Taylor's University Toastmasters Club: October 2013

Monday, October 14, 2013

Octoberfest! 7th Meeting of the Term (2013/2014)

October is an exuberant month for TUTMC. Why? Because Taylor's University Toastmasters Club celebrates its 3 year anniversary on the 4th of October 2013. Hence the theme Oktoberfest in this October meeting. It certainly shows that TUTMC has come a long way since then. To spice it up,our president who seems to be on the roll of having our meeting outdoors decided yet again to have our meeting outdoors(not that I am complaining).

I started of the meeting as toastmasters of the morning and then Dylan as president asked everyone what the month October meant to them. After that, it was the

Table Topic Session

Table topic master, Leon Saw. Very interesting topics indeed.

Zahir was asked how he was going to spend his Oktoberfest with his lover

I was asked whether Oktoberfest should be celebrated short term or long term

Ashikin talking about what Octoberfest meant to her

Everyday is like Oktoberfest to Ron (from CIMA TMC)

Next Up

Azwan evaluated the table topics session

And suddenly, we weren't as lucky as the previous meeting as it down poured halfway through the meeting, and all of us rushed to our safe zone, LT11. (We were drenched and LT11 was freezing yet we continued the toastmasters meeting)

Prepared Speech Session

Lalitha giving her icebreaker speech "Who I am"

Anusyha shows how passionate she was to become a doctor in her second speech "27.3".

Wilson using visual aids to talk about his topic that having siblings or not made you who you are today with his speech title "Ares and Athena"

Evaluation Session

General Evaluator Victor Ong plays a triple role and evaluates Lalitha for her icebreaker and Anushya's speech

Shirley Bak who is a member of many toastmasters clubs, evaluated Wilson

Grammarian Asikin did an exuberant report

Ah Counter counted all our Um, lah, Ah

Dylan, as the timer, gives a precise report

*Drumrolls Rolls Rolls* and the winner is......

Best Table Speaker (sadly, we run out of ribbon for best table topic)

Wilson, you took too many of our ribbons, says Dylan.

Truly a great speaker that is a constant Best Prepared Speech Speaker

Same goes to Victor Ong who won Best Elevator! (no surprise here)

Lalitha receiving her Icebreaker ribbon which marks the journey of her first speech

Written by,

Rachel HiU

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)

"Shades On & Shades Off" Term meeting (2013/2014)

FINALLY we made used of taylor's infamous LAKESIDE. It was a joined meeting between HELP Toastmasters Club and Taylor's University Toastmasters Club, so you can imagine the amount the number of people that turned up. Armed with a pair of shades, everyone sat under the sun and hot weather throughout the meeting.

Look how busy everyone is setting up the place

Shalini from Monash Toastmasters Club giving her invocation speech

Toastmaster of the morning as well as President OF TUTMC, Dylan Chew

John Paul, Table Topic Master looking swag with his pair of shades

Six people in the crowd took up the challenge of giving a table topic:

Melvin thinking hard before his table topic "Is it better for you to tell your problems to your parents?"

Jin getting his topic table topic from John Paul

Anushya with her table topic "showing your emotions"

Zhi Sun says everone wears a mask but it is better not to wear a mask to let others feel our sincerity.

Stephen explained how he was Truly Malaysian despite his outlook and that he prefers studying in Malaysia compared to studying overseas when asked whether its better studying local or abroad

When asked whether it is better to be single or in a relationship, Annie talked about her touching first love story and how it meant to her, which brings us all back to that moment in life.

Next was the Prepared Speech Session!

Ashikin Aidura giving her second speech "the colour purple". She talked about how everyone of us are in fact BOTH of introvert and extrovert and that it is researched that nobody sane is at the extreme ends.

Mi Shan from Mid Valley TMC inspired all of us by telling us her life after SPM and that studying abroad without financial means is possible when we find the will to do it.