Hsin-tien Toastmasters Club

I've never been more than sure that I want to charter a Toastmasters Club in Hsin-tien. After living in Hsin-tien for more than two decades, it is time I did something to add colors to the community in Hsin-tien. It is time I introduced the community in Hsin-tien to the Toastmasters International to add colors to District 67.

The idea of giving birth to Hsin-tien Toastmasters club was formed on MRT back to Hsintien with Scott Fu and Jude Wei after meeting with Dwayne G. Smith, 2002 World Champion of Public Speaking at the Joint meeting of Formosa and Sunrise Toastmasters Club Tuesday evening, April 28th.

In the past two days, I've been thinking where would be an ideal place to start a new community Toastmasters club in Hsin-tien. Hsin-tien is no doubt one of the most prosperous satellite cities, if not the most, to the metropolitan Taipei. The high rise buildings are constructed one after another. Each building takes pride in its own design and facade. More and more people are moving from Taipei city to Hsin-tien and call Hsin-tien home.

While having afternoon coffee with Toastmaster Sophia Chen at the Starbucks Cafe' today, we both agreed that it would be an excellent place to start a club. The first and foremost consideration is the location, Starbucks is right next to MRT Dapinglin Station Exit 1, so convenient! On top of that, the cozy secluded corner was surrounded by two glass walls, it is literally transparent, like an aquarium. All passers-by could see the proceeding of the demo meeting. The more we talked about the new club, the more excited we became, about the name of the new club, the culture of the new club. And happy toastmastering time flew fast!

In 1986, I joined Grand Toastmasters Club. In 1993, I became the President of Grand and visited Toastmastes Annual Convention in Toronto. In 2000, I became the Charter President of Kyoto Toastmasters Club when I was the exchange student of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. It has been a fruitful journey of mine in Toastmasters for the past two decades.

Joining Toastmasters is one of the best decisions I've made in my life. And I'm eager to spread the good news to people in my neighborhood, how toastmasters can help people with communication and leadership skills, how toastmasters can help people build self-confidence, how toastmasters can bring peace and happiness to people, and how toastmasters can make our world a better place for us, for our children, and for our grandchildren.

The first demo meeting is scheduled to take place at Starbucks Cafe' Thursday evening, June 4th. If you're interested in what Hsin-tien has to offer, don't hesitate to sign up with me as soon as possible. We need many helpers and cheerleaders! Your participation is highly appreciated. Come have fun in Hsin-tien! See ya! It's funny this time!