Toastmasters Magazine Reading Gathering in May

It rained when I left home, it rained when I arrived home. The Toastmaster Magazine reading gathering in May took place at Easy House Vegetarian Cuisine on An-ho street Friday evening, May 30th. Trini selected four articles of April Issue for us to read in advance, 1. Be a Non-stop Learning Machine, by Shawn Doyle, ACB; 2. Campaign Comedy by Gene Perret; 3. Mastering Table Topics by Bob Lea, ACS, CL; 4. Dare to Be Different by Birgit Starmanns.

While waiting for Irene and Lydia, we finished sharing our thoughts about the April issue in less than ten minutes. Golden ladies seemed to be synchronized, we agreed with one another from the beginning to the end. Linda commented that it's not important we read at the gathering together, it's important we read by ourselves at home in advance. When six golden ladies were in place, we began our order and couldn't wait to savor the delicious vegetarian food.

Among four assigned articles, the majority of golden ladies voted Shawn Doyle's "Be a Non-Stop Learning Machine" the best article of April. The reason is simple, at the second last paragraph, Shawn quoted Robin Sharma, in his book The Greatness Guide, says, "There is a cure for aging that no one talks about. It's called learning." The key phrase, a cure for aging, won the hearts of the golden ladies. Mastering Table Topics of Bob Lea came to the second choice, because it's a lifesaving article to those who wished to go on when they really wanted a time-out.

After dinner, golden ladies were happy to taste the mouthwatering Chikushi Desserts from Japan. The beautiful packaging won the praise form the ladies. We admired Japanese for their aesthetic sense in everyday life. Everything is like a piece of art in Japanese culture. Before we called it a night, we had many group photos as usual to put an end to the beautiful May 2008.