:: Celebration | 06 SEP 2011 ::

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living! ~Amanda Bradley
Meeting Date:        6th September, 2011Meeting Time:        6:30 - 8:30Meeting Theme:     CelebrationWord of the day:    Solemnize

TM Rayees Syed started the meeting and welcomed the guest. TM Rayees Syed was the toastmaster of the day!
There were three prepared speakers tonight. TM Ryan Al-Faddaghi delivered his Ice Breaker. Fantastic speech by TM Ryan. A natural speaker with great potential. We all wish him very best in his future projects! The second speaker was TM Syed Waqas, weldone TM Waqas. He delivered his second last project from ACS Manual (Presenting an Award). The third and final speaker was the pride of toastmasters in the District. No other than our very lovely TM Shankaran Iyer. He delivered his first project from (Speaking off the cuff).

TM Arshad Qazi conducted the Table Topics session. It was an excellent session. Great Job TM Arshad.

TM Amal Othman was the evaluation chairman. TM Jabair evaluated TM Ryan. TM Naveed evaluated TM Shankar and TM Waqas was evaluated by TM Shankaran Iyer. TM Naveed evaluted the Table Topic Session also.

It was indeed a great session. We thank you TM Shankar for joining us. Looking forward to see him more often :-)

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.  It's the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

Winners for the Meeting held on 6th September, 2011.

Best Speaker             - TM Shankaran Iyer

Table Topics              - TM Ryan Al-Faddaghi

Best Evaluator           - TM Shankaran Iyer

Best Assistant           - TM Saqlain Latif

Big Three                   - TM Amal Othman

Celebration:

• Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
• Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end. ~Richard Bach
• Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance...is a celebration of that miracle. ~Martha Washington
• A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul  Sweeney
• Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love. ~Tom Hannah
• The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~Oprah Winfrey
• Enjoy yourself.  It's later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
• Every man dies.  Not every man really lives. ~Braveheart
• Do not take life too seriously.  You will never get out of it alive. ~Elbert Hubbard
• As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do. ~Zachary Scott
• Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ~Margaret Fuller
• You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. ~Ruth E. Renkl
• How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. ~Annie Dillard
• Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the bank. ~Ben Irwin
• When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.  Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. ~Indian Saying
• Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. ~Anon
• Don't ever save anything for a special occasion.  Being alive is the special occasion. ~Anon