Purple and Lavender.

The Professional Toastmasters Club organised its weekly meeting at Beach Luxury hotel on 22^nd September, 2011. The time to start the meeting was 6:30 p.m. Sergeant-at-Arms, Madam TM Neel, observed the oath and handed the lectern to the Presiding officer, Madam TM Dr. Avan. The Toastmaster of the day was TM Farid, the Table Topicsmaster was TM Nadym and the General Evaluator was Madam TM Neel. The theme of the meeting was "the office environment" and the colours were Purple and Lavender.

Role of the Timer was performed by TM Adnan. The Grammarian was TM Tahir. TM Fahim performed the duties of the Vote-Counter. TM Ibad was the Ah-Counter. And TM Nadym Chandna chose ‘Believe’ as the Word-Master.

There were three evaluators in our meeting. TM Fahim and Madam TM Dr. Avan were the speech evaluators. Table Topics were evaluated by Madam TM Dr. Avan.

Three guests honoured us with their presence. Bilquis Bano and her son Hammad, who is a young boy with hearing impairment but has an impressive speech, joined us for the evening. We are very hopeful that Hammad will join our club. Our favourite Toastmaster, TM Farid introduced us with his mother, Sarwat Siddiqui. She is an amazing person who is actively participating in all our activities outside the meeting room. We wish to see more of her in the future. TM Jaan Ali and TM Hera joined us little late.

The Table Topics session was very interesting as TM Nadym asked a question from every speaker. TM Maneck was asked what if he was a Manecka. TM Ibad was asked what if he was a waiter. Madam TM Dr. Avan was asked what if she was a nurse. TM Bakshi was asked what if he was Quaid-e-Azam. TM Taimur was asked what if he was not the son of TM Nadym and instead was a son of a driver. TM Fahim was asked what if Urdu was allowed in our club meetings. TM Tahir was asked what if tomorrow was his last day.

In Prepared Speeches session, there were two speeches. First speech was delivered by TM Shahrukh form the Humorously Speaking manual. He repeated its fifth project and the title of his speech was ‘what to do and what not to do?’

The second speech was delivered by TM Tauseef and he presented his project one from the Competent Communicator manual. Professional Toastmasters congratulates him on his Ice-Breaker.

The winner of the Table Topics was TM Fahim and Madam TM Dr. Avan was the Runner-up. TM Tauseef was the winner of the Prepared Speeches session and TM Shahrukh was the Runner-up.

our first loyalty is to ourselves

The Professional Toastmasters Club held its first meeting on September 15^th, 2011 at Beach Luxury Hotel. It was our first congregation after the holy moth of Ramzan. The theme of out meeting was, ‘the purpose of life.’

Toastmaster for the evening was TM Fazal and he started the meeting by telling us that our first loyalty is to ourselves. He also shared with us a story related to the use of a Body Language on a wrong person. Table Topicsmaster was Madam TM Dr. Avan. General Evaluator was TM Shahrukh. And Maneck was the Evaluator for the Table Topics.

Tauseef and Azam Lagari attended the meeting as our guests.

Multiple roles were performed by the members in the meeting. TM Farid performed the roles of the Timer and the Vote-Counter. TM Maneck performed the roles of the Word-Master and the Ah-Counter. TM Chandna performed the duties of the Grammarian.

Nine speakers were called on the lectern to speak by the Table Topicsmasster. An item was assigned to the speaker and he was asked to convince the audience to buy that particular item. Every speaker tried to sell the assigned item in his own style which was really entertaining. TM Shahrukh was asked to sell a body cream. TM Nadym was asked to sell a bottle of Ovaltine. TM Farid was asked to sell a lip-bam. Green-Tea was given to TM Aqeel. Shampoo was the item for TM Jaan Ali. TM Ibad sold us a nail polish. And TM Panjwani sold to us a box of tissues. Our guest also demonstrated courage and participated in the session. TM Tauseef sold toothpaste and TM Azam was given a packet of Noodles.

There were three speeches in the Prepared Speeches session.

First speech was presented by TM Punjwani. He was evaluated by Madam TM Dr. Avan. He presented his project two, the Radio Talk Show, from the Public Relations manual. The title of his speech was “Aga Khan University and Hospital.” TM Shahrukh performed as the radio show host.

Second Speech was delivered by TM Nadym. He was evaluated by TM Aqeel. He presented his fifth project, Your Body Speaks, from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was “Body Language-myth or fact.”

The last prepared speech was presented by TM Shahrukh. He was evaluated by TM Farid. He presented his fifth project, the Humorous Speech, from the Humorously Speaking manual. The Title of his speech was, “what to do and what not to do.”

The winner for the Table Topics was TM Ibad and TM Nadym was the runner-up. The winner for the prepared speeches was TM Nadym and TM Shahrukh was the runner-up.

The members of the Professional Toastmasters Club are expanding their horizon. The Illuminators Welfare Association (TIWA) is founded by TM Neel with TM Jaan Ali and Hera Minan. They were joined by TM Aqeel, TM Haris, TM Farid and TM Shahrukh and their friends and family members with many other people who volunteered to spend a day at Sahara Village: for old age people and special children. Our members used their communication skills to good use by becoming their friends and making their day very special.