of evaluating the role players with humorous punches. Winston Churchill once said  “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” 

With concluding remarks of a session well completed in all aspects, I would like to apologize for the delay in posting this blog. I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.

Best Speech Award MTM Criselda Pinto
Best Evaluator TM Vignesh
Best Table Topic Speaker TM Chaitanya