Hope and Happiness

Our meeting was on June 23rd, 2011, at Beach Luxury hotel. The duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms were performed by TM Shahrukh and Madam TM Dr. Avan presided over the meeting. Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Aqeel and Table Topics Master was TM Mehmood. General Evaluator was TM Sajjad and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Bakshi.



The theme of our meeting was ‘Happiness’ and in the Table Topics session, participants were asked to express their feelings if something good or bad happens to them. TM Sajjad was asked to express his feelings if he became the President of Pakistan. TM Tahir was asked to express his feelings if he became a father. TM Shahrukh was asked to express his feelings if he passed his CSS exams. TM Nadym was asked to express his feelings if he had earned Ph.D. TM Adel Tariq was asked to express his feelings if on the day of his exam he got stuck in traffic. TM Khalid was asked to express his feelings if he was standing in a bus for over an hour. TM Bakshi was asked to express his feelings while performing Hajj. Madam TM Dr. Avan was asked to express her feelings if she got a chance to go to U.S. And our guest Urooj was asked to express her feelings if she was driving on a lonely road and her car suddenly stops but she is then helped by a stranger.

Roles were performed by TM Adel as the Grammarian, TM Shahrukh was the Vote Counter and the Timer, TM Khalid was the Ah-Counter and TM Bakshi was the Word-master of the day. The word of the day was ‘Hope.’

In prepared Speeches session, we had five speeches. First speech was delivered by TM Nadym and he was evaluated by Madam TM Dr. Avan. The title of his speech was ‘first step’ and he delivered Project two from the Competent Communicator manual.

TM Tahir presented his speech with the title, ‘Sharpen your memory.’ He completed his project three from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Bakshi.

TM Ibad delivered his project three form the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was ‘Consumer Power’ and he was evaluated by TM Shahrukh.

TM Khalid presented project seven from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was ‘History of Lahore.’ He was evaluated by TM Sajjad.

Madam TM Dr. Avan presented her second last project form the Interpretive Reading manual. She presented a passage from the novel ‘Hamlet’ and presented a monodrama.



The winner for the Table Topics session was TM Avan and TM Ibad was the runner-up. Winner for the Prepared Speeches session was TM Ibad and TM Nadym was the runner-up.



TM Aqeel also presented TM Sajjad and TM Bakshi with a gift to pay tribute to their tiring efforts for the promotion and progress of the Professional Toastmasters Club. Madam TM Dr. Avan also received the certificate from Toastmasters International on the completion of her Competent Communicator manual.