Meeting Review (18th December, 2007)

The meeting was attended by 19 persons, comprising club members, visiting Toastmasters and guests.

Attendees

Ivan Fong

Huegesh

Jessy Mak

Lakhmichand, M.A.

Loke Kah Sing

Lourdes Chandramohan

Mary Barton

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Parimala Thevi Sundram

Ranjnee

Ranjit Singh

GUESTS

Toastmasters

Malini Sivapatha Sundaram

Syamala

Non-Toastmasters

Damien

Dzulaika

Prem

Randhil

Role-Players
SAA	-	Muhendaran	DTM
TME	-	Muhendaran	DTM
Invocation	-	Michelle Ong
TTM	-	Syamala
TTE	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.	ATMB
GE	-	Ranjit Singh	ATMB
Ah Counter	-	Huegesh
Grammarian	-	Parimala
Timer	-	Jessy Mak

The meeting started on time, an important factor for the Bangsar Toastmasters Club. The SAA got the members to recite the Toastmasters’ promise just to remind the members of their responsibilities towards the Club, to fellow club members and to themselves.

Bangsar Toastmasters Club welcomed the Area Governor who was on his 2^nd official visit to the club (for your information, he attends all our meetings because he is the founder member of the Club). I give you the pleasure of guessing who he/she is?

Bangsar Toastmasters Club would like to acknowledge the presence of Toastmaster Malini, all the way from USA (…she was a member of our club). It was good to see her again and members took opportunity to do a bit of catching up with her. Malini, thank you for the chocolates.

Invocation by Maureen made us put on our thinking caps to reflect on how we would react if we are put in a particular situation.

Our guest from KPMG Toastmasters Club, TM Syamala chose very appropriate topics for the table topics session. This is the first time I have come across a guest (Damien) volunteering without any hesitation as the first table topics speaker. Randhill, Malini, Michelle and Prem also took part in the table topics session. The topics were very challenging and the participant spoke well. Our evergreen, Lucky, ATMB, gave precise and to the point evaluation for all the table topics speakers. Guest Randhill was voted as the best table topics speaker. He received a certificate from the President.

Humor session was an open session; Ranjit Singh, ATMB, shared a short joke.

The break was for 10 minutes and the meeting resumed with assignment speeches.

4 members presented their speeches from the basic C&L manual:

(# 2) Ranjani - “Benefits of Physical Exercise”

(# 5) Loke Kah Sing – “Gratitude”

(# 6) Michelle – “Career Options”

(# 8) Maureen – “Love Languages”

In my view, all the 4 speakers spoke well and it seems to me that they have done sufficient research on the topics they speak on.

The 4 evaluators were:

AC Fong, CTM

Lucky, ATMB

Lourdes, DTM

Mary Barton, ATMB

All the 4 evaluators did justice by delivering without fear or favor their evaluations (one of the pillars of the Bangsar Toastmasters Club). Maureen was voted as the Best Speaker, and Mary Barton, ATMB, as the Best Evaluator for the day.

Our President not only gave the opening address, which was vibrant and full of enthusiasm, but he was also the GE for the day. Being the President of the club he did point directly the errors and the shortcomings. Among others, he suggested that the club banner be displayed at all meetings. He also requested the SAA to make sure the word of the day and the theme for the meeting be written on the white board. These were noticeable weaknesses at this meeting as aptly pointed out by the GE.

During the closing of the meeting by the President, the guests remarked that they were impressed with the conduct of the meeting.

To conclude, I thoroughly enjoyed this meeting because Bangsar Toastmasters Club has always maintained very high standards and is always looking to improve further. The quality of language, time keeping, topics selection and the manner in which guests are treated are always par excellent.

Please note, this was the last meeting for the year 2007.

I take the opportunity to wish you all belated Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. I hope and pray that 2008 will be a prosperous year for all of us and hope we can achieve whatever we plan for the year ahead.

See you at the next meeting.

Bangsar being Bangsar, the next meeting is on the 1^st January 2008. This is the second time we are holding our meeting on January 1^st - for the record, the first time was when the Bangsar Toastmasters Club welcomed the year 2002.

Again, I wish you all Happy New Year and have a wonderful year ahead.

by: Muhendaran

Workshop on...

"The Art & Craft of The Champion Speaker"

Details	:
Date	:	Thursday 10 January, 2008
Time	:	7:00pm (Refreshment)
		7:45pm (Presentation)
Venue	:	Wisma WIM,
		No 7, Jln Abang Haji Openg,
		Tmn Tun Dr Ismail,
		Kuala Lumpur.
Fee	:	RM15.00
		Limited tickets are available.
		Please book your tickets now to avoid disappointment
		mail - azmishahrin@gmail.com
		SMS: 012-9198557
		before 5 January 2008.

About the Workshop:
Division W will be organizing this workshop, be facilitated by Leann Tang, DTM and Kim Chow, ATMS. This exciting workshop will be invaluable for contestants of the 2008 International Speech Contest and Toastmasters in general who would like to bolster their Public Speaking repertoire with advanced and easy to apply techniques. The workshop will cover in detail the recipe of a championship speech and the finer points of physical and mental preparation leading to the contest day.

Be a Champion Speaker this term and start your campaign with the right foot forward by attending this great workshop.


Our 2 Dynamic workshop facilitators:

Leann Tang, DTM is well known both within and outside Toastmasters circle as a dynamic speaker and presenter. She is a member of Indrahana Club since 1995 and has served as Club president, Area Governor, Division C Governor and recently as the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) Chairman in 2006/2007.

She has won numerous contests at the Club, Area and Division levels. She continues to use her dynamic presentation skills to help members become better communicators and leaders.

She now puts communication and leadership skills acquired from the Toastmasters International program in managing a private landscaping firm.

Kim Chow, ATMS has vast experience in the fields of image development, communication, education, insurance, negotiation and event management.

In the education sector, she has served as a Science teacher and English lecturer. In the corporate sector, she has hands-on experience in business development, business support, customer relations, public affairs, damage control, event management, team building, mentoring and training.

Currently, she is a corporate trainer in image development, communication skills and emcee skills. She is an experienced Master of Ceremonies and comperes private and corporate functions. She also operates an insurance business that continuously sharpens her skills in public speaking, communication, negotiation, teamwork dynamics and crisis management.

A lady with a burning desire for learning and sharing, Kim Chow shares her expertise in the various courses conducted by KimChow Communicators Sdn Bhd.

A Toastmaster since 1997, she has served as President of Friendship Club and District 51 Secretary. She has won speech contests at club, area and division levels. Most recently, she was the Division W Champion for International Speech (2006/2007) and Humorous Speech (2007/2008).

DTM...

CONGRATULATIONS!

Distinguished Toastmaster
Muhendaran Suppiah


For having achieved
your DTM Award.
(Awarded - 1 Dec 2007)

BANGSAR TM Club
is PROUD
of Your Achievement!

Story Telling Treasure...

In his workshop, "Using stories to get your message across", Dunstan Chan, DTM, mentioned that internet is an avenue for you to find stories you can use...

I have a treasure to share with you - not only there are the stories, but you can LISTEN TO as well as read them!

It is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:

* Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
* Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
* View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
* Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.


There are four ways to get started:

1. Browse by Author. You can pick your stories by the author's last name.
2. Browse by Title. You can pick your stories by title.
3. Search Database. You can search the collection by title, author, keywords or reading level.
An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

4. Launch iTunes. If you have iTunes software installed on your computer, you can download many of the selections directly into your iTunes library. The free iTunes application for either Macintosh or Windows computers may be downloaded directly from Apple, Inc.


I hope you will find this site very helpful, specially if you are doing the StoryTelling / Advanced Manuals. You will certainly find the audio files very helpful to master the art of vocal varieties...

Even if you are not you might just enjoy listening to them, or prefer to keep themas a collection...

You never know when you will become a grandfather and need to tell stories to your grandchildren...


Have Fun...


The site to visit is:

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm

Beauty of Dreams...

Div W HSC/EV Contests 2007

Slide Show...

Be Thankful...

Be Thankful...

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary
Because it means you've made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings...

Congratulations!

BANGSAR TM Club
Select Distinguished Club 2006/2007

Receiving Trophy on behalf of Bangsar TM Club

President 2006-2007, Lakhmichand, ATMB,CL
MEDAN - Hall of Fame 2006/2007
16th Nov 2007

District 51 Contests Results

18th Nov 2007 (MEDAN)

Evaluation Contest

Champion	:	Stephen Fernando
1st Runner-up	:	Siew Chin Bin
2nd Runner-up	:	S L Liew

Humorous Speech Contest

Champion	:	Michael Rajesh
1st Runner-up	:	Vimala, N.M.
2nd Runner-up	:	Benjamin Loui

Second TLI

Divisions P & W - TLI Round 2

Date:	Saturday, 1st Dec 2007
Time:	1:00PM (Registration) , 1:59PM (Start)
Venue:	Help University College, Level 5, Wisma Help,
	Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur.

Please confirm before Nov 25th!
which of our club officers will attend.
Let us ALL attend!

Meeting Review (6th November, 2007)

Theme	:	ENTERTAINMENT
Word of the Day	:	ENJOYABLE

Attendees

Ivan Fong

Lakhmichand, M.A.

Loke Kah Sing

Mary Barton

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Ranjit Singh

Rema Paul Gopal

Sham Sunder Lakhiani

Wan Siew Onn

GUEST

Mohd Nurudin (KL SENTRAL)

Role-Players
SAA	-	Muhendaran
TME	-	Ivan Fong
Invocation	-	Rema Paul Gopal
TTM	-	Maureen Ong
TTE	-	Mary Barton
GE	-	Loke Kah Sing
Ah Counter	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.
Grammarian	-	Ranjit Singh
Timer	-	Wan Siew Onn

It was certainly another ‘enjoyable’ meeting as we were ‘entertained’ with laughs and speeches. As usual, the SAA, Muhendaran, led the members to recite the Toastmasters’ Promise in order to make us continuously be aware of our responsibilities. The President, Ranjit, never fails to give an enthusiastic opening address.

The TME, Ivan Fong, started the excitement by inviting Table Topics Master, Maureen, to take over. She had a handful of ‘enjoyable’ topics.

First taker, Ranjit, spoke about his most enjoyable Fathers Day. His contention is that we should show gratitude to our fathers on any day, not just Fathers day. Agreed!

The second speaker, Wan, talked about his most enjoyable Birthday. However, birthdays are not special to him and he treats them as any other day. Same like me!

Third speaker, Muhendaran had to talk about his most enjoyable Holiday. Gis idea of the best holiday is a day when he can just eat, sleep and watch TV freely. Not my dream!

Fourth speaker, Lakhmichand spoke about his most enjoyable Mothers Day. For him, the most memorable Mothers day was when he left India and his mother for Malaya at the age of 10. How touching!

Fifth speaker, Mary was given the topic of her most enjoyable Valentines Day. To her, real Valentines only exist as fantasies in movies. Really?

Final speaker, Mohamed dealt with the topic of his most enjoyable Anniversary. That made him reminisces on his university graduation day. An emotional one, indeed!

Our seasoned evaluator, Mary gave a very constructive and interesting evaluation of all the table topics speakers. She, herself received a very amusing ‘down-to-earth’ evaluation from Muhendaran.

Best Table Topics speaker went to Lakhmichand.

After the break, we were entertained by 3 assignment speeches. First speaker, Michelle talked about ‘Friends’. She related a very interesting story that really illustrated the meaning of ‘True friendship’. Evaluator was Mary.

Second speaker was Sham Sunder who delivered the ‘Real Funnies’ of Malaysian society. It was definitely an entertaining and amusing satire. Evaluator was Ranjit.

Finally, Rema Paul gave us “Girls – from 7 to 78”. In other words, from Girls to Women! What a no-holds-barred revelation on the fairer sex! Certainly entertaining! Evaluator was Muhendaran.

Best speaker was Rema Paul and Best evaluator Muhendaran.

First Timer GE, Loke Kah Sing showed flair in delivering his general evaluation of the whole meeting. Great job!

All in all, another great meeting. We definitely had good fun and entertainment. That’s what learning in moments of enjoyment is all about!

See you at the next meeting. Kudos to all!

by Ivan Fong, CTM

Diwali Greetings...

Greetings from Atlanta

Hi All,

Greetings from Atlanta.

Finally did join a TM club in Atlanta - Dogwood Toastmasters.

A shot of some of us - at a farewell for a TM member at a Korean Bakery called Mozart Bakery (not sure why - did not hear any classical music but the place had pretty classy furniture for a bakery!)

Incidently the TM member leaving for DC is also a Malaysian and a past president of the club!

Guess Malaysians are everywhere.

Cheers

Malini

(standing 2nd from left....)

Dear Malini



Happy Deepavali from all of us here...

Wish you lots of fun and laughter...

BANGSARIANS

Meeting Review (22nd October, 2007)

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL Day 2007 Celebrations.

Theme	:	CELEBRATIONS
Word of the Day	:	REJOICE

Attendees

BANGSAR

Chandran

Ivan Fong

Jessy Mak

Lee Chor Wah

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Sham Sunder Lakhiani

Shanmugam Ganesan

Wan Siew Onn

KL ADVANCED

Bill Sim

* Lakhmichand, M.A.

* Rema Paul

Renganathan

* They are members of both Clubs!

Div W & Guests
Azmi Shahrin	(DVG)
Azizah	(MELAKA)
Delbir Singh	(DEL)
Dr Devi Menon	(SAI)
Kwong Chee Seong	AGP4)
Lim Yeong Chuan	(EXTOL)
Raja Ahmad Muzamir	(KPMG)
Satchit A K	(KPMG)
Shane	(SUNWAY)

Role-Players
SAA	-	Muhendaran
TME	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.
Invocation	-	Satchit A K
General Evaluator	-	Azmi Shahrin
Ah Counter	-	Raja Ahmad Muzamir
Grammarian	-	Kwong Chee Seong
Timer	-	Shane

22nd October, 2007 – it was a special day – Toastmasters International Day!

BANGSAR & KL ADVANCED TM Clubs celebrated the occasion with the support of Div W Council!

The evening was CHARGED with anticipation of fun. Muhendaran, ATMG, led the meeting with reading of the Toastmasters Promise. VPE, Shanmugam, CTM, on behalf of BANGSAR TM Club President, Ranjit Singh, ATMB, welcomed the attendees & surrendered the lectern to the TME, Lucky.

Immediately after the introduction of guests / Toastmasters, Satchit A.K. of KPMG, CC, made a TOAST to Toastmasters International, a befitting gesture. The presentation was part of Invocation as well as his FIRST advanced speech.

The table topics session was replaced with testing of skills! Bill Sim, ATMG, of KL Advanced, demonstrated his skills at instructing via the telephone (assumed). Following his instructions was Jessy of BANGSAR TM Club. She successfully tied the knot of her neck-tie! It was her FIRST experience!


Part of the FUN was also to test HOW FAST can one tie the Windsor Knot. Delbir Singh, Lee Chor Wah & Wan Siew Onn were the Top Three.


Maureen from BANGSAR delighted everyone with "From Lawyer To Therapist", her CL project #6. Veteran, Rema Paul, ATMS, delivered "Loving & Being Loved", a poem, as her project #2 from the Interpretive Reading Manual.


Before the general evaluation session, DVG(W) Azmi Shahrin, DTM, helped to complete the celebrations by cutting the cake.


The evaluators, Ivan Fong, Renganathan & Chandran gave their evaluations with their usual ‘honesty’. So did the grammarian, ah counter and the timer. In spite of the fun-atmosphere, everyone was very alert and executed the roles with enthusiasm and flair.


GE, Azmi Shahrin was full of praise for the function. He took advantage of his presence, and awarded a Soaring Eagle Gold Pin to VPM (BANGSAR), Sham Sunder for BANGSAR having increased the membership by 5 members.


All speech evaluators & participants in the tests of skills were presented with Ties, while the GE & the speakers were presented with other tokens of appreciation.


Ties / tokens were contribution of BANGSAR Charter Member, Baiju.


It was a fun-filled evening and certainly worth attending.

VPE, Lakhmichand, ATMB , on behalf KL ADVANCED TM Club President, Rohijas Md Sharif, ATMS, thanked the DVG, role-players and attendees for making it a lovely evening.

by Lucky

Div W Contests Results...

Humorous Speech Contest
Rank		Name	Area
Champ		Kim Chow	W6
1st Runner-up		Raja Ahmad Muzamir	W1
2nd Runner-up		David Jackson	W4
Evaluation Contest
Rank		Name	Area
Champ		Chew Khong Meng	W6
1st Runner-up		John Lee	W2
2nd Runner-up		David Ann	W4

Contest Chair: Bill Sim, ACG

BD Greetings...

To Our Dear Counselor!
Happy Birthday Greetings!

Wishing You A Very Successful
Toastmasters Journey
On This Very Special Day!

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL DAY!

To mark / celebrate 83 years of Toastmasters, on TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL DAY on Monday, 22nd October 2007, BANGSAR / KLADVANCED / DIV W will have a joint meeting at BANGSAR TM Club.

The evening’s program includes:

A TOAST by Satchit, CC (KPMG),
“Down Memory Lane” (83 years of Toastmasters) by Rohijas, ATMS, (KLADV),
“From Lawyer to Therapist” by Maureen (BANGSAR)
"Humorously Speaking" by Rema Paul, ATMB (BANGSAR/KLADV).

Test your skills at Giving/Receiving Instructions!

How fast are you at...? Attend and find out!

6.45 – 7.30 pm: Socialize/Refreshments
7.30 – 9.50 pm: Speeches/Fun/Evaluations.

Door Fees RM10

For more details, please contact Lucky

See you all there

BE there...

To SUPPORT OUR CHAMP!

Meeting Review (02nd October, 2007)

Theme	:	PLEASURE
Word of the Day	:	STIPULATE

Attendees

Chandran

Ivan Fong

Jessy Mak

Lakhmichand

Lee Chor Wah

Mary Barton

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Ranjit Singh

Sham Sunder Lakhiani

Shanmugam Ganesan

Wan Siew Onn

		Role-players
SAA	-	Muhendaran
Invocation	-	Shanmugam Ganesan
Toastmaster of the Evening	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.
Table Topics Master	-	Sham Sunder Lakhiani
Table Topics Evaluator	-	Mary Barton
General Evaluator	-	Mary Barton
Ah Counter	-	Michelle Ong Swee Jin
Grammarian	-	Maureen Ong Swee Kin
Timer	-	Lee Chor Wah

Another successful meeting, well-attended, precise, scheduled, quite-on-time, with samples of basic & advanced speeches, showing mastery of language by both - speakers and evaluators...

The gavel struck precisely at 7.34 pm (if I remember correctly), with Muhendaran leading the attendees to recite the Toastmasters' Promise - a tradition of BANGSAR Toastmasters! This is always a starting of the excitement. The tempo/rhythm was kept at the same level with Invocation by Shanmugam Ganesan, a challenge that keeps the TME on his toes!

With the presence of Mary Barton, playing double role (TTE/GE), who can say that the evening was anything but dull!

When Sham Sunder speaks, you better be attentive, else you miss what he says! As the TTM his theme was "Your Health - What are you doing about it!"

The speakers included a guest -

TT Speakers

Lakhmichand

Fong Ah Chong

Wan Siew Onn

Jennifer Ho (Guest)

Muhendaran

When Mary Barton is on the 'stage' you are all ears! As the TTE she was very thorough! Nothing escapes her sharp skills! It was a delight to hear her evaluate the speakers...
Best TT Speaker went to the guest...

Speeches
Jessy Mak		CL # 1 - "Me, Myself & I"
Muhendaran Suppiah	ATMG	HP - Results
Evaluators
Chandran	CTM
Ivan Fong	CTM

Jessy’s ice-breaker was a good insight in this diminutive lady who spoke of her ideas, likes, dislikes and a passion for Indian Classical dancing – she even demonstrated her skills at gyrating her head, you had to see it to understand what I mean! She deserved the ice-breaker ribbon!

The second speech was the results presentation of his High Performance Leadership Project, leading to the DTM award, by Muhendaran. His project was the Installation Night of which he was the Organising Chair.

Both seasoned evaluators, Chandran & Ivan Fong, were quite generous in their appreciation, with valid suggestions to make their (speakers) future speeches more entertaining and of even higher delivery qualities.

The GE session was the desert, by the ‘master Chef’, Mary Barton, the GE of the evening. With her skilful art of evaluating, she led the session in a very professional, fun-filled, entertaining event, enjoyed by both the members and the guests.

I always enjoy my TM evenings, and this was definitely an evening where I gathered many important tips. It was also an evening to re-acquaint friendships.

Those who could not attend this evening’s session, all I can say is you really did miss an evening of fun, and some very valuable tips, not to mention the opportunity to meet your friends...

Looking forward to many more exciting evenings at BANGSAR TM Sessions...

by Lucky

Selamat Hari Raya

Wishing All Muslim Toastmasters Everywhere...

Eid Mubarak!

Selamat Hari Raya!

Toastmasters International Day...

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL DAY
22nd October, 2007



Joint Meeting
with
KL Advanced TM Club

at our Club Venue
(BANGSAR UTAMA)

Don't forget to RSVP

Please SMS Lucky

(6012-351-9874)

Thought of the Day...

Someone once said:

"If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting."

If you are not happy with where you are in life, *make a change*.

There is no guarantee that your life will improve, but it is better than doing nothing...