Friendship on Tue 15 March 2011

In our “Respect to the Individual” meeting, after giving us a brief introduction to the history of Toastmasters and revered (word of the day) founder Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, TME Alexandra passed control to VPM Chee Hoe to conduct the voting in of new members procedure. There were no objections from members of Friendship for our latest membership applications. Welcome to the club, Daphne and Phileo!

In his “I am a Superman” speech, Andy made us laugh out loud twice. Not bad for someone who told us that his fear of public speaking held him back for 6 months before he decided to do his Ice Breaker speech. This 29 year old bachelor - single but not available, said that he was happy that he is part of Friendship family where we have given him a new nickname - Superman. This Superman promised that he will continue to practice and improve and will someday deliver a powerful speech like President Barack Obama!

KPMG KL – WIM Joint Meeting on Tue 22 March 2011


At this joint meeting, KPMG KL was host to visiting Toastmasters from WIM, MAICSA, Crystal and Friendship. We also celebrated Division W Governor DTM Vincent Hor’s birthday.


Emily Bong from Crystal Toastmasters Club writes:

Not only did we enjoyed ourselves, we have also learned so much from 3 DTMs - Dr. Sharon, NJ Singam and Vincent. We are in admiration of President Grace’s strong will power and the standard that KPMG KL has set. We totally agree with GE Dr. Sharon who said, "The meeting and meeting room don't come just like this. It was so well organized and KPMG members made us felt so welcome and so comfortable.” Well done President Grace and well said Dr. Sharon !


One World on Thur 24 March 2011

For the Ice Breaker speech from CK Ho, we heard why an engineer decided to be a real estate negotiator. For SAA Alex, his “F1” Ice Breaker speech was declared an “A1” by his speech evaluator, DTM Vincent Hor. President Jessica’s “Get to the Point” speech on the nuclear disaster in Japan sought to persuade us that Malaysia should consider alternative energy sources instead of building a nuclear plant.



Hasil on Fri 25 March 2011

With Datin Josephine, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia’s State Director for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur in attendance, President Piras delivered his opening address with this message for us. “When we encounter drawbacks, don’t take it as the end of the world. Look at the big picture. By working on the problem, you will be better at solving future problems and bigger problems.”


Table Topics Master Mazlin’s questions about surviving on RM50 a week, mega sales and rising petrol prices elicited many eager volunteers. Not only did we enjoy this session where everyone can’t wait to express their opinions, we also heard from an eloquent speaker, Datin Josephine. She was impressed with this Toastmasters meeting and will be signing up as a member soon.

Humour Master Khif had us laughing at his jokes and our laughter continued during the Ice Breaker speech from Siva. Professing that he was very nervous as it was his first speech, he then presented a highly entertaining speech. It emcompassed his early childhood days and his job transfers to Melaka, Sandakan, Penang and KL as a Tax Assistant. We are certainly looking forward to the next speech from this humorous speaker!


Exact ADC on Tue 29 March 2011
By Andrew, Exact ADC

For our meeting, themed "Unknown", Soo Loon presented Project No. 7 from the Competent Communication manual. His speech titled "The Beast", came from the tribe called "Naisyalam Rac" which also reads “Malaysian Car” if read in reverse order. He told us how the car pollutes the environment and causes hazards to the human race.

After that, Brenda presented Project No. 3 from the Humorously Speaking manual. Her speech title was "World Class Training Ground". Her speech was hilarious throughout. The training ground that she meant was the Malaysian roads and drivers. She described how avoiding potholes on the road, efficient maneuvering of the car in situations of sudden brakes and crossing a busy roundabout has transformed her into a world class driver.

General Evaluator DTM Vincent Hor gave a few positive points of improvement for our club, such as wearing the Toastmasters Club pin and delivering a powerful message in the Presidential speech. We will take note of his advice and thank you DTM Vincent, for visiting our club.