-Final Meeting of the Semester-

                   Demo speech by Kuang Shan, CC

It has come to the end of the August 2008 semester and so...our final meeting ended with a little surprise for our darling (Si Jelita according to our Area Governor Meyya,ACG) Lukreiza!!!Yes,we had a belated birthday cake for our VPPR!!!Now,now...let's get back to the main topic...Ahem...

Below were the role players on Tuesday(28/10/2008):

TME: Syahiran, TM
SAA:Syahiran, TM
TTM:Julian Gan, CC
TTE:Lai Lien,CC
Ah-Counter:Amir,TM
Time-keeper:Sara,TM
Grammarian:Lukreiza,TM
Assignment Speakers: Hui Shan,TM (Assignment #8)
Lukreiza,TM (Assignment #8)
Syahiran,TM (Assignment #10)
Demo Speech:Kuang Shan, CC (Interpretive Reading)
Assignment Evaluators: 1) Julian Gan,CC
2) Jess Foong,CC
3) Kuang Shan,CC
General Evaluator:Lai Lien,CC

Besides Lukreiza's delicious cake ;-) Our dearest President (CC Julian Gan) marvelled us with his tricks during the table topics session (phew!) He made our poor volunteers lie like they never did before...lie as if they were the greatest pretender in the world.Our table topic speakers were Jess Foong CC,Amir TM,Lai Lien CC.These three speakers kept the audiences entertained with our tummies aching throughout their lies about beauty,intelligence and strength.

Next, the assignment speakers filled the room with different environments because of the various topics presented. Hui Shan, TM presented her 8th assignment speech with the title,"Halloween".Her speech was illustrated with colourful slides and Kuang Shan, CC managed to nab the grand prize the her question and received a candy cane!!!Hooray!The others were not left out as she gave them candies due to the spirit of Halloween.

Well,well...Lukreiza, TM made the environment change by presenting about "Calvin & Hobbes".Those who were familiar with the comic were so excited, making the others anxious to know what it is all about.Her speech gave us an insight about Calvin who is more than just a child,but a boy bursting with energy and wonderful imaginations - making his stuffed toy tiger(Hobbes) into an imagination friend.She managed to make us feel enlightened,touched and happy all at the same time.Everyone in the room was impressed with Lukreiza's performance and the effort she put in to make her slides beautiful.

Ladies and gentleman,let us all say Congratulations to Syah as he has completed his Competent Communicator Manual by presenting his 10th speech, "Perserverence".An inspiring speech about his previous struggles as a person, making the crowd hooked on, to discover more about his story.The speech was one that would make a person think more than twice to give up,as we should perservere to succeed in life.Other than that,he shared with us his embarassments and failures,letting us know that nothing stopped him from becoming one of the top students and a talented Toastmasters.Congratulations again to Syah for now he is a Competent Communicator !!!!!Yes, he can definitely join Julian...CC...Hmm...

The Demo speech by Kuang Shan, CC was very energetic and also persuasive.The speech was originally written and spoken by one of the most known President of the United States, J.F Kennedy. Kuang Shan showed us that reading from a piece of paper,needs more effort to illustrate the emotions of the script with voice colouring skills and appropriate hand gestures. Even though the speech was very political,none of us felt sleepy or bored because it was delivered in an excellent manner.Thank You Kuang Shan for giving us an insight of what Interpertive Reading is all about.

Finally,I would like to thank Lai Lien,CC for coming all the way from DKC to our humble club meeting.It is her very first time to join our meeting and we appreciate her constructive feedback that will help us to be more efficient when we conduct the meeting.We were lucky to have her because of her generosity in multitasking by being both the Table Topics Evaluator and also the General Evaluator.

Thank You again to all the members who came and guests who joined us this past Tuesday.Till then,our next meeting shall be during the next January semester 2009.Please continue to drop by our blog for updates about our Club's Toastmasters Competition year 2009.

All the best for the final exams!!!!!!

-Happy Deepavali-

Ladies and Gentleman =) The festival of lights is here and we,UNITAR Toastmasters whole heartedly wish everyone Happy Deepavali and do save some murukku for our meeting this coming Tuesday(28/10) at 5pm,in the Executive Training Room,Level 1,Block B.

The theme shall be "Diwali" and the word of the day lighten. Come and join us to enlighten yourself while we dedicate the evening to celebrate such a beautiful festival.For those who are not sure where we are located, please do send us an email (unitar.toastmasters@gmail.com) or drop us a shoutout in the chat box.

Thank you and have a pleasant weekend!!!

Special Aidilfitri Meeting

The Hari Raya holidays are over but it is not over yet here in the UNITAR Toastmasters Club. Today is the day where everyone put on their traditional clothes joined in the fun. We decided to make it specially to celebrate the Hari Raya festival with the oh-so obvious theme, "Hari Raya" and the Word of the day,"Traditional".

A great bunch of guests joined our meeting today, namely the UM Toastmasters Club with their rambunctious team, Area Governor B1, Meyya.Hmm,hmm...the meeting room was filled with all sorts of colours, making everyone so attractive. The festive season has definitely kicked in the happy mood in all of us.

Below is the list of role players for the day:

Toastmaster of the evening: Meyya, ACG
Table Topics Master: Lukreiza, TM
Table Topics Evaluator: Julian Gan, CC
Ah-Counter: Julian Gan, CC
Grammarian: Jess Foong, CC
Assignment Speakers: Hafiz, TM
Syahiran, TM
Jess Foong, CC
Time-keeper: Syahiran, TM
General Evaluator: Kimmy Foo, CC

That is all for now.We are glad that everyone had a wonderful time,looking more beautiful and smarter than ever.Ladies and gentlemen please do join us for our next meeting which will be on the 28th of October 2008.

Cosy Meeting

It was a cosy meeting on the 23rd September 2008. Most of our members were away, or rather in the mood for the holidays and how unfortunate that other clubs did not manage to join us. However so,the meeting was ran successfully with members multitasking till the very end.

Theme: Appreciation, Word of the Day: Cherish

The Role Players were:

TME: Lukreiza, TM
SAA: Syahiran, TM
Grammarian: Jess Foong, TM
TTM: Syahiran, TM
TTE: Hui Shan, TM
Ah-Counter: Hafiz, TM
Time-keeper: Amir, TM
Assignment Speakers: Hafiz - 4th Assignment
Hui Shan - 7th Assignment
Syahiran - 8th Assignment
Assignment Evaluators: Julian Gan, CC and Lukreiza, TM
General Evaluator: Julian Gan, CC

The meeting was quickly wrapped up and we "Buka Puasa" together,marking the last meeting of the Ramadhan month.Till then, the next meeting will be here in a jiffy.

Visit Here,Visit There

From left: Sarah, Lukreiza, Roy, Julian and Mugilan

On the 16th of September, Tuesday a few of our members landed at the doorstep of the PJ Hilton's Club. One of them, TM Lukreiza managed to do her 7th assignment speech and earned good comments from her evaluator, none other than the funny and witty ACB, CL Stephen Fernando. Her speech was interesting and memorable as it has much to do with our handwriting, forcing everyone present on that day to re-evaluate their own writing. Lukreiza must have made an impression in the meeting.

On the other hand,another group of us visited the Universiti Malaya Toastmasters Club. The declaration of holiday for Selangor did us good on the 17th September,Wednesday.It was an interesting day to remembered as the theme on that day was Acronym, making it all shorter to complete a sentence. CC Julian Gan from our club was the GE (General Evaluator), while Hui Shan volunteered for their Table Topics Session. The word of the day suited the crowd really well - a rambunctious bunch of people.

We hope that other clubs will drop by and join us for our future meetings =)