Post by Finlip on Feb 18, 2006 19:13:49 GMT 6
The man who was supposed to come and open the hall was late because the chain of his bicycle went out of order on his way to the office. This meant that we might have to either go back or conduct our session in the staircase. When he did come, the participants went in and had the session.
The hall was again filled with people. The attendance at this club has been quite encouraging lately.
Manish Joshi was the co-ordinator today. He did his job well and was very confident. It was good that he always tried to make fun and make the audience laugh. However, he would do well to add a bit more smoothness in his speech.
Apeckshya Karki was the pre-decided speaker today. Her topic was Valentine's day. She seemed very well prepared. The good thing about her speech was that she informed that she would take seven minutes to complete her speech. However, she spoke for less than six minutes. That means that she was not able to say everything she wanted to say. This was surely one of the best speeches that has been made at the smart club so far.
Lhakpa Sherpa was next. He spoke on Preservation of Culture. He has a sweet voice. People want him to speak louder though. He got a bit nervous while he was speaking. In the beginning, Lhakpa seemed like he was trying to speak a line he had memorised word for word. He had to repeat many words in that sentence two or three times before finally finishing his definition.
The impromptu speaker was Dev Kumar Sunuwar. The topic given to him was Democracy and Monarchy. He sounded like he was speaking on Democracy and the indegenious people. His natural accent could definitely do with a little bit of brushing-up.
Anup Pokhrel was the first commentator. Among other things, he encouraged Apekshya to look at people directly on the eye in order to maintain a good eye-contact. Ojaswi Ghimire came in and commented on Lhakpa before Rup Bahadur Sunar commented on Dev Kumar.
The grammrians followed the commentators. This week the grammarians divided their roles better than last week's commentators did. However, the grammarians themselves were not as perfect they were grammatically as they were the week before.
The time keeper came in and said how much time each of the speakers took. One commentator took more than two minutes for a second week in succession. He was none-other than Ojaswi Ghimire. The time-keeper didn't seem that confident. It was probably the first time he was taking a role. But still, he had just one hesitation in his speech.
The Ah! counter did one good thing. She read out her counts with the time that the time keeper had recorded. The thing about the timekeeper was that he took the flash card as well as the stopwatch with him as he went up to read out the times.
Three observers were invited forward but only two came. They gave their views on the smart club and both newcomers seemed excited. The second one seemed to have been most impressed by Apeckshya's speech in the beginning.
The overall critical analyst gave his views before closing the session. He surely can't be that harsh to the grammatical mistakes people have been making. It would be a better idea to go and work with people individually if he really wants to help them improve.
After the chairperson closed the session the roles for next week were announced. Rita Thapa will be the co-ordinator but the feature of next week will surely be Sameer Ameer Kansakar's pre-decided speech on Role of Foreign Pressure on the State.
The moderation session was held after the tea-break. Bijaya Karanjit was the moderator. She got mixed up at times but was finally able to finish the job in hand. Lhakpa Sherpa and Kushal Pokhrel did a good job as the two paper-presenters. Kushal's slides were a bit more crowded. However, he had done a good job in doing a research involving ninety-one students. The two grammarians were the two commentators and they both came up and gave their comments.
Next week's topic is Corporal Punishement.
The hall was again filled with people. The attendance at this club has been quite encouraging lately.
Manish Joshi was the co-ordinator today. He did his job well and was very confident. It was good that he always tried to make fun and make the audience laugh. However, he would do well to add a bit more smoothness in his speech.
Apeckshya Karki was the pre-decided speaker today. Her topic was Valentine's day. She seemed very well prepared. The good thing about her speech was that she informed that she would take seven minutes to complete her speech. However, she spoke for less than six minutes. That means that she was not able to say everything she wanted to say. This was surely one of the best speeches that has been made at the smart club so far.
Lhakpa Sherpa was next. He spoke on Preservation of Culture. He has a sweet voice. People want him to speak louder though. He got a bit nervous while he was speaking. In the beginning, Lhakpa seemed like he was trying to speak a line he had memorised word for word. He had to repeat many words in that sentence two or three times before finally finishing his definition.
The impromptu speaker was Dev Kumar Sunuwar. The topic given to him was Democracy and Monarchy. He sounded like he was speaking on Democracy and the indegenious people. His natural accent could definitely do with a little bit of brushing-up.
Anup Pokhrel was the first commentator. Among other things, he encouraged Apekshya to look at people directly on the eye in order to maintain a good eye-contact. Ojaswi Ghimire came in and commented on Lhakpa before Rup Bahadur Sunar commented on Dev Kumar.
The grammrians followed the commentators. This week the grammarians divided their roles better than last week's commentators did. However, the grammarians themselves were not as perfect they were grammatically as they were the week before.
The time keeper came in and said how much time each of the speakers took. One commentator took more than two minutes for a second week in succession. He was none-other than Ojaswi Ghimire. The time-keeper didn't seem that confident. It was probably the first time he was taking a role. But still, he had just one hesitation in his speech.
The Ah! counter did one good thing. She read out her counts with the time that the time keeper had recorded. The thing about the timekeeper was that he took the flash card as well as the stopwatch with him as he went up to read out the times.
Three observers were invited forward but only two came. They gave their views on the smart club and both newcomers seemed excited. The second one seemed to have been most impressed by Apeckshya's speech in the beginning.
The overall critical analyst gave his views before closing the session. He surely can't be that harsh to the grammatical mistakes people have been making. It would be a better idea to go and work with people individually if he really wants to help them improve.
After the chairperson closed the session the roles for next week were announced. Rita Thapa will be the co-ordinator but the feature of next week will surely be Sameer Ameer Kansakar's pre-decided speech on Role of Foreign Pressure on the State.
The moderation session was held after the tea-break. Bijaya Karanjit was the moderator. She got mixed up at times but was finally able to finish the job in hand. Lhakpa Sherpa and Kushal Pokhrel did a good job as the two paper-presenters. Kushal's slides were a bit more crowded. However, he had done a good job in doing a research involving ninety-one students. The two grammarians were the two commentators and they both came up and gave their comments.
Next week's topic is Corporal Punishement.