{"id":653,"date":"2025-12-14T17:47:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/?p=653"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:04:53","slug":"2025-12-10-otmc-meeting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/2025\/12\/14\/2025-12-10-otmc-meeting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2025\/12\/10 OTMC Meeting Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the year-end approaching and the city shimmering with festive lights, our final regular meeting of 2025 on December 10th was all about <strong>Catching the Winter Sparkle!<\/strong> &#x2728;&#x1f3d9;&#xfe0f;&#x2744;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2500\u2500 \u22c6\u2b52\u02da.\u22c6 \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 \u22c6\u2b52\u02da.\u22c6 \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 \u22c6\u2b52\u02da.\u22c6 \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 \u22c6\u2b52\u02da.\u22c6 \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 \u22c6\u2b52\u02da.\u22c6 \u2500\u2500<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed <strong>sparkly<\/strong> tabletopics stories: Nostalgic memories of <strong>father&#8217;s skiing<\/strong> &#x1f3bf;; Enjoyable and lively <strong>family party<\/strong> &#x1f389;; Received a surprising and <strong>useful iron<\/strong> &#x1f381;; Travel to chase new year <strong>sunsets<\/strong> &#x1f305;; Finally fixing past <strong>cooking<\/strong> mistake &#x1f9d1;&#x200d;&#x1f373;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the prepared speech section, Hiroaki did <strong>icebreak<\/strong> global journey affirmed his will for truly <strong>creating wonderful sparkly memories<\/strong>. &#x1f30e; Aisha proved leading by example inspires genuine <strong>transformation<\/strong> in her sister. &#x2728; Frank found marathon glory by fighting the inner devil at the <strong>30km<\/strong> mark. &#x1f3c6; Ken shared how the crowded train <strong>paradox<\/strong> offered a brilliant lesson in changed perspective. &#x1f682;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500\u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500 * &#x2744; * \u2500\u2500<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f3c6; Winners of the Night&#x1f3c6;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Speaker:<\/strong> <strong>Frank<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Table Topics Speaker:<\/strong> <strong>Rena<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Best Evaluator:<\/strong> <strong>Caros<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S__14049300_0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S__14049300_0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S__14049300_0-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S__14049300_0-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/otemachi.blog\/toastmasters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/S__14049300_0.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x27a1;&#xfe0f;Catch the replay: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8eRjA93XC3U\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8eRjA93XC3U<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay healthy<strong> &#x1f4aa;, <\/strong>stay foolish<strong> <\/strong>&#x1f61c;, looking forward to see you at the Year End Party &#x1f389; (or in the new years regular meeting! 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