Balls & Goals

I hope you all have certain goals for 2023 If not, make 1 goal I too have one goal for the year 2023 . I will come to my goal later. During FIFA, when my husband got 10 tickets, DTM in me asked him online, offline DTM Daily toastmasters He said hybrid I Never liked football but social media pressureBefore stadium tour, I started YouTube tours About football, players, how many gold shoes they have, how many children, wives holidays

And then we went to a match First, we had to go through a long queue Metro this way, metro this way. Metro which way. 3 hours way. My knee injury aggravated.

Reached stadium, we had mountaineering The Lusail stadium In the large crowd I held his hand tight, spoke 5-7 min nonstop Then automatically DTM in me stopped. Disciplined toastmaster. And looked, I was holding someone else’s husband’s hand

My husband, a structural engineer- like a happy puppy was enjoying the stadiums He took more pictures of stadiums here than of statue of liberty while we were at NY. I dint see him so hyper even during our marriage

Inside the stadium, we had a top-level seating level 5 I climbed entire pathways upto level 5- on 1st gear limping with knee pain- others went on 3rd gear. So much hard work I did, and after the 90 min match 0 goals

22 players are all running after one big ball, to focus and kick it in one big net Can’t? sounds like a strategic management plan focus, goal.Bored of game, I evaluated the structure of their legs- variety tattoos, beautiful lotus, batman, - I zoomed took pictures of tattoos

I think because big football players keep tripping kicking themselves, falling. Sad. Some color cards are shown Yellow and red they have, no green card shown, dtm- desperate toastmaster- my son saidthere is a purpose why they show Of course I am not a fool- every 30 secs they will not show a cardBut I wonder why only 2 nets- why not 4 or just 1. Anybody kicks- gets points 200 points 300 points like cricket- ball to boundary 4 runs, ball to audience 6 runs not in foot ball

Well, all those who love football- this is my personal opinion. Please do not take it personally. Now, I always went to stadiums with TM magazine

Once I got rejected may be because DTM Sabeena was already featured Next time I came At stadium many people asked where this magazine was available. Maybe they were bored too. I presented impromptu education modules basics of TI Like any other open house guest they said, we will surely like to join and no news

That’s ok My brilliant mind told me- community service program- stadium cleaning, make DTM Rajesh proud- Distinguished TM- yes- but my team didn't have tickets on same match day , It didn't work Now, after the FIFA hype got over hayya hayya hayya-people started posting status- so depressingI too felt like DTM depressed toastmaster. But came contest season Every Friday contest- more activityfree breakfast, lunch, food is there and I get to play DTM detective toast master Judges- are they hmmmm - no not today- just saying, role playersrepeating- hmmm, chief judge…hmmmm Sushma- that’s how my inner voice awakens me

Focus – foot ball taught me-have at least 1 goal- 0 goals- life will give us free kicks-

My goal- 2023-to become DTM. Distinguished TM

When, What, Why, How

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. Never stop doing Little things for others.

When

4th March my mother surprised me by saying that she has registered my name for volunteering With blinking eyes I asked what time I should report and which venue we should go. I was totally clueless about what. She said 2pm to 8pm at Aspire Dome Indoors for Artistic Gymnastics. Till then I have seen gymnastics only in television. I was so happy to go as a volunteer because my services are useful for someone for something I felt.

What

First time I got a chance to become a volunteer and our coordinator welcomed us with smile and gave accreditation card, clearly mentioned as One day Pass Being a weekend, I could see lot of school boys and girls, sitting,cheering,yelling, running and giggling all over the stadium Prior to the matches I could see the participants practicing sincerely Many spectators were shooting pictures and enjoying with their groups

Why

Why I wanted to volunteer you may ask From the time Fifa taken place in doha, my mother and sister were praising so highly of volunteering,

I also wanted to volunteer in international sporting events and I do not want to miss this opportunity So I joined as a volunteer My coordinator Neil introduced me to Mr Hussain and he told me to manage one of the gate where I could permit only paid ticket audience to have their seats I felt so proud to check their tickets and allowed them to take seats prior to the show. Other volunteers were guiding all the other spectators to their respective seats like media, VIP’s, Free tickets etc. First time I learned how to manage the crowd and seating arrangements in the venue etc

How

Standing for a long time near the gate C6 was little difficult for me but I could manage I was amazed to see ball, ribbons, and rope stunts Aerobic gymnastics like dancing to music, floor exercises, parallel bars, high bar, high jumps etc. I could see players from Philippines, Japan, Ukraine, Morocco, Romania and USA. In the end the champions who created history were awarded medals There was a big coverage of media which was live in big screens

To conclude, Volunteering is more exciting, useful, learning and fantastic experience and I gained the courage to do the service by toastmastering Service to society is service to god, I realised May volunteer more In the coming days. Though I volunteered for few hours, it gave me immense pleasure which cannot be expressed with words, but to be felt So, keep volunteering and useful to others

Counselor Shanty Rose DTM

President – Aadarsh Nair

VPE- Nivedita Praveen

VPPR – Divneet Kaur Saini

Secretary- Hansini

Sgt@Arms – Rona Nibu and Rushda

‘We want our legacy to stand upon the youth!’ At ICC EVES Gavel Club we had some sterling meetings during Dec 2022 to March 2023 with a few more new members added to the bunch! The 159th meeting was one such with an alluring theme by our effervescent Gavelier of the Day Hansini “Opportunities don’t happen; we create them”! The kind of speech topics varied from ‘Black Holes’ to “Importance of grabbing opportunities” to a humorous take on “growing up with a big brother! Listening to these fine young minds gives me a ‘sneak peak ‘ into their teenage world and also makes me realize their motivation and commitment to bring in positivechanges!

Our new year 2023 kick started with a bang, our 160th meeting on Jan 7th on an apt theme “Every moment is a fresh Beginning”! While Gavelier of the Day Sheza navigated us through how to seize and make the best out of each moment, our speakers spoke on some relevant topics to ponder on and our table topics speakers aced with each one’s exceptionaltake on the topics given! This was followed by our subsequent meetings in January and February including an online meeting and each meeting was filled with fun and learning in equal amounts!

As the ICC Eves Gavel Club marches ahead slowly and steadily, it is indeed heartening to see how timid teenagers are transformed to vibrant confidant speakers and leaders in a short span of time! Faces change, meetings continue, yet the spark in their eyes and confidence in their words linger and that is inspiration ahead for us counselors!!