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Dear Members and Guests,
Halloween gave us the inspiration to make Ghost Stories the theme of our meeting. Andrew wore a green half mask that looked so frightening and convincingly menacing that he easily commanded all our attention during the evening as the TME.
Both Michael and KY delivered their Project 6 speech on Vocal Variety. Michael shared with us his hero in the most unlikely of characters - Bugs Bunny. We learnt that Bugs has a lot of wise sayings. The one I like best is "Don't take life so seriously, you won't get out of it alive". So, any of us fretting about everything, time to start loosening up. KY employed a varying tone to bring home to us the miseries that victims suffered during the devastating Szechuan earthquake. He very skillfully created a somber and gloomy atmosphere reliving the memories of the children in the school that collapsed in Szechuan. The stark contrast was felt by all, after an uproariously funny retelling by Philippe of his experience working in France, Australia, Malaysia and Taiwan. We learnt that for the French, coffee is the answer to every situation.
Edwin did not know who Bugs Bunny was, so his evaluation for Michael fell a little bit flat. Important for us to remember that the choice of our speech topic has to have a wide audience appeal or otherwise the speech may not go down so well. Arthur questioned KY on the point of bringing the house down to such a somber level and leaving the audience hanging in a state of emotional dilemma. Joanne described Philippe's speech as having lots of juicy meaty filling for content.
At the table topic session, we heard from our speakers their various ghost encounters - at Disneyland, in a 100 year old clubhouse, in your own heart, in hotel beds........ and oh yes, Paul had on a mask that hid his loss for words very well. Good trick.
An excellent evening filled with laughter and jokes. Finally, here is the results announcement.
Best Speaker - Philip Grelon
Best Table Topic Speaker - Paul Breen
Best Evaluator - Arthur Ting
See you all on 8 Nov.
Best regards,
Ong Ai Ai
President
HKTMC
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