Herbert is a Poet and we didn't Know it!!
Herbert Lee, ATM-G, Area Governor of Macau Toastmasters wrote in verse of a recent visit by a couple of distinguished Sing Toasties. We know Herbert is a talented speaker and now we know his poetic skills.
"Tonight we welcomed DTM William from Singapore
He taught us a lot but we wanted more.
With many years of experience under his belt
We could see how his words & ideas melt
He told us everything we wanted to hear
How to craft a talk and overcome our fear
He touched our mind and also our heart
And encouraged us to make a flying start
And instead of giving us the usual show
He motivated us to get ready and go
His style is unique and in a different class
He puts things together like playing jazz
He humbly asked me to evaluate his talk today
But it's rather hard for me to say
He is fluent in English and poutonghwa
And his words have meaning not blah,blah,blah
My point for improvement would be to go deep
Give us some ideas to use and keep
His words & message have great merit
And exemplifies the tm spirit
We're anxious for William to come again
And take us to another plane
Please come again with another tune
We'd welcome you to Macau-real soon!"- Herbert Lee, ATM-G
Do 'class' and 'jazz' rhyme? Perhaps in a Amerian accent. And 'belt' and 'melt'?? Hmm...I should allow some creative licence here. May I suggest instead 'gel' since mesh doesn't rhyme?
BTW, in the photo, Herbert is on the left and the other dude on the right is not William Lim. Thanks, Neil!
By the way the person in the picture is Eddie Lee from Hong Kong and not the Toastmasters from Singapore William Lim.
And Herbert Lee Toastmasters title is ATM-G and not yet DTM, but the end of this term he should be able to complet all the reqirement to become the first DTM in Macau.
I like your "gel" suggestion! It is not too encouraging to state that something under his belt 'melt'.
Actually - under his belt is fine - that denotes experience. If it's below the belt then we're in trouble!