Yesterday,
on 16th July 2014, we had a most enjoyable and heartening meeting!
Many
thanks to Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM who stepped in at the last minute as the General
Evaluator when our appointed General Evaluator was unable to attend the
meeting.
There
were a total of 12 members and three guests, Rohen, Mr. Chan and Miss Lim who
attended the meeting. All the members demonstrated teamwork and efficiency to
arrange everything in order before and after the meeting which was commendable!
Keep up the good work, dearest members!!
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| SAA, Henry Yeoh Keng Kiong |
The
meeting started on time at 7.15 pm when SAA, Henry Yeoh Keng Kiong called the
meeting to order.
TME Tan Joke Boey, conducted the meeting efficiently and the meeting ended at 9.30pm. A big hand to Joke Boey, a first time TME!
TME Tan Joke Boey, conducted the meeting efficiently and the meeting ended at 9.30pm. A big hand to Joke Boey, a first time TME!
President
Jeannie Carrera, CC gave a rousing speech on the motto of the term, “Efficient,
Effective, Excellent” which was very enriching and motivated all the members.
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| Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM |
The
Invocation Master, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM
expanded on the Theme of the Meeting, “The early bird catches the worm”
and gave a speech on the importance to grab the moment when “opportunity
knocks” and do not procrastinate. Thank you for the advice, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM!
The
Grammarian, Pun Yew Kee gave an introduction on the Word of the Day
“prompt” which is useful in this time and day when everybody is so engrossed in
the daily affairs and need to prioritize to ensure success in their daily
lives. Well said, Pun Yew Kee!
Shirley
Bak, DTM, the Table Topics Master gave very simple catchy phrases as titles for
the session. The participants who volunteered for the impromptu speeches are
Pun Yew Kee, Mr. Chan, Jessie Lee and Obaidullah. Thank you, volunteers,
especially Mr. Chan, our guest.
Henry
Yeoh Keng Kiong, the Table Topics Evaluator was very
efficient by evaluating all the speakers fairly and frankly within 4 minutes.
Good work, Henry, keep it up!
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| Best Table Topics Speaker, Obaidullah |
The
best Table Topics Speaker went to Obaidullah who gave a
wonderful speech on “All’s well ends well”. This is the second time that Obaidullah
was awarded the best Table Topics Speaker!! Congratulations, Obaidullah!!
There
were 4 Project Speakers for the meeting, Henry Yeoh Keng Kiong, Obaidullah,
Mohammad Yousuf, CC and Jeannie Carrera, CC.
Henry
Yeoh Keng Kiong did his CC speech no. 6 titled “Have you sharpened your axe?”
which showed us ways and means to enhance our work productivity and he was
evaluated by Ken Koh, CC.
Obaidullah
also did his CC speech no. 6 titled, “Everyday Leadership” which encouraged
everyone to be confident and effective leaders and he was evaluated by Mohammad
Yousuf, CC.
Mohammad Yousuf, CC did a speech on Advance Manual no. 4,
presenting an Award titled. “Award for Excellent Leadership of Pun Yew Kee”
which gives us an insight of our Past President Pun Yew Kee’s praiseworthy
character which we should emulate. His speech was evaluated by Shirley Bak,
DTM.
Jeannie
Carrera, CC did a speech on Advance Manual no. 5, Entertaining Speaker titled
“Mr. Owen” which was an entertaining fairy tale and was evaluated by SK Ratnam,
DTM.
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| Best Speaker & Best Evaluator, Mohammad Yousuf, CC |
Thank you all the speakers for their fine speeches and
the evaluators for their encouraging evaluations. Both the best Speaker and the
best Evaluator awards went to Mohammad Yousuf, CC! Brilliant, Mohammad Yousuf,
CC, continue in your efficient, effective and excellent ways!
Aric Ng Min Hong was a superb Listening Evaluator who
gave us 10 questions which reflected his keen observation during the meeting.
Thank you, Aric!
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| Best Listener, SK Ratnam, DTM |
The Best Listener award went to SK Ratnam, DTM who had 8
correct answers! Congratulations, SK Ratnam, DTM!
First time Ah Counter, our guest, Rohen was very
attentive throughout the meeting and carried out his job exceedingly well by
recording all word clutches and reporting them. Thank you, Rohen! We hope that
you enjoyed your role very much and will be confident to join us as a member
and do your speeches as well.
Henry Yeoh Keng Kiong wore 4 hats and was the Timer and
did a awesome job of timing the whole meeting, Kudos, Henry, that’s the way!
Our
General Evaluator, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM was very observant and alert to all
going-ons at the meeting and gave a frank and honest opinion of the whole
meeting! Thank you very much, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM! We shall take note
of all your advices and be effective at all our future meetings.
President
Jeannie Chow, CC also announced that there will be an Extol Club Officers Installation
Dinner on 1st August 2014 at 7.00pm and all members are invited to
attend. The venue is at Broadbean Café, A-G-32A, Jalan PJU 1/43, Aman Suria
Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It is free for all members and cost RM22.00
to spouses and invited guests.
She
also announced that there will be a Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest for
our club at our next meeting on 6th August 2014.
The
Organising Chair of the Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest, Tan Joke Boey
announced the role players and contestants for the contest. All members, please
be present to cheer for the contestants who are participating in the contest.
Hooray, hooray, hooray!!!
As
the Toastmasters International Convention at KLCC is on from 20th –
23rd August 2014, however, the meeting on 20th August
2014 is still on. Everyone is encouraged to attend the convention, if not please attend the regular meeting.
We
would also like to call upon a volunteer for the TME role for the next Meeting
No. 396 on 20th August 2014. Dear members, let us be efficient and
effective, be the first to grab all the roles available for the next meeting!
Be prompt and make our next meeting an excellent one! Bye-bye!
