Our
theme for this meeting, “Power of Freedom” was indeed great! It was a heavy
rain and thunderstorm day again! The power to be really upset our meeting
agenda as four of our appointed role players were caught up somewhere but the
members present set themselves to take over all the necessary roles. Kudos, all
our members!
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| General Evaluator, Lai Yoong Hean, ACB, CL |
We warmly
welcome our General Evaluator, Lai Yoong Hean, ACB, CL from Sunway Toastmasters
Club. We also extend our welcome to Michael Wong, ACB, ALB and Jessica Tan from
Real Toastmasters Club. Thank you for being with us.
Our experienced
ASA, Obaidullah called the meeting to order in his usual clam and suave manner.
Well done, Obaid!
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| TME, Ken Koh, CC |
Second
time TME, Ken Koh, CC conducted the meeting efficiently. He not only related
the history of Toastmasters International but also inspired us with a Scottish
story with the theme, “Power of Freedom”. It was awesome, Ken!
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| President,
Jeannie, ACB |
President,
Jeannie, ACB admonished to use whatever power we have to do positive things in
moderation as too much or too little power will not bring the desired effects.
Well said, Jeannie!
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| Grammarian, Michael
Wong, ACB, ALB |
Michael
Wong, ACB, ALB was the Grammarian. He introduced the Word Of The Day, “Ability”
in line with the theme of the meeting, “Power of Freedom”. Great job, Michael!
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| PY
Wong, ACB |
PY
Wong, ACB was the invocator for this meeting and inspired us to be better
people and better citizens. Well said, PY!
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| Table Topics Master, Jeannie, ACB |
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| PY
Wong, ACB |
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
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| Tan Joke Boey |
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| Michael Wong, ACB, ALB |
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| Jessica
Tan |
We had
a very unique Table Topics session conducted by Jeannie, ACB with the current
popular topic of discussion on “petrol price hikes” viewed from different
perspectives.
All the
five plucky volunteers, PY Wong, ACB, SK Ratnam, DTM, Tan Joke Boey, Jessica
Tan and Michael Wong, ACB, ALB gave very informative and stirring impromptu
speeches of their relevant perspectives as a businessman, a housewife, a normal
consumer, a normal citizen and as the government respectively.
Well
done, all ‘speak off the cuff’ speakers!
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| Best Table Topics Speaker, SK Ratnam, DTM |
The
Best Table Topics Speaker went to SK Ratnam, DTM. Congratulations, SK!
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| Table Topics Evaluator, Obaidullah |
The
Table Topics Evaluator, Obaidullah was a very effective evaluator as he could
detect a strong point and also an area of improvement for each speaker within 5
minutes which was splendid. Remarkably well done, Obaid!
After
our break, we enjoyed four project speeches.
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The
first speaker, Tan Joke Boey |
The
first speaker, Tan Joke Boey did a speech from the Competent Communicative
Manual #3 titled, “Nothing is black or white”. It was about the beliefs and
struggles of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. She also compared them with the
present day struggles for freedom by the people in other countries. That was a great speech, Joke Boey!
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
Her
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was very moved by her speech and encouraged her to
keep it up. Thank you, SK!
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| The
second speaker, Jessica Tan |
The
second speaker, Jessica Tan, presented a speech from the Competent Communicative
Manual #4 titled, “Intimidating Challenge” about her exciting, thrilling and
awe-inspiring mountain hiking experiences. Bravo, Jessica!
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| Kwa
Ngan Eng, DTM |
Kwa
Ngan Eng, DTM, her evaluator gave a very comprehensive evaluation on her speech
and encouraged her to continue to excel. Thank you, Ngan Eng!
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| The
third speaker, Pun Yew Kee |
The
third speaker, Pun Yew Kee, did a speech from the Competent Communicative
Manual #7 titled, “The Silent Killer” on the risks, dangers and hazards of
cigarette smoking which all should abstain from. Thank you for your advice, Yew
Kee!
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| Michael Wong, ACB, ALB |
His
evaluator, Michael Wong, ACB, ALB, gave him a very heartening evaluation to
encourage him to improve further in his speech. Thank you, Michael!
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| The fourth
speaker, Jeannie, ACB |
The fourth
speaker, Jeannie, ACB presented a speech from Advance
Manual, Special Occasion Speech #2 titled, “Tribute to Lucy Maud Montgomery” which
was very touching, inspiring and uplifting. Well done, Jeannie!
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| PY Wong, ACB |
Her evaluator, PY Wong, ACB was
very pleased and satisfied with her speech and congratulated her on a speech
well done. Thank you, PY!
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| The Best Speaker, Jessica Tan |
The Best Speaker went to Jessica Tan!
Congratulations, Jessica!
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| Best Evaluator, Michael Wong, ACB, ALB |
And the Best Evaluator went to Michael Wong, ACB, ALB!
Congratulations, Michael!
First
time Ah Counter, Jessica Tan, was very attentive and provided a detailed and
accurate report on the word crutches used by the speakers during the meeting. Good
job, Jessica!
Michael
Wong, ACB, ALB was very focused and did a good job as a Grammarian. Great job, Michael!
Timekeeper,
Pun Yew Kee kept time accurately as shown by his report at the end of the meeting.
Timely job, Yew Kee!
Jeannie,
ACB, the Listening Evaluator picked up ten mind-boggling questions from the
speeches during the meeting in which only PY Wong, ACB could get five correct
answers whereas the others had less than five correct answers. Well done, Jeannie!
General
Evaluator, Lai Yoong Hean, ACB, CL was very observant and gave a very detailed
evaluation of all the role players, speakers, evaluators and the whole meeting.
Thank you, Yoong Hean!
President,
Jeannie, ACB closed the meeting by encouraging all members to continue to
strive towards not only their personal growth and successes but also the club
success as well! Thank you, Jeannie!
Goodnight
and see you at our next meeting on 5th November 2014!
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