Breaking a Habit - 13th Meeting of the term (2013/2014)

The 13th meeting started on time(a good habit of ours) with the toastmasters attendance from Sunway University Toastmasters Club, INTI Toastmasters Club and Friendship Toastmasters Club. Azwan even played Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park which got the rest of us thinking of Subbra (member of Taylor's University Toastmasters Club) as that is his favorite band.

Then we have the usual Presidential Opening Speech 

President Dylan gives his opening speech and ask all to say our name, where we are from and a habit of ours. 

Toastmasters of the Morning, Pravinan Lai, instigate (word of the day) the meeting by sharing  how Toastmasters was formed to toastmasters and guests.

Table topics session
 Wilson started of his table topic session by giving toastmasters and guests slips of paper and ask us to write down one of our bad habit on the paper.

Wilson Wong, Table Topic Master

Ever sporting, Immediate Past President, Zahir volunteered as the the first table topic speaker. The first table topic rule was simple and yet-not. Zahir is suppose to pick a random paper from the pile of the habits written previously, guessed who does the habit belongs to and talk something about it.

The habit he got was biting nails. Zahir then asked to see our nails and after much thought, he guessed the owner of the habit and proceed to advise him.

Zahir preying on someone's habit.

Just as we thought that is how the rest of the table topics is going play out. Wilson surprise us yet again by giving us a set of table topic. 

The second table topic speaker, Shu Hui, was given the topic speak as how a grandma speaks, advising your grandchildren.

Shu Hui in her "ah-ma" (mandarin for grandmother) tone

For the third table topic, Wilson needed a pair of volunteers which Desmond (INTI Toastmasters Club)and Ruben(Sunway University Toastmasters) volunteered to. The topic advise a friend of his/her habit. The first speaker is to advise his friend and the other speaker to finish of using the same topic. The habit their friend had was finishing an ice cream bottom-to-top.

 Honestly, I have to applaud them for thinking of such a peculiar habit. 

You could tell that Wilson regretting choosing this pair.

Desmond talking about a very perculiar bad habit that his friend has.

Ruben taking over from Desmond, advising this friend to try and eat ice cream the proper way. He gave the example of how people do not start a speech from conclusion to beginning.

The next volunteer , 4th table topic speaker was Azwan which table topic was that he is a politician holding a forum of discussion.

One at a time - Azwan -

The crowd's reaction

Table Topic Evaluation

  Rachel Hiu, Table Topic Evaluator

 Prepared Speeches

Zahir repeating his CC manual, complete armed with visual to aid his speech, "Pay it forward".  Do good and pay it forward. 

E Chin with her speech title "Sisters". Sometimes you just feel like strangling them. (I'm sure most of us can relate to that)

Azwan animating his friend who was drunk in his advanced manual "Breaking the habit" (as per the meeting theme) in his advanced manual.

Yun Qiu  and her Icebreaker speech "The Ball". Her nickname "the ball" is taken from her last name Qiu (mandarin for ball)

Prepared Speech Evaluation session

Desmond evaluating Zahir 

Yean Yi evaluates E Chin

 Ruben evaluates Azwan

Sylvia evaluates Icebreaker Yun Qiu 

Evaluation session

Grammarian Seng Kiat

Wen Hang as Ah-counter giving a full report (clearly something humorous was going on) 

Timer Dylan Chew

General Evaluator Geok Ean, saying our club is young and energetic. 

Bests of the Bests are awarded to show motivation and appreciation:

Azwan as Best Table Topic Speaker 

Best Prepared Speech (and an Icebreaker on top of it!)

Yean Yi, VPE receiving Best Evaluator

Our president giving a token to General Evaluator from Friendship Toastmasters.

Like Zahir said, which I quote "We know how to show we are having fun"

Written by 

Rachel Hiu

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)