Fight for Election

England people stand for election. People in the United States run for election. In Taiwan, people fight for election, that's golden ladies' conclusion after reading "A Primer of Political Words" by Dr. Richard Lederer Friday evening, the 11th of April.

Dr. Lederer mentioned that Americans are in the grip of a feverish, frenetic, fervent, frantic and frenzied presidential campaign. I shall say people in Taiwan are indulged in a crazy, mad, fanatical, if not schizophrenic and hallucinating presidential campaign.

Taiwan is a small island of 23 millions people, but no country in the world has as many elections as Taiwan. The elections take place so often that people in Taiwan are fond of, if not addicted to, elections. People, regardless of the age, gender, religion, sit in front of television before and after elections for long hours. The power, engery and passion of Taiwanese people are also rooted in elections. It is not unusual that the campaign parade can call upon one million torch carriers for the candidate.

It was an unusual gathering this evening, all seven golden ladies showed up at Mr. Brown Cafe' before seven o'clock. As usual, we spent the a good time exchanging the recent events in toastmasters at the beginning of our gathering, who is getting engaged, who is meeting someone, who might claim the championship of D67 speech contest 2008.

I was flattered when golden lady kept looking at my face and complimented my stylish makeup. I spent one afternoon at M·A·C Cosmetics flagship store on Chung-shan North Road. The young and sexy makeup artist with a Barbie Girl style from head to toe introduced me the latest technique to apply the cosmetics with patience. It was like a glamorous and glistering afternoon party before a big runway show in the evening.

Kate was the first to arrive at the reading gathering, followed by me, Michelle, Lydia, Irene, Trini and Linda. While discussing "Speaking About the Unspeakable" by Linda McGurk, we talked about the experience of a toastmaster who lost her better half, how she overcame the difficulties and stood up again in Toastmasters. It was sensitive to discuss about the death matter, but Kate and I decided to donate our beautiful bodies to medical schools for students to study the human anatomy. We all loved "From Hello to Goodbye" by Sally Paige Kahle. It is a lovely piece full of useful information that we can apply the tips to begin with a mouth watering appetizer and end with a satifying dessert in our future speeches.

Irene proposed brown the theme color of the evening, because she just bought a pair of beautiful brown high-heeled summer shoes. Golden ladies tried to dress in brown to echo her suggestion. Coincidentally the reading gathering took place at Mr. Brown Cafe'. When the "Good Night" song played at a quarter to ten, we rushed to have a photo of brown ladies of brown eyes with Mr. Brown.

At golden ladies' monthly gathering, we read the current issue of Toastmaster Magazine, we also plan together many activities in the coming month. What could be a better gathering than an educational, entertaining, and inspirational reading gathering to build the solidarity among golden ladies toastmasters.