All our
efficient club members enjoyed an effectively experiential meeting and we learnt
so much from excellent speeches on challenges, silence, fate and destiny from our
proficient speakers. Well
done, dear happy club members and guests!
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| Gerard Peter, ACS, CL |
Our immense
gratitude to Gerard Peter, ACS, CL from WIM Toastmasters Club, the General
Evaluator for this meeting. Thank you, Gerard for gracing our meeting!
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| From L: Jeannie, James, Sook Hwa, Pei San |
We also
thanked our guests, Sook Hwa from IJM Toastmasters Club, James Chee from
University Nottingham Toastmasters Club, Srinivas and Ricky Soo from MAD
Toastmasters Club for their attendance.
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| From L: Sam Koh, Joke Boey, Nicholas Khoo, Ken Koh, ACB, Pun Yew Kee |
ASA, Nicholas
Khoo called the meeting to order at 7.14pm. Well done, Nicholas!
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| TME, SK Ratnam, DTM |
TME, SK
Ratnam, DTM recollected the challenges faced by our club from an in-house club
to its present community club status and thereafter managed the meeting
efficiently. Brilliant job, SK!
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| President, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
President,
Jeannie, ACS, CL exemplified the theme, “Life is the sum of all our experiences”
by illustrating that life is a journey full of experiences of our likes and
dislikes and to leave a positive legacy. Thank you, Jeannie!
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| Invocator, Ken Koh, ACB |
Invocator,
Ken Koh, ACB enlightened us on our fate and destiny which he revealed are held
within the uniqueness of our finger prints. Thank you, Ken!
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| Table Topics Master, Tan Joke Boey |
Table
Topics Master, Tan Joke Boey emphasized the Word Of The Day, “Challenge” in her
Table Topics session that enabled all impromptu speakers to utilize the word in
their speeches. Well done, Joke Boey!
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| James Chee |
James
Chee took on the challenge to narrate on the stressful times he faced during his
primary school years when he was pressured by his parents to excel in his
studies. Looking back now, he appreciated the pressures from his parents.
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| From L: Ravi, Gerard Peter, ACS, CL, , Srinivas, Ricky Soo, Sam Koh |
Srinivas
compared the challenges faced by college students in India and Malaysia and
stated that students in India had a tougher time as the minimum objective for
them was a Masters degree.
Ricky
Soo informed that the challenges he faced today is firstly, losing weight and
secondly but not least was the formation of his club, MAD Toastmasters Club over
a period of six months which was so challenging but ultimately the club was
chartered two months ago.
Ravi
discussed about the challenges that he faced at work, how he overcame them and currently,
he was able to enjoy both his work and family life.
Nicholas
Khoo revealed that he was currently assisting a politician and he aspired to be
a politician in ten years time.
A big
round of applause to all the five gutsy volunteers!
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| From L: SK Ratnam, DTM, Srinivas, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Srinivas. Congratulations, Srinivas!
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| Humour Master, James Chee |
Humour
Master, James Chee set everybody laughing on an anecdote about how he won the
heart of his girlfriend in school. You are a humorist, James!
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| Table Topics Evaluator, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
Table
Topics Evaluator, Jeannie, ACS, CL was very encouraging on her evaluations of all
the five spontaneous speakers. You are a great motivator, Jeannie!
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| From L: SK Ratnam, DTM, Ravi, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
Ravi
presented CC#2 titled, “Change your mental iPod” which reminded us of the
importance of silence in this rambunctious, chaotic and noisy world that was so
illuminating. Fantastic speech, Ravi!
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| Jeannie, ACS, CL |
His
evaluator, Jeannie, ACS, CL was mesmerized with his magnificent speech but she
hoped that in future Ravi show a bigger display of his visual aid or pinned the
A4 paper on the wall for the audience to read. Thank you, Jeannie!
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| Tan Joke Boey |
Second
speaker, Tan Joke Boey presented CC#4 titled, “Happier at work”, whereby she
discussed how she overcame many challenges at work and resulted in eventually
enjoying her work. A very practical speech, Joke Boey!
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| Shirley Bak, DTM |
Her
evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM was happy with her speech delivery but hoped that
she had employed some rhetorical devices to complete the speech objectives.
Thank you, Shirley!
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| Pei San |
Pei San
presented CC#6 titled ”Harsh truths to
improve your life” which summated three harsh truths that we must challenge and
overcome in order to improve our lives. Very informative speech, San!
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
Her
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was happy with her fluent, well-prepared and
smoothly-delivered speech although he hoped that she had chosen a storytelling approach
to challenge her vocal variety objectives. Thank you, SK!
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| From L: SK Ratnam, DTM, Ravi, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
And the
Best Speaker went to Ravi! Congratulations, Ravi!
As Jeannie,
ACS, CL went overtime and only two speech evaluations were delivered within the
allocated time frame, therefore there was no voting for best evaluators.
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| From L: Joke Boey, Nicholas Khoo, Ken Koh, ACB, Pun Yew Kee |
Ah
Counter, Samuel Koh reported on all the speakers who used and did not use word
crutches during the entire meeting. Well done, Sam!
Grammarian,
Sook Hwa mentioned that many used the Word Of The Day, therefore the word is no
longer challenging. She indicated all the wrongful and creative usage of words
and sentences and also wrong pronunciation of words by the speakers. Excellent
job, Sook Hwa!
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| From L: Sam Koh, Joke Boey, Nicholas Khoo, Ken Koh, ACB, Pun Yew Kee |
Timer, Ken
Koh, ACB gave a meticulous report on the timing of the whole meeting! Kudos, Ken!
Pun Yew
Kee, the Listening Evaluator gave six very tough questions but amazingly Ravi
got four correct answers and received the Best Listening award. Awesome job, Yew Kee and congratulations, Ravi!
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| From L: SK Ratnam, DTM, Gerard Peter, ACS, CL, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
General
Evaluator, Gerard Peter, ACS, CL said that he noticed that not only he but
everybody else were also welcomed warmly upon arrival and he enjoyed the
meeting very much. However, he hoped that there were some Advance speeches
instead of only CC speeches at our meeting to allow the new members to
experience higher level speeches. Thank you, Gerard, your comments are noted and
we look forward to your visit again.
Division C International
Speech and Table Topics Contests
In
closing, President Jeannie, ACS reminded that the Division C International
Speech and Table Topics Contests will be held on 12 April 2015 at MIDA, KL
Sentral at 12.00noon. Everybody was
encouraged to go and watch the Area champions in action to experience higher
level speeches!
See you
again on 01 April 2015! Good night!
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