CC - 1 ICE BREAKER SPEECH

My life, my message

“Ours is the only organization , I know dedicated to the individual”.

 These words are from our International Founder Dr.Ralph C Smedley.

Tmod, Fellow Toastmasters and most valued guests good evening to you.

            I’m very much thank full to everybody for this wonderful opportunity given to me.I’m very happy to stand before you to make my Ice breaker speech.I’m TM Gireesh Kumar . I come from Kerala in India. From a small town called  Kavand in Kollam dist.I’m married and I have one daughter Sivananda. She is Two and half years old. My wife’s name is Renju. She is a very  humble lady .

 

            I have three sisters. Both my parents passed away. My school life was completed from St.John’s High school Eravipuram, Kollam dist. I studied for my Bcom. Degree from Sree Narayana College Kollam.

            I’m an accountant and working in Bahrain Int’l Hotel at Manama. I live in the central region of Manama. I have a lot of school memories in my life. The first among them is about my class teacher Sister Josella. Sadly she is no more.She was not only my teacher, but also my mother. She contributed a lot to mold my Character. She taught me a lot of moral stories. She was a very good gardener also. In her old age her convent people sent her to old age home in Chennai. When I went to Chennai to visit her, I was too late. She was no more. It was heart breaking news for me.

           In India I got better experience in sales field. I worked in Medimix Soaps in Tamilnadu and Parle Biscuits in Kerala. During my work in Kerala & Tamilnadu I got many opportunities to travel all over India.

             From my childhood I faced many challenges in my life. My family was very poor that time. When I was nineteen years old my father expired. After that I lost my two brothers- in law and my mother in between a short span of five years. I faced many difficulties during that time. Sometimes I used to think about suicide also. But I realized it was only for a coward. My ambition was to become a Charted Accountant .Unfortunately I had to stop my education with Bcom, to earn and help my family.

             I experimented with and experienced many kinds of work, because I needed money for my studies.  That is the reason with the help of my friends after that I found time to help poor people. From our part time works and service at marriage functions and reception parties we collected money for this purpose. We helped, by distributing Uniforms and study materials for poor pupils. When there was the death of a poor person, in a poor family we spent cash for their funeral functions.

              From these types of social activities my mind became very calm & quiet and I got a peculiar satisfaction. When you eat food Please remember how many persons are dying in this world without food. If you feel me rough and tough, it is from my hard life experiences.  I’m standing in front of you here today, only because of the  grace of God. I believe in him deeply.   

               Let me conclude with one quotation from Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.

Thank you ………….