a new beginning

We had an amazing time on June 9th, 2011. The venue of our meeting was Beach Luxury Hotel. The meeting started by observing the Toastmasters pledge and the duties of Sergeant-at-Arms were performed by TM Sharukh. Our presiding officer was TM Sajjad. The theme of our meeting was ‘Traffic Jam.’


The role for the Toastmaster of the Evening was performed by TM Jaan Ali who is visually impaired. His performance was outstanding and he conducted the entire meeting without anyone’s help. Table Topic Master was TM Neel and General Evaluator was TM Maneckji. Table Topics Evaluator was TM Khalid.


Installation ceremony was conducted before the Table Topics session. The ceremony was conducted by TM Sameer and TM Bakshi. The new office bearers are TM Dr. Avan as the President, TM Shahrukh as the Vice President Education, TM Khalid as the Vice President Public Relations, TM Haris as the Vice President Membership, TM Aqeel as the Secretary, TM Ibad as the Treasurer and TM Neel as the Sergeant-at-Arms.


Roles for the meeting were performed by our four members. TM Farid was the Timer, TM Sameer was the Grammarian and TM Shahrukh was the Word-Master. TM Mehmood performed dual roles of the Ah-Counter and the Vote-Counter. Word of the day was ‘Disdain.’


There were three prepared speeches in the prepared speeches session. TM Nadeem presented his Ice Breaker form the manual: ‘Competent Communicator.’ He was evaluated by TM Ibad.


TM Aqeel repeated project five: ‘Your Body Speaks’ form the manual: Competent Communicator.’ He was evaluated by TM Dr. Avan. The title of his speech was 'Be A Winner.'



TM Shahrukh presented his first project: ‘Warm Up Your Audience’ from the manual: ‘Humorously Speaking.’ He was evaluated by TM Farid. The title of his speech was 'What Is Red And White?'



Winner of the Table Topics was TM Khalid and runner-up was TM Sameer. Winner of the prepared speeches was TM Shahrukh and runner-up was TM Nadeem.

man is a social animal and animal in many other ways

Our members were agog on the theme of our meeting on June 2^nd, 2011. The theme of the meeting was ‘Opportunity’. The venue was Beach Luxury Hotel and time was 6:30 p.m. Sergeant-at-Arms was TM Khalid who started the meeting by observing the Toastmasters pledge. Presiding officer was TM Shahrukh since our president TM Fahim was the Toastmaster of the Evening. General Evaluator was TM Hanif Sattar and Table Topics Evaluator was TM Mehmood.

Roles were performed by TM Tahir as the Timer and Vote-Counter, TM Sajjad as the Grammarian, TM Neel as Ah-Counter and TM Sajjad was the word-master. Word of the day was in shape of a phrase ‘positive thinking.’

Table Topics Session was conducted by TM Dr. Avan. We were to describe our life as an object and descried in such a way that other Toastmasters are able to guess what object we are. TM Hanif Sattar was a mirror, TM Sajjad was a chair, TM Neel was a computer, TM Nadeem was a pen, TM Tahir was a tea, TM Shahrukh was a walking stick, TM Jaan Ali was a cap, TM Fahim was a bag and TM Ibad was a door.

There were three prepared speeches delivered in the prepared speech session. TM Aqeel presented project six ‘Vocal Variety’ from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Sajjad. His best line was that we must realise our weaknesses and focus on our strengths.

TM Khalid presented project six ‘Vocal Varity’ from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was ‘the unsung heroes’ and it was evaluated by TM Hanif Sattar. He narrated the story of Captain Ahsan Malik who with only with his few men fought the entire Indian brigade for 21 days. General Manekshaw form the Indian army praised his valour, courage and bravery.

Last prepared speech was delieverd by TM Ibad. He presented project two ‘Organise your Speech’ from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was ‘The grass is greener on the other side’ and it was evaluated by TM Tahir. His best line was that man is a social animal and animal in many other ways.

Winner of the Table Topics Session was TM Shahrukh and TM Sajjad was the runner-up. Winner of the Prepared Speeches Session was TM Aqeel and TM Ibad was the runner-up.

Our Vice-President Membership, TM Sajjad discussed with us the issue of increase in hotel charges. He also conducted the elections for our new executive committee. Our new President is TM Dr. Avan and our new Vice President Education is TM Shahrukh. TM Neel was nominated for the office of Sergeant-at-Arms. The elections will be continued in our next meeting.

how to speak when you have nothing to speak

We had a wonderful time. Our meeting was on May 26th, 2011, at Beach Luxury Hotel. The duties of Sergeant-at-Arms were performed by TM Khalid and presiding officer of the meeting was TM Fahim. TM Shahrukh performed the role of Toastmaster of the Meeting. Table Topics Master was TM Shabbir and General Evaluator was TM Ibad. Table Topics were evaluated by TM Bakshi.

Roles were performed by TM Adnan as the Timer, TM Fahim as the Grammarian and the Vote Counter, TM Neel as the Ah-Counter and TM Aqeel as the Word-Master. The word of the day was ‘Resilience.’

There were ten speakers in the Table Topics session. TM Dr. Avan, DTM Fazal, TM Ibad, TM Khalid, TM Neel, TM Adnan, TM Iqbal and TM Fahim. TM Sajad shred a joke while Mr. Nadeem was our guest speaker. TM Khalid also took an initiative and spoke against the topic of DTM Fazal. Topics included ‘how can we avail opportunities’, ‘laughter is the best medicine’, ‘happy moments’, ‘how to speak when you have nothing to speak’ etc.

There were three speakers who performed project five- ‘Your Body Speaks’ form the manual ‘Competent Communication.’ They were TM Khalid, TM Aqeel and TM Adnan. TM Khalid and TM Aqeel evaluated each other but TM Adnan was evaluated by TM Fahim. DTM Fazalur Rahim presented his project ten-‘Inspire Your Audience.’ He was evaluated by TM Bakshi. TM Dr. Avan presented project two-‘Poetry Interpretation’ from the advance manual ‘Interpretative Reading.’

The titles of the speeches included ‘setting for goals’ by TM Aqeel, ‘leadership’ by TM Khalid, ‘if’ by TM Dr. Avan, ‘your future is in your hands’ by DTM Fazalur Rahim and ‘think different’ by TM Adnan.


Winner of the Table Topics was TM Dr. Avan. TM Bakshi was the runner-up. Winner for prepared speeches was TM Khalid. Runner-up was DTM Fazalur Rahim.

never consider the possibility of failure

Our meeting on May 19th, 2011 was a wonderful event. The time of the meeting was 6:30. It would seem that because of the terrible traffic jam we would not be able to conduct our programme but the determination and dedication of our members made it all possible. Meeting was started by our Sergeant-at-Arms by observing the Toastmasters pledge. Our meeting was presided over by our President TM Fahim.


TM Aqeel performed the role of Toastmaster of the Evening. Table Topic Master was DTM Fazalur Rahim and General Evaluator was TM Haris. Table topics were evaluated by TM Sajjad.




In table topics session, very interesting topics were assigned to the speakers. There were total nine speakers who were asked to speak on Helen Keller, gem can’t shine without friction, importance of goal, success is a journey and not a destination etc. Speakers who were asked to speak in this session were TM Jaan Ali, TM Shahrukh, TM Haris, TM Neel, TM Sajjad, TM Aqeel, TM Shabeer, TM Ibad and TM Khalid.



There were five prepared speeches. First speech was by TM Ibad. He presented his Ice Breaker from the Competent Communicator manual and his evaluator was TM Shahrukh.

Second speaker was TM Khalid who presented his project four: ‘How to say it’ from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was evaluated by TM Fahim and the title of the speech was ‘Life Goes On.’

Third Speech was presented by TM Shahrukh. He presented project four: ‘Read Out Loud’ from the advance manual: 'Specialty Speeches' with the title ‘Dark side of knowledge.’ His speech was evaluated by TM Sajjad.

Fourth speaker in the prepared speeches session was TM Fahim. He presented the bonus project from the Competent Communicator manual: ‘The entertaining speaker.’ The title of his speech was ‘lost in translation’ and his evaluator was TM Haris.

Fifth speaker of the day was TM Shabeer. He presented project two: ‘Organise Your Speech’ from the Competent Communicator manual. The title of his speech was ‘Entrepreneur’ and his evaluator was TM Khalid. He presented ten tips for being a good entrepreneur:
1) think success
2) be passionate about what you do
3) focus on your strengths
4) never consider the possibility of failure
5) plan accordingly
6) work hard
7) constantly look for ways to network
8) willingness to learn
9) perseverance and have faith
10) Discipline yourself

The roles were performed by TM Haris as the Timer, TM Khalid as the Grammarian, TM Jaan Ali as the Ah-counter, TM Shabeer as the Vote-Counter and TM Sajjad as the word master. The word of the day was ‘Responsibility.’ Tm Sajjad also presented his observation that even when a chosen word is very simple, speakers will still forget to use it.



Winner for the Table Topics Session was TM Sajjad and TM Ibad was the runner-up. Winner for the Prepared Speeches session was TM Khalid and TM Shahrukh was the runner-up.