8 October 2009
venue: Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru
This is the first chapter meeting that I attended as a member after a lapse of 5 years. I am glad to see some old faces and many fresh and younger faces.
There was one change to the appointment holder. CTM Lee Chee Shen volunteered to replace TM Eugene Paw as the SAA, since the later was unable to attend the meeting. CTM Lee Chee Shen demonstrated the spirit of service to the club inline with the Word of the Day: Serve. The meeting was call to order by the SAA and two guests who were here for the first time introduce themselves. They were Mr. Hiew and his wife Ms. Wei Ling.
The Opening Address was delivered by club President CC J. Kannan, followed by the Induction Ceremony. TM Cheok Wei Yin was inducted as a new member by ACB Adilin Arifin. Our club extends a warm welcome to her although the room was very cold!
TM Abiramy skillfully conducted the Table Topics session with a variety of simple topics which received enthusiastic participation from the members and guests. The surprise winner for the Table Topics is our guest, Mr. Hiew. Our club had uncovered a hidden talent.
Three Prepared Speeches were delivered by the members. TM Sankaree spoke about her schooldays ,especially her teachers. It reminds me of the song “To Sir With Love” by Lulu.
TM Carmalita Baluyut must have spent considerable time and effort to research on H1N1. She spoke with confident and knowledge on this topic. Our muscleman, TM Prabakaran chose to speak on the love of his life: body building. His body is a living example of his conviction and devotion to his love!
The Prepared Speeches were evaluated by ACB Adilin Arifin, ACB Cindy Wong and CC Tan Eng Suan. They continue the club tradition of giving objective feedback for the benefits of the speakers. This was followed by ATMB John Foo who delivered the Language Evaluation report. He never fails to amaze the member and yours truly with his command of the English language. Last but not least, TM Saravanan delivered the General Evaluation report. He was outstanding with his solid voice and stage present.
The meeting ended with the Award presentation by Mr. President C J. Kannan.
Text by CTM S M Lee
Photo by E T Lee, DTM
Hei !! The room is dark .......nothing wrong with my camera ! But...but if you insist on buying a new camera for me, I will be more than happy.....
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the Club...yes, we have a lot of young and dynamic members who are pursuing to their speaking excellent, are we not?
ReplyDeleteI enjoy every meetings that ware filled with fun and joy, let's keep it this way...cheerio!
Dear Lee Sen Meng,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have old members like you again in our club. Toastmastering is passion driven journey and I know your passion for Toastmasters s always burning in you. Let's have more quality meetings in our club. Anyway thanks for the write-up.
Regards
J.Kannan CC, CL