This month our club had 2 meetings due to many members were waiting for speaking slots .
First meeting was held on the 10 November 2011 & second meeting was held on the 24 November 2011.
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Area Gov G4 and President of MAS
Melor Toastmasters club, ACS Thiagarajah presided as the General Evaluator.
CC Dinesh Krishnan provided an array of thought provoking topics as the Table Topics Master ( his first time ).
We had two guests ( Rizal and Shirley ) who participated in the Table topics session and Shirley was voted as the Best Speaker.
Good ole Uncle Foong ( ACS Foong Weng Tuck ) gave us some hilarious anecdotes on ‘ ghosts and the 7th month of the Lunar Calendar during the Humour Segment.
Our new member Jeff Poon in his ice breaker speech “ My Life Journey Till Today ”, revealed that he was born in Ipoh but was raised in Bidor.
Even though he is from a tin mining family he learnt to be independent from young. Today he
owns two F&B outlets and aims to be a millionaire entrepreneur with the intention of helping others.. He was given the customary standing ovation when he was presented with the ‘ First Timer ‘ ribbon.
TM Iylia Roasln in her 7th speech gave an inspiring speech on the life of ‘ the Great Teacher Oprah ‘ (Oprah Winfrey ).
DTM Dennis Wee who evaluated Iylia was voted the Best Evaluator.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Meeting
Theme : “ when the student is ready …..
Word
of the Day – Readiness.
This
is an extra meeting organised to cater to our members who needed speaking slots.Twenty
two people attended this meeting including 6 guests.
Area Governor B5 and Immediate Past President ACS Nancy Liew brilliantly sailed us through
the meeting as the Toastmaster of the Evening.
Meeting
was brought to order by TM Iylia Roslan ( First time ASA ) .
CC Dinesh Krishnan provided an array of thought provoking topics as the Table Topics Master ( his first time ).
We had two guests ( Rizal and Shirley ) who participated in the Table topics session and Shirley was voted as the Best Speaker.
ACG Ivan Ho was the Table Topics Evaluator
Good ole Uncle Foong ( ACS Foong Weng Tuck ) gave us some hilarious anecdotes on ‘ ghosts and the 7th month of the Lunar Calendar during the Humour Segment.
Our new member Jeff Poon in his ice breaker speech “ My Life Journey Till Today ”, revealed that he was born in Ipoh but was raised in Bidor.
Even though he is from a tin mining family he learnt to be independent from young. Today he
owns two F&B outlets and aims to be a millionaire entrepreneur with the intention of helping others.. He was given the customary standing ovation when he was presented with the ‘ First Timer ‘ ribbon.
TM Iylia Roasln in her 7th speech gave an inspiring speech on the life of ‘ the Great Teacher Oprah ‘ (Oprah Winfrey ).
Kenyu
Ho in his speech “ I promise never to set goals again “ advised us to stop
setting goals but start making promises.
He was judged the best speaker for the
evening.
ACG
Lee Wei Seong presented an inspiring 20 minute talk “ An Insight into Speech
Evaluation “.
He shared with us his personal tips on how to evaluate
effectively.
DTM Dennis Wee who evaluated Iylia was voted the Best Evaluator.
Martin
Yen who officially joined our club at this meeting manned the AH counter and
DTM Tham Chee Wah was our Language evaluator.
With
this meeting’s assignment as TME, ACS Nancy Liew completed her Competent Leader
award.
Our club now has 4 DCP goals…..moving towards being President
Distinguished Club again.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Meeting
was attended by 21 people including 3 guests ( Finas, president of Maxis TMC, Kevin who came to support Calvin
Cheah and Area Governor B1 ACS Jess Foong ).
Our VPE ACS Chan Siew Peng was the Toastmaster of the Evening, and she aptly chose the theme “ Smile ” and the Word of the Day was ‘ Likeable ’.
Our VPE ACS Chan Siew Peng was the Toastmaster of the Evening, and she aptly chose the theme “ Smile ” and the Word of the Day was ‘ Likeable ’.
Our Table Topics master ACB Chen Yien Li intelligently used the theme to create topics for our speakers to respond.
DTM Dr. William Lau ( from MIHRM Toastmasters club ) spoke eloquently on his topic to be voted as the Best table topics speaker.
He
has been a Toastmasters for many seasons, and he was a member of our club some
years ago. He said it was good to be back after 11 years.
He was our General
Evaluator, an experienced one, and it was a delight to observe him in action.
There
were 5 prepared speeches including an ice breaker speech by TM Calvin Cheah who
spoke on his early childhood days.
TM Ernie Liu ( first time ASA ) enlightened us on “ the policy of NATO ”- No action, Talk Only.
CC
Arthur Yong spoke in praise of Dennis MacAlistair Richie ……” In Memory of a
Quiet Giant ”.
ACS
Foong Weng Tuck related a touching story – “ the Old Oak Tree ” and he was the
Best Speaker for the Evening. He concluded his speech with his rendition of
Tony Orlando’s ‘ Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Tree ’.
Insightful evaluations were delivered by CC Dinesh Krishan, TM Patrick Lim, DTM Peter Siew, DTM Low Yat Seow and Area Governor B 1 ACS Jess Foong.
The
best Evaluator was Jess Foong who evaluated the ‘ Poker Face’ ATMS Yip Wah
Pung.
DTM Dennis Wee was gracious enough to bring his First Runner Trophy, for the recently concluded District Evaluation Contest, for us to admire.
Our
Christmas Meeting is on 8 December 2011
at Mage Café, please block your calendar. There will be a gift exchange in
the spirit of Christmas, amongst other great things happening that evening.
Organised by ACS Joyce Hue.
