A
ALLITERATION
A allow artificial amazing Angela
B beautiful blooms
bring back home made bread
B blind bake biscuits with beans
C comfort and confidence
cute cat
Diligent and dedicated
E exemplary evaluator
F find former friends on Faceook,
fitness fanatic
GH
I ice cakes with icing
Joyful Julie
K
L lovely leaves
M N O
P a painful problem
P people in the pool
P pretty petals
pride and pupose
Q
Radiant Rina
S snow skiing, swindlers and scams, stuck and stuck and slick
Stella is stallar
S sexy steven special sound
sensational speakers
sizzling Saturday
sharpen the saw
Tantalizing Thomas
U
V
W warm in winter
wonderful words, walls
utopia dystopia
XYZ
AMERICANISMS
a steal - Americanism - a bargain British
mul=tie multtee multi
ANNOUNCEMENTS / DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
announce location of toilets
fill front seats for a photo
to explain a little futther for our guests
quiet please speaker on stage
A
ASSONANCE & RHYME
assonance = sound
leisure and pleasure
Assonance
fishy business assonance
insightful and fruitful
creative and innovative
I
IDEAS
A speech must break the mould, be different
Goals - animals have goals. Eat, sleep, mate. What are your goals. Write a list on a board.
Vital - petrol in car. New carpet, plumber, tax. Pleasure - write a book.
Get the attention of the audience
National Council of Singapore reports 1 person in 8 has depression
Procrastination
Causes:
Low energy
Perfectionism
confusion
fear of failure
lack of focus
attention problems
dificutlry with self control
Solutions
Planner in diary
J
JOKES
timer Fernando said 'I saved you' (from being disqualified
I love his body, meaning I love the body of his speech, no body language
Angela's Joke Bank
Anthony asked when are you going to die granny
professionals who wants - who wantsked, when are you going to die, granny?
we are a Lighthouse joke , 'ship says turn back
dropped shoe joke
turn signals on car on off
rabbi and man with goat and big family
beware of the red light district
In India a cow has right of way
I hope there's a way out at the end of this road. i said. Anthony my son replied, I hope so too. It's a one way street.
Angela has been in Singapore a long time and is now a respectedable person - should be respected (respectable meaning has morals, not professional experience and status)
Your phone number is good, Fernando Young
L
LANGUAGES
nandri =goodbye and thank you in Tamil
Melitta teaches Bahasa
The life you save may be your own be bilingual be a polyglot. advantages of being bilingual, stages of dementia postponed 5 years. Study of nuns in the USA, showed those who were bilingual developed dementia 5 years later. 5 years of going out to TM instead of sitting at home talking to your toenails.
Is it possible to be bilingual Yes Canada made it mandatory for government staff
US military trains staff for 6 to 9 months depending on the language difficulty
M
METAPHORS
metaphors is - are
O
OBSERVATIONS
The human attention span is 8 minutes
cortisal chemical of fear
dopamine addition, drugs,
oxytoci love and affection
P
PERSONIFICATION
the clouds cried
P
PLURAL
a lot of ting should be things , plural
two times should be twice
Pronounciation /Singlish
a lot of ting should be things
POSITIVE Instructions Well Expressed
thank you for being here
raise your hand and lower your voice
your next speech will tell us when spring is coming
reduce risk
not a misery but an opportunity
a friend in future
fork upside down
milk jug, water jug
flat fish
think about joining our club
want advice and talk it thru
whalebone pockets
shirt collars
PLURALS
joining toastmaster - toastmaster
POSITIVE phrases
the timer will help you manage time
fear - y whould be fire ry (fiery)
fellow toastmasters
stay positive, not grumpy nor sad
build a joke bank for yourself and each member
for Chinese new year how to create a message or text and picture on email, Facebook or social media.
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PRONUNCIATION
in dust ree should be IN d'st ry
sir geant should be sar gent
last but not list should be least
men you should be menu
mind set not mine set
pre face - preface
success not sussess
woice - voice
the finish line should be finishing line
fire years five years
the card will be show shown
i have sex
I have six
everything is possible - anything is possible anything is impossible
Q
QUOTE
Do not re-inent the wheel. Just create better tyres.
Ph Kim Siong DTM, PID
sharpen the saw STEVE COVEY
Einstain said, life is like riding a bicyle, to bkeep baanced you have to keep moving
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants.
Thoreau
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RHETORIC/QUOTE
antimetabole eat to live and live to eat Moliere
RHETORIC
Triads
well prepared, well expressed and well delivered.
Anti metabole
eat to live and live to eat
idiom kill 2 birds with one stone, raining cats and dogs
hit the right note metaphor
illness quickly cured
desperate and destitute Malapropism confusion of two long words with similar endings
down in dumps sounds like a real event , should be down in the dumps which is a metaphor
S
SINGLISH / ERRORS/ GRAMMAR / LE
he reply me - he answered me
that draw my attention
drew
SINGLISH
Lack of verb
The person who performing should be is performing
something to speak should be something to say
how hard is it should be how hard it is
creez muss christmas
to begin.
less than 3 words should be fewer
he say - e saidalliteration
toastmaster since young - since I was young
after army after the army
put our hands to welcome where to put our hands you made effort made an effort
it remind me should be it reminds me
a ripple in an ocean of change
Silent o
now we moving on should be now we are moving on
speak er should be speaker
only one get
one and a half year, as time go buys
I will suggest you
like what he said, like he said
today meeting - today's meeting
Singlish / ERRORS
always don't do - never do
long story short - to cut a long story short
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STORIES
Suicide New Year's Eve Ann Hills
Her brother Alan Philips, publisher
Lord Snowdon died, age 8
Lye sum
word to describe my day hectic, relaxed relaxing
sad day bad day uplifting day
Ann Hills suicide New Year's Eve
Her brother Alan Philip, publisher
Her lover was Lord Snowdon who died, age 86, in 2017.
A million people a year attempt suicde in the USA, eg actor Robbie Williams
talkingaboutsucide.com
attemptsurvivors.com
Samraitans of Singapore 1800-221-4444
comedian Tony Hancock in 1968
Ernest Hemingway in 1961
Robin Willians 2014
Arthur Koestler 1983
Marilyn Monroe 1962
Sylvia Plath 1963
She was the wife of poet Ted Hughes
Van Gogh 1890
Virginia Woolf
Too much introspection
as the British road safety ad said, the life you save may be your own
ten point action for your own safety
the power of words, Einstein
S / P
Cheerful Poem by Angela
Pad, pad pad went the big fluffy dog
Wag wag wag went its silent tail
Centimetere by centre meter
Slowly, steadily
went the spiral snail
Forward and backward together go my arms
Upwards and downwards my little toes kick
As across the pool I swim
What a great way
Moving rhythmically
Calmly, vigorously
A great way
To start my great day
STORY Steps
Exposition, who what when, whener wy
2 Conflit painful problem
3 Rising action, fight
Climax, exciting conclusion
R
ROLES OF COMMITTEE
If the French club is a public club anybody can walk in unlimited times wihtout becoming a member, they cannot ban you
make extra effort meet for coffee or dinner
SAA jo to confirm room, supplies of food and fictures and elecronics
VPPR train on how to use twitter, later x
treasurer pay dues on time in Oct and April
(Join the Registry of Societies)
costs about 45 US dollars, depends on local currency exchange rate
SAA
job to takee the printing bill and the treasurer reimburses
VPE send birthday greetings to members
At the Sheraton, you write your name and drop it in a bowl.
The topics master pulls the names out of the hat so it is random and fair and nobody knows which will be chosen.
The names are then easy for the SAA to copy out onto a white board spelled correctly for the audience to recognize, and recall the order of speaker, adding a word to describe the topic question and one word of the subject of the answer. lucky draw.
Write excuses in diary not to be in photo
Have a scarf you can make into a sling
Manoj took a year to give his first speech
Who does what well?
Clubs with photos down the left margin
Leng Kee Advanced has a map of location on the back. and directions. (misnamed direction.)
I liked how should be I liked the way
don't get to her nerve should be don't get on her nerves
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TOPICS
Fact, personal revelation or story emotion, jokes summary
I need to pleasure a lot of people - should be please to pleasure somebody is to give them sexual satisfaction
quotes from movies
voice like a megaphone machine gun
tempo speeding us
own experience add emotion
I don't want to pay to give a speech I want to be paid to give a speech
imagination is more mportant than knowledge
Picasso
WOD
luminous adjective
luminary eminent person
illuminating adjective
illuminations noun
illuminate illuminates ver
luminou prose
from Latin word for light
I am an illuminator
illuminating statistics
rewards and stresses
A private club such as AIA atached to a business or education establishment can prevent you entering
ignoring people present looking at phone
P
Positive Words
concise
first things first
I salute you positive words
if the TMD forget should be forgets
as me - like me
Cut down your to do list by delegating
F7 spell check
Tourism
Chiswick distillery
186 Portobello road, the distillery shop. Singapore Sling photo in Wikipedia
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Table TOPIC
see this pen
She lead us present should be led us past
the one thing I love about myself
Comment on loe makes the time pass but time makes the love pass
The Chinese believe water is ealth and flowing water
goodbye in Mandarin chai jai quian
see you again
send photos and travel blog link to dave.lawrence@uclmail.net
T
STORIES/TOPICS
tall Storeys short tales - Westin
buy hay to feed goats.
Life in Singapore
storm shut patio balcony door, bedroom belcony doors, study window, second bedroom window.
stories for tik tok and Silver Kris
fiarprice Sushi does not specify crab
Singaporewritersfestival.com
topics on safety and life saving
When have you saved a life, your own or somebody else's?
discos need escape
wedding venue
Airports ask about your physical health
should ask about mental health
solutions use waterroof clothes to make a small tent
Japan emergency box
entrepreneur rymes with chauffeur silent u
Punjabis have dark skin
Post WW2 Ronnie locked piano so just sang to accompany
Greece tour guide blamed bad roads on Turkey, which occupied until 1910. What have they done since then. Singapore had good roads by 1052,
QUOTES
Obstacles are opportunities
\walking the path of life is easier when you have great shoes.
Samantha Kwan motto So long as you do your best, don't worry about the rest.
Topics for Angela what would be the color of your dream house and why
labels disable you
after my father died I went to Toastmasters to cheer up.
John Liew
this is singaular
these is pluralyou must be updated
up to date
esselent excellent
SINGLISH
everybody have a right should be has a right
which he talk about - talked talks.
long story short - to cut a long story short
ten over should be more than ten
he next I back I was back.
STRUCTURE * RHETORIC\yin and yan balance sentences
anyone tells you should be anyone who tells you
Every cloud has a silver lining
who don't know should be for those who don't know
he lacks should be he likes
so why he left should be so why did he leave
start from the beginning - let's start from the beginning
during next 5 year
because he say, because he says
S
STORIES
Uncle colour blind became a musician
Steve jobs join the dots at the end
Child theft of bicycle Muhammed Ali
Earnest Henley lost a leg, inspired long John Silver, lovable villain, and great poem I am the master of my fat captian of my soul
everybody have a right should be has a right
V
VERBS
they say you - they tell you/say to you
past he smile should be he smiled
schooling should be went to school, attended a school
everybody have a right should be has a right
who want to be who wants to be
I think I thought
He show us he showed us
it fit should be fitted
only she herself know should be knows
WOD
Admiration
admire, admires, admired, admirer noun, admiring verb continouse, admirable adjective Latin ad mirari
projection action assonanc
rishes and riches for the ecologist
Flowers including delivery 65 dollars.
Food 96 which is about 53 pounds. Includes hire of glasses, washing up, cloth, utensils.
We had leftovers. Gave desserts to one guest.
Should have given each lady a flower to take home. Can take flowers to Thailand?
another 2 speaker should be speakers
how do I overcome
once I done
your little voice hinder you
everything one hour later
stand on spot for
Gestures - point down to cat, hands to forehead. Reach up for the stars. Everyday things point to the round. for a 7 minute speech 1 question and one answer.
Friends of the museum every Monday, each lecturer sat at a desk with a typed speech and read into a microhphne for one hour.
When I want to toastmasters the speakers expressed shock at having to speak for 7 minutes. For most of my academic friends the shock was having to cut down one hour presentations to a succinct seen minutes.
PERSONALITIES
Ernest Chen founded more than 10 clubs including the first Mandarin club
Steve Jobs opened Apple in his parents' garage
S Jobs walked 5 miles to get food
don't live the life of others
good is the enemy of great
let's put our hand together
it didn't bring me nowhere
invest in yourself
ROLES Angela's
Club Speech contest winner HOD and Harrovians. Area contest winner. Div L contestantant.
Agora Singapore Finalist in 3 contestw and club national and international level and third place winner in Social Awareness Speech 2013
Chief Judge
Evaluator
Test Speaker at Gemalto TMC Friday March 1st 2019.
TMD
CLUBS I Attended
Toastmasters clubs Angela attended by club nameA-D 11 clubs, EK 14 LR 3 cliubs SZ 21 = 49 clubs total. (plus 6 overseas, 1 in Israel, 1 in Saudi, I canada, I USA, 4 UK total 8) = 57 plus agora in Singapore and 2 others. = 60 clubs.
A-D 11 clubs
1 ADVANCITY
2 AIA evaluated Alfonso Dec 13th 2018
3 Bedok
4 bukit batok I evaluatedAnh Linh Nguyen aon 15th Sept 2016
5 Bishan
6 Braddell Heights (1)
7 Braddell Heights 2. I was Chief Judge at International Speech and Table Topics Contests, Sat 11 March 2017.
8 Braddell Heights Advanced
9 Brilliant Advanced 20 Feb Mon 2017
10 (Bukit Timah at Beauty World)
11 Cairnhill
12 Cisco Systems PTE td tmc
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Toastmasters clubs Angela attended alphabetically by club name
E-K 14 clubs visited
1 EMMAUS
2 Filcom @ Cairnhill I evaluated Ramer Ortega Mon 22 Aug 2016, eval 23 April 2017, 25
3 Focus I was LE on 24 Jan 2019, also attended 28 feb 2019
4 Frontier 14 dec 2018
Feb 2019
5 Gemalto test speaker.
6 GS Singapour evaluator 22 Nov 2018
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7 IEA
8 IPA
9 ISCA Institute of chartered accountants at a contest 2018 (judge?)
10 Julius Baer Singapore TMC LE 9 nov fri 2018
11 Jurong Green gave a humorous speech old manual Friday 12 oct 2018. Friday 22 Feb 2019 Presidend Anand let me rehearse tomorrow's cotest speech.
12 Kampong kembangan I evaluated Yueh Jia's speech on 21 Dec 2018
13 Kampong Ubi 2018
14 Kebun Baru I attended a tall Tales contes 17 Jan 2019.
Toastmasters clubs Angela attended by club name L-R 3 clubs
1 Leng Kee Advanced
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2 NEE SOON SOUTH
3 NEE SOON EAST
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Toastmasters Clubs Angela attended by club name S-Z 21 clubs
1 SCTA
2 Serangoon
3 Senja-Cashew
4 Shell
5 Sim i
6 Sim 2
7 Singapore Airlines
8 Star Milenium
9 Tanpines Changkat
10 Tampines Changkat Advanced
11 tanglin
12 Toa Payoh Central,
13 Toa Payoh South
14 Ulu Pandan
15 TCS (Toastmasters Club of Singapore Sheraton hotel
16 Ulu Pandan V
17 West Coast X
18 Yuhua
19 Zenghua
20 Sim atudents
21 Tiarel
22 YMCA
23 Toastmasters Francophone de Singapour fri 5 oct 2018, fri , 2 Nov 2018,
Toastmasters Clubs I Attended Worldwide
Indonesia Empire
Israel
Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia
Canada
UK
Harrovians
HOD Thurs 7 Feb 2019 3rd speaker Remember every cloud.
USA
ROLES Angela fulfilled and ACHIEVEMENTS worldwide
ACHIEVEMENTS
Agora Singapore - Angela was a Participant in four club contests: humorous, social awareness.
Finalist in three contests, humorous and social awarness.
3rd place winner in social awareness.
Speech title
on recycling, showing pillowcase made into a top and broken pottery lamp base usingthe Japnese kinsugi, cracks and broken pieces glued and gold felt tip to outline and glitter glue to fill jagged holes. .
ROLES
Chief Judge at Braddell Heights Sat 11th March 2017 International Speech and Table Topics Speech Contests, Angela Lansbury ACG ALB
Evaluation. At Advncity and Fort canning March 21st 2018.
Speech
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TMD bukit Panjang 27 April 2016
