The theme of the meeting was set as
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.
Henry Fu, ACB, ALB was the
Toastmaster of the Evening and performed his job brilliantly, injecting
enthusiasm and positivity into the meeting from the moment he took the lectern.
As the Language Evaluator, Masoomi
introduced “Valour” as the Word of the Day and there was no doubt that she had
been diligently monitoring the proper usage of the English language throughout
the meeting. Indeed we witnessed valour amongst the speakers and guests alike
when taking to the stage during the meeting.
During the Teh Tarik for the Soul
session, Tan Kooi Ching, ACB, CL narrated to us a story about the relationship
between a king and his Prime Minister. The take-home message for us is to be
grateful even when things do not go our way, as everything happens for a
reason.
Daryl Chong was the Table Topics
Master and certainly lined up questions which set our minds thinking. All the
speakers who took to the floor to attempt answering the questions certainly
demonstrated valour and not a trace of hesitation in doing so. We had both
guests and Toastmasters participating in this session. Shawn Chen as the Table
Topics Evaluator, delivered an incisive evaluation of all the Table Topics
speakers and pointed out areas of commendation as well as improvement.
During this meeting, the
Vice-President for Membership, VK Choong, conducted a Member Acceptance
Ceremony to welcome the newest members into the D’Utama fold. They were :
Gay Sook Mei
Yap Wai Hong
Tan Wee Li
Ajesh
Hem
Lee Boon Wei
During the prepared speech
assignment session, we heard from the following speakers:
Tan Wee Li who delivered
his very first speech in the club entitled “Foodie”, weaving his relationship
with food and his biography into an entertaining speech.
With his speech entitled
“Expectations” in fulfillment of Project #3: Get to the Point, Daryl Chong spoke about dealing and
managing expectations of others. However the most important message he
delivered was to manage our own expectations of ourselves.
Ivanna Sim and Thiiban Paskaran both delivered speeches from Project #8: Get
comfortable with visual aids. Ivanna expounded on the topic of depression,
giving the audience an insight into this relatively little known topic. She
likened depression to a black dog that accompanies the person afflicted with
this condition everywhere and at all times, and this facilitated the audience
to understand this mental condition. Thiiban likened living life to that of
running a race and inspired us to run it as best as we can.
For the evaluation session, we had
Darshini, Calvin Lim, ACS, Gan Teong Hock, DTM and Marcus Loi, CC, CL. True to
the spirit of Toastmasters, all evaluators endeavoured to provide valuable and
meaningful feedback to the speakers, pointing out areas where they excelled and
where they could have enhanced their speeches. The General Evaluator,
G.Sivalingam, DTM also gave constructive feedback to the speakers and a
thorough evaluation of how the meeting had transpired.
Yvonne Yon, as the Ah Counter, gave
a detailed report of all pause fillers and speech crutches used throughout the
meeting while first-time timekeeper Fong Lian Lim performed his given task meticulously,
having recorded everyone’s timing to a T, including his own.
Awards for the night were given as
follows:
Best Table Topic Speaker - Chai Siew Hong
Best Speaker – Thiiban
Paskaran
Best Evaluator - Gan Teong Hock, DTM
First Timer - Tan Wee Li
We also saw a record 23 guests at
the meeting! Quite a feat, even for an established club as ours!
“A
brilliant meeting with such energy and positive vibes from our young guests
from Taylors.” - Lim Bing Yee,
ATMB
N.B. The next club meeting will be held on 17th
April 2014 and the Toastmasters of the Evening will be G.Sivalingam, DTM.
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| Best Table Topic Speaker - Chai Siew Hong from TCSH |
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| Best Assignment Speaker - Thiiban Paskaran, President of TCSH |
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| Best Evaluator - Gan Teong Hock, DTM |
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| First Timer Ribbon - Tan Wee Li |
Best Regards,
Hoo Sze Ling, ACB
President
D'Utama Toastmasters Club