By Emily Yang
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We had another wonderful meeting last night!
Currently China is deeply affected by the financial tsunami. Many companies shut down. May people lose job. This is a difficult time for everybody but our members still showed up with happy smile & positive attitude last night.
TME Judy Zhu lead the meeting smoothly. Eventhough the economic crisis cause big problem to her own life, she still spoke with a big shining smile as usual. And, humorous as well!
In self introduction section, we had big laughters when people announced “I am still alive” one by one. It’s a little sad that some members lose job and many earn less than before. But everyone was optimistic about China’s future.
Table Topic Master Michael Lee did very good preparation for the section. He prepared questions closely related to the theme “Cost Save”. And speakers shared their own experiences as well as opinions regarding this special theme for this special time: Apple said she used to take bus to get somewhere, now she walks to everywhere. What a smart girl!
Four speakers Lily, Laura, Jessica and Robert delivered wonderful speeches for us!
Lily gently introduced last New Member Orientation activity she attended, calling memory of every member who attended that Orientation!
Laura’s ice breaker speech was fluent, vivid and funny. We got to know more about her family, her job and her personal experiences. Ah yes, good news for gentlemen, this lovely young lady is still single!
Jessica shared a very insighful speech with us “Save as you Earn”. Every word was from the bottom of her heart and she touched every body in the room!
Robert introduced an unusual activity with us “Holiday under the water”. The beautiful pictures & video he took under the sea amazed everyone. His speech trigered our desire of exploring the water ourselves too!
IE Tammy, Jasmine, Sun and Sarah all listened to the speakers carefully and provided constructive suggestions for them.
Facilitation team, Ah Counter Parkmen, Timmer our long time no see past past past President Hettie Tu, Grammarian who doesn’t know grammer Koby Sa, all performed well and brought many laughters to us!
In one sentence, the financial crisis heats our economy, but not our spirit. The SZTM family will get through this difficult time, together!
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