Jingle Bells & KPMG all the way (10th Term Meeting)

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club celebrated their 10th Meeting of the Term, and its the Holiday Season!


 .....well....soon for most of us...


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      *Cheer up Guys, save it for the weekdays...*

We had a JOINT Meeting with KPMG Toastmasters Club @ Bandar Utama, KPMG Tower on Saturday (8/12/2012). Far away from LT11 definitely.

Theme is "Be Thankful." and so the appreciative mood naturally sunk in.

Before the Meeting began, everyone was already acquainted with a series of introduction around the room.

                                 

*Amanda scurrying over role-players allocation*

And we're on the way~

                             

*Full-House! or... Room!*

Stepping in for retiring President Aaron Lee, there was a welcome Speech by Hitomi,TM.

Toastmaster of the Day was handled by Grace Loh, ACB,ALB. She helped facilitated the Joint Meeting immensely well!



Table Topics Master would be "Stand In Super Star" Cris, TM who took the role up late.

Table Topic Takers & their questions they tackled!

Jason - In your school days. Is there any particular teacher, who stood out from the rest?
Fan - Christmas is known for many things especially presents giving. What is the most memorable present or presents that you received?
Shalini - Would you rather, live in a place that constantly snows, or constantly rains?
Kimmy - How would you describe a Sunday well spent?

Yasmin - With Great Power comes Great Responsibilities. Would you be a superhero, if It meant to quiting your day job to fight crime?
Amanda - Legends & Visionaries come as they go. In your opinion, who is an immensely important person but wasn’t truly appreciated?

                                                  

*Kimmy in Action!*

Prepared Speech & Assignment Speakers TIME!

Leon,TM - "You can't win a mother who is a lawyer in an argument, they will just twist the truth until they are right. " from "Life of Leon"
Ling Sim, TM - "Don't give yourself excuses to buy something with,  IT'S ON SALE!" from "The Foolish Customer"
Amanda, TM - "Three simple inanimate objects can make you look at life differently. A pencil box, an eraser, and a ruler"  from  "Inanimates are animated"
Zahir, CC CL- "If home is truly where the heart is, then he has many houses around the world." from  "Life after 60"


Before we could take anymore Superb Stuff!The meeting took a short breather for late-lunch.     


                   

*Joey (right), handling the FOOD duties. Having some relax time from his SAA duties*

Evaluation Session took stage.

General Evaluator or GE is Chen Choon formerly from Ernst & Young TMC! (Evaluation Champion in many respects)

Table Topic Evaluator was, Gary Lau, CC

Technical Evalution is lead by Grammarian Yee Wan, TM
"Word of the Day is Boon, mentioned 4 times. Not easy to use since its rather old fashion."
Ah-Counter was Shalini Jayendran, TM
Grace Foo, Tm had to be in charge of TIME. To everyone's surprise, the meeting ended on TIME :)

Results were inevitable... 

                           

Best Table Topics- Amanda (Left)

Best Speaker - Amanda (Left)

Best Evaluator - Kimmy Foo (Right)
Stand in President - Hitomi (Centre)

Being thankful is natural for the hospitality in having us & such a great Meeting organized by the KPMG Team. Hoping for more collaborations in times to come!
It was such a BOON to have shared some time with the folks at KPMG!

Final Group Picture

So long and thanks for the smiles!

Remembering "The First Times..." 9th Term Meeting and 40th Club Meeting!

"We might not always remember the first time we did something.
...but it was probably, the most important step."

A question regarding "First-Times" will definitely be kept in memory lane. Whether to cherish or to perish, it defines us in our paths we take.


Taylor's University Toastmasters Club's 9th! (Can we believe it?!) Meeting of the 2012-2013 Term was held on Saturday, 24th November 2012 @ Classroom E3.13, Lakeside Campus of Taylor's.


Taking up the Toastmaster-of-the-Morning role with a smile TM, Lee Seng Kiat gelled together a conducive Toastmasters Meeting

CC,CL Zahir Ahmad, gave a first attempt at a humour session with some quirky jokes!

"What is your favourite part of the newspaper? For me, its the comic section"
"How many pages are the comic section usually? YES, the WHOLE NEWSPAPER!"

"Politicians are funny people. They can attend every festive open house in Peninsular Malaysia. But when summoned to the Main Courthouse, they GET LOST"



TM YEan Yi, doubled up as Table Topic Master as well as a Prepared Speech Evaluator for Wilson, TM

When was the first time you...

1. Screamed at your parents? (Seng Kiat)
2. Did the most embarrassing thing imaginable? (Leona Liman)
3. Did a Novel Act? (Imrann)
4. Laughed so hard? (Ian)

The list above is some of the Table Topic Questions that our spontaneous speakers had to tackle. 


ACB Hoo Sze Ling from D Utama TMC became our Table Topic Evaluator for the 2nd successive meeting running. The crowd was in awe as she delivered her objective, critical yet substantial opinions to the Speakers.

As for our Prepared Speeches!

Felicia Regina Tjhang TM's "Dealing with the Devil"

"Do you know how this unpolished Diamond becomes the Real Diamond?"
"They go through a lot of cuts and a lot of pain."
"Feel free to cut me because sooner of later I Will be a shinning Diamond!" 

Wilson Wong TM's rendition of "Stay Strong, Live Long, Start Now!”

"How to be healthy? TAKE THE STAIRS"
"The YO-YO Diet. The faster your body loses weight, the faster it WILL GAIN IT BACK"
"In conclusion, being healthy is the most beautiful thing in the world"

Shaun Liew,TM Project 8. "Nothing Stays the Same"
"Change cannot be prevented. We have to change with it."
"Last week, was my first time I witness Death in front of my eyes."
"I have to leave my old life behind, because the Doctor said I had ********."

Evaluators were on their game as always.
Shalini, TM from Monash TMC gave Felicia,TM a piece of her... opinions!
Yean Yi, TM suggest some pointers to Wilson on how he is ALREADY a potential speaker and how she had to look to advance techniques for his improvements.
ACS, ALB Sok Teng (Area Governor B5) gave her support in thoroughly evaluating our Project 8 Speaker Shaun Liew,TM. Expect nothing less from her years of high quality evaluations.


Timer was Aida Ang, TM from Crystal (Ladies) TMC. She encountered hardware problems with the equipments.

Grammarian of the day, LEON Saw, TM encouraged the novel use of the word-of-the-day as well as maintaining high standard of vocabulary & grammar of all members & guest. A First Time attempt too!

Our very own Ah-Counter, AKA Ben, TM listened attentively to word crutches and pointed out situations where he couldn't consider them (humour session sound effects).

Lastly, General Evaluator or GE Mariline,TM from Deloitte Malaysia TMC showed us how it was done.
Every advise and suggestions was greatly valued.
Will definitely provide a map for people with DIRECTION-Dyslexia (Real thing?)


VOTED WINNERS ON THE DAY.
Table Topics - IAN
Speaker - WILSON, TM
EVALUATOR - YEAN YI, TM

Attendees introducing themselves with an example of their "First-Time experiences"

(Seng Kiat, TM Toastmasters of the Morning)

                           

(Hoo Sze Ling,ACB .Taken 7th May 2010 during the First Times TUTMC had their Meetings)
(Hoo Sze Ling back in action as TT Evaluator during Saturday's Meeting)

(Imrann Teo, TM)

(Azwan & Ben)

(TM Wilson asking the audience a question)

(Busy role-players)

(Felicia,TM curiously listens on)

(GE from Deloitte, Mariline TM)

(Guest Ian BEST TABLE-TOPICS taken with the wrong camera mode)

(TUTMC's new Gem, TM Wilson BEST SPEAKER taken with a better camera mode)

(The FIRST TIME! Yean Yi, TM to collect BEST EVALUATOR)

 (Not the First, and certainly not the Last picture of us conducting Novel Meetings!)

(Hope our Guest had a time of their life!)

Next Meeting is a JOINT- MEETING with KPMG Toastmasters Club!

12:00pm until 3:00pm
Level 10, KPMG Tower, 8 First Avenue, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya

Update yourselves @ https://www.facebook.com/events/222533104545671/

Signing Of,

Zahir Ahmad

President (Term 2012-2013)

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

On behalf of,

Shaun Liew

Vice President of Public Relations (Term 2012-2013)

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

10.11.12 LUCKY NO. 8!

Extremely grateful to have the bunch from Monash, this year's Division G Champion Evaluator Chen Choon from Ernst and Young, Fan Chen Keat from Speecom, Hoo Sze Ling, Alexandra Lau, Moses Wong aka Mr ED to make today's meeting an AUSPICIOUS one! (Shalini I want my oreos by the end of this post okay? okay!)

Stanley Teng came up with the most hilarious topics and because they're unlike any that I have heard before I shall list them out:

-You are the president of the anti-exam extremists club, persuade people to join your club. (Shalini)

-You are to make people join your club called Taylor's University Terrorist Society. (Yan Yi)

-You are the president of a certain political party. Tell people why marijuana should be legalized. (Subbra is 100% stoned)

-You are the leader of the condom usage society, persuade people to join your club. (Fan Chen Keat)

-You are the president of the Ex-Girlfriend's Club, let people know how to get over their former partners. (Aaron Ng)

Not your average Table Topics session, thank you Stanley and Sze Ling for that wonderful TT Evaluation!

Moving on to the Prepared Speeches Session, we had 5 speakers today and they were..

Wilson Wong, Possessions and The Soul.

"Do not ask me what I have, but what I am."


Valerie Chew, Music For Everyone.

"Have you ever imagined a world without music?"


Seng Kiat (LIKE FINALLY), Introverts and Extravert.

"There are four rules to Carl Jung's theory of Extraversion and Introversion..uhhhhh.. just checking the time hold on..."


ME, Eat It Right.

"Preservatives.. Stabilizers.. Flavorings.. and what do you get? Rubbish!"


Yean Yi, Initial Judgement.

"All books are judged by their covers until they are read."

Last but not least we had the Evaluations Session. 
Very auspicious indeed, with high quality evaluations from Kessie, Stephanie, Moses, Aaron and Chen Choon the poser.

Followed by reports from all role players, big thank you to..
Alexandra Lau, our GE for the dayCris, timer of the day!
Shalini, grammar nazi of the day (I WANT MURUKU)!
Sze Ling, table topics evaluator!
Zahir, president of TUTMC and Toastmasters of the Morning. (Congratulations on your CL WOOTWOOT!)
and Mr Fan our Ah-Counter for the day!

PRIZE WINNERS:

Subbra, Best Table Topics! (stay 100% stoned)

Wilson, Best Prepared Speech!

Aaron, Best Evaluation!

PICTURES FROM THE MEETING:

Prepared by,
 Shaun Liew
Vice President of Public Relations