Meeting Review (Oct 07th, 2008)

WORD OF THE DAY: APPALING

Attendees
MEMBERS		ROLE
Ananthan Sanggar
Jessy
Lakhmichand, M.A.	ATMB, CL	TTE
Lee Chor Wah
Lim Mooi Kheng
Mary Barton	ACB, CL	INVOCATION /GE
Maureen Ong	CC	SAA
Michelle Ong	CC	TTM
Premjit Singh
Ranjani	CC
Ranjit Singh	ACB, CL	TME
Sai Jyothirmai		AH
Sethuraman
Shanmugam	CTM	TIMER
Syamala		GRAMMARIAN
GUESTS (Host)
Jill (Lucky)
Sheireena (Rema)

SPEECHES
Ananthan Sanggar
Basic C&L # 3
Customer Rights -
Do we Use or Abuse Them?
Sai Jyothirmai	BEST
Basic C&L # 4
This Is What I Like Most
Maureen Ong, CC
Entertaining Speaker - After Dinner
"The Lighter Side of the Bible"
SPEECH EVALUATORS
Ranjit Singh, ACB, CL
Lakhmichand, M.A., ATMB, CL
Mary Barton, ACB, CL	BEST
TABLE TOPICS SPEAKERS
Premjit Singh
Sethuraman
Ananthan Sanggar
Lee Chor Wah
Sheireena
Syamala	BEST

Meeting Review (Sep30th, 2008)

THEME:		PEACE
WORD OF THE DAY:		PEACEFUL

Attendees
MEMBERS		ROLE
Ananthan Sanggar		AH
Chandran	CTM	TTE
Huegesh Marimuthu		TIMER
Lakhmichand, M.A.	ATMB, CL	TME
Lourdes Chandramohan	DTM	HUMOUR
Mary Barton	ACB, CL	GRAMMARIAN
Maureen Ong	CC	SAA
Michelle Ong	CC
Parimala
Ranjani, CC	CC
Ranjit Singh	ACB, CL	INVOCATION
Rema	ACG
Sai Jyothirmai
Sham Sunder	CC
Shanmugam	CTM
Syamala		TTM
Uma Narayanan
GUESTS
Satchit Anantha (AG W1)	CC,ALB	GE
Eileen Crawley
Puspa Devi
Shanthy

SPEECHES

Uma Narayanan

Ice Breaker

"ROLES IN MY LIFE"

Sai Jyothirmai

Basic C&L # 3

"ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"

SPEECH EVALUATORS

Maureen Ong, CC

Michelle Ong, CC

TABLE TOPICS SPEAKERS
Shanmugam, CTM
Ranjani, CC
Eileen Crawley	BEST
Parimala
Ranjit Singh, ACB, CL
Michelle Ong, CC

Highlights...

What was so special aboutt this meeting ?

It was a 5th Tuesday! We try not to miss our 5th Tuesdays!

Among the guests we had AG W1, Satchit, as our GE!

We were also pleased to welcome Eileen Crawley, who has made a comeback to Malaysia & look forward to having her join our club!

In line with the theme of the day "PEACE", IPP, Ranjit Singh, in his INVOCATION, reminded us "Be happy with what you have..." to keep PEACE with yourself...!

TTM, Syamala is known for her thematic topics, and she kept the topics in line with the theme of the day, PEACE...

Topics:
Dont be Jealous...
Accept what you cant change...
Dont hold grudges...
Stay away from negative...
Let bygones be...
Forget the past...

Our guest, Eileen Crawley, was voted as the BEST Table Topics Speaker...


Speeches:

Sai, who was doing only her 3rd speech, is a person who speaks on women's rights!
She is a programme officer with a regional Asia Pacific womens organisation... Her Speech on "ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN" is a constant reminder for us to work towards that for PEACE! Her evaluator had tough time seeing the point...

Uma Narayanan, the latest addition to our club, is someone to watch in action!
She started her Toastmasters Speeches Journey this evening with her Icebreaker!
Her speech "ROLES IN MY LIFE" certainly helped us to know that her passion is badminton. She works as a humanitarian and is an aunt to 7 nephews and 2 nieces.

If you have the time, and if you can catch her from her busy travel schedule, you might see parts of the world through her eyes, and I bet you would be looking forward to visiting...
Watching Uma speak, you would want her to be your mentor! She is witty too!

Its a pity we had only two speakers, hence we did not get to vote best speaker and evaluator...

The GE and his team of evaluators did a splendid 'job'!

Evaluators, Chandran (Table Topics), Maureen & Michelle (speeches) were very encouraging.

Ah Counter, Grammarian & Timekeeper were very thorough!

The GE felt that perhaps the breaks should be longer to have more time to socialise!


by Lucky,ATMB,CL

Meeting Review (Sep16th, 2008)

WORD OF THE DAY : CASTIGATE

Attendees
MEMBERS	ROLE
Chandran, CTM	TME
Huegesh
Lakhmichand, ATMB, CL
Lourdes Chandramohan, DTM	TTE
Mary Barton, ACB, CL
Maureen Ong, CC	SAA / TTM
Muhendaran, DTM
Premjit Singh	AH
Ranjani, CC	GRAMMARIAN
Ranjit Singh, ATMB, CL	HUMOUR
Renu Dayalal
Sai
Shanmugam
Syamala	TIMEKEEPER
Uma Narayanan
GUESTS
Arvind Sriram, CTM, CL	GE
Lawrence
Jeff

SPEECHES

Maureen Ong CC

Entertaining Speakers Manual

Project #4

Title -“Pilgrimage to Rome”

Mary Barton ATMB, CL

Entertaining Speakers Manual

Project #5

Title – “All in the Name of LOVE?”

SPEECH EVALUATORS

Ranjit Singh ATMB, CL

Lakmichand ATMB, CL

TABLE TOPICS SPEAKERS
Hugesh
Muhendaran
Jeff
Renu Dayalal
Uma Narayanan	BEST

What a meeting this turned out to be! Due to last minute changes, our regular venue, the “attic’ was not available. Trust our resourceful members mainly Ranjit, Muhendaran and Mary to arrange an alternative venue rather than canceling the meeting. A word of appreciation to Muhendaran who graciously offered his office as the alternate venue.

In spite of the change, although initially only few members appeared to have turned up, the room was packed to overflowing by the time the meeting started – a true testament of the commitment of the members and guests.

SAA Maureen CC started the ball rolling by calling the meeting to order and led us in reciting the Toastmaster’s Promise.

Our President, Mary Barton ATMB, CL then took control of the meeting and led the introduction session, welcoming the guests and members.

Maureen CC certainly challenged us in the Table Topics session with a very current topic, namely the Olympics. The speakers were to speak on a sport that they had picked at random.

Huegesh picked the sport of Gymnastics and trust him to somehow relate it to Yoga. Muhendaran DTM eloquently narrated the merits of Swimming. Our guest, Jeff, was equally up to task and had us in stitches describing Fencing as a “poking” sport. Renu entertained us with her imagination by totally changing our perception of Archery. Not to be outdone, Uma narrated her experiences in Badminton and how she managed to teach her nephews and nieces a thing or two about her killer smashes.

Ranjit ATMB had us laughing our hearts out in the humour session, even with his “milder” jokes.

After the break, the assignment speakers delivered their speeches. Both assignment speakers were very polished with their respective presentations.

The General Evaluator, Arvind Sriram CTM, CL with his able team of evaluators and role players did an excellent job of providing feedback with regards to the overall running of the meeting as well as zooming in to specific areas with helpful recommendations.

The evening concluded with Uma, our budding Olympic representative winning the award as the BEST Table Topics Speaker.

by Chandran, CTM

Meeting Review (Aug 19th, 2008)

WORD OF THE DAY: RATIONALE

Attendees
MEMBERS	ROLE
Aishah Ayub	TIMER
Aisalli Ayub
Chandran, CC
Huegesh	AH
Lakmichand ATMB	GE
Lim Mooi Kheng
Lourdes DTM
Maureen CC	SAA
Michelle CC
Muhendaran, DTM
Premjit
Parimala
Ranjani	TME
Ranjit Singh ATMB
Renu Dayalal
Sethuraman	GRAMMARIAN
Sham Sunder CTM
Shanmugam CTM
Syamala
GUESTS
Kalyani
Lo Sho Hooi

SPEECHES
Aisalli Ayub
C&L - #1 - Ais Ali in a Nutshell
Renu Dayalal
C&L - #2 - Real Estate
Lim Mooi Kheng
C&L - #3 - My Father
Muhendaran, DTM
C&L - #5 - Sexual Harrasment at Work Place
Ranjit Singh ATMB	BEST
#1 Hum Speaking - What do men really want
Michelle CC
#2 - Speaking to inform - Fuel Tips
SPEECH EVALUATORS
Syamala
Maureen CC
Shanmugam CTM
Lourdes Chandramohan, DTM
Chandran, CC	BEST
Muhendaran, DTM	BEST

There were no Table Topics held since we had 6 speakers for the evening, thanks to our VPE's enthusiasm and benevolence in providing interested members an opportunity to speak.

Aisalli, the first speaker, had a captivating title to her speech which managed to maintain the audience's interest in her speech. Her body language and eye contact was excellent.

Renu, the second speaker, spoke about real estate and provided us with useful tips on which properties to invest in. Her voice was soothing and she looked really relaxed.

Lim Mooi Kheng, the third speaker talked about the admiration she had for her father and she overwhelmed the audience by showing us the lantern her father had made from a Carlsberg can. She talked with utmost sincerity and conviction about her father.

Muhendaran, the fourth speaker, talked about what constituted sexual harassment . I was very eager to hear him give us ways on how to resolve the issue of sexual harassment.

The fifth speaker, Ranjit Singh, with his speech entitled "What do men really want?", was packed with humour.

Michelle, the sixth speaker, gave us tips of Fuel.

The evaluation session was very interesting and the evaluators were all inspiring and encouraging, specially with new speakers.

The GE, Lucky, ATMB, was as usual his lively self. He conducted the evaluation session with vigour and vitality, not only enthralled the audience with his wit and charisma but also managed to pack some humour into his general evaluation session.

The meeting went on quite well except for the faux paux of the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The Best Speaker Award went to Ranjit Singh, ACB, and
Best Evaluators were Chandran, CC and Muhendaran, DTM

by Ranjani,CC

Meeting Review (Aug 5th, 2008)

THEME:		AG’s Visit
WORD OF THE DAY:		VISIT

Attendees
MEMBERS	ROLE
Aishah Ayub
Aisalli Ayub	AH
Ananthan Saggar	TTM
Jessy Mak
Lakmichand ATMB	TTE
Lee Chor Wah
Lim Mooi Kheng
Lourdes DTM
Mary Barton ACB, CL	INVOCATION
Maureen CC	SAA / TME
Michelle CC
Parimala
Ranjani
Ranjit Singh ATMB
Renu
Sham Sunder CTM
Shanmugam CTM	TIMER
Symala	GRAMMARIAN
GUESTS
Satchit Anantha ACB, CL	GE
Poh Wah

SPEECHES
Aishah Ayub
C&L - #1 - Are you Malay or Chinese?
Ananthan Saggar
C&L - #2 - Toastmasters & Myself
Lim Mooi Kheng
C&L - #2 - How I start a day
Jessy Mak
C&L - #2 - Do It Now!
Ranjani	BEST
C&L - #10 - Stop Giving Excuses!
SPEECH EVALUATORS
Symala
Michelle CC
Lourdes Chandramohan, DTM
Mary Barton, ACB, CL
Ranjit Singh, ACB, CL	BEST
TABLE TOPICS SPEAKERS
Aisalli Ayub
Mary Barton	BEST
Michelle
Renu

SAA Maureen CC called the meeting to order and led us in reciting the Toastmaster’s Promise.

Our President, Mary Barton ACB, CL then took control with her welcoming speech as she led the introduction and welcomed the guests and members.

Mary Barton ACB, CL went on to inspire us with her words of wisdom. In her invocation she referred to people who inspire such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Swami Vivekananda to name a few...

Ananthan Saggar challenged us in the Table Topics session. The topics revolved around the theme "colours" such as red, blue, white, green, etc. The Table Topics session was evaluated by Lucky ATMB. He gave a detailed and yet humourous speech.

Ranjit ACB, CL had us in stitches with his jokes in the humour session.

After the break, the assignment speakers delivered their speeches.

The General Evaluator, Satchit ACB, CL and the able team of evaluators did an excellent job of providing feedback with regards to the overall running of the meeting as well as zooming in to specific areas with helpful recommendations.

Before the President gave her closing remarks the awards were presented – Mary ACB, CL was the best Table Topics Speaker, Ranjani was named the Best Assignment Speaker and Ranjit ACB, CL was voted as the best Evaluator.

A memorable meeting indeed!.

by Maureen, CC

Meeting Review (July 29th, 2008)

Roles :		Players (Name)	Titles
SAA :		Maureen Ong	CC
Invocation :		Chandran	CC
TME :		Shanmugam	CTM
TTM :		Sethuraman
TTE :		Maureen Ong	CC
GE :		Michelle Ong	CC
AH :		Ranjit Singh	ACB, CL
Grammarian :		Mary Barton	ACB, CL
Timer :		Huegesh

It was the third meeting of the new term where the theme was marathon and the word of the day: “VICTORY” which means a success or triumph.

The meeting was certainly a victory with 4 assignment speeches namely by:-

1: Ananthan Sanggar (Ice Breaker): “JOY”

2: Lim Mooi Kheng (Ice Breaker): “MYSELF”

3: Ranjani V (CL#9): “Why Budget Your Expenditure”

4: Muhendaran: Migrant Worker

The speeches were very entertaining and also informative. I thoroughly enjoyed the speeches and had fun during the meeting.

The evaluators are in the following order:-

Evaluator 1: Maureen Ong, CC

Evaluator 2: Mary Barton, ACB, CL

Evaluator 3: Chandran, CC

Evaluator 4: Syamala

Our first time GE gave her feedback for the improvement and betterment of the Club

by Shanmugam CTM

Meeting Review (July 15th, 2008)

Roles		Players(Name)	Titles
SAA:		Maureen Ong	CC
TME:		Muhendaran	DTM
TTM:		Lakhmichand	ATMB
TTE:		Ranjit Singh	ATMB
Humor:		Sai
GE:		Sham Sunder	GE
AH:		Lourdes	DTM
Grammarian:		Sethuraman
Timer:		Rema Paul	ACG

The role-players for the meeting on 15^th July 2008 were as stated above.

As for the theme and word of the day.

THEME:

GO FORWARD

Word of the day:

PROGRESS

WORD-OF-THE-DAY : PROGRESS

Pronunciation:[ prog·ress, proh-gres, pruh-gres ].

(n) a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage.

(v) to go forward or onward in space or time.

Assignment Speakers:

1. Renu Dayalal	Ice Breaker
3. Loke KS	CL # 7 - “Stress & Toastmaster”
3. Ranjani V	CL # 6 - “COKE or WATER”
4. Maureen Ong	Entertaining #2 - ” As Kids See It”

I must say that all the speakers did very well in delivering their respective speeches and they were evaluated by the following persons:-

Evaluator 1:	Syamala
Evaluator 2:	Shanmugam,	CTM
Evaluator 3:	Michelle,	CC
Evaluator 4:	Mary Barton,	ACB,CL

Who gave their comments without fear or favor.

by Muhendaran, DTM