This was
a warm pre-Hari Raya meeting “fulfilling our lives” and helped our club members
to “actualize” their greatest potential.
Firstly,
we warmly welcome Ramdas Nayar, DTM from MIM PJ Toastmasters Club, the General
Evaluator for this meeting.
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| Ramdas Nayar, DTM |
We also
extended our warmest welcome to our guests Ricky Soo, CC and Eddy Tan from MAD
Toastmasters Club and Jerrie Yeap from Subang Toastmasters Club who also played
various roles in our meeting.
ASA, Alan
Fung started the ball rolling at 7.15pm. Well done, Alan!
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| ASA, Alan Fung |
In his
opening address, President, Ken Koh, ACB, shared with us how to “fulfill our
lives” and “actualize” our dreams to reach our goals. That was revitalizing, Ken!
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| President, Ken Koh, ACB |
The
whole meeting was very well managed by TME, Pei San, in line with the theme of
this term, “Encourage, Enrich, Empower”. Bravo, San!
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| TME, Pei San |
Invocator,
Alan Fung shared with us an inspiring quote from Eric Jason Thomas and an anecdote
about the importance of the desire for success, if equivalent to the desire to
live, our success would be assured. Very deep yet practical, Alan!
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| Invocator, Alan Fung |
Table
Topics Master, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM magnified the Theme of the meeting, “fulfilling
your life” and the Word of the Day, “actualize” in all her topics for this
session. Well done, Ngan Eng!
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| Table Topics Master, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM |
First
volunteer, Eddy Tan lamented that he was haunted by thoughts of food till he
was insomniac and his eagerness to grab for food upon waking each morning as
fulfillment of his dreams.
Second
volunteer, Ricky Soo, CC related how from an introvert, he became a pioneer of
book-sharing activities knowing the importance of fulfilling others’ needs and
contributing to bigger things in life.
Third
volunteer, Jerrie Yeap expressed that being rich or poor was not important as
long as we were persistent, committed and diligent, all our dreams will soon be
fulfilled.
Fourth
volunteer, Pun Yew Kee, CC, was totally immersed in his humorous stories that
he was at a loss during his speech which tickled all our funny bones.
A big,
round of applause to all these courageous, voluntary speakers!
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Ricky Soo, CC. Congratulations, Ricky!
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| From L: Ken Koh, ACB, Ricky Soo, CC, Pei San |
Humour Master,
Pun Yew Kee, CC entertained us with “Mohamad in England” and the “priest and
Nun” stories. You are on the brink to be
a humour master soon, Yew Kee!
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| Humour Master, Pun Yew Kee, CC |
Table
Topics Evaluator, Jeannie, ACS, ALB provided very light-hearted and encouraging
evaluations of all the spontaneous speeches.
For the
project speech session, first speaker Nicholas Khoo emphasized on the study of
anthropology for cooperation in our plethora of culture, race and tradition in order
to “fulfill our lives” and “actualize” our goals in his CC#3 speech titled, “Anthropology - For a better humankind”. Great speech, Nicholas!!
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| First speaker Nicholas Khoo |
His
evaluator, Ken Koh, ACB was bowled over with his well-prepared and
well-researched speech. Thank you, Ken!
Second
speaker, Dr. Ravi in his CC # 6 speech titled, “For a strong willpower” highlighted
the benefits of strong willpower with three life examples and reiterated that
“we are what we think we are” and “what we think we are, we will become”. That
was powerfully inspiring, Ravi!
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| Second speaker, Dr. Ravi |
His
evaluator, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM was immensely impressed with his motivating speech.
Thank you, Ngan Eng!
Final speaker,
PY Wong, ACB conducted “The Toastmasters Education Program“ from “The
Successful Club Series” efficiently and earned himself the Advanced
Communicator Silver award. Congratulations, PY!
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Final speaker,
PY Wong, ACB
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He was
evaluated by Jeannie, ACS, ALB. Thank you, Jeannie!
There
was no voting for Best Speaker and Best Evaluator as there were only two
project speeches.
Ah
Counter, Jerrie Yeap reported all the speech crutches used during the meeting which
increased our club’s funds. Thank you, Jerrie!
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| Ah Counter, Jerrie Yeap |
Grammarian,
Ricky Soo, CC enumerated all the good, creative and wrongful usage of words and
sentences during the meeting. Outstanding job, Ricky!
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| Grammarian, Ricky Soo, CC |
Eddy
Tan timed and presented a meticulous report of the whole meeting. Kudos, Eddy!
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| From L: Eddy Tan |
Listening
Evaluator, Joanne Quek produced ten apparently difficult questions but PY Wong,
ACB got nine correct answers, and was awarded the Best Listener. Stupendous, Joanne! Congratulations, PY!
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| From L: Ken Koh, ACB, PY Wong, ACS, Pei San |
General
Evaluator, Ramdas Nayar, DTM, was very happy with all the role players and
speakers who worked diligently to ensure a fulfilling and successful meeting. Thank
you, Ramdas!
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| From L: Ken Koh, ACB, Ramdas Nayar, DTM, Pei San |
For his
closing address, President Ken Koh, ACB shared with us how forgetting the
selfish “me” and focusing on “we” to “fulfilling our lives” and to “actualize”
our objectives in life.
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| President Ken Koh, ACB |
He reminded
us that our Club Officers’ Installation Night will be held on 1st August 2015
at 6.30pm at Bliss 33 Café, No. 31-33, Jalan USJ 2/2C, 47600 Subang Jaya.
He also
informed us all that our club Humourous & Evaluation Speech Contests will
be held on 5th August 2015 and invited all the club members to participate in
the event either as contestants or role players.
Humourous & Evaluation Speech Contests
Have a
safe journey home and see you at our installation night on 1st August 2015!
