The day of the Area Contest finally arrived! After days of intense preparation by the contestants, it was finally time to find out who was the best among the best of Area W3.
At G Tower, the meeting venue of our hosting club Exact ADC Toastmasters Club, we partook of a sumptuous buffet spread after the role players and contestants briefing were carried out by Chief Judge Tan Lay Theng and Contest Chairs Lee Han-Sen and Kelly Teng.
Exact ADC members
KPMG KL members
Friendship members
Then it was time for the contest to begin. In the Humorous Speech Contest, it was a series of 6 humorous speeches by 6 contestants. We witnessed three brilliant performances from our three winners.
Living in a “Simply Complicated” world, our third place winner had hilarious tales of women’s love for warehouse sales and men’s love for tiny and expensive gadgets. To uncomplicate our “Simply Complicated” lives, she recommended more patience, more “yes dear” and more of smiling at each other, so that everyone can “live happily ever after”.
Our second place winner shared “My Three Lessons” in his tale of dateless nights during his younger days. He embarked on gym visits and taking protein supplements in a bid to impress the ladies but ended up impressing guys instead. Finally, he discovered the power of the tongue. He also cleverly incorporated elements of other contestants’ speeches into his speech before ending with, “My fellow Marsians, if you have the power of the tongue, Venus is yours to conquer!”
In “Don’t hang up, laugh”, our Humorous Speech Champion weave hilarious tales of weight loss program, bankruptcy and Indian accent in her ploy to confuse and confound telemarketers. Generating the most laughter, our Champion is definitely a serious contender at our Division W Humorous Speech Contest on 24 September 2011!
First place – Amanda Wong, KPMG KL
Second place – Teo Soo Loon, Exact ADC
Third place – Brenda Loo, Exact ADC
Amanda Wong receiving her trophy from
Division W Governor Marian Lee
For the Evaluation Contest, test speaker Hadzrin Shah gave an outstanding, hilarious presentation in his “What is in a Name?” speech. He started by quoting Bill Cosby’s advice to have your child’s name ending with a vowel and immediately demonstrated the sound effect of this. In one of his amusing stories, he explained how he was known as “Puan Azlin”. Although he was not amused to have both his gender and named changed, the audience enjoyed this story!
It was not an easy task to evaluate this accomplished speaker. Our Evaluation contestants nevertheless gave their best to provide specific, motivating and encouraging evaluations for Hadzrin.
Area W3 Evaluation Contest
First place – Brenda Loo, Exact ADC
Second place – Teo Soo Loon, Exact ADC
Third place – Michelle Yip, KPMG KL
Brenda Loo receiving her trophy from
Division W Governor Marian Lee
Congratulations to our winners for Area W3 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests. They will proceed to participate at Division W Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests on 24 September 2011. We wish our Area W3 contestants all the best!
Winners Michelle, Amanda, Soo Loon and Brenda