{"id":635,"date":"2008-09-02T19:12:18","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T02:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2008-09-08T05:15:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T12:15:37","slug":"toastmasters-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/09\/02\/toastmasters-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Toastmasters award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-635\">\n<p>I won best speech of the day at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toastmasters<\/a> today &#8211; here&#8217;s a picture I took of me and the award:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/09\/02\/toastmasters-award\/bobwithaward\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"334,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bobwithaward\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward.jpg?fit=334%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-636 colorbox-635\" title=\"bobwithaward\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/bobwithaward.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My speech, the second in the Toastmasters series, was on the differences in cultures between Saudi Arabia and The Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-635\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 635);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-635\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-635\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I won best speech of the day at Toastmasters today &#8211; here&#8217;s a picture I took of me and the award: My speech, the second in the Toastmasters series, was on the differences in cultures between Saudi Arabia and The Netherlands. 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