Table Topics 15 July 2021
The Open Alumni Toastmasters Club
Theme : Crossroads In Life

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Table Topic 1
Would you enter into marriage with someone whose parents have passed on and he/she has to take care of his/her younger siblings like a parent?
Table Topic 2
You have a steady boyfriend/girlfriend while studying at the university but he/she intends to pursue his/her PhD overseas for the next 4 to 5 years upon graduation. Would you wait for him/her?
Table Topic 3
You are due for retirement in the next short few years. Your savings and CPF are insufficient to last you for the rest of your life. How do you plan to survive your retirement?
Table Topic 4
For man: You are planning to get married but your girlfriend’s parents demanded a large sum of money as dowry that will empty your bank account. What would you do?
For woman: You are planning to get married but your parents demanded a large sum of money as dowry from your boyfriend that will empty his bank account. What would you do?
Table Topic 5
For man: You are happily married for a few years with the woman you love. One day, someone appears with a young child and says this is the child you had with your ex-girlfriend and she has passed away. Would you accept that child into your family?
For woman: You are happily married for a few years with the man you love. One day, someone appears with a young child and says this is the child your husband had with his ex-girlfriend and she has passed away. Would you accept that child into your family?
Table Topic 6
You are good at what you are doing in your job and you love your job. You are then offered a promotion to a managerial position. The salary and benefits are fantastic but you are promoted into something you are not good at doing and do not enjoy. Would you accept the position?
Table Topic 7
You grew up very happily with your parents who loved you very much. When you reached 18 years old, they told you that they were actually not your biological parents. Would you do whatever you can to seek out your biological parents?
Table Topic 8
You had a steady boyfriend/girlfriend from your secondary schooldays right through to your varsity days. All your friends are expecting the two of you to get married in future. However upon graduation, you realised that what you had was merely puppy love. Would you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend despite the fact that he/she has never wronged you?