Show Us Your Skills!

We talked about our skills last week at Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters Club. One of the best things of joining a Toastmasters Club is to become friends with people from different backgrounds with various skills and professions. It really broadens our horizon.

Trissia, Arya and Mega enjoying the meeting

Our first speaker was Trissia, delivering her BM2. The title was “The Masterpiece”. She talked about the concept of happiness. Happiness shouldn’t happen when you find a lover, when you get married, or when you get a better job. One should remember that happiness starts from within. Happiness shouldn’t only start in the future, when a good thing happens. It should start from us, from ourselves.

As someone who holds a degree in International Relations, she is well aware of the quote about Democracy by Abraham Lincoln, “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people”. She twisted the quote to explain about the concept of happiness that she believes:

“Happiness is of you, by you and for you”.

It’s really a splendid way to make us remember better about the real concept of happiness. Thank you, Trissia.

Mega delivered her BM2 titled “The Sidewalk”. She told us about her love for walking. For her, it’s entertaining and also keeps her fit. However, she regrets how the condition of roads in Jakarta is not friendly enough for a pedestrian like her.

Sometimes the sidewalks are too narrow, or merchants use it to sell their products, and the most disturbing is, how motorbikes keep taking the sidewalks as their way to drive faster against Jakarta’s traffic jam. “It’s like we have to bet our lives just to walk in the sidewalks” she said.

She then compared the condition of sidewalks in Jakarta and in other cities like Malang and Surabaya. If all the merchants in Jakarta could be prohibited from selling on the sidewalks and the government could be sterner in applying the rules of a clean sidewalk, she was sure it will be nicer for all pedestrians in Jakarta.

Arya delivering his speech titled "The Paradox Lies in Me"

Arya delivered his third speech in Storytelling, titled “The Paradox Lies in Me”. He told about he used to be a very, very kind boy. But that made him the target of people’s bad intention. Other students in high school kept asking him to make their homeworks. One day, a friend borrowed a substantial amount of money from him. When he asked for the money to be returned, the friend refused and instead, spread bad rumors about Arya.

This turned into a disappointment, among other reasons. He decided having a good image is not beneficial for himself. Since then, he decided to have a “bad guy image”. Actually it is just to protect himself from disappointments and from people who always want to use him for their own profit. Inside, he is still a good guy at heart.

Kelvin delivering his speech

The last speaker was Kelvin, who delivered his Advanced Manual. He compared the condition of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore with Jakarta. Other cities and other countries were behind us in the past. But they have caught up and now become better than us. They get more tourists, become more comfortable and advanced for their citizens, and turn to be the cities we look up to.

Kelvin really wished that Indonesia, and Jakarta, specifically, could be better so he can be proud of the city.

The leader for Table Topics session was Ratih, who delivered good topics for the members to answer. She also didn’t forget to invite Praw and Erwin to practice for the Area Contest.

Praw was ecstatic to win for Best Table Topics Speaker and Evaluator

Mega and Trissia both won Best Prepared Speech, with Lia

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Our theme tonight is “Your Job is Not Your Career”.

If you don’t love your job, it’s time to tell about it. Don’t worry, your secrets will be save with us. We won’t report you to your boss or company, cross our heart. It’s a promise.

If you love your job, well then, even better! Tell about it, teach us how to be as happy as you, and share your tips and secrets!