One World on Thur 14 April 2011

For the Project Speech Session, Kelson amazed us with his Ice Breaker speech, VPPR Ivan impressed us with his property investment speech and VPE CK Chong dazzled us with his mountain climbing exploits.

We were fortunate to have DTM Lum Woon Foong, a highly regarded Toastmaster, as our General Evaluator. She was impressed with the strong bond and camaderie among the club members. Her verdict ? It was a very enjoyable meeting !


Friendship on Tue 19 April 2011

For our Visionary Leadership meeting, first-timer TME Ian performed his role with gusto and enthusiasm. It was evident that he had prepared assiduously for his role. We were impressed with his TME skills, as he showed no signs of nervousness and empowered (word of the day) all of us to have an awesome meeting.


Was it “The Curse” as claimed by Immediate Past President (IPP) Ben when he found out two weeks ago that he had a speaking slot for 19 April ? He presented a hilarious and highly entertaining tale of how events seem to conspire against him while he was preparing for his speech. It was an AA (Absolutely Awesome) speech for its humorous content and we wished that it has been recorded so that we can enjoy it all over again.

Congratulations to IPP Ben who has completed his ten speeches for his Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB) award. Well done to our IPP, as he was also the Best Project Speaker for this meeting!



KPMG KL-CIMA Joint Meeting on Wed 20 April 2011

At this joint meeting hosted by CIMA Toastmasters Club, SAA Ai Ling immediately caught our attention when she announced that there will be S.E.X. during the meeting. She then explained that S.E.X. stands for Smile, Enthusiasm and eXcitement.

During the Table Topics Session, we had entertaining and eloquent speeches from 5 “Ministers” comprising of Abu Bakar (Kelab Pidato KL), Grace (KPMG), Michelle (KPMG), Kok Loon (Money & You) and Victor (CIMA). Minister of Works, Victor, was voted the Best Table Topics Speaker.

Congratulations to Ling Sim of KPMG who presented her Ice Breaker speech and also won the Best Project Speaker award.

We also had 3 IBM guests, Kenneth, Wendy and Anthony, who had attended to observe the meeting proceedings. All of them were impressed with the Toastmasters educational program and told us of their intention to set up a Toastmasters Club for IBM.

Charming and enthusiastic TME Soo Qi confessed to us after the meeting that she was nervous, as her boss, HR Director of IBM, was at the meeting. We hope that her boss was impressed with her TME skills as it was a thumbs up performance.



One World Club Officers Installation on Fri 22 April 2011

At this Installation Ceremony, we were joined by One World Group CEO, Dave Lau, who is also the Charter President of Roof Toastmasters Club, Singapore. Just before the Installation ceremony, he asked us to write down 3 weaknesses that we faced and clip it to a RM100 note. He then challenged us to burn the RM100 note and the paper attached to it, if we think it is worth paying RM100 to erase the 3 weaknesses. A number of One World members stood up and pledged to burn the money and banish their weaknesses.

With that dramatic start, we then moved on to the Installation Ceremony of One World Toastmasters’ club officers, followed by the official opening ceremony for One World Damansara branch.