No. 487 regular meeting was held on June 9, 2018 with 21 members and 1 guest. President TM N. N. called the Meeting to order and welcomed one guest. TM Y.T. presented Word of the day: “smashing” (adjective).
TMOD: TM N. N.
Grammarian: TM K. K.
Ah/Uh Counter: TM Y. T.
Vote Counter: TM P. S.
Timer: TM E. M.
Joke Session
Joke Master was TM A. T. His story was about a robot and its human owner. The robot was so intelligently made that it did not act as the owner wished. Because if it did, that would be bad for the owner’s health. It took TM A. T. five minutes or so to come to the punch line. His story telling technique was smashing.
Prepared Speech Session
TMOD asked all the speakers to answer the following question: “What is your recent happy experience?”
The First Speaker: TM T. S.
Her answer was “My daughter and son baked cake for me.” Her speech title was “My identity.” She made a similar icebreaking speech recently but the contents were very different. This time she talked about her sister who exerted a great influence upon forming her identity.
The Second Speaker: TM A. U.
His answer was “My daughter entered elementary school this April.” His speech title was “Outsourcing my tasks.” As SAA he has to make a room reservation for the club but he has been so busy that he decided to use “Crowd Sourcing” which is a system for receiving and ordering work on the Net. As a result, in place of TM A. U., a lady living in Okinawa has been making reservation for about one year. Isn’t this amazing? Indeed we are living in the “Global Village.”
The Third Speaker: TM Y. H.
Her answer was “About 300 red and pink geraniums are in full bloom in my narrow terrace. They are 20 cm in diameter.“ Isn’t this amazing that she has 300 huge beautiful flowers! The title of her speech was “I will never be cheated.”
She told us her own real experience of telephone fraud. She was brave enough to get rid of the problem and even called a police station.
The Fourth Speaker: TM Y. T.
Her answer was a bit longer than others. “I have received two presents from my children. My son and my daughter in law sent me a pot of carnation and a bulb of four-leaved clover from San Francisco. Also, my daughter took me to Mimi-u restaurant I like and we ate Udonsuki. After eating, she took me to a lingerie shop and bought me some lingerie to straighten up my body. They are effective.” The speech title was “Make friends with something in common.” She used her own personal experiences of making friends. She showed us some examples. I was personally happy to see TM Y. T. after a long absence. As usual we enjoyed her sense of humor very much.
Table Topics Session
The master was TM M. I. She asked us the following questions.
1. Would you tell us your tips to spend rainy days happily?
2. Have you ever been to Ajisai-dera、famous for its hydrangea?
3. How do you like to eat UME (UME: apricot), like UMEBOSHI, UME liquor, UME
sour or whatever?
4. If you were to be given three-month holidays, what would you like to do?
5. What is the most impressive memory for you in the last five months?
Evaluation Session
General evaluator: TM K. T.
The first evaluator was TM H. S.
The second evaluator was TM M. K.
The third evaluator was TM T. A.
The fourth evaluator was TM K. I.
Award Presentation
The TMOD award: TM A. M. He is one of the best listeners in our club. He gives his
feedback by laughing a lot. This I believe helps the speakers very much.
He deserves the prize.
The Best Table Topics Speaker: TM N. S.
The Best Evaluator: T. A.
The Best Prepared Speaker: Y. T.
At the end of the meeting, our guest Ms. Y. N. showed her intention of joining our club. We were very happy to hear that.
After the meeting, we had TM P. S.’s orientation.
By N. N.