October 2011 Club Meetings Part II

IBM Malaysia on Wed 19 Oct 2011

For the debut (word of the day) meeting of this newly chartered Area W3 club, it was an evening full of surprises.

Firstly, with sponsoring club members Phoenix and KPMG KL in attendance as well as members from Friendship and Universiti Malaya helping out, the meeting room was packed to the roof with Toastmasters.

Club Mentor Abu Bakar started the evening with an entertaining speech about his Toastmasters journey. Then for Table Topics, Jowy of KPMG KL delivered the first speech with the story of his family vacation. After that, IBM members Ranjinath, Wai Lim, Roslinda and Ben gamely tried out their impromptu speaking skills. Amazingly, they were able to add elements of humour to their speeches as they spoke of naughty schooldays, Chinese chess addiction, leadership skills and social lubricant.

Table Topics speaker Wai Lim

President Kenny’s “Taking Chances” ice breaker speech revealed to us life in a family of 3 siblings, all boys, whom his parents had hoped would grow up to be an engineer, doctor and lawyer. Kenny decided not to take up medicine and took another chance by taking up the Chartered President role for IBM Malaysia.

Laila brought the roof down with her hilarious ice breaker speech. Explaining her name change from Sharifah to Laila on a fateful day in February 2011, this ebullient speaker then told us of her growing up years travelling to several states due to her father’s postings. She had us laughing out loud at her college days’ stories of “borrowing” assignments. All too soon, her time was up and we would have to wait until her next speech to know more about Laila !

Best Table Topic Speaker Ranjinath receiving a ribbon from President Kenny

KPMG KL on Sat 29 Oct 2011
By OC Nur Diyana

It was finally time for our long-awaited event - KPMG KL’s 100th meeting celebration! I believe everyone who attended the celebration at Good Evening Bangkok, 1Utama, would agree with me that it was an exciting and memorable Toastmasters meeting.

For the first time ever, KPMG KL meeting was attended by 53 people in total, including 4 adorable kids, our future Toastmasters !

Amanda presenting her humorous speech

I would like to thank all the role players of this meeting:

• Cheerful Toastmasters of the Meeting, Patrick Tan and Grace Loh
• Jowy Chong for handling the Lucky Draw session. Everyone went home with at least one gift on that day!
• Creative Table Topics Master, Shirley Cheok, and her Table Topics speakers
• Stand-up comedians, Toh Joo Lee (the club’s Humorous Speech Contest 2011 1st runner up) and Amanda Wong (the Division W’s Humorous Speech Contest 2011 1st runner up) for your entertaining and humorous speeches
• Our evaluators, Suresh Ragavan (the club’s Evaluation Contest 2011 champion) and DTM NJ Singam
• Our timers, Madelyn Chong and Wooi Wen Ken
• Gary Lau, Janice Chia and Ling Sim Moi for managing the registration counter
• Out guest speakers and mentors – Raja Ahmad Muzamir, Kimmy Foo, Angeline Lee and Francis Ng for your motivating speeches, guidance, support and encouragement.

Not forgetting a big thank you to KPMG partners, Lee Min On and Siew Chin Kiang, for your continuous support to the club.

Let’s start counting down to the 200th meeting!

October 2011 Club Meetings

Friendship on Tues 4 Oct 2011
By VPPR Susan Lim

It was definitely a night for us to reminisce (word of the day) about after our “Embrace The Past” meeting.

In the run-up to the meeting, VPE Chee Hoe encouraged all members to dress up as historical figures or simply put on costumes from the 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s. It explained why some of our Friendship members looked rather different on this special night. Some even borrowed clothes from their parents.

Hippies from the 70s – Grace and VPE Chee Hoe

Our newest member Hann Gan delivered his Ice Breaker speech. He shared with us how he moved from different parts of the world but came back home to Malaysia, where he finally found happiness. The wisdom of his “Coming Home” speech was strong and stimulating – “If you are not happy at home, you won’t be happy anywhere else”. He concluded, “I must be home because I’m happy”.

Hann receiving his Ice Breaker ribbon from President Angeline

Exact ADC on Tues 4 Oct 2011
by VPE Andrew Ng

Suhaida’s ice breaker speech was awesome! She immediately got us hooked when she announced that she was a child prodigy. She had skipped 1 year in primary school, with excellent results in the "Penilaian Tahap Satu". She talked about the 3 important decisions that she made in her life. First, was choosing to study IT. Secondly, her decision to marry her husband and lastly, her decision to join Exact ADC. She has all the potential to be a great speaker and we wish her continuous success in her Toastmasters journey.

Suhaida delivering her Ice Breaker speech

Friendship on Tues 18 Oct 2011
by President Angeline

Sylvia related to us how she found inspiration from Steve Jobs to overcome various obstacles and finally securing her dream job. Past President Lay Theng had much food for thought in evaluating Sylvia's speech. She threw in dashes of MSG, salt and pepper in her impressive evaluation speech. In her opinion, Sylvia’s presentation had adequate MSG - Message, Stance and Gestures. With her facial expression and eye contact, it provided just the right amount of salt and pepper to the presentation. We certainly enjoyed listening to this well-seasoned, aromatic and fragrant evaluation speech, delivered with style and substance.

Lay Theng wins the Best Speech Evaluator award

Sylvia receiving her Half CC Ribbon