DDYPC TMC Meeting #25 - 18 June 09

This would be my last write up as the VP PR of the club, and I am happy to end my term with a blast. Why? Well, let me walk you through the meeting last Thursday, 18 Jun 2009.

We were honored to have the presence of the very pleasant TM Soo Loon Teo from Exact TMC to be the General Evaluator of the meeting. In fact, the President of Exact, TM Seow Yung Gan also attended the session as the Evaluator for another guest that we have, TM Azlan Supian from Maxis TMC.

The line up of role players were as follows:
TMA: Newly elected VPE Tunku Indra
Grammarian: Outgoing President Azlan Mohaideen
Timer: Guest Azeela from GSCM TMC
Ah Counter: Incoming Secretary Muaz
Speakers: Azlan Supian, Suhana Sidik
Evaluators: Seow Yung Gan, Mas Rizal

TMA did a wonderful job explaining the meeting practice to 20 over attendees, of which half of them were first timer to a toastmaster meeting. By the time he handed over to our Table Topic Master, El Faraoug, everyone was excited to embark on their very own toastmaster experience.

Our first volunteer, Andrew wowed us with his salesperson ability of promoting a device called a emotional recorder (a creative detour than describing about what a headphone does. Well done!). Then our guest TM Azlan Supian was next with the topic of 'If I had an Extra Hour' but cleverly talked about having an extra day, week or month to spare. Our incoming secretary, Muaz was up next with his philosophical idea dwelling on what his Best Days in School were. Overall, all the speakers did very well!

In the assignment speech slot, 2 speakers bravely faced the audience with speech manual of CC#8 and ACB#3.

The first speaker, TM Azlan Supian planted the scenario of having the attendees acting as school children while he educated us on his work as a Geoscientist. I was pretty much intrigued with the many interesting pictures of rocks formation he took and his great passion while describing his profession. What most appealing to me was the many places he travelled either for work or while attending forums and workshops!

I was up next giving my ACB#3 titled ‘Seringgit’. I have to admit that it was not easy trying to craft a speech with the intention of persuading the audience especially when it was only done at the very last minute (not advisable!). I tried my best to persuade the audience to refrain themselves from giving their money away to beggars, and I guess, it did appeal to half of the audience when I was named the Best Speaker for the day (talking about ending the term with a blast!).

Our guest, Azlan Supain was named the Best Table Topic Speaker (and at the end of the meeting, convey his interest to join our Toastmaster Club). Bravo!

Our highlight was of course the evaluation given by our General Evaluator, TM Soo Loon Teo. He never failed to impress me with his candour assessment of our meeting and his smile that never seems to fade at every sentence.

Thank you all attendees, and we hope to see you again next time! And let’s welcome the new VP PR, Azlan Mohaideen with his bi-weekly report of the meeting next time.

Cheers all.

Signing out
Suhana Sidik
Outgoing Vice President of Public Relation
DDYPC TMC