The 502nd regular meeting was held at Mina Park on March 9, 2019 with 14 members and one guest.
<Joke Session>
The Joke Master was TM T. O.
He has visited Thailand more than 5 times as business trips and talked about some experiences in Thailand.
Thailand has two seasons, hot and very hot, the food there is vert spicy. When he stayed in Thailand, he liked to eat spicy food, but sometimes he got stomachache. At that time, Thai people recommended him to take a charcoal medicine. You can get a tablet of charcoal in the pharmacy. That is literary charcoal, surprisingly, it is very effective for stomachache. He guesses charcoal adsorbs bacteria. Please try that, if you get stomachache in Thailand.
The name of the Thailand capital “Bangkok” is not an official one. The official name is Krung Thep, which means “The city of angels”. This is a shortened version of the official name. The full name of Krung Thep is the longest name of a city in the world, which is recorded in the Guinness book. It is: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.
In Thailand, we can see several gender roles, identities. Most famous transgender people in Thailand are male who look like female, they are called ladyboys. We cannot distinguish them from real women, at first glance.
Thailand people have their own nicknames. They can assign any nickname as they like. Needless to say, they have very Asian face, but they have Western style nicknames, Jeff, Boy, something like that. One of his colleague’s real name is Phattarapporn and his nickname is ‘Oh’. The reason of his nickname is that his parents wanted to have a girl, so they screamed out ‘Oh’ when he was born.
<Prepared Speech Session.>
The 1st speaker was TM L.C. His speech title was “What leadership styles do you prefer?”
The 2nd speaker was TM Y. W. His speech title was “My communication style”.
The 3rd speaker was TM T. O. His speech title was “One day in my hometown”. He talked about the story when he visited hometown, Yamagata city.
The 4th speaker was TM A. M. His speech title was “Thinking about ‘AI affects our ordinary life’ ”.
<Table Topics session>
The Table Topics Master was TM T. U. He asked seven questions as follows.
1) Where is your recommendation for a place of Hanami?
2) Party under the cherry blossoms is fun. The expression, “Dumplings rather than
flowers” is sometimes used. What is your favorite food to take for Hanami with you？
3) Tokyo had Olympic games once in 1964. What’s is your memory of Tokyo Olympic
games in 1964?
4) We are sometimes moved or touched by Olympic games. Of all Olympic games
you’ve ever watched, what is your most impressive scene?
5) If you could be an Olympic athlete, which sports athlete would you like to be?
6) Many people are waiting for Tokyo Olympic games in 2020, some people would
participate in Tokyo Olympic games as volunteers. Please tell us your experience as
a volunteer. If you haven’t done it, what sort of volunteer works would you like to do
or are you interested in?
7) For Tokyo Olympic games volunteers, there was a discussion on “Fee or no-fee for
volunteer works”. Please tell us your opinion.
<Evaluation Session>
The General Evaluator was TM L. C.
The 1st Evaluator was TM M. H. and she evaluated TM L. C.’s prepared speech.
The 2nd Evaluator was TM K. I. and he evaluated TM Y. W.’s prepared speech.
The 3rd Evaluator was TM I. K. and he evaluated TM T. O.’s prepared speech.
The 4th Evaluator was TM Y.H. and she evaluated TM A. M.’s prepared speech.
TM E. M. presented the Grammarian’s report.
<Award Presentation>
TOMD Award : TM E. M. for his having triple roles.
Best Table Topics Speaker: TM A. M.
Best Evaluator: TM M. H.
Best Prepared Speaker : TM L. C.
By T. I. Photos by K. K.