EXTOL TOASTMASTERS CLUB Meeting No. 422 on 21 Oct 2015 at 7.15pm

It was a “Don’t worry, be happy” crowd who gathered with deep “gratitude” at this fruitful, eventful and successful meeting.

 

Sharanjit Kaur, CC

Firstly, we expressed our deepest “gratitude” to Sharanjit Kaur, CC, from REAL Toastmasters Club for her gracious presence as our General Evaluator for this meeting. Thank you, Sharan.

 

Area C3 Director, Wong Keng Lan, CC, CL

With heartfelt “gratitude”, we are deeply honoured for the presence of our Area C3 Director, Wong Keng Lan, CC, CL for gracing our meeting, too. Thank you, Keng Lan.

Jinson Siew, CC

 

Lee Yong Liang

Our sincere “gratitude” to our guests, Jinson Siew, CC from Summit Toastmasters Club, Lee Yong Liang, Nasra Abdullah, Suzzane Tham and Azham Zainal.  Thank you for being with us.

ASA, Tham Yen Lai

ASA, Tham Yen Lai promptly commenced the meeting at 7.15pm. Well done, Yen Lai!

President Ken Koh, ACB

President Ken Koh, ACB, in his opening address, revealed how superstar, Jacky Chan always chanted, “Don’t worry, be happy” despite all the ups and downs in both his personal life and career and this was one person we should emulate, to express “gratitude” no matter what happened in our lives . Well said, Ken!

TME, Mok Pei San, CC

TME, Mok Pei San, CC, coolly, calmly and composedly conducted the whole meeting in her usual efficient, effective and excellent manner. Fantastic job, San!

Invocation presenter, Jeannie, ACS, ALB

Invocation presenter, Jeannie, ACS, ALB inspired us with “Don’t worry, be happy” incidents, to wake up each morning to enjoy another joyous, meaningful and eventful day with deep “gratitude”. Thank you, Jeannie!

 

Table Topics Master, Lee Yong Liang

Table Topics Master, Lee Yong Liang, presented topics in numbering sequence on the screen for the plucky volunteers to choose from. Innovative method, Yong Liang!

First volunteer, Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL

First volunteer, Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL attempted, “Quit that job that makes you unhappy” with his working days story and how he overcame his worries and ultimately felt deep “gratitude” towards his ex-boss who forced him to quit his miserable job. Incredible speech, Yew Kee!

Second volunteer, Jinson Siew, CC

Second volunteer, Jinson Siew, CC attempted the bonus topic, “There is no rainbow, if there is no rain” magnificently well about how we could succeed only after overcoming all obstacles in our path. Astounding speech, Jinson!

Third volunteer, SK Ratnam, DTM

Third volunteer, SK Ratnam, DTM attempted “Stop searching, happiness is right next to you” by proclaiming that happiness was actually within him and not beside him.  Marvelous speech, SK!

Fourth volunteer, Nasra Abdullah

Fourth volunteer, Nasra Abdullah attempted “Can money buy happiness?’ by affirming that although money was essential, it was not the all-important item to beget happiness. Remarkable speech, Nasra!

 

Fifth and final volunteer, Ken Koh, ACB

Fifth and final volunteer, Ken Koh, ACB attempted “Happy people are not thankful, thankful people are not happy” stressed that whether happy or unhappy, we must remain thankful as all good things would come our way when we expressed “gratitude”  for whatever we had. Wonderful speech, Ken!

A big round of applause to all the five courageous volunteers who motivated us to “Don’t worry, be happy” and have deep-felt “gratitude” for everything in our lives! 

From L:   Ken Koh, ACB,      SK Ratnam, DTM,    Mok Pei San, CC

And the best Table Topics Speaker went to SK Ratnam, DTM. Congratulations, SK!

 

Humour Master, Jinson Siew, CC

Humour Master, Jinson Siew, CC entertained us with his comical, hilarious yet harrowing drowning experience while holidaying in Pulau Redang which set off guffaws of laughter.  You are a comedian in the making, Jinson!

Table Topics Evaluator, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM

Table Topics Evaluator, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM gave succinct, positive and valuable feedback for all the five voluntary speakers. Thank you, Ngan Eng!

First prepared speech speaker, Tham Yen Lai

First prepared speech speaker, Tham Yen Lai expressed how she was astounded, astonished and amazed by the children in her life in her CC#5 speech, titled ”Amazing kids”.

Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL

Her evaluator, Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL was pleased that she had utilized sufficient body gestures as required for her speech. Thank you, Yew Kee!

Ken Koh, ACB

Second prepared speech speaker, Ken Koh, ACB entertained us with a few exciting episodes from “The Lord of the Ring” for his AM#4 from Specialty Speeches, Read out loud.

 

Wong Keng Lan, CC, CL

His evaluator, Wong Keng Lan, CC, CL was mesmerized with his speech which would be enhanced if it was a longer speech.  Thank you, Keng Lan!

 

Jeannie, ACS, ALB

Third prepared speech speaker, Jeannie, ACS, ALB narrated her encounters with both Toastmasters and non-Toastmasters in her HPL speech, titled “To charter Teluk Pulai Club”.

SK Ratnam, DTM

Her evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was contented with the lessons she had learnt during her leadership experience. Thank you, SK!

 

SK Ratnam, DTM

There was no voting for Best Speaker as all speakers were time disqualified, while the Best Evaluator was SK Ratnam, DTM! Congratulations again, SK!

Grammarian, Sam Koh

Grammarian, Sam Koh presented a detailed report on the usage of words and sentences during the meeting. Great job, Sam!

 

Listening Evaluator, Ken Koh, ACB

Listening Evaluator, Ken Koh, ACB gave ten apparently simple questions which was quite misleading, therefore there was no Best Listener for this meeting as nobody got at least eight correct answers.  Well done, Ken! 

 

Ah Counter, Muhammad Akmal

Ah Counter, Muhammad Akmal gave his report on all the speakers who uttered “pause fillers” during the meeting. Great listening skills, Akmal!

 

Nicholas Khoo

Nicholas Khoo presented a meticulous timing report of the whole meeting. Timely job, Nick!

 

From L:   Ken Koh, ACB,    Sharanjit Kaur, CC,    Mok Pei San, CC

General Evaluator, Sharanjit Kaur, CC was awed with our smooth-running meeting proceedings and positive, enthusiastic members and guests. Thank you, Sharan! 

 

President Ken Koh, ACB made the following announcements at the end of the meeting:

1. He announced that he is organizing a membership campaign for meetings in the months of November and December 2015, encouraging all members to bring a guest each to the meeting and when the guest becomes a member, the member who brought the guest will receive a gift.

2. He announced that our club will be conducting a “Youth Leadership Program” from 4th – 6th December, 2015 from 9.00am to 5.00pm. He encouraged all members to help recruit youths from the ages of 12-17+ to register for the programme and encourage the members to help out during the three days programme.

Goodnight! Our next meeting is on 4th November 2015! See you then!

EXTOL TOASTMASTERS CLUB Meeting No. 421 on 07 Oct 2015 at 7.15pm

Profound thoughts, perceptions and beliefs that “hope is a tree of life” was “appreciated”, observed and shared at this wonderful meeting where we gave a standing ovation to Mok Pei San, our second Competent Communicator achiever for this term. 

Serena Kong, ACB from Money-Mastery (KL) Toastmasters Club was honorably “appreciated” for her presence as our General Evaluator for this meeting. Thank you for being with us, Serena.

 

From L:  Vitor Ong, DTM,   Jinson Siew, CC,   Joanne Kuek,    Dr Ravi

We gladly “appreciated” our guests, Jinson Siew, CC from Summit Toastmasters Club and Victor Ong, DTM from Sunway University Toastmasters Club, etc, etc, etc, etc.  Thank you for your attendance.

 

From L:  Dr Ravi,   Muhammad Akmal,    Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM,   Victor Guijo,    Mok Pei San,CC,   Tham Yen Lai

ASA, Muhammad Akmal punctually called the meeting to order at 7.15pm. Well done, Akmal!

President Ken Koh, ACB

President Ken Koh, ACB in his opening address, envisaged that “hope is a tree of life” when we were grateful and “appreciated” everything and everybody in our lives. Well said, Ken!

TME, Jeannie ACS, ALB vibrantly energised the whole meeting with appreciation and hope like a tree of life. You are awesome, Jeannie!

 

Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL

Invocation presenter, Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL reminded all to be constantly pleasant, “appreciative” and humble in all our dealings with others regardless of rank, race and religion. Thank you, Yew Kee!

Table Topics Master, Tham Yen Lai

Table Topics Master, Tham Yen Lai, offered topics with only a single word which magnetized five plucky volunteers. You are amazing, Yen Lai!

 

Victor Guijo

Victor Guijo promptly started the ball rolling with the topic, “Wealthy” by explaining that wealth was not merely tangible but also intangible like happiness, kindness, helpfulness and “appreciation”. We concur with you, Victor!

Jinson Siew, CC

Jinson Siew, CC immediately outlined all the essentials that we must perform to achieve “DTM” status in our Toastmasters journey, in his topic, “Aim”.  We shall heed your words, Jinson!

Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM

Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM reminded all to eat, sleep, work and exercise appropriately in order to “appreciate” health, in her topic, “Healthy”.  We shall emulate all that, Ngan Eng!

Alan Fung

Alan Fung instantly reiterated that although being fast, fuming and furious like an arrow might hit the target but preparation, planning and proper decision-making will ensure eventual continuous success, in his topic, “Target”.

 

Ken Koh, ACB

Finally, Ken Koh, ACB recounted how “Success” was the sweetest victory when we had pushed ourselves to the limit to achieve our goals.

Thank you, all five valiant volunteers! Your speeches truly demonstrated that “hope is a tree of life” and we “appreciated” that from the deepest recesses of our hearts. 

From L:   Ken Koh, ACB,    Alan Fung,     Jeannie, ACS, ALB

And the best Table Topics Speaker went to Alan Fung. Congratulations, Alan!

Humour Master, SK Ratnam, DTM

Humour Master, SK Ratnam, DTM gave various quotations from people of all walks of life as to “Why the chicken cross the road?”  You never ceased to humour us, SK!

Shirley Bak, DTM

Table Topics Evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM provided very encouraging, constructive and beneficial feedback for all the five courageous speakers. Thank you, Shirley!

Joanne Kuek

First speaker, Joanne Kuek advocated how we could “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” in every aspect of our lives in her informative CC#3 speech, titled” Solid waste management” and how we could implement them in our lives.

 

Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL

Her evaluator, Pun Yew Kee, CC, CL was satisfied with her well-researched, organised and informative speech. Thank you, Yew Kee!

Nicholas Khoo

Second speaker, Nicholas Khoo acknowledged the importance of both the “Arts and Science Streams” in his CC#4 speech, for he was in the science stream while in secondary school but in the Arts stream in university which helped him to be an all-rounder and had propelled him towards his future career in book-writing on political issues. 

 

Shirley Bak, DTM

His evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM praised him for his “eye-opening” speech which broke all taboos concerning a fixed idea, however she hoped he had used at least one rhetorical device in his speech. Thank you, Shirley!

Dr Ravichandran

Third speaker, Dr Ravichandran encouraged all to chant, recite and reverberate “I choose, I can, I will, I am” for whatever we wished for until its realization, in his CC#7 speech  titled, “Self talk and why it matters”.

Alan Fung

His evaluator, Alan Fung observed that his speech was well-researched not in large quantity of data, figures and statistics but in the depth of reasonings, reckonings and intense thoughts. Thank you, Alan!

 

Mok Pei San, CC

Fourth and final speaker, Mok Pei San, in her CC#10, entitled, “Everyone needs a good mentor”, revealed the magnitude of mentoring she received since childhood which helped her all the way until she achieved her ambition as a successful career lady. 

 

Ken Koh, ACB

Her evaluator, Ken Koh, ACB was inspired by her brilliant speech and acquiesced the significance of having a good mentor. Thank you, Ken!

 

From L:   Ken Koh, ACB,    Mok Pei San, CC,     Jeannie, ACS, ALB

From L:   Ken Koh, ACB,    Alan Fung,     Jeannie, ACS, ALB

The Best Speaker was Mok Pei San and the Best Evaluator was Alan Fung! Congratulations, San and Alan!

 

Ah Counter, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM

Ah Counter, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM presented a concise report on “word crutches” used by the speakers during the meeting. Thank you, Ngan Eng!

 

Grammarian, SK Ratnam, DTM

Grammarian, SK Ratnam, DTM presented a succinct and accurate report on positive, creative and wrongful usage of words and sentences during the meeting. Great job, SK!

 

Timer, Victor Ong, DTM

Timer, Victor Ong, DTM presented a thorough timing report of the meeting. Kudos, Victor!

 

Listening Evaluator, Victor Guijo

Listening Evaluator, Victor Guijo gave ten seemingly easy questions extracted from the speeches, however nobody got at least eight correct answers, therefore nobody was awarded the Best Listener.  Well done, Victor! 

 

General Evaluator, Serena Kong, ACB

General Evaluator, Serena Kong, ACB was very happy with all and sundry from the time she stepped into the meeting venue until the end of the meeting. Thank you, Serena! 

 

President Ken Koh, ACB

President Ken Koh, ACB made four announcements at the end of the meeting:

1. He encouraged all our club members to go and support our double Champion, Alan Fung at the Division C Humourous & Evaluation Speech Contests on 11th October 2015 at 12noon to be held in IICS Toastmaster Club, Subang Jaya.

2. He announced that our current Vice President Education, SH Sheffa Mashuri  is facing health problems, therefore Nicholas Khoo is nominated as Vice President Education for our club which received unanimous support.

 

Ken Koh, ACB & Nicholas Khoo

3. He announced that he is organizing a membership campaign for meetings in the months of November and December 2015, encouraging all members to bring a guest each to the meeting and when the guest becomes a member, the member who brought the guest will receive a gift.

4. He announced that our club will be conducting a “Youth Leadership Program” from 4th – 5th December, 2015 from 9.00am to 5.00pm. He encouraged all members to help recruit youths from the ages of 12-17+ to register for the programme and encourage the members to help out during the three days programme.

See you at our next meeting on 21st October 2015! Drive safely home!