

PTTM Chinese New Year Meeting
We enjoyed a festive CNY theme for this meeting. John Ng opened as Warm-up Master with a fun group calligraphy writing activity. For the first prepared speech, Kevin Goh gave an interpretative reading of “The City in the Sea” by Edgar Allan Poe. Such a bold and challenging choice – the poem describes the personification of death! In case you missed it, the first verse reads: Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within the dim West, Wher


A Brand New Year, A Brand New Start for PTTM
We had our first meeting on January 10, 2017, and Helen Pang, our Acting Club President, started the meeting off with a BANG! After Helen’s opening remarks, Irene Li, our Toastmaster of the evening, continued the momentum by warmly greeting the audience. This was followed by a very entertaining session hosted by Alice “The WonderLand” Tse. The questions revolved around the theme of “Put your Plans into…” (related to New Year’s resolutions) and all impromptu speakers had bot