No. 486 regular meeting was held on May 26, 2018.
    President TM N. N. called the Meeting to order and welcomed two guests. TM M. I. presented Word of the day: “crystal clear (adjective)”. The speakers used this word often during the meeting.

TMOD: TM M. K.
Grammarian: TM A. T.
Ah/Uh Counter: TM M. I.
Vote Counter: TM H. S.
Time: TM Y. U.

Joke Session
    Joke Master TM K. T. told five funny short stories about elderly persons.

Prepared Speech Session
    TMOD asked all speakers to answer to the question. “Please say something about Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.”
    First Speaker: TM K. K.
    His answer was “Mother’s Day started in 1907, 2 years earlier than Father’s Day. Mother always comes first”.
    The title of his speech was “Different Viewpoints, Different Concepts” He compared which is stronger iron or paper from different viewpoints. It was so interesting and so logical.
    Second Speaker: TM J. Y.
    Her answer was “Talking to my parents on those days and asking whether they are working happily and sleep well is our communication”.
    The title of her speech was “Feel your feelings”. She avoided using notes and appealed her idea to the audience on her experience of anger.
    Third Speaker: TM T. K.
    Her answer was “I was expecting presents from my son and daughter, but I got only telephone and e-mail on this Mother’s Day”.
    The title of her speech was “Presenting an award to one lady”. She presented award to TM A. A. and introduced her contribution to our club with dignity and grace.
    Fourth Speaker: TM M. H.
    Her answer was “I treasured a so lovely handmade Mother’s Day card from my daughter when she was a young child. Now she is a mother of two. Time flies!”
    The title of her speech was “Mother! Come Back!” She tried the first speech of Pathways before its evaluation and feedback. Her vocal variety and body speaking were expressed well.

Table Topics Session 
    Table Topics Master was TM Y. W. He gave the following 5 table topics based on “Which is important for you A or B?”
    1. Left hand or right hand?  
    2. Good health or money?
    3. Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo Disney Sea?
    4. A cleaver man or a good looking man?
    5. Money or love?
                                                
Evaluation Session
    General evaluator: TM Y. H.
    Four evaluators evaluated each speaker’s speech.
    TM T. O. evaluated TM K. K.’s speech.
    TM E. M. evaluated TM J. Y.’s speech.
    TM A. M. evaluated TM T. K.’s speech.
    TM N. N. evaluated TM M. H.’s speech.

Award Presentation
    The TMOD Award: TM K. K. for his giving a speech at short notice.
    The Best Table Topics Speaker: TM K. T.
    The Best Evaluator: TM N. N.
    The Best Prepared Speaker: TM K. K.
                                                                             
After the regular meeting we had Mr. P. S.’s Declaration and Induction Ceremony.

                                                                 By M. K.