The Annual Convention held on 27 April to 29 April 2012 in Sunday Pyramid Convention Centre was a blast with about 400 Toastmasters Members present.
The Convention started off with the District Exco Meeting chaired by DG Sue Chan and on her right is the Dist Parlimentarian Low Yat Seow to ensure the meeting run smoothly. This meeting would involved all the District 51 Officers, Div Governors and Area Governors. If you are holding any of this post you are required to attend to have a mojority quorum to start off the meeting.
After lunch, is the District Council Meeting attended by all the District 51 Officers, Div Governors, Area Governors, Club Presidents and Club Vice President of Education. In this meeting, members can bid for the any of the District post by getting a member to propose your name. In the above, our present Dist 51 Treasurer Johnson Tang is bidding for Lieut Gov of Marketing with Wendy. It is at this meeting too that Club members can air their grievences through Club Presidents and VPEs.
I took a picture with Plenary Speaker Dana LaMon and Arlene (US citizen teaching in China). Dana LaMon was the TI International Champion in 1992 and the Organiser could not get a sponsor for his air-ticket and he paid his own air-ticket to join us in this convention. How sweet of him and you can always go to his wedsite to know more about him.
The openning ceremony performance by Students Cheer Leaders was nicely executed and the confidence displayed here was awesome. It showed a high degree of trust for one another so that the 4 students up in the air would not land on the stage!
Key note address by International Director Christine Tembligue from Philiphines. Pint size lady but has big vision. She is on her way up to be the International President. In a few years time she will meet her goal. I don't know what I did to my camera, at this juncture the picturs are not clear.
The screening of the top 7 videos and the 2 shots of PD Toastmasters Club entree while the video was running. There were some delegates who told me that most notable feature of the video is founder Tan Lai Hock's face at the end of the video.
Dana LaMon DTM giving his speech in the plenary session.
Sheila Wong DTM during her plenary session. 
Maimunah Natasha DTM from Indonesia during the plenary session.
4.30 pm to 6.30 pm was free time so I attended the Bahasa Malaysia session. It was a debate and the debaters were picked/volunteered on the title: 'Pendidikan sex harus diajar di sekolah' It was a fun and funny session with the audience laughing most of the time. I need to wipe my tear, not because I was sad, but the subject matter put forth by the debaters were funny.
PD Toastmasters club gained the Silver award for achiving 7 DCP points.
PD Toastmasters Club's video won the 3rd price. Vallie our VPPR cum video director and editor received the award from DPRO Yoon Peng Yew.
Contestants for the Table Topic Contest. In the middle is Contest Chair Tan Eng Suan, Div A Governor.
The contestants for International Speech Contest. In the middle is Contest Chair Phang Wai Kheong DTM, Div H Governor.
Third place winner for table topics Dineswary Krishan from Alam Toastmasters Club.
Second place winner for Table Topic is Palaniappan Subramaniam.
First place winner for Table Topics Contest goes to Prebagaran Jayaraman.
Third plance winner for International Speech Contest is Sarjit Singh.
Second plance winner for International Speech Contest is Stephen Fernando.
The Champion of District 51 International Speech Contest is Palaniappan Subdramaniam. He will be representing District 51 in the TI Contest in USA.
The hightligh of the convention is the Speech Contest and its over. The members would has endlessly help to organise such an event are all in orange T-shirts. Brovo to all of them who has worked for a year to organise the Annual Convention.
The Oganising Chairman of this Annual Convention is Irene Lee, ACB of Crystal Toastmasters Club. She is the Champion who has worked for a year to host the Annual Convention and very graciously move amount the delegates to make sure you are happy and enjoying yourself and also happy in the tummy. Well done Irene Lee.
The next semi-annual convention would be taken up by Division C, keep a look out for future emails for the exact location.
Table Topic evaluator was Stephen Francis. His criteria were eye contact and voice modulation.
Tips on how to stay healthy was thrown to TM Shan......"My husband had heart attack and then he stopped smoking.His friends ask ...oh you don't smoke anymore? How come..He answered wait until you get a heart attack"
Tips on how to safe water Bill was answered smartly by ACS Rosa Phua...Her water bill every month is only RM5.00...Please call her for more info.
