AREA B2 TALL TALE CONTEST
9TH July 2007 By Tee Yeh Ching, TM
On 9th July, 2 weeks after the Klang Bilingual Tall Tales contest, I and a few Bilingual members visited Area B2 Tall Tales contest at MAS Academy. Although there were no specific theme for the Tall Tales contest on that evening it did not turn off my excitement to be there on time.
Our Charter President Soh Fong Wai, ACS, ALB who served the Area B2 Governor started the meeting with installation ceremony for the new EXCO members from
E Cube Toastmasters Club.
Let me share with you some of the contestants who took part in the Tall Tales. Most of them were rather serious, mature and professionally dressed that make them seems like a group of “boring people”. But don’t judge a book by its covers because my judgment was wrong when they started their speeches. I could not believe my eyes. My mouth was wide opened and I was indeed impressed with their performances. They could act professionally, dance gracefully, sing beautifully and speak confidently
I could still remember vividly some of the contestants: -
Victor Cheong, CIMA Club – I Believe I Can Fly
He caught the audience’s attention by singing aloud “I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky” by R. Kelly and asked the audience whether we had dreams. He could finally fly like an eagle when he was traveling to London. He began by sharing his experience on the plane in the economic class which later being transferred to first class with a sexy stewardess serving him throughout the journey.
Ismail Yusof, Lafarge club – Good for digestion
He started his speech by giving a detail analysis of different usage of palm oil and papaya. I was rather stunned at the beginning but then he took a twist from a serious topic to an interesting research of a new fruit called PalmPaya – a combination of palm oil and papaya. To test the speed of our digestion systems, he illustrated that the palmpaya oil would be used to cook for our dinner that evening. We burst into laughter when we were told to be the lucky few who would be the guinea pig to try out the palmpaya oil.
Albert Chua, E Cube – Miss Pageant
He told us his experience in organizing the Miss Malaysia & Singapore beauty pageant where he was one of the judges. To take part in Miss Pageant, all contestants must adhere to one rule – she must not pregnant but not necessarily be a virgin. I personally loved his interesting sharing. He was also known as the ‘Malaysia Eric Tsang’ and was lucky enough to have the chance to meet with all the sexy ladies.
Sagadevan, MAS club – Saturday Night Fever
He was the chief cabin on the flight that carried 2 major Hollywood stars - Angeline Jolie and John Carlotta to Langkawi for the shooting of Saturday Night Fever 2. He was serving seafood to them without knowing that John was actually allergic to seafood. Later, John was struggling painfully and had unexpectedly requested him to replace his role as Angeline Jolie’s dance partner. Wow! He was too excited to say “Yes” and accepted the offer right away. He danced as smooth as Elvis Presley and his own belly dancing style was amusing as well.
That night, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I received a few feedbacks from Cheryl and Mei Lee in particular who said that majority of the contestants were well prepared and their speeches were well-organized. Mei Lee personally loved their spirit as they did not compete for the prize but indeed encourage each other to do the best. Cheryl felt that they have a strong delivery, good body gestures and voices which can bring out the “Umm…” of a speech. We think that it is a good idea for members to visit other clubs more often to benchmark our own performance for continuous improvements.
第三十三次例常活动 ~ 第一次
从第一口呼吸开始，来到这个新世界， 我们的人生当中充满了许多第一次的体验。在本年度第次例常活动的主题为‘第一次’。这一次会议创下许多与‘第一次’有关的记录。稍后将为你 一一报道。
首先，新任会长庄倩云致欢迎词。她很高兴地欢迎大家出席这次的活动， 也希望本会可以继续蓬勃发展，吸引更多新会员加入。卸任会长苏鸿伟第一次以华语担任司仪，勇气可嘉。当晚的语言评论员邱宜山以标新立异的方式
带出语言评论环节。他除了为我们解释当晚与第一次有关的词语-‘初出茅庐’，也示范如何使用这个成语， 还带出多音多义字-‘了’。在会议接近尾声时，他不但记录每位会员和嘉宾使用每日一词的次数，还一一指出当晚错误的语法，表扬优美的词句和正确的语法，深深地让在场的每一
位不禁从心里佩服他的细心聆听的技巧和高深的语文造诣。 当晚出席的会友和嘉宾都异口同声地称赞他，纷纷表示获益不浅。
心灵小品有越洁敏讲述一则游牧民族拾鹅卵石，然后隔天变成黄金的故事。主要是告诉大家很多事‘做了就对了’， 不要考虑太多。
第一次担任即席演说主持的李湘莹准备了许多与第一次有关的题目，如第一次面试、 领薪水、出国和下厨等等。最令人嘉许的是来宾余燕芬勇敢的尝试即席演说，和我们分享了她第一次驾车的经验。
幽默演说主持由新会友陈伟达担任。他向我们描述一件发生在他一名朋友匪夷所思的离魂经验。可惜时间有限 ，让听众意犹未尽。伟达啊，伟达啊， 下一回你可要好好掌握时间。
备稿演说环节则有三位会友: 蔡湘莹，李秋玲及庄倩云, 分别交出他们的作业二、七和高级作业一。蔡湘莹会友向我们提出她对人生的看法并希望大家可以找出属于自己的人生。李秋玲会友则告诉我们关于地中海贫血症这方面的资讯，她跟我们分享她当时被怀疑是 地中海贫血症 带原者的心情和打击。听完她的演说后，听众有股冲动想立刻去做一个身体检查。庄倩云会友在高级作业之巧说故事摘自《聊斋志异》里‘冬天里的荷花’， 令人听出耳油。
继前页）茶点过后，评论环节由当天的总评论林嘉凤主持。她个人欣赏本会的会友可以说一口流利的华语并希望多来双语会与大家多多学习。当晚的得奖者名单如下：
最佳即席演说 ：苏鸿伟 ACS ALB
最佳备稿演说 ：李秋玲 TM
最佳评论 ：越洁敏 CC
Discharged of past EXCO team Toastmaster Of The Year Winner, 
