Meeting on 14th December 2010

We had our normal Toastmasters meeting at Sg Ujong Club on 14th December 2010. Produced below, are some photos to capture those moments in time.

President Tan Soo Guan opening the meeting.

Tabletopics master TM Amy Siew chairing her session. Called upon to speak were Robert Tan, Ramesh, Dr Subhassh, Tan Soo Guan, Indra and Lee Kah Tor.

Toastmaster of the evening was TM Chandran.

TM Kenneth evaluated the tabletopics session.

After the break, two speakers spoke. They were TM Ramesh and TM Rosa Phua. The cameraman took video shots of them speaking but posting them on this blog took too much time. So, the idea was aborted.

TM Lee Kah Tor was General Evaluator.

TM Indra evaluated Tm Ramesh.

TN Robert Tan was evaluator for Rosa Phua.

Kay Ku was Language Evaluator.

TM Yeoh was Ah Counter.

TM Vallie kept time for us.

TM Lee Kah Tor was Best Tabletopic speaker

TM Rosa Phua was best Speaker.

TM Robert was Best Evaluator.

Trip to AFamosa Resort Malacca on 3rd - 5th Dec 2010

On 3rd Dec 2010, PD Toastmasters Club members went to AFamosa Resort Malacca and came back on 5th Dec. We had a GREAT time there. 14 members went. They were Tan Soo Guan, Tan Lai Hock, Kay Ku, Chandran, Indra, Harold Gomez, Dharma, Kala, Rosa Phua, Yeoh Lian Geok, GT Singam, Vallie, Stephen Francis and our Area Governor Robert Ram.


Two cars driven by Tan Lai Hock and Indra went first. We arrived at about 4pm and straight away checked into our two bungalows, courtesy of TM Indra. Another car driven by Stephen Francis came about 8pm. Once settled down, we wasted no time in getting down to a game of cards. Dinner was buffet dinner at the Club House Golf Terrace costing RM45 per head. Then it was back to the bungalows with the continuation of our card games. It went on till the wee hours of the morning.


The next day, it was to the Safari Park after breakfast at the bungalows. We went to several shows at the safari park: Bird show, Multi animal show, Cowboy show and Elephant show. The safari ride in the truck was especially memorable and so was the ferry ride to the Monkey Island. Lunch was chicken rice or rendang chicken rice with a drink. It came as a package with the entrance ticket. At night, our AG Robert Ram and Kay Ku came and joined us for dinner outside, at a Malay Restaurant. We had Nasi Goreng, Mee bandung, Nasi paprik etc.


After that it was time to go to the Cowboy town. We were late and so we missed the Red Indian show. We waited a while and was entertained by the fantastic Carnival Parade. It was well worth the wait. After a walk round the cowboy town, it was time to go back to our bungalows and self entertained. What else but card game till the early morning. We also enjoyed the KFC and Dominoes Pizza, courtesy of Kay Ku and Soo Guan. There were canned beers too from this couple.


The last day saw us having home made breakfast by the ladies. Then it was card games again. We enjoyed so much that we had to request for late check out time. After bargaining with the management, it was agreed that we could check out at 1.30pm.


It was a great trip. Very enjoyable. Very memorable. Very affordable. We really got to know each other well and in the process we became closer.


We hope those who didn't make it this time, will be able to make it for the next outing. Below are a few photos taken during the trip.


Waiting for the Bird Show to start.

Time for another photo before the bird show begins.

The ferry ride to the Monkey Island. Look closely and you can see Dharma and Soo Guan at the extreme right.

A general view of the cowboy show.

Lining up to get into the Safari Ride truck.

Wow. This is one lucky guy. One man to 4 women.

A group phot0 for remembrance.

At the cowboy town, we met Harold's long lost "twin". This guy really looks like him if seen from both sideview and back view.

A group photo inside the bungalow.

Busy busy busy. Busy making money or losing money.

GT Singam and Robert Ram full of envy for Kay Ku the banker. Superb good card she has. All "makan". Ha ha. For the record, the AG make RM12. He keeps putting his winnings into his shirt pocket. So, no one really know how much he makes.

Till the next trip, here's the camera man signing off. Adios Amigoes.

Quotation from the founder's file

Stay committed to your decisions but stay flexible in your approach.

Tom Robbins

Meeting on 23rd November 2010

The President was caught in a bad jam in KL and could not make it on time . The task then went to the Vice President to open the meeting.

Vice President Indra opened the meeting.

TM Kala was the Toastmaster of the evening.

TM Yeoh Lian Geok was tabletopics master.

TM G T Singam was the first to be called upon to speak.

Then it was TM Shaharin's turn.

TM Ramesh was next.

Veteran Pro TM Stephen Francis was not spared.

Another Pro TM Rosa gesturing during her topic.

TM Kay Ku make it on time with her husband, The President, to the meeting and was quickly called upon for Tabletopics.

The President himself was also bombarded with a tabletopic question.

With Tabletopics session over, it was time for Tabletopics Evaluator, TM Vallie to evaluate.

A snapshot of the Role players board to show the roleplayers for the nite.

A section of the audience at the meeting. It was full house again, unlike the last meeting.

TM Harold tried his best to humour the crowd.

Time to tuck in the food. Due to some technical problems at the kitchen, poor Kenneth had to wait quite some time for his food. Thousand apologies my friend.

Into the the prepared speech session, TM Chandran was the first to speak. He was doing a speech on vocal variety.

TM Kenneth was next. He was also doing a speech on vocal variety.

TM Amy Siew told us how her husband complain he couldn't breathe. Moral of her story: You better have lots of money stacked up if you want to go to private hospital. They cost a bomb.

The General Evaluator was TM DR Subhassh.

TM Lee Kah Tor was the first to evaluate and he evaluated TM Chandran. He felt not much vocal variety were articulated.

TM Tan Lai Hock evaluated TM Kenneth. He felt the topic didn't give the speaker much room to practise vocal variety.

TM Stephen Francis evaluated TM Amy Siew. He was happy with what he heard and saw.

TM Harold evaluated on the standard of language used for the night. Beautiful phrases were picked and errors were pointed out.

TM Kat counted the number of "ahs". True to her style, she caught so many Toastmasters uttering "ahs".

TM Indra kept time for us. She said she was not good at this job. I thought she did fine........

TM Dr Subhassh delivering his General Evaluator's report. "The man should at least come in their long sleeved shirt and a tie..................... "

Awards time. Best tabletopics speaker goes to .....

Best speaker goes to ..............

The Best Evaluator is ............................

The President who missed the opening, was there to close the meeting. He is always so well dressed. Ermmmm....... so handsome looking. No wonder he captured Kay's heart.

It was full house again this time. There were no empty seats. However, missing were TM Sukumaran, TM Chua Eu Chieh, TM Jenny Kuan, TM Robert Tan, TM Indra G, TM Capt Khalid, TM Valentine and TM Zulkarnain. We hope these Toastmasters can make it for the next meeting.

Till the next meeting, its the cameraman signing off with this report. Adios Amigoes. See you at the next meeting.