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| From L: Pei San, Shirley, DTM, Alan Fung, Joanne Kuek, Mohmmad Muslim, Vladimiro |
This
was one of the most record-breaking meeting we ever had. We had two Ice Breaker
speeches and a CC#10 speech, therefore we experienced THREE standing ovations. Bravo,
our dedicated club members had proven themselves to “be a leader” with
self-“motivation”.
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| General Evaluator, Justin Ong, CC |
We also
thanked our General Evaluator, Justin Ong, CC from MII Toastmasters Club, G1
Area Governor who arrived bright and early and assisted in loading the food and
beverage. Thank you Justin, you are really a leader by example!
Many thanks
to our frequent guest, Edwin, formerly with AFC Toastmasters Club and Vladimiro
for being with us!
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| ASA, Mohmmad Muslim |
ASA,
Mohmmad Muslim called the meeting to order at 7.19pm, simultaneously boosted
everybody’s spirits in his welcome call. Kudos, Muslim!
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| President, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
President,
Jeannie, ACS, CL, in her opening address remarked that it was not easy to be a
Toastmaster neither was it easy to be a non-Toastmaster, therefore it would be
better to be a Toastmaster, as being a Toastmaster, at least we would have a
great learning experience. We agree with you, Jeannie!
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| TME, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM |
TME, Kwa
Ngan Eng, DTM, effectively, efficiently and excellently conducted the meeting
as expected. Well done, Ngan Eng!
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| From L: Sam Koh, Nicholas Khoo, Justin Ong, CC, Karren Lim, Irene Han |
Invocator,
Nicholas Khoo related his experience in Melbourne when he was asked what it
took to “be a leader” and a politician and he discovered that confidence,
“motivation”, conviction and humility are the important attributes. Thank you
for your stirring invocation, Nicholas!
The
Table Topics and Humour sessions were cancelled to accommodate our Annual
General Meeting.
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| From L: Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Jeannie, ACS, CL, Pun Yew Kee, CC, Tham Yen Lai, PY Wong, ACB, Sam Koh, Nicholas Khoo |
Tham
Yen Lai presented CC#1 titled, “Journey to success” by reminiscing on how she
overcame hardship in her life by adopting a positive outlook and emulating the
greats like “Nelson Mandela”, “Lee Kuan Yew”, “Mahathir” and “Samy Vellu” as
advised by her father. Wonderful speech, Yen Lai!
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| From L: Pei San, Shirley, DTM, Alan Fung, Ravi |
Her
evaluator, Ravi praised her good, loving, positive attitude which were
excellent benchmarks to what she is today. Thank you, Ravi!
Second
speaker, Irene Han also did CC#1 titled, “Pursuing your passion” by explaining
how she finally landed in her chosen career against her father’s wishes. We applaud
your determination, Irene!
Her
evaluator, Pei San was very happy with her thought-provoking Ice breaker speech
. Thank you, Pei San!
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Pun Yew
Kee, CC
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Pun Yew
Kee revealed all the inspiring people that motivated him in his Toastmaster
journey in his CC#10 titled ”I finally achieve my goal”. Certainly very
inspiring, Yew Kee! Congratulations on achieving your CC, too!!
His
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was amazed and totally satisfied with his speech
which met all the objectives. Thank you,
SK!
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| From L: Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Irene Han, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
The
Best Speaker was Irene Han. Congratulations, Irene!
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| From L: Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Pei San, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
And the
Best Evaluator was Pei San. Congratulations, San!
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| From L: Shirley, DTM, Alan Fung, |
Ah
Counter, Alan Fung very efficiently reported all the word crutches used during
the entire meeting which resulted in extra funds for the club. Thank you, Alan!
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| From L: Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Jeannie, ACS, CL, Pun Yew Kee, CC, Tham Yen Lai, PY Wong, ACB, Sam Koh, Nicholas Khoo |
Grammarian,
Sam Koh remarkably reported on all who used the “Word Of The Day” and all the
wrongful and creative usage of words and sentences during the meeting. You are
awesome, Sam!
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| Timer, Joanne Kuek |
Timer, Joanne
Kuek meticulously presented the accurate timings for each session of the whole
meeting! Splendid job, Joanne!
Karren
Lim, the Listening Evaluator picked ten interesting questions and there were
three members who got eight all correct answers and were awarded the Best
Listeners. Terrific job, Karren!
Congratulations,
Ngan Eng, Joanne Kuek and Irene Han!
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| From L: Nicholas Khoo, Justin Ong, CC, Karren Lim, Irene Han, Pei San |
General
Evaluator, Justin Ong, CC, gave some pointers to our Invocator, stressed on
punctuality for commencement of our meeting and placement of the timing device
and he looked forward to visit our Club again soon. Thank you, Justin, we
welcome your presence anytime, too!
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| Irene Han, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
President Jeannie, ACS, CL presented a
token to Irene Han for bringing her daughter, Alicia Leong to the meeting who joined
our club as a member in April this year. Well done, Irene!
In
closing, President Jeannie, ACS, CL reinforced the importance of having the
right “motivation” as a Toastmaster to “be a leader”. She also reminded that G. Sivalingam, DTM
will be giving an Evaluation Talk at our next meeting and encouraged all to be
present to benefit from his Evaluation tips.
After a
group photo session, we had our club Annual General Meeting and the following
were voted in as Club Officers for the term 2015-2016. Congratulations,
incoming Club Officers!
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| From L: Ravi, Pun Yew Kee,CC, Jeannie, ACS, CL, Tham Yen Lai, Sam Koh |
President: Ken Koh, ACB
Vice President Education: Sheffa Mashuri
Vice President Membership: Sam Koh
Vice President Public Relations:
Jeannie, ACS, CL
Treasurer: Pun Yew Kee, CC
Secretary: Dr Ravi
Sergeant-At-Arms: Tham Yen Lai
Committee Members:
SK Ratnam, DTM
Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM
PY Wong, ACB
Mok Pei San
Joanne Kuek
Nicholas Khoo
Advisor: Shirley Bak, DTM
That
was indeed a fruitful and well-satisfying meeting, with that, goodnight.
Our
next meeting is on 03 June 2015! See you then!!
