We had
a fabulous “Chap Goh Meh” eve meeting and we enjoyed ourselves very much with
the delicious cake brought by Irene Han. Thank you, Irene.
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| Delicious cake from Irene Han |
Our
heartfelt thanks to C P Lau, ACB, ALB from Money Mastery KL Toastmasters Club,
the General Evaluator of this meeting. Thank you, CP for your presence!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, C P Lau, ACB, ALB, Jeannie, ACS |
We also
welcomed our guests, Alicia Leong, (Irene Han’s daughter), Nicholas Khoo (PY
Wong, ACB’s friend), Sheffa Mashuri and Robin Cheng from MAD Toastmasters Club for
attending the meeting.
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| From left: Robin Cheng, C P Lau, ACB, ALB and Alicia Leong |
We are
also glad to announce that Nicholas Khoo and Sheffa Mashuri joined our happy
Extol family at this meeting. Welcome, Nicholas and Sheffa!
ASA, Mohmmad
Muslim called the meeting to order at 7.12pm. Great job, Muslim!
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| ASA, Mohmmad Muslim |
TME, Pun
Yew Kee conducted the meeting smoothly, efficiently and effectively. Excellent job,
Yew Kee!
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| TME, Pun Yew Kee |
President,
Jeannie, ACS explained the reason for the theme, “Chap Goh Meh” celebration. This meeting was on the eve of “Chap Goh
Meh”, and “Chap Goh Meh” is the last day of the Chinese New Year. In ancient
days, “Chap Goh Meh” was celebrated by hanging red lanterns all along the
streets and shy, blushing, eligible young ladies would throw mandarin oranges
with their names and contact details inscribed on them to eligible young men of
their choices. Thank you for the explanation, Jeannie!
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| President, Jeannie, ACS |
Invocator,
SK Ratnam, DTM boosted our spirits with stories on concepts of responsibility,
understanding and empathy. Thank you, SK!
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| Invocator, SK Ratnam, DTM |
Table
Topics Master, Ken Koh, ACB based his Table Topics on the Chinese New Year theme
and aroused everybody’s interest and excitement. Well done, Ken!
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| Ken Koh, ACB |
The
first brave Table Topics speaker, Alicia Leong said that the reason for
visiting friends and relatives during Chinese New Year was to improve their
relationship with each other.
Nicholas
Khoo elaborated on all the preparations that he carried out on Chinese New Year
eve.
Mohmmad
Muslim described and compared the Chinese New Year food with the Indian food
which he had tasted and enjoyed.
Sam Koh
wished that everybody enjoyed good health, and practiced positive thoughts and
actions in this Year of the Goat.
Robin
Cheng narrated the red lanterns, mandarin oranges, Chinese New Year cookies, tea
ceremony for parents to receive blessings and “angpaus” (red packets) that are
part and parcel of the Chinese culture.
Well
done, all the five courageous spontaneous speakers!
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Alicia Leong. Congratulations, Alicia!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Alicia Leong, Jeannie ACS |
As
usual, Humour Master, SK Ratnam, DTM amused us with his humourous stories about
a woman who is like the moon, a funeral and a marriage certificate. You never
cease to delight us, SK!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Ravi, SK Ratnam, DTM and Ken Koh, ACB |
Table
Topics Evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM, gave concise evaluations on all the five valiant
impromptu speakers providing pointers and praises as warranted. Stupendous job,
Shirley!
Ravi
presented his Ice Breaker titled, “Constantly feed the mind with affirmation
and what happens” which not only informed us about his childhood, his growing
up years and working life but was also so inspirational. Beautiful speech, Ravi!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Ravi, Jeannie ACS |
His
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was awed with his inspiring speech which was good
enough for CC#10, although he hoped that in future Ravi shortened his speech title.
Thank you, SK!
Second
speaker, Mohmmad Muslim presented CC#4 titled, “The gift of technology to
humanity is slavery”, which was very apt in our present society where human
relations are continuously strained due to over reliance and involvement on
technology! Very ground-breaking speech, Muslim!
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| Seated: PY Wong, ACB Standing: Mohmmad Muslim |
His
evaluator, PY Wong, ACB was thrilled with the contents of his speech which was
so reflective of today’s society. Thank you, PY!
Ken Koh,
ACB presented AM#1, Storytelling, The Folk Tale, titled ”The wooden boy in today’s world” which was
adapted from the story of Pinocchio into a modern version which was very
innovative, interesting and entertaining. Very innovative speech, Ken!
His
evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM was happy with his storytelling ability and
adaptation of the folk tale from its original but warned him that he should
have kept to the original version instead. Thank you, Shirley!
As Ken
Koh, ACB went overtime and only two project speeches were delivered within the
allocated time frame, there was no voting for best speakers.
And the
Best Evaluator went to SK Ratnam, DTM!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, SK Ratnam, DTM, Jeannie ACS |
Ah
Counter, Robin Cheng was very observant and gave a detailed report of all the
word crutches used during the entire meeting. Well done, Robin!
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| From left: Ken Koh, ACB, Sheffa, Sam Koh, Robin Cheng and C P Lau, ACB, ALB |
Grammarian,
Ravi was very attentive and reported on all creative sentences and also
wrongful use of words and sentences by the speakers. Good job, Ravi!
Timer, Irene
Han gave a precise timing report of the whole meeting! Marvelous job, Irene!
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| From left: Shirley Bak, DTM, Irene Han, Nicholas Khoo, PY Wong, ACB and Mohmmad Muslim |
Jeannie,
ACS, the Listening Evaluator gave ten seemingly easy questions but only Mohmmad
Muslim got eight correct answers who received the Best Listening award. Awesome job, Jeannie and congratulations, Muslim!
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| From left: Pun Yew Kee, Mohmmad Muslim, Jeannie ACS |
General
Evaluator, C P Lau, ACB, ALB commented that he was very warmly welcomed upon arrival,
he was glad to see familiar faces and he hoped to visit our club again. However,
he hoped that the Toastmasters Promises could be recited at our club meetings
as was practiced at his own club. Thank you, CP, we shall take note of your
comments and hope to see you at our meetings again, too!
Division C International Speech and
Table Topics Contests
In closing,
President Jeannie, ACS announced 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!
Goodnight!!
Our next meeting is on 18th March 2015!
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