It all begin when Sook Hwa invited me to her club as guest.
"I can't. Our club meeting timing clashed. But if that the case, why don't we make it a joint meeting?"
I certainly enjoyed tonight's meeting. It is the biggest and most 'international' club meeting we had for Friendship Toastmaster Club. Yet. We are utmost grateful for the guests and supporting role players from Australia, India, Johor Bahru, Melaka and neighboring clubs.
Kai Wen never failed to impress me with his humor. I never expect a story of a spoilt brat trying to find a wife can be so hilarious.
Arnold, you had improved tremendously in your communication. You become more confident and adaptable as TME. It was a stark difference when I played the role of Ah Counter at your club during beginning of this year.
I love the message from Yaso. There are times we have to move out of our comfort zone. That takes courage.
Indeed, insane friends make us insane. They push us to insanity. We have to make our choices with these friends. That takes courage.
Melanie, a strong and courageous woman share with us a beautiful wisdom: Our value, memories and love determines our choice in life. That takes courage.
Despite fear of falling expectation, our guest Sunny chose to be respected. That takes courage.
Audrey! Finally, finally you took the leap of faith to overcome your indecisiveness. It had cost you much pain, and you decided to let it go. That takes courage.
Vivian described herself as 'walking statue' in her work. Nah, come on! You are much more than that. You are our club Super Woman. From your speech, we can feel the fire of your passion, touching the life of people who are in crisis. That takes courage.
Oh, Gary! You seems to slim down! Well, he is our rare jewel, Super Gary. He is honest, authentic and vulnerable in his speech. It takes courage to share the gift of authenticity with audience. He is definitely a great husband material.
I would like to share my thoughts on the theme tonight.
Courage = Commitment + Doubt + Action
It is a mathematic equation. Let's play around with it. When we move Doubt to the left side, it will be:
Courage - Doubt = Commitment + Action. It means courage without doubt can be seen with a person's commitment and action.
When we move Action to the left side, it will be:
Courage - Action = Commitment + Doubt. It means that we end up making empty promises and got stuck in analysis-paralysis situation.
When we move Commitment to the left side, it will be:
Courage - Commitment = Doubt + Action. Without commitment, we are taking actions with doubt that limit our results. Best results in life are compounded with commitment.
In short, courage is is commit ourselves to a cause that we believe in and taking actions despite we have doubts. I hope all of here tonight will find your courage.
Indeed, life is a School of Hard Knock. It gives us the bitter learning experience before passing down the lessons. This time of MCO (aka Great Lockdown) is indeed a time of hard knock for many of us.
In this time of hard knock, we may be pushed into insanity.
In this time of hard knock, we may have to run before we can walk.
In this time of hard knock, it is not about how much we lost, but it is how much we have.
Yet, with Friendship amongst us, life can be more meaningful through these hard knock moments. Let us be friends who help friends to succeed. Thank you so much for being such wonderful friend, who are jubilant and eager to learn.
In this time of trial and testing, do stay safe and stay strong. Stay safe, stay strong. I look forward to our next meeting together. I love you all x3000.
Thank you.
3 November 2020
Presidential Closing Speech
School of Hard Knock x Friendship
Inspired by Iron Man aka Tony Stark in Marvel series
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