District 51 recently held one of its biggest event at Wisma WIM on 27 May 2009 and it was an absolute BLAST!
The Organizing Chairman, Mr Dominic Gerard Joseph had organized the Great Debate or better known as the Battle of the Sexes. The title of the debate:
In the 21st Century, Men Are Less Reliable Than Women As Leaders!
For the motion (The Women Team)
1. Kiang Fanng Pyng (Captain)
2. Meera Raman
3. Chew Sher Ling
4. Kay Fong
Against the motion (The Men Team)
1. Lee Swee Seng (Captain)
2. G. Subramaniam
3. G. Jayam
4. Jon Tan
Alright. So, which one of us were there? There were in total 6 of us from SCTMC. Bushra, Maya, Muthu Kumar, Lucas, Amy Choo and myself made a trip there to see for ourselves how great the debate actually is. At 6.30 p.m. we treated ourselves to the special nasi beryani served there. The organising chairman then delivered his opening address at 7.30 p.m. and the nights' highlighted debate began at 8 p.m. sharp.
The ladies were up first, with Kay Wong standing her ground on women as the more reliable gender when it comes to leadership. Then, Jon Tan from the men's team took the stage. And the roles switched to Chew Sher Ling, G.Jeyam, Meera Raman, G.Subramaniam, Kiang Fanng Pyng and last but not least, Lee Swee Seng. Now, all 6 of us came to this event without any idea of the speaker's capability. I personally have only seen Lee Swee Seng delivered a speech in TLI but the rest of the names were unfamiliar to me and I am sure, unfamiliar to most of SCTMC members. However, all 8 speakers were accomplished and competent speakers and their performance supported that. It is truly an eye-opening event. The speakers seem to blend in humour with so much ease and truly winning the heart of the audience of around 100.
Bullets were being fired. Salts were being rubbed on open wounds. Snipers attack. Chemical warfare between the teams.. Men are less reliable!! No, women are less reliable!! Look at the global credit crisis we're in. The leaders of the companies were men! The Great Depression..World War... And the men's team rebutted, confine your arguments to only year 2000 - 2009. No empirical evidence were shown! Men are equally reliable if not better than women... We also heard the issue of IQ and EQ being brought out...the qualities of leadership were explained by both teams to their favour. Statistics were flinging in the air..
Phew..you thought it was tense? Not at all. It was indeed a Battle of Wit. Not a single speaker failed to crack the audience into laughter. And seriously, it was super super funny. Well planned speech and delivered to perfection. "Men are like advertisements. Their promises are never true!" XD XD "How does a man not doing the house laundry got to do with leadership?" "You married the wrong man lah!" LOL!!!
Yap. It really was a splendid exposure towards a higher level of communication skills. Watching them perform, I realised that I am still far far away from being on par with these fellows..but I will be there, we will be there...one fine day! Hee~
That's a wrap from me!
Oh, i forgot. Guess who won the debate?? Haha..I suddenly feel like being naughty and not release the results to you all yet. I'll post the answer...say, next week? Haha..naughty right?:P Try finding out from other sources if you can. In the meantime, Ladies and Gentlemen, what is your say? Shall we have a simple debate on the similar title here?
Drop in your arguments. Debate style.
In the 21st century, Men are Less Reliable Than Women As Leaders.
Are YOU for the motion or against it??
Until next week,
Cheers!
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
15 June 09 - Result..Men Team won
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
SCTMC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2009/2010
Yap! Ladies and Gentlemen, SCTMC had the Annual General Meeting on 26 May 2009 at 5.45 p.m. Venue: English Language Activity Room, Stamford College, Jalan Barat.
Before persenting to you the incoming committee members, let's take a look at the current EXCO members first. It has been a tremendous term with this team of 8 and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for the support given to me as the VPPR as well as the support shown towards the members of the club. Thank You!
SCTMC Executive Committee 2008/2009
President: Joshua George, ACB
VP Education: Grace Chong, CC
VP Membership: Muthu Kumar,TM
VP Public Relations: Lim Sze Yue, CC (ACB soon...:D)
Secretary: Marina Lu Yan, TM
Treasurer: Steven Chan, CC CL
Sergeant-At-Arms: Samuel Fo, TM
Immediate Past President: Priscila Low, ACB,CL
And NOW, the incoming leaders!!!
President: Grace Chong, CC
VP Education: Samuel Fo, TM
VP Membership: Allan Ma, TM
VP Public Relations: Muthu Kumar, TM
Secretary: Gina, TM
Treasurer: Carmen Khoo, TM
Sergeant-At-Arms: Vithiya, TM
Immediate Past President: Joshua George, ACB
There you go! Congratulations to the new Executive Committee of 2009/2010!! This is a great team and I am sure the results for the next term would be an outstanding one. All the Best!!
Chees,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
Before persenting to you the incoming committee members, let's take a look at the current EXCO members first. It has been a tremendous term with this team of 8 and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for the support given to me as the VPPR as well as the support shown towards the members of the club. Thank You!
SCTMC Executive Committee 2008/2009
President: Joshua George, ACB
VP Education: Grace Chong, CC
VP Membership: Muthu Kumar,TM
VP Public Relations: Lim Sze Yue, CC (ACB soon...:D)
Secretary: Marina Lu Yan, TM
Treasurer: Steven Chan, CC CL
Sergeant-At-Arms: Samuel Fo, TM
Immediate Past President: Priscila Low, ACB,CL
And NOW, the incoming leaders!!!
President: Grace Chong, CC
VP Education: Samuel Fo, TM
VP Membership: Allan Ma, TM
VP Public Relations: Muthu Kumar, TM
Secretary: Gina, TM
Treasurer: Carmen Khoo, TM
Sergeant-At-Arms: Vithiya, TM
Immediate Past President: Joshua George, ACB
There you go! Congratulations to the new Executive Committee of 2009/2010!! This is a great team and I am sure the results for the next term would be an outstanding one. All the Best!!
Chees,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
A Winsome Smile
Whoa! What a week it has been!! I've got loads of updates for you guys.. But first..
26 May 2009
Word of the Evening: WINSOME (sweetly or innocently charming, engaging, lovely, fascinating)
The nights event kickstarted with a sumptious dinner that had everyone displaying their winsome smile while tucking in. The SAA, Mr Michael Chan (Hilton TMC) calls the meeting to order at 6.45 p.m. Then, the charming President, Lim Sze Yue ;P, standing in on behalf of Mr Joshua George welcomes all present and delivers his presidential report. Ms Gina was at the helm of the meeting, assuming the role of Toastmaster of the Evening. She led all present to a brief introduction of the Toastmasters International club and also introduced her team for the night. Muthu Kumar as Timer, Allan Ma as Ah Counter, Deborah Hoe as Table Topics Master, Amy Choo as Table Topics Evaluator, Lucas Ng as Grammarian, and the General Evaluator is none other than Mr Joshua George.
Table topics time! In my whole journey with Toastmasters, I have never seen such an interesting table topics session. Seriously!! Think I'm bragging? Well, read on and find out for yourselves. Ms Deborah Hoe led the session with a winsome twist. We usually have to volunteer ourselves to take up the challenge of impromptu speaking right? Today, we don't have to. We usually sit at our own places as the session was conducted right? Today, we all sat in a circle. We Never had a music playing along the session right? Today, we had YMCA song blasting from the laptop! "I said young man,....." And a gift at the very end? Wow.
So, what exactly happened was..something like a musical chair. A parcel was passed along the circle as the music is being played. When the music stops, the person who is holding the parcel automatically "volunteers" to be the speaker. The topic will be unwrapped from the yellow parcel. Lucky number one was Bushra who looked "stunned" when the music came to a halt. However, the student from Yamen did an excellent job in speaking on My Dream Career. The music continues.. And it hits Muthu Kumar next! What Do You Enjoy Doing?? Mark his word, you all. He says he enjoys not listening to his friend's advice and loves going against the odds. It got me thinking, a winsome attitude or a foolish choice? Hmm.. Lady luck then decided to smile upon Gajendran, a handsome gentleman from Help University TMC. He took on his given speech title, Where Do You See Yourself in 2 Years Time? in the most steady manner I've ever seen. In 2 years, the man hopes to be a graduate lawyer, coming back and taking a plunge in the local politics scene, aspiring to sort out the mess we have here. Music plays..music stops. And Michael Chan speaks. He told us that he wants to be financially free and be able to retire in Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years? Yes, you can do it, Mr Michael!! The play button was hit and the parcel moved around once more. As fate would have it, the most talkative person in the club got the honour to speak. And that is our club's president, Mr Joshua George!! XD "In 10 years time, I would love to see my wife and I running a self-sustaining orphanage. It has been our dream to help the kids..." 5 speakers and you thought the session would wrap up? Nope. The music continues..and in fact, the session was so enjoyable that nobody objected to a 6th speaker.. Until it came to my hands..then Lucas'. Stop. Ms Deborah came to him and said all good things must come to an end, and as she unwraps the parcel..this book is for you, Lucas! *Ish..wasted lah, I silently whispered* :D Excellent, excellent session. We definitely experienced a whole new meaning towards table topics. Great job there, Ms Deborah and thank you very much!! XD XD
Aiks, much has been said of the table topics. So, I'm gonna keep it short on the evaluation. Amy Choo took the stage with her ever adorable evaluation of the 5 speakers. Then, humour was..erm awkwardly humourous! With Sam Fo and Muthu Kumar making their presence felt. And off we go to a short break...
Assignment speeches time! We had TM VITHIYA, a young, energetic, young, smart, young lady who amazed us with her Ice Breaker speech entitled, Me, Myself and I. For the record, this girl is fondly known as Maya among her friends. So, what did we found out about Maya? She is a Stamford student pursuing a Diploma in Mass Communication (correct me if I am wrong..) and can you belief this.. She is in the midst of penning down her life in a book, soon to be published! And she's only 18!
GAJENDRAN was next with his 9th project from the C&L Manual. Objective - Persuade With Power. The man brought the audience to the world of smokers with his speech entitled, Recipe For Disaster. Mix nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide concentration, put it in your mouth and there you go! A simple recipe for your disaster! That was the opening to his speech..very catchy isn't it? He went on to persuade the audience to stay away from smoking and for us to encourage our loved ones to stop smoking, if any.
LIM SZE YUE then took centrestage with his 3rd project from the Specialty Speeches Manual. Objective - Sell A Product. He had the audience listening to his sales talk on a seminar workshop known as 50 of Your Communication Problems Answered! The "product" was tailored for fellow toatmasters or anyone who would like to improve their communication skills.
General Evaluator, Mr JOSHUA GEORGE was then invited to the floor to lead the session. Assignment speech evaluators were Samuel Fo for Maya, Amy Choo for Gajendran, and Deborah Hoe for Sze Yue. All three gave encouraging feedbacks to the speakers as well as points to strengthen on. The roleplayers then delivered their reports followed by the general evaluation by Mr Joshua, ACB.
President, Sze Yue, took over and gave his closing remarks. Among others, he persuaded the members to attend a District 51 event, The Great Debate to be held the following day and received tremendous support from them. All 5 tickets we had were sold! We were even short of one... Hee~
That's a wrap from me! Thank you all for coming as well as for following up with this update.
Next winsome meeting: 9 June 2009. Same time, same venue.
Looking forward to your presence.
Up next, the SCTMC Annual General Meeting..who's the incoming EXCO Committee members??
Have a great week ahead! Cheers!!
Prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
Quote of the Evening: COMING HERE TODAY IS TRULY AN EYE-OPENING EVENT!
26 May 2009
Word of the Evening: WINSOME (sweetly or innocently charming, engaging, lovely, fascinating)
The nights event kickstarted with a sumptious dinner that had everyone displaying their winsome smile while tucking in. The SAA, Mr Michael Chan (Hilton TMC) calls the meeting to order at 6.45 p.m. Then, the charming President, Lim Sze Yue ;P, standing in on behalf of Mr Joshua George welcomes all present and delivers his presidential report. Ms Gina was at the helm of the meeting, assuming the role of Toastmaster of the Evening. She led all present to a brief introduction of the Toastmasters International club and also introduced her team for the night. Muthu Kumar as Timer, Allan Ma as Ah Counter, Deborah Hoe as Table Topics Master, Amy Choo as Table Topics Evaluator, Lucas Ng as Grammarian, and the General Evaluator is none other than Mr Joshua George.
Table topics time! In my whole journey with Toastmasters, I have never seen such an interesting table topics session. Seriously!! Think I'm bragging? Well, read on and find out for yourselves. Ms Deborah Hoe led the session with a winsome twist. We usually have to volunteer ourselves to take up the challenge of impromptu speaking right? Today, we don't have to. We usually sit at our own places as the session was conducted right? Today, we all sat in a circle. We Never had a music playing along the session right? Today, we had YMCA song blasting from the laptop! "I said young man,....." And a gift at the very end? Wow.
So, what exactly happened was..something like a musical chair. A parcel was passed along the circle as the music is being played. When the music stops, the person who is holding the parcel automatically "volunteers" to be the speaker. The topic will be unwrapped from the yellow parcel. Lucky number one was Bushra who looked "stunned" when the music came to a halt. However, the student from Yamen did an excellent job in speaking on My Dream Career. The music continues.. And it hits Muthu Kumar next! What Do You Enjoy Doing?? Mark his word, you all. He says he enjoys not listening to his friend's advice and loves going against the odds. It got me thinking, a winsome attitude or a foolish choice? Hmm.. Lady luck then decided to smile upon Gajendran, a handsome gentleman from Help University TMC. He took on his given speech title, Where Do You See Yourself in 2 Years Time? in the most steady manner I've ever seen. In 2 years, the man hopes to be a graduate lawyer, coming back and taking a plunge in the local politics scene, aspiring to sort out the mess we have here. Music plays..music stops. And Michael Chan speaks. He told us that he wants to be financially free and be able to retire in Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years? Yes, you can do it, Mr Michael!! The play button was hit and the parcel moved around once more. As fate would have it, the most talkative person in the club got the honour to speak. And that is our club's president, Mr Joshua George!! XD "In 10 years time, I would love to see my wife and I running a self-sustaining orphanage. It has been our dream to help the kids..." 5 speakers and you thought the session would wrap up? Nope. The music continues..and in fact, the session was so enjoyable that nobody objected to a 6th speaker.. Until it came to my hands..then Lucas'. Stop. Ms Deborah came to him and said all good things must come to an end, and as she unwraps the parcel..this book is for you, Lucas! *Ish..wasted lah, I silently whispered* :D Excellent, excellent session. We definitely experienced a whole new meaning towards table topics. Great job there, Ms Deborah and thank you very much!! XD XD
Aiks, much has been said of the table topics. So, I'm gonna keep it short on the evaluation. Amy Choo took the stage with her ever adorable evaluation of the 5 speakers. Then, humour was..erm awkwardly humourous! With Sam Fo and Muthu Kumar making their presence felt. And off we go to a short break...
Assignment speeches time! We had TM VITHIYA, a young, energetic, young, smart, young lady who amazed us with her Ice Breaker speech entitled, Me, Myself and I. For the record, this girl is fondly known as Maya among her friends. So, what did we found out about Maya? She is a Stamford student pursuing a Diploma in Mass Communication (correct me if I am wrong..) and can you belief this.. She is in the midst of penning down her life in a book, soon to be published! And she's only 18!
GAJENDRAN was next with his 9th project from the C&L Manual. Objective - Persuade With Power. The man brought the audience to the world of smokers with his speech entitled, Recipe For Disaster. Mix nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide concentration, put it in your mouth and there you go! A simple recipe for your disaster! That was the opening to his speech..very catchy isn't it? He went on to persuade the audience to stay away from smoking and for us to encourage our loved ones to stop smoking, if any.
LIM SZE YUE then took centrestage with his 3rd project from the Specialty Speeches Manual. Objective - Sell A Product. He had the audience listening to his sales talk on a seminar workshop known as 50 of Your Communication Problems Answered! The "product" was tailored for fellow toatmasters or anyone who would like to improve their communication skills.
General Evaluator, Mr JOSHUA GEORGE was then invited to the floor to lead the session. Assignment speech evaluators were Samuel Fo for Maya, Amy Choo for Gajendran, and Deborah Hoe for Sze Yue. All three gave encouraging feedbacks to the speakers as well as points to strengthen on. The roleplayers then delivered their reports followed by the general evaluation by Mr Joshua, ACB.
President, Sze Yue, took over and gave his closing remarks. Among others, he persuaded the members to attend a District 51 event, The Great Debate to be held the following day and received tremendous support from them. All 5 tickets we had were sold! We were even short of one... Hee~
That's a wrap from me! Thank you all for coming as well as for following up with this update.
Next winsome meeting: 9 June 2009. Same time, same venue.
Looking forward to your presence.
Up next, the SCTMC Annual General Meeting..who's the incoming EXCO Committee members??
Have a great week ahead! Cheers!!
Prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
Quote of the Evening: COMING HERE TODAY IS TRULY AN EYE-OPENING EVENT!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
One Moment
I HESITATED AND REGRETTED
As I was walking home the other day, I saw an old woman sitting on the pavement. Her clothes were worn and stained, and her face was smudged with dirt. Her white hair was matted and plastered to her scalp, it must have not been washed for a long, long time. She was sitting on a pile of flattened cardboard boxes. She had a kind face, but it looked worn and tired.
As people walked by, she would held out a frail, shaking hand and pleaded, "Money for food, please?" Most just passed her by; some gave her disgusted looks. Some put small change into her hand - at that, she smiled, bowed her head, and softly said, "Thank you".
I reached into my pockes and felt for coins but all I found was a five ringgit note. A thought came to me: Why not make the old lady's day by giving her a fiver? But it was a fleeting thought - soon gone. I kept searching for loose change until I finally found 20 sen - but by then, I had walked some distance past the old woman. I looked back, and she was looking at me with bright hope in her eyes. She had seen me searching for my pockets and was obviously hoping that I would give her something. But it was only 20 sen! I felt bad, and, reluctantly, I turned and walked on. I could imagine her downcast and dissapointed face as she looked at my retreating back. Not many people had given her anything; every sen must have meant a lot for her.
I couldn't forget the old lady that day. I could have just given her the five ringgit that I had. I almost did, why did I stop? I could have just turned around and walked a few paces back to put some money in her hands, why didn't I? I had the money, and it is not like I couldn't spare it. It might have made the old lady's day. It could have bought her a meal that would have warmed her at least once during long cold days on the streets. She looked so frail and weak...
I decided to find her again the next day and give her some money. Enough for a warm drink and meal, perhaps even a change of clothes. I walked that way again - but she was not at her usual spot. The next day, I walked the same way again, but again she wasn't there. This went on for a week, and at last I gave up and thought that perhaps she might have moved elsewhere. Perhaps the people around here had not been as charitable as she had hoped. I certainly hadn't been.
I have not seen the old woman again; I am not sure where she is now or how she is doing. What I do know is that I had missed a chance to do a good deed. I should have done what I'd felt was right to do at that moment.
...
Fellow readers, this article entitled One Moment is published in Starmag, Sunday 17 May 2009 HEART & SOUL and is written by C.H. Cheah. The reasons I decided to put this up on the blog are:
From a Toastmasters point of view, this is an example of how you can craft your speech as if you are bringing the audience into the scene. The article is written with a strong hint of vivid words, so descriptive that the readers can visualise what they read. Let's assume it is a delivered speech, I personally feel that it is a speech with a strong message (Project 2 C&L), a specific purpose (Project 3 C&L), powerful word choice and arrangement especially with vivid words (Project 4 C&L), provides ample room for body gestures (Project 5 C&L), vocal variety (Project 6 C&L) and with further variations, could add up to persuade with power and inspire the audience as well! (Project 9 & 10 C&L). Further dissect the article and I'm sure you will discover interesting words and sentences that you could make use and brighten the Grammarian's day!
There you go! Honestly, the next reason prompted me to share this article with you. I read it this morning and felt that anyone could relate to it. I guess we all had the experience of hesitating and regretting it later on. I had met a few people like the old woman in the story, occasionally, when I left my office, whilst walking to the nearby bus stop. And I certainly hadn't been as charitable as I hoped I had been now.
Hmm..a thought to ponder eh? Feedbacks welcomed.
Cheers!
LIM SZE YUE
As I was walking home the other day, I saw an old woman sitting on the pavement. Her clothes were worn and stained, and her face was smudged with dirt. Her white hair was matted and plastered to her scalp, it must have not been washed for a long, long time. She was sitting on a pile of flattened cardboard boxes. She had a kind face, but it looked worn and tired.
As people walked by, she would held out a frail, shaking hand and pleaded, "Money for food, please?" Most just passed her by; some gave her disgusted looks. Some put small change into her hand - at that, she smiled, bowed her head, and softly said, "Thank you".
I reached into my pockes and felt for coins but all I found was a five ringgit note. A thought came to me: Why not make the old lady's day by giving her a fiver? But it was a fleeting thought - soon gone. I kept searching for loose change until I finally found 20 sen - but by then, I had walked some distance past the old woman. I looked back, and she was looking at me with bright hope in her eyes. She had seen me searching for my pockets and was obviously hoping that I would give her something. But it was only 20 sen! I felt bad, and, reluctantly, I turned and walked on. I could imagine her downcast and dissapointed face as she looked at my retreating back. Not many people had given her anything; every sen must have meant a lot for her.
I couldn't forget the old lady that day. I could have just given her the five ringgit that I had. I almost did, why did I stop? I could have just turned around and walked a few paces back to put some money in her hands, why didn't I? I had the money, and it is not like I couldn't spare it. It might have made the old lady's day. It could have bought her a meal that would have warmed her at least once during long cold days on the streets. She looked so frail and weak...
I decided to find her again the next day and give her some money. Enough for a warm drink and meal, perhaps even a change of clothes. I walked that way again - but she was not at her usual spot. The next day, I walked the same way again, but again she wasn't there. This went on for a week, and at last I gave up and thought that perhaps she might have moved elsewhere. Perhaps the people around here had not been as charitable as she had hoped. I certainly hadn't been.
I have not seen the old woman again; I am not sure where she is now or how she is doing. What I do know is that I had missed a chance to do a good deed. I should have done what I'd felt was right to do at that moment.
...
Fellow readers, this article entitled One Moment is published in Starmag, Sunday 17 May 2009 HEART & SOUL and is written by C.H. Cheah. The reasons I decided to put this up on the blog are:
From a Toastmasters point of view, this is an example of how you can craft your speech as if you are bringing the audience into the scene. The article is written with a strong hint of vivid words, so descriptive that the readers can visualise what they read. Let's assume it is a delivered speech, I personally feel that it is a speech with a strong message (Project 2 C&L), a specific purpose (Project 3 C&L), powerful word choice and arrangement especially with vivid words (Project 4 C&L), provides ample room for body gestures (Project 5 C&L), vocal variety (Project 6 C&L) and with further variations, could add up to persuade with power and inspire the audience as well! (Project 9 & 10 C&L). Further dissect the article and I'm sure you will discover interesting words and sentences that you could make use and brighten the Grammarian's day!
There you go! Honestly, the next reason prompted me to share this article with you. I read it this morning and felt that anyone could relate to it. I guess we all had the experience of hesitating and regretting it later on. I had met a few people like the old woman in the story, occasionally, when I left my office, whilst walking to the nearby bus stop. And I certainly hadn't been as charitable as I hoped I had been now.
Hmm..a thought to ponder eh? Feedbacks welcomed.
Cheers!
LIM SZE YUE
An Evening Full of Merit
12 May 2009
Word of the Evening: MERIT (excellence, value, virtue)
So, what's the merit all about this evening? Well, first of all the Ebullient TME is back for his second round.. that's right! TM Lucas Ng took control of the evening once again as the TME and boy, did he struggle to use the word "Merit"..hehe, not so easy as "Ebullient" eh? :P
Dinner was ready by 6.15 p.m and 'ting-ting-ting', the lovely Timer, Carmen, rang the bell to usher everyone in to kickstart the night's event. "Kindly switch off or put your mobile phones on silent mode. Speakers are reminded not to infringe on...," Ms Ong Siew Ming as the SAA started off. Lim Sze Yue standing-in as President took the stage as The Man (Mr Joshua George) had an urgent matter to attend to just before the meeting. Lucas then warmed the audience after introducing his team of roleplayers with his 'oh-so-desperate' attempt trying to use the word 'merit' (LOL) before handing over to Amy Choo who was the Table Topics Master.
The evening of excellence continued with Ms Amy Choo's array of interesting topics. In short, I'll say IT'S CARTOON TIME! ^^ Mr Joshua George stood up strong and confident until the moment his topic was announced.. You Are Superman. Tell Us How You Would Celebrate Mother's Day With Your Mom. XD Not a problem at all for this seasoned speaker..he said he would lift his mum and fly her all over the world, from the ruins of the Pyramids in Egypt to the famed Eiffel Tower in Paris. Mr Raghu, the young man jumped at his 2nd attempt in impromptu speaking and got the topic... Why Do You Want To Be Doraemon? Fantastic flow of ideas and a composed delivery manner from him. Another truly confident speaker we have. See? A Meritful evening, isn't it? Then, we had Lavanya who spoke on Bugs Bunny to Promote Nasi Lemak in Australia! Another unique style of delivery, she disagreed with the idea and explained her reasons with so much wit. You see..you don't really have to agree with the TTM's topics! Excellent! And we then have what I would say, the best topic one can ever get, You are Spiderman. Explain Your Process of Cleaning The Toilet.. -.-" Luckily, we had an equally good speaker (as good as the title....lol) to tackle the topic, and it was none other than...Lucas Ng! Smart boy..haha.. Shirley was next. Her first time to the meeting and her first time taking centrestage. The brave young lady showed no signs of backing out and went on to explain Why Batman is Superior Than All The Other Heroes! I can tell you this..Spiderman was being bombarded many, many times during her 2-minute speech. Very intelligent.. =D
What is this?! Superman, Doraemon, Bugs Bunny... A rather childish topics! If you are in this position, let me assure you that the topics given were one of the most challenging and out of the norm. The speakers who took the topics were indeed presented with an opportunity to speak off the cuff AND speak with boundless imagination. All 5 of them took the bull by the horns and delivered in a mature manner with so much to learn from them. I stand corrected.
Phew, interesting, interesting, and interesting. These speakers not only know how to speak with confidence, they sure do know how to tickle your bones! Not enough, you say? Well, we had Ms Foo Li Hwa (Yes, she's back!!!) entertained us with her string of jokes. Our dearest Humour Master evidently displayed her merit and gave the audience another heartily "laughing session".How A Married Couple Could End Up in A Fight... my goodness..that was just brilliant! Grace Chong then gave her evaluation on the Table Topics Speakers performance. Great job!
5-minute break!
Ong Siew Ming gave her very first prepared speech. The Icebreaker from the C&L Manual. She spoke on Myself and My Ambition and had the audience understand more of her as an individual with particular interest on her chosen career path. She aspires to be a successful lawyer and with that fine delivery of speech, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before she becomes one. Let us all congratulate her on her first step with her excellent debut speech!! We are all looking forward to your next speech!
LIM SZE YUE was next with his 4th project from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. A speech was given with the objective to present an award. The speech was entitled Best Toastmasters 2008/2009. A well-projected roleplay speech by the speaker who however, tasted a pinch of reality when he read the name of the award recipient wrongly. It showed the lack of preparation and lack of attention when it comes to details. So, keep in note, fellow Toastmasters! (hehe..very malu, you know..;) Nonetheless, I think the audience do recognised the effort shown, especially with that trophy Ms Irene "received", it should make the deal! Hehe..
JOSHUA GEORGE came in third to give his 5th speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual, whereby a speech was given in recognition of him receiving the Best Lecturer Award from Datin Ong. Hehe.. As usual, the speaker was in full gear charging ahead with his confidently structured speech thanking everyone he had to thank (but not me..) in obliging with his duties and passion to teach. And, Ladies and Gentlemen, at the very end of his speech, SCTMC is proud to announce that we have produced an Advanced Communicator Bronze speaker! Yes, that's right! Mr Joshua George have completed 10 speeches in the Advanced Manual Series and if you could recall, our President here got his Competent Communicator title in the same term! Yap, that means he has been working his butt off to achieve a double milestone in his TM journey this term. Kudos to you! See, meritful evening isn't it?? XD
General Evaluator, SK RATNAM, DTM (EXTOL TMC) took over the next session and invited the assignment speech evaluators, Jess Foong (UNITAR TMC), Irene Lee (Crystal TMC) and Stephen Fernando (PJ Hilton TMC) respectively for their report. The roleplayers then presented their report and they are: Carmen as Timer, Ibe as Ah Counter and Jee Aik (HELP TMC) as the Grammarian. Mr SK Ratnam then presented his general evaluation of the evening's meeting. Thanks to Ms Ng Siew Tho (Crystal TMC) and all other guests who came and supported us.
That's a wrap from me! Meeting ended at around 8.35 p.m and it's then Lotus meeting time, downstairs! hehe..
Next evening with you: 26 May 2009. Same time, save venue.
Til' then, have an Ebullient day ahead! Cheers! (man..this word ebullient is starting to get irritating, yet it's so convenient! Don't you agree?? Haha.. See you all!)
Ehem..read this, Lucas..
Meritfully prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR ^^
Quote of the Evening: BY THE AGE OF 9, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. I AM 50 AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO! by SK Ratnam XD
Word of the Evening: MERIT (excellence, value, virtue)
So, what's the merit all about this evening? Well, first of all the Ebullient TME is back for his second round.. that's right! TM Lucas Ng took control of the evening once again as the TME and boy, did he struggle to use the word "Merit"..hehe, not so easy as "Ebullient" eh? :P
Dinner was ready by 6.15 p.m and 'ting-ting-ting', the lovely Timer, Carmen, rang the bell to usher everyone in to kickstart the night's event. "Kindly switch off or put your mobile phones on silent mode. Speakers are reminded not to infringe on...," Ms Ong Siew Ming as the SAA started off. Lim Sze Yue standing-in as President took the stage as The Man (Mr Joshua George) had an urgent matter to attend to just before the meeting. Lucas then warmed the audience after introducing his team of roleplayers with his 'oh-so-desperate' attempt trying to use the word 'merit' (LOL) before handing over to Amy Choo who was the Table Topics Master.
The evening of excellence continued with Ms Amy Choo's array of interesting topics. In short, I'll say IT'S CARTOON TIME! ^^ Mr Joshua George stood up strong and confident until the moment his topic was announced.. You Are Superman. Tell Us How You Would Celebrate Mother's Day With Your Mom. XD Not a problem at all for this seasoned speaker..he said he would lift his mum and fly her all over the world, from the ruins of the Pyramids in Egypt to the famed Eiffel Tower in Paris. Mr Raghu, the young man jumped at his 2nd attempt in impromptu speaking and got the topic... Why Do You Want To Be Doraemon? Fantastic flow of ideas and a composed delivery manner from him. Another truly confident speaker we have. See? A Meritful evening, isn't it? Then, we had Lavanya who spoke on Bugs Bunny to Promote Nasi Lemak in Australia! Another unique style of delivery, she disagreed with the idea and explained her reasons with so much wit. You see..you don't really have to agree with the TTM's topics! Excellent! And we then have what I would say, the best topic one can ever get, You are Spiderman. Explain Your Process of Cleaning The Toilet.. -.-" Luckily, we had an equally good speaker (as good as the title....lol) to tackle the topic, and it was none other than...Lucas Ng! Smart boy..haha.. Shirley was next. Her first time to the meeting and her first time taking centrestage. The brave young lady showed no signs of backing out and went on to explain Why Batman is Superior Than All The Other Heroes! I can tell you this..Spiderman was being bombarded many, many times during her 2-minute speech. Very intelligent.. =D
What is this?! Superman, Doraemon, Bugs Bunny... A rather childish topics! If you are in this position, let me assure you that the topics given were one of the most challenging and out of the norm. The speakers who took the topics were indeed presented with an opportunity to speak off the cuff AND speak with boundless imagination. All 5 of them took the bull by the horns and delivered in a mature manner with so much to learn from them. I stand corrected.
Phew, interesting, interesting, and interesting. These speakers not only know how to speak with confidence, they sure do know how to tickle your bones! Not enough, you say? Well, we had Ms Foo Li Hwa (Yes, she's back!!!) entertained us with her string of jokes. Our dearest Humour Master evidently displayed her merit and gave the audience another heartily "laughing session".How A Married Couple Could End Up in A Fight... my goodness..that was just brilliant! Grace Chong then gave her evaluation on the Table Topics Speakers performance. Great job!
5-minute break!
Ong Siew Ming gave her very first prepared speech. The Icebreaker from the C&L Manual. She spoke on Myself and My Ambition and had the audience understand more of her as an individual with particular interest on her chosen career path. She aspires to be a successful lawyer and with that fine delivery of speech, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before she becomes one. Let us all congratulate her on her first step with her excellent debut speech!! We are all looking forward to your next speech!
LIM SZE YUE was next with his 4th project from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. A speech was given with the objective to present an award. The speech was entitled Best Toastmasters 2008/2009. A well-projected roleplay speech by the speaker who however, tasted a pinch of reality when he read the name of the award recipient wrongly. It showed the lack of preparation and lack of attention when it comes to details. So, keep in note, fellow Toastmasters! (hehe..very malu, you know..;) Nonetheless, I think the audience do recognised the effort shown, especially with that trophy Ms Irene "received", it should make the deal! Hehe..
JOSHUA GEORGE came in third to give his 5th speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual, whereby a speech was given in recognition of him receiving the Best Lecturer Award from Datin Ong. Hehe.. As usual, the speaker was in full gear charging ahead with his confidently structured speech thanking everyone he had to thank (but not me..) in obliging with his duties and passion to teach. And, Ladies and Gentlemen, at the very end of his speech, SCTMC is proud to announce that we have produced an Advanced Communicator Bronze speaker! Yes, that's right! Mr Joshua George have completed 10 speeches in the Advanced Manual Series and if you could recall, our President here got his Competent Communicator title in the same term! Yap, that means he has been working his butt off to achieve a double milestone in his TM journey this term. Kudos to you! See, meritful evening isn't it?? XD
General Evaluator, SK RATNAM, DTM (EXTOL TMC) took over the next session and invited the assignment speech evaluators, Jess Foong (UNITAR TMC), Irene Lee (Crystal TMC) and Stephen Fernando (PJ Hilton TMC) respectively for their report. The roleplayers then presented their report and they are: Carmen as Timer, Ibe as Ah Counter and Jee Aik (HELP TMC) as the Grammarian. Mr SK Ratnam then presented his general evaluation of the evening's meeting. Thanks to Ms Ng Siew Tho (Crystal TMC) and all other guests who came and supported us.
That's a wrap from me! Meeting ended at around 8.35 p.m and it's then Lotus meeting time, downstairs! hehe..
Next evening with you: 26 May 2009. Same time, save venue.
Til' then, have an Ebullient day ahead! Cheers! (man..this word ebullient is starting to get irritating, yet it's so convenient! Don't you agree?? Haha.. See you all!)
Ehem..read this, Lucas..
Meritfully prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR ^^
Quote of the Evening: BY THE AGE OF 9, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. I AM 50 AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO! by SK Ratnam XD
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Ebullient Toastmaster
28 April 2009
Word of the Evening: EBULLIENT
Yes, indeed. We had an EBULLIENT evening, thanks to our ebullient Toastmaster of the Evening, Mr Lucas Ng! This TME here had outrageously used the word ebullient in almost every sentence he speaks!! Talk about being zestfully enthusiastic.. :)
As usual, 6.15 p.m. was Fellowship session. Jacky Ang, the SAA called the meeting to order at 6.45 p.m. Mr President of SCTMC then took the stage with his welcoming note. And the Man of the Evening (XD), the ebullient TME, Lucas Ng kickstarted with a brief history of the Toastmasters International. The roleplayers then introduced themselves. We had Ong Siew Ming as the Timer, Lavanya as the Ah Counter, Muthu Kumar as the Table Topics Master, Amy Choo as the Table Topics Evaluator , Deborah Hoe (D Utama Advanced TMC) as the Grammarian, and finally, Rengamnathan (Ernst & Young TMC) as our General Evaluator.
Muthu Kumar had the first volunteer, Mr Joshua George speak on Mr Stephen Fernando's (PJ Hilton TMC) good qualities in a situation where it was the latter's marriage day! Interesting, interesting... Next, was Prince who shared with us on his dream job to be a surgeon because he wanted to save people's life. Ayman, a first-timer to the Toastmasters community made no error with his steady presentation on What is the One and Only Question You Would Ask Barack Obama? I won't tell you what he would've asked. Instead, I want to ask you. If you were given the opportunity, what would you have asked?? Ong Siew Ming came up as the fourth challenger and made us all laugh with her views on If You Have One Power to Change One Thing in the World, What Would it Be... She said, the college library. Full stop. Hahaha!! The One Million Dollar question was picked by Lavanya and she shared with us on how she would use her 1 million dollar in her hands.
Humour was open to the floor. We had Ms Amy Choo, Jee Aik (HELP TMC) and Mr Stephen Fernando giving their latest bits of laughters to everyone. Especially liked this one, Policeman: Miss, why did you beat the traffic light? Didn't you see it was red? Lady: Yes, I saw the red light, but I didn't see you!! XD
Ms Amy Choo then presented her evaluation on the Table Topics Speakers. It was an encouraging session and the speakers and audience enjoyed the session.
5-minute break!
ACB ANANDARAJA (Ernst & Young TMC) was first in the Assignment Speeches session. Break The Rules was the title of his speech from the 3rd project in the C&L manual. Before you guys go away with the wrong message, the speaker wasn't encouraging you to break the rules. Break the rules, to a certain extent only. Hehe.. So, keep in mind ya! XD
GOH AI YAT was next with her multimedia-aided presentation fulfilling the objective of the 6th speech in the C&L manual with her speech entitled Creating The Network. That is the foundation of networking so, ladies and gentlemen, you know what steps to take next time when you are in a social event!! Great speech!
JOSHUA GEORGE continued the wave of speeches with his 2nd project from the Advanced Manual, the Specialty Speeches. He gave a speech honouring the Best Student in the college before presenting the award to Sze Yue. Thanks lots!! Hehe..though it was a roleplay situation :( Note to those present, the qualities and achievements he mentioned was not true. Erm... on second thought, maybe some of them are true! Oops.. :P
LIM SZE YUE to wrap up the group of assigment speakers for the evening, with his 3rd project from the Special Occasion Speeches. This is funny. Right after accepting the award, he roasts the person who presented the award to him!! XD XD The objective was to poke fun of a person in a humourous way and he choses to "blast" the President of SCTMC, Mr Joshua George. That was so fun.. I mean how often do you get to do that?? Hahah!! But again, it was a roleplay situation - a farewell dinner for the President.
General Evaluator RENGAMNATHAN, ACS then took control and invited Jee Aik, Amy Choo, Rengamnathan and Stephen Fernando for the evaluation of the Assignment Speakers. The reports from other roleplayers were then presented followed by Mr Rengamnathan's General Evaluation of the evening's meeting.
Best Table Topics Speaker was Ms Ong Siew Ming. Best Assignment Speaker was Ms Goh Ai Yat and Best Evaluator was Ms Amy Choo. *Thumbs up!!*
Time's up. Meeting ended around 8.30 p.m. Time to head to the Lotus restaurant downstairs!! :D
Next date with you: 12 May 2009. Same time, same venue.
Have an Ebullient day, Cheers!!
Prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
Quote of the Evening: I'M SORRY I COULDN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING, Mr Joshua, BUT DID YOU JUST CALL YOURSELF SEXY? by Sze Yue ^.^
Word of the Evening: EBULLIENT
Yes, indeed. We had an EBULLIENT evening, thanks to our ebullient Toastmaster of the Evening, Mr Lucas Ng! This TME here had outrageously used the word ebullient in almost every sentence he speaks!! Talk about being zestfully enthusiastic.. :)
As usual, 6.15 p.m. was Fellowship session. Jacky Ang, the SAA called the meeting to order at 6.45 p.m. Mr President of SCTMC then took the stage with his welcoming note. And the Man of the Evening (XD), the ebullient TME, Lucas Ng kickstarted with a brief history of the Toastmasters International. The roleplayers then introduced themselves. We had Ong Siew Ming as the Timer, Lavanya as the Ah Counter, Muthu Kumar as the Table Topics Master, Amy Choo as the Table Topics Evaluator , Deborah Hoe (D Utama Advanced TMC) as the Grammarian, and finally, Rengamnathan (Ernst & Young TMC) as our General Evaluator.
Muthu Kumar had the first volunteer, Mr Joshua George speak on Mr Stephen Fernando's (PJ Hilton TMC) good qualities in a situation where it was the latter's marriage day! Interesting, interesting... Next, was Prince who shared with us on his dream job to be a surgeon because he wanted to save people's life. Ayman, a first-timer to the Toastmasters community made no error with his steady presentation on What is the One and Only Question You Would Ask Barack Obama? I won't tell you what he would've asked. Instead, I want to ask you. If you were given the opportunity, what would you have asked?? Ong Siew Ming came up as the fourth challenger and made us all laugh with her views on If You Have One Power to Change One Thing in the World, What Would it Be... She said, the college library. Full stop. Hahaha!! The One Million Dollar question was picked by Lavanya and she shared with us on how she would use her 1 million dollar in her hands.
Humour was open to the floor. We had Ms Amy Choo, Jee Aik (HELP TMC) and Mr Stephen Fernando giving their latest bits of laughters to everyone. Especially liked this one, Policeman: Miss, why did you beat the traffic light? Didn't you see it was red? Lady: Yes, I saw the red light, but I didn't see you!! XD
Ms Amy Choo then presented her evaluation on the Table Topics Speakers. It was an encouraging session and the speakers and audience enjoyed the session.
5-minute break!
ACB ANANDARAJA (Ernst & Young TMC) was first in the Assignment Speeches session. Break The Rules was the title of his speech from the 3rd project in the C&L manual. Before you guys go away with the wrong message, the speaker wasn't encouraging you to break the rules. Break the rules, to a certain extent only. Hehe.. So, keep in mind ya! XD
GOH AI YAT was next with her multimedia-aided presentation fulfilling the objective of the 6th speech in the C&L manual with her speech entitled Creating The Network. That is the foundation of networking so, ladies and gentlemen, you know what steps to take next time when you are in a social event!! Great speech!
JOSHUA GEORGE continued the wave of speeches with his 2nd project from the Advanced Manual, the Specialty Speeches. He gave a speech honouring the Best Student in the college before presenting the award to Sze Yue. Thanks lots!! Hehe..though it was a roleplay situation :( Note to those present, the qualities and achievements he mentioned was not true. Erm... on second thought, maybe some of them are true! Oops.. :P
LIM SZE YUE to wrap up the group of assigment speakers for the evening, with his 3rd project from the Special Occasion Speeches. This is funny. Right after accepting the award, he roasts the person who presented the award to him!! XD XD The objective was to poke fun of a person in a humourous way and he choses to "blast" the President of SCTMC, Mr Joshua George. That was so fun.. I mean how often do you get to do that?? Hahah!! But again, it was a roleplay situation - a farewell dinner for the President.
General Evaluator RENGAMNATHAN, ACS then took control and invited Jee Aik, Amy Choo, Rengamnathan and Stephen Fernando for the evaluation of the Assignment Speakers. The reports from other roleplayers were then presented followed by Mr Rengamnathan's General Evaluation of the evening's meeting.
Best Table Topics Speaker was Ms Ong Siew Ming. Best Assignment Speaker was Ms Goh Ai Yat and Best Evaluator was Ms Amy Choo. *Thumbs up!!*
Time's up. Meeting ended around 8.30 p.m. Time to head to the Lotus restaurant downstairs!! :D
Next date with you: 12 May 2009. Same time, same venue.
Have an Ebullient day, Cheers!!
Prepared by,
LIM SZE YUE
VPPR
Quote of the Evening: I'M SORRY I COULDN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING, Mr Joshua, BUT DID YOU JUST CALL YOURSELF SEXY? by Sze Yue ^.^
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