Moved to a new apartment

This is a draft speech script for a Toastmasters club. Introduction Do you like moving to a new apartment or a house? I hate it. Although I didn’t like my previous apartment much, I didn’t have a plan to move to a different apartment either. But almost at the end of June, I suddenly got an email from my landlord that he wouldn’t renew our lease this year. This was a surprise to me. He said that the apartment would be in a big maintenance cycle, once in 20 years. It sounded like I had no choice, but why hadn’t he notified me of this much earlier!? ...

October 28, 2025 · kyos

Started de-googling

This is an incomplete draft speech script for a Toastmasters club I belong to. I decided not to use it as it has gone too technical for non-IT audiences. Introduction Have you heard of the word “de-google?” It means to stop using Google web services such as Google photos, Google maps or Gmail. As a Pixel mobile phone user, I heavily depend on Google services. There are many reasons to de-google. Some people believe Google has become evil. But to me, it is mostly a fear that they might raise price drastically or worse, stop services that I’m using. ...

October 27, 2025 · kyos