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| Standing: From left: Pun Yew Kee, Sunny, Michael, ACB, CL, Dr. Alvin, ACS, Ken Koh, ACB, Jeannie, ACS, Sa, Irene, Ravi, Pei San, Loh Jian Kit, SK Ratnam, DTM. Front: from left: Karren Lim, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Shirley Bak, DTM |
For our
first regular meeting in the year 2015, we had “endurance” as the Word of the
Day in line with our theme, “Never give up, always persevere”. This is the New
Year resolution for our club.
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| General Evaluator, Loh Jian Kit |
We gladly
and warmly welcomed Loh Jian Kit from Sunway Toastmasters Club as our General
Evaluator. Thank you, Jian Kit for gracing our meeting.
We also
welcomed our guests, Sam, Ravi, Sunny and Irene for being with us. Both Sam and
Ravi joined our club after the meeting. Welcome, Sam and Ravi to our happy
Extol TMC family!
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| ASA, Ken Koh, ACB |
The
meeting was called to order by ASA, Ken Koh, ACB at 7.20pm as some role players
were delayed by the heavy downpour. Well done, Ken!
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| TME, Pun Yew Kee |
TME,
Pun Yew Kee, conducted the whole meeting in his most efficient and effective manner.
Excellent management skills, Yew Kee!
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| President, Jeannie, ACS |
President,
Jeannie, ACS boosted the spirits of all who were present, to always exercise
endurance, never give up and persevere even when faced with daunting obstacles,
unrelenting struggles and persistent problems. Well said, Jeannie!
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| Dr. Alvin Teoh, ACS |
Grammarian
and Listening Evaluator, Dr. Alvin Teoh, ACS introduced the Word Of The Day, “Endurance”
and also explained his role as a Listening Evaluator. Thank you for taking on two
roles excellently well, Dr. Alvin!
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| Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM |
The
invocator, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM inspired us with her life story, how she endured
and persevered in the face of disheartening situations and triumphed in the
end. We were greatly inspired by you, Ngan Eng!
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| Ken Koh, ACB |
Table
Topics Master, Ken Koh, ACB conducted a very interactive, invigorating and
interesting session reiterating on the Word of the Day “Endurance” and Theme of
the meeting, “ Never give up, always persevere”
His topics ranged from whether Is
learning painful?” attempted by Jeannie, ACS, “Do successful people failed many
times?” by Ravi, “Which person continue persevering in the face of obstacles?”
by SK Ratnam, DTM, “Do disabled people inspire abled people?” by Loh Jian Kit
and “Is perseverance a sign of hope?” by Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM. Well done, Ken!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Ravi, Jeannie, ACS |
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Ravi. Congratulations, Ravi!
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
Humour
Master, SK Ratnam, DTM tickled our funny bones with four hilarious stories, one
about four guys daring each other to jump from the Empire State building, the
second about a boy who constantly lied to his parents, the third about two men
who tricked a priest to drown in a river and the last about a tricky man who was
celebrating his fortieth wedding anniversary. You are a great joker, SK!
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| Shirley Bak, DTM |
Shirley
Bak, DTM, the Table Topics Evaluator did a great job evaluating all the five
brave spontaneous speakers. Awesome job, Shirley!
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| Pei San |
Pei San
presented CC#4 titled, “How to boost our confidence with body language” outlining
six tips which not only helped enhance our outward appearance, improve our body
posture and our health as well!. Impressive speech, San!
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| Shirley Bak, DTM |
Shirley Bak,
DTM, her evaluator, stated that her speech incorporated rhetorical devises and
creative words and was very well done. Thank you, Shirley!
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| Ken Koh, ACB |
Next, Ken
Koh, ACB did an Advance Manual speech from Storytelling #2 titled, “Dare to be
champion”, which highlighted the goals we need to overcome to reach eventual
success! Well said, Ken!
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
His
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was happy with his speech which met the speech objectives.
Thank you, SK!
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| Jeannie, ACS |
Final
speaker, Jeannie, ACS presented Special Occasion Speech #5,”Accepting an Award” titled, “I am honoured”. The setting was when
Jeannie, ACS received the Toastmasters of the Year award for the term
2013-2014. She related how and why she joined Toastmasters which led to her
receipt of the Toastmasters of the Year award. A very sincere and gratifying
speech, Jeannie!
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| Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM |
Evaluator,
Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM was impressed with the speech which was very insightful and
met all the speech objectives, too. Thank you, Ngan Eng!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Pei San, Jeannie, ACS |
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Jeannie, ACS |
The Best Speaker was Pei San and the Best
Evaluator was Kwa
Ngan Eng, DTM. Congratulations, San and Ngan Eng!
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| Michael Wong, ACB, CL |
Michael
Wong, ACB, CL from REAL Toastmasters Club took up double roles as Ah Counter
and Timer efficiently. Welll done, Michael!
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| Dr. Alvin Teoh, ACS |
Dr.
Alvin Teoh, ACS from Sunway Toastmasters Club, the Listening Evaluator picked
ten very straight-forward questions. Marvellous
job, Dr. Alvin!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Shirley Bak, DTM, SK Ratnam, DTM, Jeannie, ACS |
Incredibly
for the first time in Extol Toastmasters Club history, both SK Ratnam, DTM and
Shirley Bak, DTM both scored nine points and both were awarded the Best
Listener awards.
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| General Evaluator, Loh Jian Kit |
General
Evaluator, Loh Jian Kit was awed by the warm welcome from the members and the
professional proceedings of the meeting and he professed that he had learnt a
lot from the meeting. Thank you, Jian Kit, and we welcome you to our meetings again!
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| President, Jeannie, ACS |
In
closing, President, Jeannie, ACS announced that Ken Chan, DTM from
Money-Mastery KL Toastmasters Club will be delivering an educational talk from
the Better Speaker Series, “Conquering your fear” which will be very
informative, enlightening and helpful for all to overcome their public speaking
phobia.
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| Ken Chan, DTM |
All are
invited to attend his stimulating speech which will help us to be efficient,
effective and excellent
Area C5 International Speech
and Table Topics Contests
at 12noon on 7th Feb 2015
Wisma IJM, Jalan Yong Shook
Lin, Petaling Jaya
President
Jeannie, ACS also announced that the Area C5 International Speech and Table
Topics Contests will be held on 7 February 2015 at Wisma IJM, Jalan Yong Shook
Lin, Petaling Jaya at 12.00noon. All
club members, do go and support our club champions!
With
this, goodnight and see you at our next meeting on 4th February 2015!
