Year-end-party was held on Dec.10 at Mina Park.

It was a style of POTLUCK, which was prepared elaborately by Party leader, TM Y.T. and year-end-party committee members.
The potluck food were brought by 33 attendees one for each.
We enjoyed eating variety kinds of food and drinks thank to the preparation of potluck entry list prepared beforehand.

The foods were arranged on the table by TM H.S, a chief table decorator and her assistants.She is urging the members to eat her home made dishes she brought with.

Cute and pretty Christmas ornaments were set. Some wore red or green colored clothes. They were very Christmassy. TM Y.W preceded the party program smoothly, introducing new members by showing their photos on the screen. It was attractive.
We sang Christmas carols such as White Christmas, Silent night, Rudolf the red nosed rein deer and Jingle bells. Those songs’ videos were shown on the screen according the singing order with Karaoke. This section was held by TM E M and TM Y.W. Their collaborating went well. We had a happy moment.

A Big Janken Competition game was conducted by a prospective member TM H.M and TM T.K assisted him. This, No USE BRAIN mass game was so excited. Everyone dreamed a big prize for a moment. Everyone was busy doing scratching. Luckily TM L. C got quite a nice card. Two members got small ones as far as I know. How about others?  Who knows?

Thanks to official photographer TM T. I, many memorable photos were shared.
We had a fun time.

No. 455 regular meeting was held on December 10, 2016 at MinaPark in Fujisawa. We were so glad to have one honorable member and 2 guests in the meeting.

President Chen called No. 455 meeting to order.
TM A. S. explained “ Word of the Day”. The word was “Tangible (adjective) / Tangibility (Noun) “.
The Declaration Ceremony was held for our new member, TM Y. T. Welcome and Congratulations!

President Chen introduced the TMOD, TM A. M. TMOD encouraged members and guests to enjoy the meeting together. Then, Grammarian TM K.T., Ah-Uh Counter A.S., Vote Counter TM Y.H., and Timers TM E.M. explained their roles briefly. The role takers had got ready to support the meeting.

Joke Session relaxes the audience. The Joke Master TM M. H. told three funny stories of his three friends. Every member was fascinated with her funny story!

At Prepared Speech Session, we had 5 mature and talented speakers.
The first speaker TM T. K. delivered the speech titled “Small power plant at the balcony”. His story was very curious. He made a power plant at the balcony. This is why he took the disaster recovery from the heavy disaster such as earthquake into consideration. His story developed the sustainable energy such as solar energy. Food for thoughts! I’ve learned a lot from his tangible explanation.
The second speaker TM A. U. delivered the speech titled “My turning point”. It was his first speech, Ice Breaker. Recounting his boyhood and encountering his wife anecdotes! What an impressing story reaching out to every member!
The third speaker TM L. C. delivered again his background titled “Who am I?” as ice breaker. He introduced himself and the way to think about! I was very attractive with his developing story!
The fourth speaker TM N. S. delivered her speech titled “Are you a Mary Poppins or a Hemingway?”. She was a gifted speaker and succeed in grabbing the audience attention by the photos. I’ve learned “The drunker consisted of 4 types” through her speech! I was stimulated by her curious story telling!
The fifth speaker TM Y.W. delivered his speech titled “Earth Science”. He proposed us whether we used the atomic energy or not in the future. In comparison with the renewable energy such as solar and wind power, he pointed out the atomic energy both the advantage points and disadvantage ones. It was a food for thoughts!

The next session was The Table Topics Session that conducted by TM T. K.
Q1:「君の名は。」「君の名は」In English, your name. But there is a clear difference between the two. A punctuation mark is added or not. One is the title of the famous movie in 62 years ago. And the other is the worldwide hit animation. Have you ever seen the both of movies or one of the two? Please speak about these movies. TM A.T. answered it. Although he didn’t see both of them, his answer was very nice.
Q2: Starting from the next US president Trump, Putin in Russia, Park in South Korea and etc., some great changes would be considered from now on. Compared with prime minister Abe, what is your political opinions of leadership in the future? This question was answered by two members, TM T. O. and TM Y. H..
Q3: At last, the first female governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko was born. How do you think of woman’s power including Toyosu , 2020 Tokyo Olympic games and her daily fashions also? TM H.M. gave a nice answer.
Q4: Especially in this autumn, Halloween decoration and parties could be seen everywhere. Now, Halloween festival is more popular than ever before. How do you think of this phenomenon? This question was given to today’s guest, TM S.K..
Q5: Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year’s single Novel Prize for medicine for his work “Autophagy”-the science of how cells breakdown and recycle their content. Japanese awarded the Novel Prize three years successively. How do you think of it? This question was answered perfectly by TM C.M., he won the Table Topics Award.

The Award Presentation

The TMOD Award: TM A. U.
The Best Table Topics Speaker: TM C. M.
The Best Evaluator: TM N. N.
The Best-Prepared Speaker: TM N. S.

At last, today’s two guests delivered a comment.
Mrs. Y. T. moved forward to the front and declared the TMC oath at the declaration ceremony.
The meeting was closed successfully and fruitfully. Thanks for all role takers and attendance.

2016/11/ 26 No. 454 Regular Meeting Report

No. 454 regular meeting was held on November 26, 2016 at Tsujido Library. We were so glad to have two new guests in the meeting.

President Chen called No. 454 meeting to order, and TM A. M. explained “Word of the Day.” The word was “perfect [pɚ:ˈfɪˌkt] (adjective) / perfect [pɚfeˈkt] (verb).” This Word of the Day was used so carefully because the position of stress makes the meaning different. The Induction Ceremony was held for our new member, TM A. U. Welcome and Congratulations!

President Chen introduced the TMOD, TM M. K. TMOD encouraged members and guests to enjoy the meeting together. Then, Grammarian TM Y.T., Ah-Uh Counter TM A.M., Vote Counter TM A.S., and Timers TM T.A. explained their roles briefly. The role takers were all ready to support the meeting.

Joke Session relaxes the audience. The Joke Master TM K. K. told three funny stories of his three friends. The first was one in his childhood. When he was late for school, he explained the reason as bellow: I found an old lady picking up coins she had mistakenly scattered on the road. To save her work, I was standing on a 50 sen (now worth 500yen) coin. The second was in his 30s. He was shiningly bald, but his wife and daughter (5-6years old) both had beautiful hair. Someone said to the daughter, “You must have got your hair from Mom.” She replied, “No, I think I got it from Dad.” The third was in his 60s. He received 10,000 yen from his daughter with a note “For anything to make your life more comfortable.” He bought a gift to his wife.

At Prepared Speech Session, we had four mature and talented speakers.

The first speaker TM T. N. delivered the speech titled “Extending Healthy Life Expectancy.” He used some useful facts, such as his experiences and visual aids to support his points and opinions about the topic. Playing tennis is also good for health. It was a wonderful speech that he organized perfectly.

The second speaker TM A. M. delivered the speech titled “From my experience, you know what? Conquering the cold call.” It was about a technique for “cold call” selling of expensive products or services. He tried to approach the buyer by “Blue ocean strategy” against “Red ocean strategy.” It was so effective that he used questions to help the buyer discover problems with the situation.

The third speaker TM H. M. delivered his first speech titled “About Myself” as an ice breaker. He introduced himself. In his childhood he was following after his grandma. But he has been training kendo since he was a schoolboy. Now he works at a tourist enterprise and he wants to speak in English more. That is the reason why he joined STMC. We all welcome you.

The fourth speaker TM Y. H. delivered her speech titled “Thanks to Zipangu Club.” She enjoys travels by using the discount tickets of the club. In her speech she used stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact to the audience. It was easy to know her and we enjoy the speech so much.

The next session was The Table Topics Session conducted by TM K. M.
Q1: Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing day by day. Can AI take the most work of human in the future? What do you think? ⇒ TM A.U.
Q2: If you were an inventor, what kind of things would you like to invent? ⇒ TM C.M.
Q3: Recently aged drivers are increasing rapidly and they make many troubles. Do you want to return your driver’s license to the police? If so, when and why? If you don’t, why?　⇒ TM Y.U.
Q4: Which year is the best year for you, these three years, 2014, 2015 or 2016? And why? ⇒ TM L.C.
Q5. If you moved to another country, which country would you choose to live? And why?　⇒ TM A.T.
Q6. If you could be an animal, what would you (choose to) be? Why? 　⇒ TM A.S.

The Award Presentation

The TMOD Award: TM K. M.
The Best Table Topics Speaker: TM C. M.
The Best Evaluator: TM Y. W.
The Best-Prepared Speaker: TM T. N.

At last, today’s two guests delivered their comments. Mrs. Y. T. moved into Kanagawa prefecture recently and wants to join STMC. Mr. H. K. said that he was looking for a club that fits himself.
The meeting was fruitful and closed successfully. Thanks for all role takers and attendants.