Post by Finlip on Feb 12, 2006 0:34:47 GMT 6
The order was restored and the first session was held first. A few people made their return to the smart club. The attendance was really encouraging. The hall was full.
The co-ordinator for the first session was Lhakpa Sherpa. He did a good job but I don't know whether he was adivised to cut the questions after each speech because he didn't seem to allow the five minutes of question/answer that has been stipulated. The speakers today were Bijaya Karanjit, Nischal Sharma, and Sagar Dev Bhatta.
Nischal was the self-decided speaker but he gave his speech first since Bijaya was late. He reflected on the experience he had in the week that went by. He said he was an eye-wittness of the shooting of a car-driver near B&B hospital. Nischal wasn't the original speaker but he seemed to be the right replacement. Nischal looked serious as always. This time he can get away with the fact that he was speaking about a pretty serious topic. He looked shocked throughout the session today. He's probably still trying to get over that horrific incident.
Bijaya's pre-decided speech went well as well. She seems relaxed when she gives her speech which was on Youth Participation in Policy-Making.
The impromptu speaker was Sagar Dev Bhatta. Even though a few people didn't seem to appreciate the fact that Sagar spoke too fast, I don't think there can be any problem with that. He spoke well. That was the good thing. However, I would have liked to see him speak slower only because he would then have spoken for all of his allotted three minutes. The impromptu speaker should stay there for three minutes whatever the cause.
Later on, Apeckshya seemed to suggest that if the speaker was uncomfortable (s)he could ask for the impromptu topic five minutes in hand. I think we all decided to make it as hard as possible for the impromptu speaker. There was no decision in favour of allowing the impromptu speaker to know the topic five minutes before the speech.
The commentator for Bijaya came first and the order of pre-decided going first wasn't retained by the co-ordinator. Ojaswi Ghimire was the commentator and he sounded like he had something in him for her. However, he didn't stop praising her either. But Ojaswi, who rarely points out mistakes in the speakers, had a lot to say today. In fact, he went over his allotted time of two minutes. Dev Kumar was commentator for Nischal and as always, he went up and spoke with less grammatical errors than last week still not forgetting to substitute the preposition it with the phrase 'that one' and the redundant use of the word 'the'. The third commentator was Vinit who was commenting on Sagar. He too, makes good speeches.
The grammarians were Anup Pokhrel and Sanju Nepal. They failed to divide their tasks like last weeks grammarians. That is something the grammarians must start doing sooner rather than later. Or else, there won't be any justice to the fact that we have two grammarians here. The first grammarian went up and spoke with a lot of pauses. He was alert enough to start with the second speaker when he saw that one of the speakers was not in the room. At times he had to stop to get the attention of the speaker he was commenting on. He had surely done a good job listening to the speakers earlier on. However, he hadn't noted down all the errors and tried but failed to classify the kinds of errors that the speakers and commentators made. His face was red as well. The other grammrian took only half the time to comment on all the speakers as the first grammarian had done. Sanju surely looked more confident and she was probably pointing out a few less serious errors which the first grammarian had skipped. She sounded more relaxed and didn't look that nervous either.
The time keeper didn't do his job that well as he didn't look at both sides of the card he was given and didn't show all the right cards at the right time. He did keep track of the time though. It was pretty amazing that Bijaya knew she had spoken for more than three minutes when she had spoken for three minutes and fifteen seconds. Maybe she felt she had spoken even more.
The Ah! counter, Yasher Dongol counted everything he was supposed to count.
Four observers were invited forward to give their observations. I only recall one of their names. The first girl made an effort and spoke for a short while. She said that the friends who had asked her to come had been absent themselves and she said she couldn't get anything from the first speech. The second observer just said that he felt nice. I guess he should have made a better effort. The third observer was one of either Sagar or Umesh. He spoke for a short while too. Raksha was the last observer. (She may have been the third.) She had a great voice which was loud and clear even if it had a trace of masculinity somewhere.
The chairperson gave his concluding speech before closing the session. He was almost boring but he did do justice to his chair and it was a job well-done.
The second session was moderated by Manish Joshi. There were a few improvements that the moderator made this week. He managed time very well. He introduced both speakers and both paper-presenters. He also made sure the paper-presenters were not the only focal points in the open discussion session. However, he was probably a little less active than he should have been. The two paper presentations were on "Students at Work." Both presenters seemed to agree on most of the points. They were both good presentations. Vinit probably had the better colour combination. Sagar a did a good job by conducting a small survey of his own and including the results of it in his paper. However, unlike the commentator said, there can be several sources of data on the internet.
The two commentators were Sanju and Ojaswi. They came in one by one and gave their comments. Ojaswi looked like he didn't even get the commentator's sheet. Sanju got it but didn't really use it. However, both the commentators were helpful except for a few points which may not be agreed upon. Giving moderator the power to look at the time and inform the paper presenter from time to time wouldn't be that bad an idea, maybe.
For next weeks session, there's a lot to look forward to. Manish now takes the role of co-ordinator. The main attraction will be Apeckshya whose speech next week will be on Valentine's Day. Bijaya has taken the job of moderator for the second session. The two paper presenters have now turned commentators for the topic Study Abroad. Kushal and Lhakpa are the presenters.
The co-ordinator for the first session was Lhakpa Sherpa. He did a good job but I don't know whether he was adivised to cut the questions after each speech because he didn't seem to allow the five minutes of question/answer that has been stipulated. The speakers today were Bijaya Karanjit, Nischal Sharma, and Sagar Dev Bhatta.
Nischal was the self-decided speaker but he gave his speech first since Bijaya was late. He reflected on the experience he had in the week that went by. He said he was an eye-wittness of the shooting of a car-driver near B&B hospital. Nischal wasn't the original speaker but he seemed to be the right replacement. Nischal looked serious as always. This time he can get away with the fact that he was speaking about a pretty serious topic. He looked shocked throughout the session today. He's probably still trying to get over that horrific incident.
Bijaya's pre-decided speech went well as well. She seems relaxed when she gives her speech which was on Youth Participation in Policy-Making.
The impromptu speaker was Sagar Dev Bhatta. Even though a few people didn't seem to appreciate the fact that Sagar spoke too fast, I don't think there can be any problem with that. He spoke well. That was the good thing. However, I would have liked to see him speak slower only because he would then have spoken for all of his allotted three minutes. The impromptu speaker should stay there for three minutes whatever the cause.
Later on, Apeckshya seemed to suggest that if the speaker was uncomfortable (s)he could ask for the impromptu topic five minutes in hand. I think we all decided to make it as hard as possible for the impromptu speaker. There was no decision in favour of allowing the impromptu speaker to know the topic five minutes before the speech.
The commentator for Bijaya came first and the order of pre-decided going first wasn't retained by the co-ordinator. Ojaswi Ghimire was the commentator and he sounded like he had something in him for her. However, he didn't stop praising her either. But Ojaswi, who rarely points out mistakes in the speakers, had a lot to say today. In fact, he went over his allotted time of two minutes. Dev Kumar was commentator for Nischal and as always, he went up and spoke with less grammatical errors than last week still not forgetting to substitute the preposition it with the phrase 'that one' and the redundant use of the word 'the'. The third commentator was Vinit who was commenting on Sagar. He too, makes good speeches.
The grammarians were Anup Pokhrel and Sanju Nepal. They failed to divide their tasks like last weeks grammarians. That is something the grammarians must start doing sooner rather than later. Or else, there won't be any justice to the fact that we have two grammarians here. The first grammarian went up and spoke with a lot of pauses. He was alert enough to start with the second speaker when he saw that one of the speakers was not in the room. At times he had to stop to get the attention of the speaker he was commenting on. He had surely done a good job listening to the speakers earlier on. However, he hadn't noted down all the errors and tried but failed to classify the kinds of errors that the speakers and commentators made. His face was red as well. The other grammrian took only half the time to comment on all the speakers as the first grammarian had done. Sanju surely looked more confident and she was probably pointing out a few less serious errors which the first grammarian had skipped. She sounded more relaxed and didn't look that nervous either.
The time keeper didn't do his job that well as he didn't look at both sides of the card he was given and didn't show all the right cards at the right time. He did keep track of the time though. It was pretty amazing that Bijaya knew she had spoken for more than three minutes when she had spoken for three minutes and fifteen seconds. Maybe she felt she had spoken even more.
The Ah! counter, Yasher Dongol counted everything he was supposed to count.
Four observers were invited forward to give their observations. I only recall one of their names. The first girl made an effort and spoke for a short while. She said that the friends who had asked her to come had been absent themselves and she said she couldn't get anything from the first speech. The second observer just said that he felt nice. I guess he should have made a better effort. The third observer was one of either Sagar or Umesh. He spoke for a short while too. Raksha was the last observer. (She may have been the third.) She had a great voice which was loud and clear even if it had a trace of masculinity somewhere.
The chairperson gave his concluding speech before closing the session. He was almost boring but he did do justice to his chair and it was a job well-done.
The second session was moderated by Manish Joshi. There were a few improvements that the moderator made this week. He managed time very well. He introduced both speakers and both paper-presenters. He also made sure the paper-presenters were not the only focal points in the open discussion session. However, he was probably a little less active than he should have been. The two paper presentations were on "Students at Work." Both presenters seemed to agree on most of the points. They were both good presentations. Vinit probably had the better colour combination. Sagar a did a good job by conducting a small survey of his own and including the results of it in his paper. However, unlike the commentator said, there can be several sources of data on the internet.
The two commentators were Sanju and Ojaswi. They came in one by one and gave their comments. Ojaswi looked like he didn't even get the commentator's sheet. Sanju got it but didn't really use it. However, both the commentators were helpful except for a few points which may not be agreed upon. Giving moderator the power to look at the time and inform the paper presenter from time to time wouldn't be that bad an idea, maybe.
For next weeks session, there's a lot to look forward to. Manish now takes the role of co-ordinator. The main attraction will be Apeckshya whose speech next week will be on Valentine's Day. Bijaya has taken the job of moderator for the second session. The two paper presenters have now turned commentators for the topic Study Abroad. Kushal and Lhakpa are the presenters.