Besides my love for learning and travelling on this journey towards financial freedom, I also pursue other interests such as public speaking. I’ve been in a toastmasters club for close to 8 years and after a break in the last 2 years when my daughter was born (she’s coming to three years in March 2011), I again participated in my club’s International Speech and Table-Topics contests.

So how did I fare in this contest?

Breaking Down Boundaries by Doing

I managed to place 3rd out of 5 contestants for the International Speech Contest. It was a decent showing given that this was my first International contest in 3 years or my second speech contest in the last year. But what I was happier about was placing first in the Table-Topics contest.

For those who do not know what Table-Topics are about, they are an activity where a speaker has ...