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Learning from the best in the industry, Mr Chiu Soon Seng. He will share with you the structure on impromptu speaking and how to use humour, and impress your friends, bosses and love ones. There will be practical trying-out opportunities and various guidance. Event is free, and look forward to your participation. Speaker Profile: 周顺成简介 20年不间断上台演讲，幽默魅力伴一生。 美容及保健品供应商 在2000年加入讲演会 曾获2016/2017 LV 总决赛冠军 第19届杨厝港讲演会会长 第19届新加坡管理学院讲演会会长 19-20年度V区总监 目前担任V区顾问 兴趣：知已（认识自己） 2016/2017 District Champion! Don't miss the opportunity to pick up tips and tricks! Events conducted in Mandarin. On top of that, you will be able to witness Exco installation, Language evaluation, and birthday celebrations for our members. Regards, Wei Bin We are located at Nee Soon East CC Level 4 Room 4. 7 to 9.30 pm. We have supper after the event.

This event is NOT AN APRIL FOOL JOKE. Thus, Please refrain from making jokes about your RSVP. 😊 Welcome! Gist below! :-) 1. Bring a book to the meet! 2. Buy a drink (and a bite if you're hungry). 3. Say hi to the folks. 4. Read! 5. We'll do a short round of intros and a short sharing at the end too. :) Find the folks with books! In the event that the place is full, we'll find a back up nearby. :-) This is a limited seats, small group event, so do try to update your RSVP early if your plans change! Thanks in advance! Nearest MRT: Havelock (TE16)

## Power up your personal branding 打造你的个人品牌 (Mandarin) 想提升你的个人品牌影响力吗？来参加我们的线下活动，和大家一起学习如何打造独一无二的自己！ 通过实用技巧和互动分享，帮你Power up你的职场竞争力，展现最棒的自己！别错过这次亲自交流的好机会！ 讲师简介： 谢明耀是全球顶尖5%的财务顾问，同时也是资深的人生导师。自从2001、谢导师就在金融界累积经验，也常飞去不同的城市演讲。他常在报章，广播，电台分享意见，也活跃的参与许多慈善活动。他在2014-2016年经历个人金融危机，过后凭努力与策略，从新建立事业与财富。如今他的人生使命是帮助世界活出精彩丰盛的生命。 若知详情，请点按www.eugeneseah.com Nee Soon East CC Level 4, Room 4 7pm to 9.30pm

Improve your communication skills through deliberate practice; get comfortable with taking a stance on random topics in front of others. Discuss and debate with peers, get feedback and make like-minded friends at Pitch Perfect! Starter topic: There's a bubble tea chain that opened in Singapore a few years ago that I keep going back to. CHAGEE. The one with the Peking Opera logo. Jasmine milk tea. Clean, no-frills, same drink every time. Here's what I didn't know until recently: The guy who built it couldn't read until he was 18. Zhang Junjie was orphaned at 10 in Kunming, China. Both parents gone. For the next seven years, he had no home, no school, no family. He slept on streets. Picked through garbage when he was hungry. At 17, he walked into a milk tea shop and asked for a job. The manager handed him a pinyin textbook and said: learn to read or you can't work here. So he worked 12-hour shifts making drinks during the day. At night, in the staff dormitory, he taught himself Chinese characters one by one. Every time he heard an idiom he didn't understand, he'd ask what it meant, then force himself to use it in the next conversation. He wrote one line in a notebook: "I will make up for the lost time." By 24, he'd opened the first CHAGEE store. By 32, he'd taken it to Nasdaq. Net worth: $2.1 billion. But here's where it gets interesting. In 2017, bubble tea in China was an arms race. Heytea had cheese foam teas. Nayuki had elaborate fruit teas with seasonal toppings. Every brand competed on who could add more. More ingredients. More complexity. More Instagram moments. Zhang went the other direction entirely. One product. Tea and fresh milk. No fruit. No cheese foam. No seasonal gimmicks. On paper, it's boring. Three ingredients. In reality, it's what made CHAGEE scale to 6,400 stores in seven years. Here's why. Fruit tea requires cold-chain logistics, seasonal sourcing, high waste, and three months of barista training. Tea and milk requires a machine that makes each cup in 8 seconds with less than 0.2% flavor variance. New staff can produce a perfect cup on their first day. In 2024, Luckin Coffee launched 119 new products. CHAGEE launched 10. CHAGEE's single bestseller — a jasmine milk tea — sold 300 million cups that year. 91% of revenue comes from one category. He even published the full recipe publicly. Ingredients, calories, caffeine content — everything. Most brands guard recipes like state secrets. Zhang gave his away. Because by the time competitors copy the recipe, he's already built the machine, the supply chain, and the franchise system they can't replicate. The orphan who couldn't read at 18 saw what MBAs running billion-dollar tea empires missed: Complexity feels like progress. But simplicity is what scales. Everyone in the bubble tea industry was adding. Zhang was the only one subtracting. Sometimes the biggest moat isn't what you put in. It's everything you have the discipline to leave out. What's something in your business you keep adding to — that might actually work better with less?

Welcome! Gist below! :-) 1. Bring a book to the meet! 2. Buy a drink (and a bite if you're hungry). 3. Say hi to the folks (pls note the venue is a pet cafe so there will be furry friends). 4. Read! 5. We'll do a short round of intros and a short sharing at the end too. :) Come in and find us (we're probably the only reading group)! In the event that the place is full, we'll find a back up nearby. :-) This is a limited seats, small group event, so do try to update your RSVP early if your plans change! Thanks in advance! Nearest MRT: Kovan

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안녕하세요, Have you been watching a lot of Korean dramas, but can't get past "안녕하세요" (annyeonghaseyo) and "감사합니다" (kamsahamnida)? Or simply want to say out a line from a drama? join us to pick up some Korean at Saturday Korean: 토요일 한국어. It is best that you already have some working knowledge of the Korean language so that you will have a smoother conversation. All our language-learning meetup events are free of charge. WE WANT KOREAN SPEAKERS TOO! We are on a constant lookout for proficient Korean speakers (not necessarily native) to come and share their knowledge of the language and culture. If you speak the language, come join us, help others learn and make lots of friends. See you there! 한국어 화자를 기다리고 있습니다! 유창한 한국어 구사자 (반드시 원어민일 필요는 없음) 분이시라면 저희와 함께 언어와 문화에 대한 지식을 공유해보시는 건 어떨까요. 다른 한국어 학습자들이 한국어를 배우도록 도와주고 많은 친구도 사귀어 보세요. 곧 만나요. 1. NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES We welcome anyone who is keen to learn a language or help others learn the language. However, this is NOT the platform for individuals who have other intentions, such as recruiting members for their business or organisation or selling products or services. We will not hesitate to ask such individuals to stop attending our meetups if they have been found to be pestering our members for such purposes. 2. GETTING THERE Nearest MRT station: Promenade MRT Station. LOCATING US INSIDE THE FOOD COURT When you arrive in the food court, look out for groups of people and ask them if they are there for a meetup. We are usually seated against the wall near the Penyet & BBQ stall, but this may vary. You can also send the host a text message via Meetup.

In April, we are timely compelled to read **The Book of Fate** by Parinoush Saniee. * From Banned Book to International Bestseller * Winner of the 2010 Boccaccio Prize for Best International Book Spanning 50 years of Iranian history, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic and up to the present, *The Book of Fate* is a powerful story of friendship and passion, fear and hope - and a rare insider's view of Iranian society. . . . A teenager in pre-revolutionary Tehran, Massoumeh is an ordinary girl, passionate about learning. On her way to school she meets a local man and falls in love - but when her family discover his letters they accuse her of bringing them into dishonour. She is badly beaten by her brother, and her parents hastily arrange a marriage to a man she's never met. Facing a life without love, and the prospect of no education, Massoumeh is distraught - but a female neighbour urges her to comply: 'We each have a destiny, and you can't fight yours.' The years that follow Massoumeh's wedding prove transformative for Iran. Hamid, Massoumeh's husband, is a political dissident and a threat to the Shah's oppressive regime and when the secret service arrive to arrest him, it is the start of a terrifying period for Massoumeh. Her fate, so long dictated by family loyalty and tradition, is now tied to the changing fortunes of her country... . . . “Written with passion and anger from the inside, it's a compelling account." ―Independent on Sunday “Rarely can a novel have sustained such levels of emotion over so many gut-wrenching pages. It's a memorable and nuanced dissection of a patriarchal society." ―Guardian . . . **📆Event Details** * **Date & Time:** Sunday, April 5th, 3:00 PM * **Venue:** Las Palmas rooftop bar * **Note:** Please support the venue by ordering at least one drink. 📚**Club Guidelines** * The book has been translated into 26 languages and was one of *World Literature Today’s* 75 Notable Translations of 2013. So feel free to read in the language of your choice; however, the discussion will be conducted in English. * The link below is the book discussion questions. [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NKVL1HZbPKNKc5BQE-HUcbiCtPqIkCu3N4csKreh5DU/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NKVL1HZbPKNKc5BQE-HUcbiCtPqIkCu3N4csKreh5DU/edit?usp=sharing) Please take a look at them before joining the event. * Following the discussion, our next book will be chosen by group poll—come prepared to champion your pick. Each month, we explore a different genre. For the May discussion, please bring at least one **non-fiction** recommendation. If your suggestion wins the vote, your book takes center stage! Even if not, you’ll enjoy stepping beyond your usual horizons. **❓FAQ** * 1)"Do I have to finish reading the book to join the event?" **YES.** We’re here to discuss the book! To ensure a rich and meaningful conversation for everyone, all participants are expected to read the book in full before attending. * 2)"Can I just listen and not join the discussion?" **NO.** We gather in person to **share** ideas. Your voice matters! Whether you agree, disagree, or interpret things differently, every perspective helps deepen our understanding of the book. There’s no right or wrong answer, and every opinion is equally cherished. . . . Feel free to send me a message if you have any other questions. See you in April, bookflies🦋!

Join us for an exciting language exchange meetup where you can practice both Japanese and English in a friendly and supportive environment. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced speaker, this event is perfect for honing your language skills while making new friends who share a passion for Japanese culture. Immerse yourself in conversations, games, and activities that will not only help you improve your language proficiency but also deepen your understanding of Japanese culture. Bring your enthusiasm and curiosity, and get ready to expand your language skills while connecting with like-minded individuals. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your language abilities and cultural awareness in a fun and interactive setting! Let's learn Japanese. にほんごをまなびましょう！ 日本語を学びましょう。

Sufi Meditation is a practical and proven spiritual technique. Our meditation is fundamentally different from others as we do not focus on the body but on the soul. Our practices and its benefits are experiential. Hundreds of seekers worldwide from different races and cultures are benefitting from it every day.

Here is an engaging photography meetup description for Jalan Besar: Join us for a fun and easy-to-understand photography meetup in Jalan Besar! Whether you're a pro or just starting out, we'd love for you to come and capture the vibrant sights and sounds of this neighborhood with us. What can you expect to photograph? Colorful shophouses, bustling street life, and unique architectural details. Bring your mobile phone or any camera you have - it doesn't matter, as long as you're excited to get creative! Join us if you are interested in photography. It doesn't matter if you are a pro or a beginner; we do it for the love of photography. We'll kick off with a short meet and greet before heading out to click pictures together. After our photo walk, we'll end at a nearby coffee shop to chat and share our experiences. This is a free event, but please RSVP to let us know you're coming. If you have any trouble finding us or have questions, feel free to call or text: Jay: +65 9352 0249 Sandeep: +65 8609 1667 Join our WhatsApp group for live location sharing: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IYNcf63yaXr2PAXyrjeHzi We share our live location there to help everyone stay connected — especially as people naturally wander off while shooting. Meeting Point: Jalan Besar MRT - Jalan Besar MRT — Exit A (Hamilton Road / Tyrwhitt Road side) Route: Hamilton Rd → Tyrwhitt Rd → Petain Rd

Pay attention! We’re delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty. Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast. Look for us upstairs!

Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating. Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who want to discuss international travel and culture, and anyone who enjoys getting together for good conversations."

The topic for April is "Water" Speak Easy: true stories, told live. The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast. Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect. The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!

In April WQC's Creativity Circle will be making beaded bracelets and keychains! All supplies provided, open to all, bring yourself (and a friend or two) for when you are able to make it in the two hour window. Note: Seats are Limited to the provided space at the Westerville Public Library in Meeting Room D.

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.