October Issue

Regular Meeting 36
INDENPENDANCE DAY

A Malaysia is going to celebrate its 50th birthday and that’s why the Toastmaster of the Evening (TME) has chosen the theme “Independence Day” for that night. After break, the TME-Tang Chee Yik, TM along with all members and guests cried out loudly Independence : “Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!” to relive the episode of announcement of Day by Tunku Abdul Rahman back in 31st August 1957.

Alvin Yong TM as the ASA 2 of the night called for the meeting and it was followed by Jasmyne Chan to deliver her opening address. Even though that was his first attempt as the TME, Tang Chee Yik,TM has carried out his role excellent. With his humourous skills, the meeting was full of fun and was relaxing. I bet our members are looking forward to see Tang Chee Yik TM in action again. Keep up the good work, Tang!
To suit the theme “Independence Day”, the table topic master, Chua Siang Yin, TM has specially prepared all questions about Malaysia to test the audience how well they know about their home country. Let’s look at some of the sample questions:

•Your love to Malaysia (sound like title of a song)
•Your recommended tourist attraction spots to your foreign friends (Quick test on your geography!)
•Your favourite local food (local food only! No Mc D porridge or Roti John)
•Your selection between a Proton or a Perodua automobile manufacturer

We thought these were easy questions until we were tested. If you like challenges, please do not hesitate to volunteer and grab the opportunity to speak during the table topic session. That night, Lee Chiew Ling, TM was the best table topic speaker.

In the prepared speech session, there were 3 English assignment speakers and a Mandarin assignment speaker. Derric Tan TM, the first speaker told us about his hilarious encounter with the “ghost”. Jasmyne TM brought out the message “never judge a book by its cover” in her speech. On the other hand, Chew Siew Lei TM shared her miserable experience prior to her visit to Beijing as her visa was not updated. Finally Teh Siew Fei CC shared her story about her mother being nearly cheated by a salesperson who tried to sell off electrical appliances. In Toastmasters, we have the opportunity to hear various kind of story from different speakers. So, don’t be afraid to sign up as assignment speaker now!

We were glad to have Lim Beng Yee DTM as our general evaluator The award of best prepared speech and evaluator went to Jasmyne TM and Soh Fong Wai ACS, ALB respectively.

Club Evaluation & Humour Contest

On 11th Sept 2007, Klang Bilingual Toastmasters Club (KBTC) organized the Bilingual Evaluation Contest to provide an avenue for members to compete among themselves and the winner will represent the club in the area contest in 6th October. It was a very special contest with 2 groups of contestants: English and Mandarin speakers.Our contest chair was Soh Fong Wai, ACS, ALB and the contest started with an opening address by the President Ivy Cherng, CC, CL.

The English test speaker was Janice Lee from TTDI Toastmasters Club with her speech titled - The War of ‘O’. She revealed to the audience that ‘O’ was actually stand for obesity and it was the major health issue nowadays. In fact, she shared with us some of the statistics on obesity and taught us how to live a healthier and happier life. Let us say “YES” to healthy life and “NO” to obesity.

The English contestants included Festus Jaya TM, Alvin Yong TM, Derric Tan TM, Lee Siang Yin TM, Tang Chee Yik TM and Foo Mei Lee TM. I believed all contestants evaluated creatively and at the minimum fulfilled the evaluation format. Some of the first timer such as Derric Tan TM and Foo Mei Lee TM were bold enough to take up the challenge to evaluate in both Mandarin and English. I saluted their attitude!

During the tea break, members and guests were served with a home-made red bean soup which were specially prepared by our president, Ivy I personally liked the red bean soup very much and had 2 bowls. Thanks, Ivy!

In the Mandarin evaluation session, we were glad to have Jatson Ho TM from DU Toastmasters Club as the test speaker with his title ‘Journey of Toastmasters’. Contestants included Yit Kit Ming TM, Derric Tan TM, Foo Mei Lee TM, Chong Yoke Lan TM and Chua Siang Yin TM.

Finally, the most anticipated moment arrived that was the announcement of result by the contest chair.

English Mandarin
1st Runner Up – Tang Chee Yik 1st Runner Up – Yit Kit Ming
2nd Runner Up – Lee Siang Yin 2nd Runner Up – Chong Yoke Lan
3rd Runner Up – Foo Mei Lee 3rd Runner Up – Derric Tan


Congratulations to all the winners! Well done and keep the momentum rolling!

Not forgetting the group of judges and all the role players who worked hard during the contest and without any of them, the contest would not run smoothly. Thank you once again. Each and every one of them received a token of appreciation for their contributions in the contest.

幸福

这次例常活动的主题‘幸福’！那什么是幸福呢？幸福的定义对每一个来说都是不同的；有些人因美 满家庭感到幸福，有些人因甜蜜爱情而感到幸福...，无论如何这是因人而异的。
会议开始由初试啼声的郑月琴掀开序幕，然后司仪符美丽介绍当天出席的三位来宾，他们是余燕芬，张慧芬以及李劲毅，他也讲解了讲演会的历史让来宾了解。心灵小品主持越洁敏从一则小故事里‘窗口’，告诉我们希望对一个人的重要，这就是生存的重要元素。另外，由黄耀鸿主持的幽默演说是以简短呈现。
第一环节即席演说由郑秀慧主持，她还是以一贯的作风-轻柔的声音呈现，题目多围绕在‘幸福’这个主题。难人可贵的是，即席评论则由不谙华文的郑月琴担任，虽然很有挑战性，还好都能一一的给于论点。加油！

第二环节的备稿演说有四位会友交出他们的作业；李湘莹的作业四‘应该，不该，活该’；张玉莲的作业五‘黑色的气球’,关于一个黑人小朋友和一群白人小朋友在玩着气球的故事，故事告诉我们不要因自卑而小看自己，要知道世上所有事都是公平的；张爱薇的作业六‘坚强’，告诉我们在面对困难时要坚强，不要气馁；最后由詹道威的作业四‘Practice Make Perfect’，这是英文演说。
当天总评论员由会长庄倩云亲自当任。会友最后遴选李秋玲为当晚的最佳即席讲员，最佳的备稿讲员由张玉莲获得，最佳评论员则由陈启育获得。