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.

Jie Yen hopes guys get to treat their girlfriends like a princess with her speech title A Lesson Learnt

Evaluation session

General Evaluator (possibly the only one wearing all formal on that day)

Yi Ling from HUTMC as Table Topic Evluator evaluated all six table topics. Phew, that's a lot to evaluate.

Yean yi thoroughly evaluated Ashikin 

Zahir (which his suit on for formal reasons?) evaluated Mi Shan 

Timonthy evaluated princess Jie Yen  

 Bryan , president of HELP university Toastmasters Club, playing the role of grammarian

Kay Ment from Taylors College Toastmasters Club as Ah Counter 

Timer Albert from HUTMC giving his report 

The prize giving session was given by both presidents of TUTMC and HUTMC

Stephen won the Best Table Topic Speaker

Asikin won Best Prepared Speech

Timothy all the way from Midvalley toastmasters Club won Best Evaluator

GROUP PHOTO!

**TUTMC - Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

** HUTMC - HELP University Toastmasters Club

Written by, 

Rachel HiU

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)

TUTMC 5th Meeting of the Term 2013/2014. [RECAP]

Meeting Theme: Dreams & Desires

I have a hankering to tell a tale.

On the 14th day of September, year 2013, Taylor's University Toastmasters met again.

Acting President, Woon Yean Yi, CC  welcomed club members, guest and friends to LT11.

Speaking on the subject of a minor, an underdog. This man and person was part of the  resistant rather than the authority. When the odds are stacked up against you and hope seems bleak.

That is how Dreams and Desires came true.

"If you can dream it. You can do it" - Walt Disney

"Long story short, he was MY DAD!"

After the Presidential opening address, the Toastmaster of the Morning assumed the driving seat and had her share of tales. From Monash TMC, Hello Shalini, CL!

"From Ideogram to Manuals, Champagne and Mineral Water; 

As an International Organization we have come far.

And, like they said, the rest, is history"

The TMOTM also sweeped through the room to get everyone to talk about a little dream which still lingers.

Crowd view from the Back.

Next, as per strict tradition was Table Topics. TT Master was Azwan, CC and he used the LT sound system with considerable purpose blasting out snippets of Song Topics!

"Just come up and speak about my random topics. No rules."

Takers/Topics:

1. Thian Seng - "Just Eat it" <Beat it Spoof>

2. Chen Keat "What is Love? Baby don't hurt me no more..."

3.Stephan Koo - "The boys are back in Town x3~"

4. Pravinan - "You are JUST A FRIEND"

Stephan Koo is back in Town!

" We would crawl into the drains and sewage as if it was an adventure. "

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Now is time for the PREPARED SPEECH SESSION.

Up first was the guest from Monash TMC with their ever burning pride!

 With his #CCM4 speech "Good Leader".

We present Mashuri or commonly known as 

Mash!

"Be the kind of Leader, people follow voluntarily" - Mash

And the first of two Ice Breaker Speeches.

"Coming from an all boy family with my Mother an exception, I was so excited, 

because I've never seen a girl before." - Pravinan Lai

The meeting took recces for *5 minutes*. Then came our Final Speech for the Day.

"Maybe I won't ever find my way; maybe I would just call this big maze my home."

- Ashikin

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"How did we do?" is the constant question speakers posed themselves with. 

So answers they will get, by the esteemed line of observant juries. Speech Evaluators!

HELP TMC evaluator Champion, Jocelyn Teh, TM as Speech/ TT Evaluator

Leon, TM analyzing aspects of "I am, because of them" by Pravinan

Reports from the GE Team

General Evaluator: Desmond from Inti Subang/Sunway TMC endorsing the meeting.

Language Evaluator: Immediate Past President , Zahir Ahmad

 Time-Keeper: Annie,TM who had her hands full to present a concise Timing Report.

Ah Counter : Ah-Woon  Yean Yi, noting the crutches while doubling up as a speech Evaluator.

Prize Giving Time!

Ice is Broken for they have spoken! Congratulations to Ashikin & Pravinan.

You have joined the members in the Club Member Progress Chart!

http://taylorsuniversitytmc.toastmastersclubs.org/Members_Progress_Chart.html

And the votes are in to narrow out the highlight acts! 

We might reference our mildly poor yet reliable lighting but the count is pretty accurate!

And the Winners...were...

Best Evaluator to Club VPE, Woon Yean Yi, CC

Best Speaker: Ashikin Aidura, TM (note the grimace)

And that, ladies & gents, is how the Cookie Crumbles.

So ends another chapter of this never ending tale.

Hankering for the perfect group photo.
Thank you for your visit folks!

Remember. 

Your refreshing Saturday morning fixation.

TUTMC meets every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the Month!

Prepared by,

Zahir Ahmad

Event Chair

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)

On behalf of,

Rachel Hiu

Vice President of Public relations

Taylor's University Toastmasters Club

(2013/2014)