Ring-A-Ding-Ding...The New Year's Here!

Hello dear friends! The New Year is only a day away! And yes, we are counting down to a whole new decade!!! Wow, how time flies =)

So, what will you be doing? Party all night long? Spend time with your loved ones? Or glued to the tele while counting down to year 2010?

Well, one thing's for sure, a new year means a new beginning and many great opportunities will be ahead of us. With that said, don't mop around and regret on the things you didn't do this year, but reflect and then really (seriously) make a point to keep your resolutions next year!!

Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...

Merry Christmas

to everyone!

Have a wonderful time with your friends and family =)

May your Christmas be joyful and jolly!

A visit to HELP University College Toastmasters Club

Hello again, so..how was your weekend? Hope you had a great one!

On a beautiful Saturday morning, dated 19 November 2009, we visited HELP University College for another exuberant Toastmasters meeting. The Toastmaster of the Morning, Jack, TM briefly explained the Toastmasters history to members and guest and also introduced the role players.

Lukreiza, CC, the Table Topics Master (TTM) then took control of the meeting to run the "table topics" session. The Word of the Day (WOD) was "EXUBERANT" which simply means full of energy, excitement and cheerfulness. Table topics provides everyone in the meeting an opportunity to practice their extemporaneous speaking skills. The rules are simple, members and guest are required to speak for 1-2 minutes to the questions posed by the TTM and also encouraged to use the word of the day. There were six participants for the session, speaking exuberantly on topics such as happiness, excitements, ways to cheer oneself up and also the mood they were currently in.

Congratulations to our guest Azri Syazwan, who is also from UNITAR for his courage to volunteer himself in the table topics session! It was his first time experiencing Toastmasters meeting and participating in the session. Azri, we hope to see you again in our upcoming meetings after the semester break :D

A big congratulations to Nimmala, TM for being voted as the Best Table Topics Speaker and also for completing her 4th Assignment Project from the Competent Communicator Manual! She gave a very in depth and personal review on part two of the Twilight Saga, none other than the "New Moon" movie. Nimmala impressed the audience with her usage of words and wide vocabulary. Although Nim thought that the movie was a bit mopey and draggy, she still finds Edward irresistible! (Oh no, another Team Edward!). Qinmei, ACB, CL evaluated Nim's speech on that day, highlighting on her strong points and some areas of improvement. Way to go Nim!

The WOD was used 24 times during the meeting. Yes, 24 times! It was indeed an exuberant meeting :) We really had fun and wish to attend another meeting next time.

Christmas Dinner with DU Advanced Toastmasters

Hello everyone, how have you been? Well, if you have been feeling not so good lately...why not get in the Christmas mood with us? Ho ho ho!

On 10 December 2009, we were lucky to be able to join DU Advanced Toastmasters Club for their Christmas meeting + Penang Street Food at The Mage Cafe (Damansara Jaya). Good food, great bunch of energetic people, infectious laughter and enthusiasm...what's not to love?
Oh, and not to be forgotten, all of us were given a Santa hat upon registration!



The word of the day is MERRIMENT, a noun which simply means fun, laughter and happy talk. It definetely suited the mood of the casual meeting as everyone was enjoying themselves while keeping in touch with fellow Toastmasters from other clubs. We instantly felt very welcomed by the merry crowd and amazing camaraderie seen :)



Our Area B1 Governor, ACB CL Julian Gan was given the honour of becoming the General Evaluator (GE) of the meeting.

Jingle Bell Jingle Bell Jingle All the Way

The food's so fine though without wine

We laughed

Smiled

Paid Attention

Won some prizes

And took some photos

We did it the Toastmasters' Way!

=)