Happy Independence Day!

On August 18^th, 2011, Professional Toastmasters Club conducted its third and last meeting of Ramzan. Our venue was Beach Luxury Hotel and time was 6:00 p.m. The theme was ‘Independence Day’ and colour for the meeting was green.

The Presiding Officer was TM Shahrukh. The Toastmaster of the Evening was Madam TM Neel. Table Topics Master was TM Jaan Ali. General Evaluator was TM Sameer Dodhy. And Table Topics were evaluated by TM Panjwani.

Roles were performed by TM Izhar as the Timer, TM Fazal as the Grammarian, TM Fahim as the Ah-Counter and TM Ibad as the Word Master and the Vote Counter. The word of the day was Virile.

Table Topics were related to the theme of the day. TM Fahim was asked to speak on the topic: Why guns to express our feeling? He explained the reality of the trigger happy nations and how few bad apples are to be blamed. TM Izhar was asked: Why patriotic on 14^th August only? He beautifully related to the topic and explained that every right has a corresponding duty attached to it. TM Fazal was asked to speak on the topic: Why silencers are removed from the bikes on the eve of 14^th August? He explained that the true reason behind such an action was to get attention. TM Sameer was asked to speak upon: How will Jinnah see Pakistan today? He beautifully recalled Jinnah’s address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan which is now known as the vision of Jinnah. TM Ibad was asked to express his views on: Where Pakistan will be in next five year? And TM Pajwani was asked: How to control the rising prices? He explained that income is not increasing while prices are. Therefore, the buying power is not strong.

In the prepared speeches session there were two speeches. First speech was delivered by TM Farid and it was evaluated by TM Fazal. He presented his final project (speaking after dinner) from The Entertaining Speaker manual. The title of his speech was, ‘Message on your wedding day.’

The second speech was delivered by TM Sahahrukh and he was evaluated by TM Izhar. He presented his fourth project: keep them laughing, and it was from the Humorously Speaking manual. The title of his speech was, ‘I will get on to it.’

There was a presentation by TM Sameer on How to be a distinguished club? He shared with us how we can gain points and progress as the distinguished club in accordance with the standards of the Toastmasters International.

The winner of the Table Topics Session was TM Sameer and TM Ibad was the runner-up. The winner of the Prepared Speeches session was TM Shahrukh and TM Farid was the runner-up.