A Fabulous Day, A Fabulous Way

13th of January 2009

Word of the Evening: FABULOUS (wonderful, fantastic, incredible, marvelous)

Stamford College Toastmasters Club Meeting on the 13th of January was held in a fabulous way!

Roleplayers of the Evening:

Toastmaster of the Evening - GINA, TM
Sergeant At Arms - Samuel Fo, TM
Timer - Faith, Guest
Ah Counter - Yap Chee Jung, TM
Grammarian - Benny Tan, TM
GENERAL EVALUATOR - YC Yap, ATMB

Table Topics Session:

TM Jackie Ang took control of the session with style with his Chinese New Year-themed topics.
The volunteers, i must say was quite "uniquely picked". What do i mean by that? Hmm..(Where were you on 13th January evening??) TM Foo Li Hwa went first to tackle the Table Topics Master's question no.3. Next, was TM Michael Chan explaining to the audience his plans for the coming Chinese New Year. Then, it was a first-timer, a Law student of Stamford College, Mr. Samuel Gordon who took upon the challenge of impromptu speaking. He gave a fabulous opinion on the dwindling of meaningful celebrations nowadays. CC Dorcas Aung was the fourth speaker, graciously appealing to the audience with her smooth flow of impromptu speech. Seems like they all had prepared for their respective topics..hmm.. Great job! Last but not least, CC Lim Sze Yue was thrown a topic asking for his opinion on the culture of giving hampers during the festive season. The first thing that went through his mind was, ooh..CORRUPTION!!

Table Topics Evaluator, again it was an honour for SCTMC to have ATMB Stephen Fernando who made his point that every speaker who took part were fabulous in their speech delivery. In addition, he managed to squeeze some time in his evaluation to tell of his experience dealing with guests during festive seasons. Yes, you can expect loads of laughter from his "rude" tale! Fabulous, Mr. Fernando!!!

Humour Session:

Who is it this time? Stephen Fernando? Foo Li Hwa? Me?? All wrong. The man who rised to the occasion to make us laugh was none other than TM Samuel Fo! Our own young man gave his humour in an excellent way that made the audience feel a tinge of doubt in MARRIAGE. Really had us laughing all the way to our dinner there...

What about the Food?

A warm dinner with chicken and vegetable served with rice. Side dish of local delicacies such as corn "kuih". (The kuih was so good that at the end of the meeting, when a few of us wanted to get more of it, we discovered..it was GONE. I could've swear there were a couple more slices left after the break ended..Now, who was it that sneaked out and took MY KUIH?!) ;)

Assignment Speakers:

Lim Tek Leong, TM - C&L 3rd speech - MANAGER
Samuel Fo, TM - C&L 4th speech - RESOLUTIONS
Wang De Xin, TM - C&L 7th speech - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A PART-TIME WORKER
Lim Sze Yue, CC - Advanced Specialty Speech No.2 (Impromptu) - A NEW YEAR WITHOUT A PARTY

Assignment Evaluators:

Lim Sze Yue, CC
Grace Chong, CC
Lim Wen-Xin, CC
Dorcas Aung, CC

Special Event:

Does 4 CC's in a row as Assignment Evaluators count as a special event?? Well, if anything at all, everyone who were a part of the meeting are special. Thanks to YC Yap who had no qualms being our General Evaluator. He did an excellent job. Not to forget the rest of our role-players, the TME, SAA, AH-COUNTER, GRAMMARIAN, TIMER, TTM and TTE who were all fabulous and played an important part in making the event a success. Oh, i just recalled..it was our first meeting without our president, CC Joshua George! Now, isn't that special?? ;)

Our Honoured Guests:

YC Yap, ATMB - Ukay TMC
Stephen Fernando, ATMB - Hilton TMC
Michael Chan Cheong Lee, TM - Hilton TMC
Benny Tan, TM - Maxis TMC
Faith - Stamford's Student
Hui Mei - Stamford's Student
Samuel Gordon - Stamford's Student

We extend our most sincere gratitude and welcome all of you to come again for our coming meetings. Why? It's simple. We love to have fabulous meeting with fabulous people, just like you! *Note: We look forward to upgrading the status of Stamford's Student up there to something more fabulous soon..Are you ready for it, Ms. Faith, Ms. Hui Mei and Mr. Gordon?*

*Now for the drum rolls........*

Best Table Topics Speaker:
LIM SZE YUE!!! That's me...Yay!!!

Best Assignment Speaker:
SAMUEL FO!!!

Best Assignment Evaluator:
DORCAS AUNG!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the three outstanding speakers!!

That's a wrap for the evening from us at SCTMC!

Fellow members, guests, and students of STAMFORD COLLEGE, kindly put a note in your diary or your time organiser. We look forward to have you on the 10th of February 2009 for our second meeting of the year at Stamford College, PJ, Jalan Barat. Do take note that the fourth Tuesday of January 2009 falls on Chinese New Year. We will take a break and see you guys on the 10th. Do not hesitate to contact us if you want to join the fun in our next meeting or if you are in any doubts of our events.

LIM SZE YUE,
Vice President of Public Relations
Stamford College Toastmasters Club
stamford.college@gmail.com
Meets on every 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 6.30pm.

Quote of the Evening:

I LIKED THE WAY HE PLAYED WITH OUR FEELINGS.

2009 Wishes to You

It's been quick and rather long for some but 2008 has now come to an end.

2009 is here!! Yay!!

Just a short note:

Remember, life is short , BREAK THE RULES, forgive and forget quickly, LOVE TRULY, laugh uncontrollably, AND NEVER REGRET ANYTHING THAT MADE YOU SMILE. Have a great new year!

Cheers!!



(erm..a thought to ponder..~ What are your GOALS this year? Are your goals a mere wish or fantasy? Or are they really ACHIEVABLE?? Adopt the POSITIVE mindset, just like your Toastmasters experience. Nothing is impossible and being a competent public speaker this year is a breeze with Stamford College Toastmasters Club. *hint hint* hehe.. Cheers!)