Aug 8th,2016

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Did you know that in Chinese culture, the number 8 (pronounced Bah) is considered auspicious because it rhymes with the character for making money (pronounced Fah)? In fact, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China started at 8:08:08pm on August 8th, and in Hong Kong, a license plate containing the number 8 sold at an auction for $640,000. These are just some of the fun tidbits about the alluring number 8 that we learned throughout the evening of 8/8. Fittingly, the theme was “8” and the word of the day was “Infinity” ∞.  

Our prepared speakers shared with us some very informative speeches this week. Venkata spoke about the importance of smiling and demonstrated it well too! Vrunjal informed us about debt and the rising cost of education in the US, while Jyo asked us to think about whether or not we are getting enough sleep in our restless lives. (Spongebob also made a surprise guest appearance.) Special thanks for all of your wonderful speeches.

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Tabletopics this week was also incredibly fun and interactive thanks to Geri’s creative thinking and thought-provoking questions! Kudos for the guests who got up and spoke in front of the crowd.

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And of course, we had some on-point and very helpful speech evaluations towards the end of the meeting so our prepared speakers can improve on their techniques. It’s always great to learn public speaking with such energy in the room - I think this is what our club brings to all of us every Monday night. I hope our guests will continue to come and bring friends because we love to see new faces in the crowd!

P.S. - Thanks to Ravi for the V8 refreshments!

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Congrats to all our winners for the night:

Best Speaker: Jyo Pai

Best Evaluator: Greg Zarbo

Best of the Big 3: Ravi Meganathan

Best Helper: Cindy Bai

Best Tabletopics: Tonja Cooper

Sparkplug: Geri Forsythe