Division Level Quartethlon Contest 2006-2007

After the Area Level Contest of the Quartethlon last week, I competed in the Division Level (Division K) Quartethlon contest held at the Forum Hall of the Casino Filipino in Paranaque.

Here are the contestants (area champions) in today's division contest (left-right): Les Aquino from Area 78, Voltaire "Volts" Victoria from Area 77, DivGov. Rema, Ernesto "Jun" Lomuntad from Area 76 and Leonor "Norrie" Cristobal from Area 75.

Demo Meeting for Amkor as Prepared Speaker (No Credit)

I delivered my speech, "That Extra Mile", as a demonstration prepared speech. Brookes Loomis DTM was the Toastmaster of the Day and his wife Dina Loomis DTM evaluated my speech. Gov. Beth Pableo ATM-S was the Table Topics Master.

Shown below: Dina Loomis (with hat), Brookes Loomis (front in blue shirt) as TOD, Area Gov. Beth Pableo (far right) and Dr. Noy Josef (standing) as General Evaluator.

Area Level Quartethlon Contest 2006-2007

Competed in the Area Level contest (Areas 75, 76, 77 & 78). A Quartethlon is a local Toastmasters contest of 4 events: Prepared Speech, Evaluation, Impromptu Speaking and Singing. Contestants do all 4 events. This was held at the Mini-Theater of the Lopez Bldg, Meralco, Ortigas.

Here is the complete set of contestants in the afternoon session (Area 77 and 78) with the governors:
(Left-right: Les Aquino (ON Semiconductor), Arnaldo "Aldo" Tayao (Meralco South), Marty (Proctor & Gamble Cabuyao), John Paul de Guzman (Diageo), Area78 Governor Bobbie Galang, Roel Macarrubo (Philips Calamba), Division K Governor Rema Manzano, Dang (Exel), Voltaire Victoria (IAME), Area77 Governor Khris Albano, Area75 Governor Lolet Gabay and Area76 Governor Beth Pableo.

Club-Hopping at Diageo - Resources for Entertainment

Dr. Noy and I went to the Diageo Toastmasters Club at their office in Diageo at Laguna Technopark. Not many know that Diageo is the maker of known liquors like Gilbey's Gin and Smirnoff Vodka. Toastmaster of the Night was Khris Albano. The theme for tonight's meeting was "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" and everybody was given a chance to give a few words on the theme.

I evaluated Fritz's Speech Project #3 entitled "Filipinos and Music". Fritz's speech was about the seemingly natural and exceptional talent of Filipinos with singing and music in general.

Resources for Entertainment-Sample Speech, "That Extra Mile"

That Extra Mile
(Resources for Entertainment, Advanced Speech Project #2 in The Entertaining Speaker Manual, Sep.6,2006, Diageo Phils., Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna. Evaluated by Khris Albano, CTM)

INTRODUCTION

Way back when I was 24 years old, I had a wonderful opportunity – and that was to go work in the United States for 3 months. The US office for the company I worked for needed temporary help to finish a critical system in the US.

Being one of the more senior programmers in the Philippines office, I was selected to assist in the project.

Guest Evaluator at Philips, Calamba

Today, Dr. Noy and I motored all the way to Calamba to attend the Philips Calamba Toastmasters Club Meeting with AreaGov. Khris. Welcoming the guests at the lobby was Rowell Macarrubo. Rowell was formerly from Motorola. He is the club's contestant under Area 77 in the upcoming Area 77-78 Joint Quartethlon on Sept. 9.

For tonight's meeting, I evaluated TM Lingua for his speech "The Missing Day in the Earth". The speech is about an attempt to explain a claimed missing day through some bible verses. Dr. Noy was the General Evaluator. VP for Education Viselle handled some business matters. Viselle is the wife of Vic delos Reyes, one of our employees at On Semiconductor.

Onsemi Toastmasters Meetings

These are the only photos I have of regular TM meetings with my first club, the Onsemi Toastmasters Club. And I'm not even in the photos. That's what happens when you're the only one bringing a camera. These meetings were usually held at the Rizal Conference room.

Aug 23, 2006 Regular Meeting

Below left: Club President Gerry Ong using a whiteboard eraser to open the meeting. There was no gavel available. Below right: VP-Education Mic Tuason as Toastmaster of the Day.