'In Gratitude We Trust' TUTMC 10th Meeting of the term (2013/2014)

 

It's Thanksgiving! Now brush off the thoughts of roasted turkey on a silver platter because it's more than just the bird.

A trip down history tells us that the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanog Indians of the then America shared an autumn harvest feast. They gave thanks for a bountiful harvest after a year long ordeal where food was scarce. Since then, the tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving spread across the world.

Fun Fact: In the midst of the Civil War, then President Abraham Lincoln declared that a national Thanksgiving Day is to be held each November.

Alright, now let's talk turkey..

In the spirit of giving thanks for all the good things in life, TUTMC had a Thanksgiving themed meeting which included a potluck at the venue LT9.

Our Immediate Past President Zahir Ahmad, ACB, CL, called the meeting to order - in place of Valerie, TM at 10.00am. He then passed the control to our President Dylan Chew, CL. He delivered his presidential opening address by explaining the meaning and purpose of Thanksgiving itself. To get everyone upbeat, he introduced himself and shared what he was thankful for in his life. Everyone was then invited to do the same for themselves.

Dylan then passed the control over to our Toastmaster of the Morning, Lalitha, TM (it was her first time! *Salutations*) She enlightened the crowd by explaining the meaning and purpose of Thanksgiving itself.

                                               Toastmaster of the Morning, Lalitha, TM

Next she invited Sarah Abedi, TM, our invocation speaker who spoke about the magic of giving Without expecting a return.


The spotlight then shone on Kam Weng Hang, TM, our Table Topics Master of the day who managed to get 7 brave and bold souls.


A special memory about someone whom you are most thankful by Zahir Ahmad, ACB, CL.

If you would like to call someone a turkey, who would that be? by Jocelyn Teh, TM.

I think I am lucky! by Dylan Chew, CL.

What would you tell a special person, if tomorrow is the end of the world? by Wilson Wong, CC.

The full, the true thanksgiving comes from the heart by Kay Ment, TM.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share by Leon Saw, TM.

If you get an opportunity to go on a date with someone on Thanksgiving Day? Who would that be? by Yun Qiu, TM.

My Nanny! - Jocelyn

Sir Alex Ferguson! - Zahir

 

Shoutout on Facebook and Twitter, I shall not! - Leon

TM Sarah Abedi, DTM did an amazingly concise, constructive and timely evaluation for all seven table topic speakers.

After the speeches, we had a recess for 15 minutes - time to savour the good food! Happy Than-munch-ksgiving! :)


Not wanting to go over the allocated break time, SAA called everyone back to order, for the anticipated prepared speeches of the day.



CCM#1 Ice Breaker Speech "Letters In My Tracks", Zahir Ahmad, ACB, CL

CCM#4 How To Say It "The Grey World", Ashikin Aidura, TM

CCM#6  Vocal Variety "My Mother Doesn't Nag", Jocelyn Teh, TM

All the speeches were delivered with utmost passion and energy. General Evaluator, Jerusha, CC, CL, (in Kenneth Ho, ACS, CL's place) then took the stage by leading the evaluation session.

Speech evaluators in chronological manner..

Wilson Wong, CC evaluating Zahir Ahmad, ACB, CL.

Kay Ment, TM evaluating Ashikin Aidura, TM.

Kenneth Ho, ACS, CL evaluating Jocelyn.

Language Evaluation by Pravinan Lai, TM.

Time Keeper Report by Subbra, TM.

General Evaluator's Report by Jerusha, CC, CL.

Alas, it was time for the much awaited 'drumroles'. The winner for best Table topics goes to...

Dylan!

The Best Prepared Speech...

Jocelyn!

The Best Evaluator...

Kenneth Ho!

A token of appreciation was presented to our General Evaluator, Jerusha, CC, CL.

A recognition star was presented by Sarah Abedi, DTM to Zahir and Dylan for their devotion in assisting Taylor's College (Sri Hartamas) TC.

Our President Dylan Chew, CL gave his closing address and before calling for meeting adjourned, he reminded us to be thankful for all the good things in life.  :)

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. 
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Prepared by,

Pravinan Lai, TM,
Treasurer,
Taylor's University Toastmasters Club (2013/2014).


On behalf of,

Rachel Hiu, TM,
Vice President of Public Relations,
Taylor's University Toastmasters Club (2013/2014).





 

'Deepavali namaste' TUTMC 9th Meeting of the term (2013/2014)

हाय (Haya), शुभ दिन! (Śubha dina) : Hi, Good day!

Diwali, also called Deepavali is a major Indian Festival that is very significant in Hinduism. Known as the ''Festival of Lights", it symbolizes the victory of the good over evil and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for human kind. The celebration focus on lights and lamps, particularly traditional dipa or deeya. Fireworks are associated with the festival. Diwali is a colloquial name used in North India, while the festival is formally called Deepavali in South India.

Happy Deepavali to all our Hindu friends! It was the month of Deepavali so TUTMC tried something different and decided to have a Deepavali theme in a fresh venue at D1.08, Block D level 1, Classroom 8.

Azwan Jamaluddin the SAA for the meeting struck the wooden gavel at 10.00am sharp and started off the meeting. He then passed the control to the lovely President Dylan Chew,CL.

Dylan gave an introduction on what Deepavali is about and instead of taking all the spotlight to himself, he then asked everyone to introduce themselves, where their from and what deepavali means to them.

After everyone had their turn, the President then kindly gave the spotlight to the dashing Toastmaster of the morning (TOM)! Dylan Chew,CL (HIM AGAIN?!) 

Dylan then gave a brief history on what Toastmasters and how it started. 'Ralph Chestnut Smelly, i mean Smedley!' Apparently his tongue was still asleep at that time. Without hogging over the spotlight, he quickly passed it to the Table Topics Master, Enny, TM.

Girl on the left

There were 5 flawless brave volunteers who stepped up and took on the challenge of Enny's tough (not hard la, very the easy) table topics :O

First Volunteer: If you never heard of Deepavali before but you saw the celebration, what will you call it in your own words? - Shalini, CL (Monash uni TMC)

Second Volunteer: If Deepavali is a fruit, what kind of fruit would it be?- Leon Saw,TM

Third Volunteer: If there is no D in this world, do you think they would change Deepavali into eepavali?- Melvin,TM

Forth Volunteer: (Picture) Do you think she is dancing or she just posed for the picture? What do you think?- Anushnya, TM (Sunway Uni TMC)

Fifth Volunteer: If you meet a primitive people that dont know English, how would you explain Deepavali to them?- Yun Qiu,TM

After the 5 exquisite speeches given by our members and guests, there was a RECESS!

for 10 mins...

Mingling was over after 10 mins and everyone was called back to order by the SAA

The TOM then handed the floor (not literally) to Ashikin, TM for her Table topics Evaluation.

This is her 2nd time evaluating :O

She gave a fairly good constructive criticism to all the speakers then it was time for what everyone has been waiting for! The PREPARED SPEECHES SESSION! 

CCM#1 Ice breaker "Who I Am", Adam Azhar, TM

CCM#4 How To Say It " I learnt it from my Parents", Anushnya,TM

Both speakers gave an impeccable speech and both deserve a pat on the back! :) Now is the General Evaluator's (GE) turn, Fan Chen Keat, DTM (Speecom TMC). He led the..

EVALUATION SESSION

Lien Chai, CC (Friendship TMC) evaluated Adam's Speech

Fan Chen Keat, DTM (Speecom TMC) evaluated Anushnya's speech

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fast forward to the award ceremony. Due to it only having 2 speakers and evaluators, there wasn't a winner for Best Prepared speech and Best Evaluator. Fortunately we still had the Best Table Topics! *Drumroles*

The winner for best Table topics goes to....

Anushnya, TM (Sunway Uni TMC)

That is all folks! Thanks for being an awesome crowd! *applause*

credits to Lalitha for the hardwork in deco! : D :)


Written by,
Dylan Chew, CL
President
Taylor's University Toastmasters Club
(2013/2014)

On behalf of,

Rachel Hiu

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)

"All Hallows Eve" 8th meeting of term(2013/2014)

First time having a Joint meeting with INTI Toastmasters Club!

On a dark evening, 30 October 2013...Taylor's and Inti Toastmasters members met up around 5.30pm to set up the meeting at Student Life Centre(SLC), Taylor's University Lakeside Campus. As the wind blew and the floors creak, we decorate the place with tombstones , scary horror pictures, white balloons with glowing sticks and barbie dolls on the lectern. Also, we dim the lights and set out our jack o' lanterns in the form of oranges. (pumpkins for the western, eastern uses oranges.*just kidding*)

Set-Up

Jack the Pumpkin King!

Both Dylan and the fearsome werewolf taking care of the registration. 

The werewolf is Zahir, IPP although some people thought it was Seng Kiat. Huh.

Oh, and someone decided the werewolf looks better with a glow stick piercing.

Look At The CROWD!

Next is table topics session:

Table Topic Master, Sam from INTI Toastmasters Club 

Ashikin first volunteer, where she poke fun of Zahir (dressed up werewolf that day) as the creepiest, scariest monster she's ever met.

(Senior)Sam with his golden mask on as he give his table topic

"Why so serious?", Azwan plays a very convincing role of Joker from Batman throughout his speech.

Desmond listening intently to Sam as he receive his table topic

*Takes a moment to think about his table topic*

Table Topic Master , Lalitha, giving a thorough feedback. Kudo's to you Lalitha. 

 Next up, we have the prepared speech session.

"...it was just a dream", Eric giving his prepared speech Smash & Flash

Jason getting the audience going ARRR!! like a pirate in his speech Work Like a Pirate

Recess Time! The cakes were the bestsellers throughout the recess. First food to finish. 

Dylan showing his dance moves to the audience as part of his prepared speech Mistakes

Yean Yi giving a toast of appreciation to both INTI and Taylor's Uni EXCO members and everybody who attended the meeting in her ACB Special Occasion Speeches Mastering the Toast. 

Evaluation Session

Shalini said how proud she was of Eric of his achievements as she evaluates him

Desmond evaluates Jason , the pirate.

Timothy evaluating Dylan with a clever use of Halloween characters as metaphors.

DTM Meyyapa evaluating Yean Yi, CC,

Asikin as Language Evaluator

Ah counter Melvin swears he would stab anyone with word crutches

Azwan as Timer

Everybody was paying rapt attention as the General Evaluator, Murphy, spoke

Awards and Prize Giving session

Azwan, The Joker won Best Table Topic Speaker

Eric won Best Prepared Speech

Timothy won the Best Evaluator

General Evaluator, Murphy, receiving his token of appreciation

And finally,

Desmond, president of INTI Toastamsters Club showing his(what he claims) his sincere face without his mask on as he gives his presidential closing address.

Group Photo

Assorted monsters and creatures of the night

Written by, 

Rachel Hiu

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)