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<strong>INSPITE</strong><br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong>OD <strong>TM</strong> <strong>Leo</strong> Conrad D’Souza<br />
Word of the Day: Assertive<br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> George<br />
General Evaluator: <strong>TM</strong> Kailash<br />
SAA Opening<br />
Friends of Yoga <strong>TM</strong>C<br />
MoM # 410<br />
Presidential Address<br />
<strong>TM</strong>OD Address<br />
The SAA, <strong>TM</strong> Abdul Jaleel, started the meeting with a<br />
slight delay. Gaining confidence meetings after<br />
meetings, our SAA is now incorporating humor in his<br />
address, asking for our mobiles to be on silent mode<br />
during the meeting as husbands are at home. The SAA<br />
thanked <strong>TM</strong> Dr. Shankar for his generosity and invited<br />
the President on stage.<br />
FOY President, <strong>TM</strong> Chandrashekar, opened the meeting<br />
with a personal story related to God and how he saw<br />
the power of God several times in his life. “Faith is<br />
important in every individual, faith of trusting<br />
something without any reason. We shall have faith in<br />
doing what we do” were his words. Touching story as<br />
we could feel the power of God. From God to God<br />
Father is how our President introduced our <strong>TM</strong>OD.<br />
<strong>TM</strong> <strong>Leo</strong> Conrad D’Souza is not called ‘The Lion’ for no<br />
Election reason, his of energy, the New vivacity VP & Education<br />
enthusiasm are simply<br />
incredible. The <strong>TM</strong>OD is soon entering the next stage of<br />
As our current VP Education will be leaving Dubai to continue her<br />
his life with his upcoming milestone birthday. The <strong>TM</strong>OD’s<br />
MBA abroad, the President conducted the election of the new VP<br />
inspiring life journey taught us to learn from our downs in<br />
Education during which <strong>TM</strong> Reena was elected. <strong>TM</strong> Gautham<br />
life. The Area 66 Governor loves to play and had a<br />
seconded the motion of the Excom to nominate <strong>TM</strong> Reena as our<br />
competition during the meeting where the audience had to<br />
new VP Education.<br />
answer questions. The declared winner, <strong>TM</strong> Sonali, was<br />
The gifted Excom a book. welcomes With the 7 Creative guests Writer from the of FOY Easter to its European/ TEAM.<br />
Russian continent, <strong>TM</strong> <strong>Leo</strong>, entertained us all and kept the<br />
meeting alive throughout.<br />
FEBRUARY 6, 2015<br />
CLUB 946137, AREA 66, DIVISION F, DISTRICT 20<br />
DR. SHANKAR’S POLYCLINIC, DEIRA<br />
PREPARED BY SECRETARY <strong>TM</strong> EMMA BRUNEAU<br />
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WORD MASTER<br />
Introduced as Dynamic, Devoted and Dedicated Husband, <strong>TM</strong> George,<br />
as jolly as ever, introduced the word of the day ‘Assertive’ which means<br />
confident, firm.<br />
A brief round robin session was conducted during which the word of<br />
day was used.<br />
Prepared Speeches Session<br />
Project 1 – Ice Breaker from CC Manual <strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Nawaf<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Nawaf broke the ice with his speech ‘My life so far’ – We<br />
learned from his origins i.e. where his grand father came from<br />
– Bhukari. <strong>TM</strong> Nawaf is Half Palestinian. The speaker spent his<br />
early childhood in Palestine then moved to France where he<br />
graduated from the American University in Paris. Married for<br />
the past 21 years with 3 kids, his family is now is Ottawa<br />
where they all migrated few years ago. His hob<strong>by</strong> is painting.<br />
Want to find out more about his paintings Go to<br />
Foonoon.com. Well done <strong>TM</strong> Nawaf!<br />
Project(6(–(Voice(Variety(from(CC(Manual(<strong>by</strong>(<strong>TM</strong>(Sonali<br />
“Give vent to your feelings” - The eloquent speaker is on a roll<br />
to complete her CC manual in the upcoming months. All her<br />
projects are a delight to listen to with her enriching<br />
vocabulary. Before delivering this project, <strong>TM</strong> Sonali, got<br />
several tips from her friends ‘You are a master of law<br />
conversation. Let your speech be better than your silence.’ The<br />
‘Naughty at 40’ speaker (as she would call herself) had the<br />
audience mesmerized <strong>by</strong> the quality of the language used. As<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Sonali put it ‘Variety is the spice of life’ and we can say<br />
her speech was spicy!<br />
Advance project from Entertainment Manual <strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Sashi<br />
“My Cousin, a 35+ Bachelor” - Entertaining to the core was<br />
the speech of <strong>TM</strong> Sashi. The speaker entertained us with the<br />
adventures of his 35+ Bachelor cousin on his journey to find a<br />
bride. If a girl liked his cousin, the cousin rejected the girl and<br />
if the cousin liked a girl, the girl rejected him. The speech was<br />
full of humorous scenes and expressions. Example of a Punch<br />
line in <strong>TM</strong> Sashi’s speech ‘Dubai believes in waste segregation<br />
while my cousin believes in waste aggregation.” This sentence<br />
was used when describing the messy flat of his cousin in Dubai.<br />
Kudos <strong>TM</strong> Sashi for making us laugh so early in the morning!<br />
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Table Topics Session<br />
Hosted <strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Madhavi<br />
As bubbly as ever, <strong>TM</strong> Madhavi, conducted a lively Table Topics<br />
session. The TT Master briefed the audience on the purpose of TT.<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Murugesh<br />
‘Be the Beacon of<br />
Light in Someone’s<br />
Darkness’<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Abdul Rahman<br />
‘Some people want it, some<br />
people wish it could happen,<br />
some people make it happen.’<br />
Guest Dennis<br />
The pain you feel<br />
today will be the<br />
strength you feel<br />
tomorrow’<br />
Guest Rustan<br />
The pain you feel today will be<br />
the strength you feel tomorrow’<br />
Same topic as speaker 1<br />
Evaluation Session headed <strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Kailash<br />
Evaluation for Speech #1<br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Saju<br />
Evaluation for Speech #2 <strong>by</strong><br />
<strong>TM</strong> Don<br />
Evaluation for Speech #3<br />
<strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Hanif<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Saju made a strong<br />
comeback as an evaluator. He<br />
appreciated the guts the<br />
speaker had for delivering his<br />
first speech. <strong>TM</strong> Saju<br />
acknowledged that the speaker<br />
was tension free, had a good<br />
voice and spoke clearly. The<br />
evaluator was impressed <strong>by</strong> the<br />
way the speaker scripted his<br />
project and confirmed that the<br />
speaker surely met the<br />
objectives of the project.<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Don mentioned the ‘how to<br />
s a y i t ’ p roject h a s b e e n<br />
designed for <strong>TM</strong> Sonali. The<br />
evaluator was impressed <strong>by</strong> the<br />
speaker’s amazing quality of<br />
words. <strong>TM</strong> Don found our<br />
speaker was very expressive<br />
which made her speech<br />
pleasant to listen to. As our<br />
speaker had so so much to say,<br />
suggestion would be to give<br />
pauses (we are the MTV<br />
generation), breathing space. It<br />
was a terrific project.<br />
A Master Entertainer evaluates<br />
another entertainer <strong>TM</strong> Hanif<br />
who never wants to miss out on<br />
a speech from <strong>TM</strong> Sashi<br />
mentioned that the speech was<br />
really entertaining with a lot of<br />
h u m o r . T h e e v a l u a t o r<br />
suggested to have more<br />
pauses and wished the end of<br />
the speech to have been more<br />
Bollywood style i.e. happy<br />
ending. <strong>TM</strong> Hanif thoroughly<br />
enjoyed the speech.<br />
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General Evaluation<br />
TERIMA KASIH <strong>TM</strong> SAJU<br />
FOR THE <strong>TM</strong> Kailash, MEMENTO our football FROM fan, is back MALAYSIA<br />
with a bang as a General Evaluator.<br />
The energetic GE was impressed<br />
with the role players, from the SAA<br />
to the timer. <strong>TM</strong> Kailash enjoyed the<br />
speeches.<br />
One area the GE would like the club<br />
to focus on is timing and the club<br />
needs to be strict on that. All<br />
segments of the meeting were<br />
thoroughly analyzed and all role<br />
players received feedbacks. Goal <strong>TM</strong><br />
Kailash!<br />
Grammarian Report<br />
<strong>TM</strong> George reported that<br />
the word of the day was<br />
used 8 times. The wellspoken<br />
grammarian<br />
pointed out the great<br />
usage of language and<br />
the areas of improvement<br />
the members should pay<br />
attention to.<br />
Awards<br />
Trivia Session <strong>by</strong> <strong>TM</strong> Rajesh<br />
<strong>TM</strong> Nawaf<br />
Ice Breaker Award<br />
Silent Role Players<br />
Shoot Master <strong>TM</strong> Reena<br />
EIDI<br />
Guest Rustam<br />
Best Table Topics Speaker<br />
Timer <strong>TM</strong>Soumya<br />
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