Our No.494 regular meeting was held on Oct. 27 at Mina Park, Fujisawa.

Before it, Discussion Session was carried out, which was hosted by TM H. S.　 She prepared a lot of pictures; each attendee was asked to select two pictures and make stories based on them. It was a pleasant time. Thanks to TM H. S.!
                 

Fourteen members attended the regular meeting, and TMOD was TM L. C. He looked a little bit nervous at the beginning. Fortunately, Joke master, TM M. I., helped him to make a good opening. At the beginning of the meeting, Joke Session was mastered by her, and she told an anecdote about her trip in Russia. Could you believe that she was presented a gift worth more than 10 million yen from a stranger? It sounded a joke, but she said it had happened. Amazing!
                                                                                              
At the following Prepared Speech Session, four speakers delivered their wonderful speeches. The first speaker was TM H. S. and her speech title was “The way to visit Shinto Shrine”. Her body language was so effective that it attracted audience’s interest. TM Y. H. made the second speech titled “Recommendation Negligence”. She prepared several pictures that were appropriate for her messages and audience.
         
The third speaker was our new member, TM T. O., he made an ice breaker speech titled “My hometown”. Although this was his first speech in our club, he looked very confident. TM A. T. was the last speaker whose speech title was “My Ambition”. His English was perfect, and his vocal variety was wonderful. Finally, TM A. T. won the best prepared speaker award.
                                                 
The Table Topics Session was hosted by TM A.M. He asked five members to make impromptu speeches to his five questions related to season, society, language and personality, each answer was very interesting. TM M. I. won the best table topics speaker award.

The last session was  Evaluation, which was hosted by TM K. T., general evaluator.
Four evaluators evaluated each prepared speaker’s speech and gave them appropriate suggestions respectively. TM N. N. won the best evaluator award.
                        

Awards        Congratulations!
       TMOD Award:                      TM K. T.   for his heavy double roles.
       Best Table Topic Speaker: TM M. I.
       Best Evaluator:                    TM N. N.
       Best Prepared Speaker:     TM A. T.
                             

Thanks to all the members attended the meeting, it was successful and wonderful! Everyone enjoyed it.

                             By L. C. & M. I.   Photos by L. C. & M. I.