Jakarta Motivator Toastmaster - FUN, LEARN and GROW Together

How did you kick off your April? Did you get fooled, or did you make a prank to your friends or family? April Fool's Day,  it is a western tradition to celebrate the beginning of April to make a prank to others. This tradition was brought up as the topic of last Wednesday Jakarta Motivator Toastmaster's meeting. TM Tika as the Toastmaster of the Meeting (ToM), splendidly prepared the meeting. She started with the introduction of April Fool's day history. Long ago, western people followed the Gregorian calendar, were the new year was begin in April. Then as the regime change, Julian calendar was introduced, where January is the start of the day. Yet, not everyone knows about the switching of the calendar. So, some people still celebrating the new year on the 1st of April. At that time, those who still mistaken April as the new year were considered as the fool. And the tradition of April Fools begin. The word of the day (WoD) of last Wednesday meeting was "Vex...

Our meeting this  week was conduct at 31 May, 2017. Themed: Living in Diversity. The Word of the Day was Conform. This theme was chosen because many Toastmasters members in Jakarta .......... The Toastmasters of the Meeting was TM Lia. Generle Evaluator was TM. Septi and the timer was TM Mega. Gramarian was TM. Sindy, ah counter was TM. Ihsan and the Ballot Counter was TM. Imam.   The Table Topics Master was TM Lia, who gave questions related  Living in Diversity in Indonesia. 1.   We have three prepared speakers. First was  TM Lia,  Advance Manual #5 with the title was The Abstractn Concept. Her speech was evaluated by TM. Mega.  Second was TM Imam, Basic Manual #9 with the title was.... His speech was evaluated by TM. Ihsan from British TC. And the last but not least was TM. Erwin, Advance Manual #... with the title was...  His speech was evaluated by  TM. Lia. The winner of Table Topics is  TM. Lineola ...

Our meeting last week was themed: Keep Calm and Get a Scholarship. The Word of the Day was Triumph. This theme was chosen because many Toastmasters members in Jakarta are interested to study abroad, so our club is trying to facilitate a useful meeting for them. The Toastmasters of the Meeting was TM Puspita, who just received a scholarship to study in Sweden. She explained about several foreign countries that offer scholarship to Indonesians, such as Sweden, The U.K, USA, Japan, Netherlands, and etc. The Table Topics Master was TM Lia, who gave questions related to scholarship, which were: 1.        Why do you deserve a scholarship? 2.        What if you are faced with an intimidating interviewer for scholarship application? 3.        If your child in the future wants to go abroad, will you fund him/her on your own, or will you ask them to get a scholarship? 4.   ...

Last week, Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters Club meeting theme was “Turn Back Jokes”. It was really a special meeting. The Toastmasters of the meeting was our SAA, TM Yoga, and the Table Topics Master was Club President Erwin. He asked questions related about jokes. Next, Lia delivered a redo of her BM7, titled “Get Slimmer by Eating”. She is always interested in searching diet tips that fit her. And the tips that she found is so fun, because it doesn’t ask you to reduce eating, but to eat more. Based on the researches by Tokyo University and  New York University, there are some food that if you eat more, it will help you burn more calories and fat, and lose weight. First, it’s water. Plain water, not ice water. The more you drink water, the more weight you will lose.  Next, there are staple food substitutes, black beans and oats. Exchange your rice with beans or oats a few times a week, and you will lose weight, because they have less sugar in every portion. ...

To commemorate Father’s day that was inaugurated on 12th of November in Indonesia, Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters Club held regular meeting on November 18th with Father’s D ay as the theme and Persistent as Word of The Day . Our last week ’s main role s were TM Agi as Toastmasters of The Meeting, TM Rizk o as The Table Topic Master and TM Lia as General Evaluator. Agi as Toastmasters of The Meeting Rizko as Table Topics Master TM Rizko was a perfect TTM for that evening’s meeting since he is a father and knowing well of how it feels to be a father. No wonder the topic he spoke for each Table Topic’s speakers were closely related to father’s role, including the most memorable memories of the speakers with their fathers and the value their fathers shared with them that made them a better person nowadays. All of the audiences had the opportunity to remembere the sweet memories they share with a person that is often called as the first hero ...

World War II began on September 1 st , 1939 and ended on September 2 nd , 1945. To commemorate that historical period, Jakarta Motivators Toastmasters Club had World War as our theme last week. Iyok as a Table Topic Speaker: a grandpa telling about the Colonization era Erwin speaking with a guest, David, at the end of the meeting Our President was all smiles during the meeting! Seemed  he enjoyed the meeting very much! Yoga, our SAA and Ballot Counter Arya as a Table Topic Speaker The Table Topics session consists of topics about World War, like what the speaker might know about Adolf Hitler, Soekarno, and roleplaying about being an Indonesian in that era, speaking to a Dutch. We got two BM1 speeches last week. The first one was from Jimmy. We all see Jimmy as someone who’s always very confident. So it shocked us when Jimmy shared he postponed finishing his thesis at university because he had no confidence and no idea of what he’s going t...

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...