Small but Smart

At the very first meeting of Year of Goat, only ten Granders showed up, including four new members (CT, Eric, Spring, Betty) to be inducted by Area H1 Governor Douglas Huang Wednesday evening, February 25th.

Be it a small meeting of less than a dozen participants, eleven to be exact, it was a smart meeting, from the induction ceremony, tabletopics session, prepared speech session to evaluation session, not to mention the joyful intermission for members to share their Chinese New Year holidays excitements surrounding a long table covered with two boxes of flower sushi, a big bowl of egg and green salad, a plate of sunkists and two boxes of red and orange cherry tomatos.

First timer Tabletopics master Eric Hsu prepared four questions about Chinese New Year holiday vacations, red envelops, holiday transportation, small or big family reunion. All questions were auspicious during the Chinese New Year holidays (February 18th~March 5th, 2015).

CT’s 8th speech (application of visual aids) was humorous. He talked about the birth of instant noodles. He explained four different types of instant noodles he brought along, and he demoed the knowhow to savor instant noodles. For a good cup of noodles, it’s a must to lay a textbook on top of the cup noodles after the hot water was poured to soak up well instant noodles.

Zoy's A1 speech (speaking to inform) was informative. She talked about the named patient program for those who need new drugs yet to be approved in Taiwan for personal treatment. For cancers and rare diseases, patients can apply for drug samples and giveaway through the government. On-line purchasing of pharmaceuticals is dangerous and illegal.

The meeting theme was golden sheep. I won the best dressed toastmaster award as I put on a golden flower in my hair, a golden necklace, a golden sweater, and a golden skirt. I was destined to be the winner, because I was a golden sheep myself. I was born in the year of golden sheep 60 years ago.

At 8:30PM, the first meeting was adjourned. We talked about the celebration of Grand’s 40th anniversary till 9:10PM. Volunteers are wanted urgently!