DDYPC TM Club Meeting - 5 March 2009

Another good toastmaster session concluded by DDYPC last Thursday, which saw the participation of approximately 20 members and guests, and moderated by Toastmaster Mas Rizal as the Toastmaster of the Afternoon.

The line ups were as follows:

• TMA: Mas Rizal
• Grammarian: Siti Aishah
• Timer: Azlan Mohaideen
• Ah Counter: Narayanan
• Table Topic Evaluator: CC Elizabeth
• Speech Evaluator: Ron Low, Siti Fatimah, Tunku Indra, Azlan Supian, Suhana Sidik

(Guests gigling away by the speech from the speakers)

The session kicked off with the energetic table topic session given by CC Suhana Sidik, with the theme of ‘States in Malaysia’. Attendees were encouraged to talk about their hometown, and promote it as a state of choice for holidays. The volunteers were as follows:

• Toastmaster Azlan Supian talked about his hometown Kuala Kangsar (or now we know as Kurang Satu), Perak,
• Toastmaster Siti Fatimah who shared with all her school days (with lack of clean showered day :p) in Selangor,
• The brave first timer Tyiara who talks about her days in America and lastly,
• ACB, CL Ron Low who then excited us by talking about the famous food in Penang.
  Congrats all for taking the opportunity to step up!

(Aishah nervously waiting her turn)

The speaker in order were as follows:

• CC, CL Marcus Chee – Educating us on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from his Manual #5 of ACB
• Azlan Mohaideen – Given us the reality check on Malaysian being the punctual bunch with the speech of ‘Don’t Be Late, Be Punctual’, from Manual #3
• Narayanan – A flavor of sales, from Manual #3
• Siti Aishah – Sharing her story as an experience partner (wife to be exact) and how to build a successful relationship with her speech entitled ‘Enemy, Stranger, Intimate’ from Manual #5
• Tunku Indra – The second Installment of his ever famous Silat knowledge entitled, ‘Hai Yak Vol 2’ from Manual #5

It was a great opportunity indeed to hear from these experience speakers. Well done.

The event was concluded by CC, CL Marcus Chee who was the General Evaluator. He commended on the marvelous effort by the members who had to willingly took the opportunity to double tasks on the day.

(Marcus Chee taking note for his evaluation. Thank you GE)

The winners were announced in the later part by the President. TM Azlan Supian were voted the best Table Topic Speaker, while TM Siti Aishah bag the Best Speaker award for the day.

All in all, another job well done!