Each
time, our meeting venue was always prepared and ready because of the “good
deeds” of our happy club members who arrived early which always “make our day”.
Thank you all diligent, great club members who took their “responsibility” so
earnestly!
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| General Evaluator, Steven Khaw, CC, CL |
First and
foremost, we thanked Steven Khaw, CC, CL, our General Evaluator who is also our
Area C5 Governor from Summit Toastmasters Club for gracing our meeting!
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| From L: Steven Khaw, CC, CL, Francis Pang, Edin, PY Wong, ACB |
We also
thanked Francis Pang from Subang Toastmasters Club and Edwin, formerly with AFC
Toastmasters Club for being with us!
At this
meeting, we also warmly welcomed new member, Alan Fung into our happy Extol
family!
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| ASA, Pun Yew Kee |
Pun Yew
Kee took over as ASA and called the meeting to order at 7.15pm. Efficient job,
Yew Kee!
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| SK Ratnam, DTM |
As President,
Jeannie, ACS, CL, was late, SK Ratnam, DTM shared his inspiring and encouraging
experiences as the opening address. Thank you, SK!
TME, Pun
Yew Kee, deftly managed the whole meeting effectively and excellently. Stupendous
job, Yew Kee!
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| Invocator, Ravi |
Invocator,
Ravi advocated about developing a character of love, concern and care for
others. He reminded us to appreciate our
parents and to celebrate with them especially on special occasions. Thank you
for the advice, Ravi!
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| Table Topics Master, Pei San |
Table
Topics Master, Pei San conscientiously worked in the theme of the meeting and
the Word of The Day into her topics. Well
done, San!
The
first Table Topics speaker, Francis declared that he would not donate anything
to beggars to discourage begging as he felt that there were syndicates
controlling the beggars. Instead he would report them to the authorities.
Second
Table Topics speaker, Tham Yen Lai decided that since she could not
differentiate between real and fake beggars, she would not help them but would
donate directly to charitable causes instead.
Third
speaker, Alan Fung was agreeable and not bashful about breastfeeding in public
although the Malaysian culture was still conservative in this area and had yet
to accept this practice.
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| Edwin |
Fourth
and final speaker, Edwin felt privileged about carrying a woman’s bag for her
while shopping as he felt that, that was a manly thing to do, although he
acknowledged that it would depend on the physical appearance and financial
status of that woman which caused incessant laughter.
Well
done, all four impromptu speakers!
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Francis Pang, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
And the
best Table Topics Speaker went to Francis Pang. Congratulations, Francis!
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| Humour Master, Francis Pang |
Humour
Master, Francis Pang narrated about our three body organs which fought over
their importance to our bodies. The end
result was hilarious. Your humourous journey is beginning, Francis!
PY
Wong, ACB, the Table Topics Evaluator was succinct, direct and specific in his
evaluation of the four spontaneous speakers. Thank you, PY!
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| From L: Sam Koh, Victor Guijo, Nicholas Khoo, Ravi, Karren Lim, Pei San, Yen Lai, Joanne, Akmal, Alan Fung, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, PunYew Kee |
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| From L: Nicholas Khoo, Ravi, Karren Lim, Pei San, Yen Lai, Joanne, Akmal |
An
induction ceremony for 10 new members was conducted by Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM. Thank
you, Ngan Eng!
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| Victor Guijo |
Victor
Guijo presented CC#1 titled, “Believe in yourself” relating how he overcame
obstacles in his early life, during his university days, his working life and
eventually everything fell into place because of his own all embracing nature. Great
speech, Victor!
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| Shirley Bak, DTM |
His
evaluator, Shirley Bak, DTM remarked that he was a very confident speaker and well
on the path to be an excellent public speaker. Thank you, Shirley!
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| Ravi |
Second
speaker, Ravi did CC#5 titled, “How should we approach life: Optimistically or
pessimistically?” by expounding mental fitness was how optimistically we thought
of ourselves and how we should look at ourselves from within. We shall control
our thoughts, Ravi!
His
evaluator, Jeannie, ACS, CL concurred that his speech as usual was very
inspiring and motivating although he needed to work on certain hand and body
movements as required for the objectives of CC#5. Thank you, Jeannie!
Jeannie,
ACS, CL presented Specialty Speeches, AM#1 - Impromptu Speaking titled ”Understanding grandma” sharing a story about
a thorny, unpopular, problematic grandmother who was actually screaming for
love, affection and attention from her descendants. She advised us to
appreciate all the elders in our lives.
Her
evaluator, SK Ratnam, DTM was satisfied and happy with her speech which met the
objectives. Thank you, SK!
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Victor Guijo, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
The
Best Speaker went to Victor! Congratulations, Victor!
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
And the
Best Evaluator was Jeannie, ACS, CL. Congratulations, Jeannie!
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| From L: Jeannie, ACS, CL, Victor Guijo, Yen Lai, Joanne, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Sam Koh |
Ah
Counter, Tham Yen Lai efficiently reported on all the word crutches used by the
speakers during the entire meeting. Magnificent job, Yen Lai!
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| From L: Ravi, Karren Lim, Shirley Bak, DTM, Nicholas Khoo, SK Ratnam, DTM |
Grammarian,
Nicholas Khoo reported precisely on all who used the “Word Of The Day” and all the
wrongful and creative words and sentences used during the meeting. Wonderful
job, Nicholas!
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| From L: Alan Fung, PY Wong, ACB, Ravi, Karren Lim,,,Shirley Bak, DTM, Nicholas Khoo, SK Ratnam, DTM |
Timer, Karren
Lim was very attentive all through the meeting and reported precisely on the
timing of each section of the whole meeting! Awesome job, Karren!
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| Sam Koh, the Listening Evaluator |
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
Sam Koh,
the Listening Evaluator gave ten supposedly simple questions but only Kwa Ngan
Eng, DTM got nine all correct answers and was awarded the Best Listener. Superb job, Sam!
Congratulations, Ngan Eng!
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Steven Khaw, CC, CL, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
General
Evaluator, Steven Khaw, CC, CL admitted that he never had to worry about our
club which will be a President Distinguished Club soon. Thank you, Steven, for
your confidence in us!
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, PY Wong, ACB, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
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| From L: Pun Yew Kee, SK Ratnam, DTM, Jeannie, ACS, CL |
President Jeannie, ACS, CL presented tokens to Kwa Ngan Eng, DTM, PY Wong, ACB, SK Ratnam, DTM for bringing guests to the meeting and their guests joined our club as members. Well done, dedicated club members!
In
closing, President Jeannie, ACS, CL reiterated the importance of teamwork which
was essential for our club growth and that every club member was important to
our club. She also encouraged us to be present at the next meeting on 20 May,
2015 as we will be having our AGM to vote for our next term club officers.
Goodnight
and let us meet again on 20 May 2015!
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