Diamond Speakers Gavel Club

Saturday – 22^nd June 2013

First of all, let’s give our fellow Gaveliers and guests for today’s meeting a round of applause! Led by our TOE, Caroline, everything went well and we all had a lot of fun. We had some new faces today and it was refreshing seeing them having fun and trying out the table topics. Despite their first time presenting a speech before us, they totally had us blown away by their ideas.

As for the Manual Speeches Session, we bring the boys out~ Gairus, Koffler, Marcellinus and Ryan—all of them did an amazing job on their CC projects. The first speaker, our ever charming Gairus talked about ‘Senior Gilbert’, his respected father. It was a touching speech and he had us all captivated by his voice. I’d totally say that “Mr. Gilbert, you have raised such a wonderful son.”

Moving on to our sexy Koffler, everyone could really tell how confident and prepared he was. For his ice breaking, he told us about himself—how he had once got lost in the airport and the nice couple that helped him searched for his parent. Koffler, undeniably, was a very good example for those who haven’t done their CC1 yet.

Then we have Marcellinus! Also presenting his ice breaking project, everyone would totally agree that he had achieved his goals. Marcel is an only child and he was really lonely—but what are friends for, right? He shared with us about his best friend who has been his buddy through the rollercoaster rides in life. Worry not, dear Marcellinus, for you won’t ever be lonely anymore. Gaveliers are here for you!

And last but not least, Ryan with his soothing voice. Ryan was also doing his CC1 and he had done a great job on it. Ryan shared with us his passion—music. He made a few covers of hit songs before—how amazing is that? To be a pilot or a pharmacist—that was one of his worries. In my opinion, no matter what carrier Ryan chooses in the future, he would make a great pilot/pharmacist because he lives his life with passion!

As for the table topic session, our Table Topic Master, Nizrul deserved a round of applause for his effort. Credits go to all of the table topic speakers. It was a great session and again filled with laughter. Some questions asked were ‘Is mortality a blessing or a curse?’, ‘Video games—is it good or bad?’ and ‘Should teachers punish their students physically?’

Amir, the General Evaluator presented a wonderful report together with his fellow evaluators. The grammarian, Joan did excellent despite her first time talking up a role play. The word of the day is ‘jiggle’ and it was actively used. We jiggled our hands to shake off our sleepiness before resuming our meeting. Cynthia was the Ah-Counter and she delivered a well-prepared report as well. The timer for today’s meeting was Wei Lun and he carried out a great job too.

That’s all for today’s meeting. Unfortunately, there won’t be any educational meeting held on next week. It was canceled in conjunction with the Inter-school Impromptu Speech Competition. For further inquiry regarding the contest, you could check our blog or contact or the OC for the event, Biravina.

Until our next meeting, bye-bye!