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.
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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”.
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| 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.
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| From L: Ken Koh, ACB, Alan Fung, Jeannie, ACS, ALB |
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Alan Fung. Congratulations, Alan!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| 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”.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| From L: Ken Koh, ACB, Mok Pei San, CC, Jeannie, ACS, ALB |
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| Timer, Victor Ong, DTM |
Timer, Victor
Ong, DTM presented a thorough timing report of the meeting. Kudos, Victor!
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| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| 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!
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