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.