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What Will Be Your Legacy?

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What will you give to the next generation as a legacy? You’re here for a reason, therefore think of what you can give to humanity and the next generation. Such was the theme of our meeting last Wednesday. Erwin the GE It was a delightful meeting in several ways. We had Bambang back as the Toastmasters of the Meeting, who has been absent for several months and is surely missed. Lia was the Table Topic Master, and the topics were mostly quotes that made us think more critically. "I paid no mind!" said Edwina. Edwina, who recently joined the Humorous Speech Contest, delivered her BM3. First, she narrated about the famous Last Samurai Movie, which was well known by the audience. In the movie, the character Nathan Algren lost in a samurai practice because, as Nobutada said, he had “too many mind”. To win, he had to be “no mind” (note: grammatically wrong as quoted from the movie, spoken brokenly by a Japanese who knew only little

Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests 2015

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L ast Saturday we held Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contest s for Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters Club. As always, the contest mean t a lot for all fellow T oastmasters. Those who join ed the contest we re hoping to see the improvements in delivering speeches, whilst those who s a t as audiences we re hoping to gain various benefits from the content of contestants speeches.  We were very lucky, it was bright Saturday, and the weather wasn’t hot eventhough the contest started at 10 AM until 1 PM. The venue was Rempah Iting Restaurant which wa s located in Sunda Street number 7 (near Sarinah Dept. Store, behind The Harvest). The place was really homey, it presented such a warm ambiences for those who attended the event. Contest Master Tantia, Sample Speaker Kashish and Contest Chair Yoga Kashish in action! The Contest Master was Tantia Dian Permata Indah, one of so many gorgeous members of Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters who prepared very well for