Wehadthemostvibrantevent-62peopleattendedtheHumorousSpeechandEvaluationContestson12thAugust2016at26Tai SengStreet. Thanks to theOrganizingChairandalltheappointmentholders.Munching

andmingling

Members getting to knowmembersandguests

WehavesixtalentedandfunnycontestantsforHumorousSpeechContestandtheywereMahendranBilendran,ArvaRangwala,ShawnLee,GoKaDiam,TanQingLinandAaronKhoo.

Firstcontestant:MahendranBilendranSpeechTitle:TwoHundredDollarsLego

Mahendran’snaughtychildisdefinitelyasmartchild.Theaudiencewereamusedasthelittleboyisabetternegotiatorthanthefather.ItwasaS$200legodealdone!Secondcontestant:ArvaRangwalaSpeech title: There is Always theNextTimeArva shared her frustration toovercome her writer's block in ahilariousway.Hercontroloffacialexpression and emotions weremarvelous.

Thirdcontestant:ShawnLeeSpeechtitle:TalkoftheNationOne of MMTMC’s talented youngmember Shawn Lee amused theaudiencewithhispersonaladventurein the examination world! A well-spoken humorous speaker withanimatedaction.(Readontoseewhoisthechampionoftonight’scontest).

Forthcontestant:GoKaDiamSpeechtitle:DistinguishedLoveKaDiamamusedtheaudiencewithhispersonal story of his mother’s love.Thespeech iswellorganizedandthestoryisentertainingasheingeniouslyinsertedjokesandlaughablephrases.

Fifthcontestant:TanQingLin

Speechtitle:Themanbehindnumbers

AnothertalentedyoungmemberofMMTMC,QingLindeliveredhishumorousspeechwith animated actions and strong voice projection. In the contest, hespoke about themachine thatwe talk towhenwe are calling the hotline orhelpdesktelephonenumber. Itwasasimplemessagewithwittyjokesandtheaudiencefounditrelatable,hencemanylaughterswereheard.ThesixthcontestantAaronKhoopresentedhisspeech:TweetUntilYouMadeIt

Aaron’s speech was entertaining. He engaged the audience by asking funnyquestions.WhenhesaidTweetUntilYouMadeIt,hewasreferringtoimprovingyourskillsinonlinedating!Thespeechwasinformativeandthewayheconveyedhispersonalstoryacrosstoaudiencewasfunnyandhumorous.

10minutesintermissionbeforeSpeechEvaluationContestAt 8.50pm the contest continued with contest chair Karen Lim's briefing theSpeechEvaluationContestantstheSpeechEvaluationContestRules.We were fortunate to have Shankar as the Test Speaker and he delivered aspeech titled “Munching your Hunch”. After the speech, all seven speechevaluationcontestantswereadjournedtoholdingareaforintensepreparationoftheir2-3minsevaluation.

The seven brave speech evaluation contestants were Abbas Vakharia, ArvaRangwala,ChaiPeiShan,GoKaDiam,ShawnLee,TanQingLinandZhangYuan.Allcontestantsdeliveredsharpanalysisandimprovementstoenhancehisspeech.Drumroll….Please….Andthecontestresultswere:-

Result HumorousSpeechContest

SpeechEvaluationContest

Champion TanQingLin ArvaRangwala1strunnerup ShawnLee AbbasVakharia2ndrunnerup ArvaRangwala NilQingLinandShawnLeewillberepresentingMMTMCattheAreaD3HumorousSpeech Contest and Arva Rangwala and Abbas Vakharia will be representingMMTMCattheAreaD3SpeechEvaluationConteston17September2016atTheVerge, SHRI,2 SerangoonRoad,2pm. Let’s all goandgive themourwarmestsupport!Seeallofyouthere!