Do you ever get that feeling where you had a
long day, feel fatigue and have to deal with all kinds of stress? And then you ask
yourself, do I really need to go to Toastmasters tonight?
Well, if you never had this feeling before,
stop your dishonesty right now!
It was one of those days for me, but with the
usual twist. The MC of the evening showered us with a plethora of inspiring
quotes and spread it evenly throughout the evening. The fun part of the evening
started, also known as Table Topics. If, like me, your heart rate goes up
immediately and you start looking around for a doctor, but there is usually
none, and speaking of the cuff is what you ought to do, but then you suddenly
feel on a high, not the kinda high Plaxedes was speaking about, you know, the legalizing
of Dagga, but rather being lifted up.
A long day suddenly becomes too short of a
night, fat-ique is turned into fat-laughs, stressed is turn in to blessed. All
the speeches were amazing, some of us might be aware that Warren Buffet tap
dances to work, but who would have thought that Roger Ah Khun, would Ballroom
dance into his speech! His demonstration, moves and education about dance
altered my perception. Did you know that dancing can reduce risks of dementia
by more than 70%, compared to most exercises, swimming, and even your favorite
crossword puzzles? There you have it; your mind is a dance.
After that speech, the crowd felt like they are
being hit in the stomach, because when Igor speaks, we should know by now that
he will hold no punches, and I am not sugar-coating things here. Yes my dear friends,
who would have thought that you can do a CC9 ‘’persuade with power’’ speech with
packets of sugar. A very powerful speech that altered my perception of sugar?
No more sugar- mommies for me.
Glenis Whitehead brought back the laughs with a
wonderful entertaining speech; I thought I was at a standup-up comedy show, a
free one I might add, well that is if you are a guest. I’m sure her brilliance
is included in my dues. This was Glenis at her best.
We had so many guests at the event, I thought I
was going to sit on someone’s shoulders and neck, and all of them said that
they were pleasantly surprised and would like to come back, which means I might
sit on a neck next time! Oh well, I always wanted to be a kid again.
Everyone played their role magnificently, with
our Madam President leading from the front and the back. When you are at a low
point, always rise to the occasion, dig deep, go look for that upliftment and
find your high point again. When you are on a high though, I suggest you keep
on smoking, so that you don’t hit that low point again.
What a great
night…until next time….
Waven Korkie