Area C2 contest was held in IEM Toastmasters Club on 24 February at 7.45pm. In the evening, prior to the contest it rained in KL and I heard that there was a flash flood in front of the National Library. For that, my drive to IEM Club was horible, it was all jammed up from Bukit Jalil to the turn off at Taman Desa Water Park to PJ. In reality the distance is short but because of the rain all traffic jammed up, as many commuters were heading toward Sungei Besi and to the Smart Tunnel. This is the cause of the massive jam because the Smart Tunnel isn't just so smart!!!
On normal clear day it would take me about 45 minutes to IEM Club from Nilai but yesterday was 1 hour 20 minutes, could have been longer had I not drove on the emergency lane during the jam!
I reached IEM Club in the nick of time with contest chair TM Chai Meng Yee about to call the first contentant. Our Club champion Robert Tan represented PD Toastmasters Club and he did well. He did not win but his speech did bring the audience to laughter and invoke some fellings.
Robert Tan reign as the Champion on the Table Topics Contest: Title - Diamonds are a ladies' best friend and he would be representing PD Toastmasters Club in the Division C Contest on 26 March 2011 in UMW Shah Alam.
Robert receiving his Champion Trophy from C2 Governor Robert Ram.
The members who came to support Robert: Left to right: Rosa, Indra, Robert holding his trophy, Kala and President Tan Soo Guan and we did clapped very very loud.
Readers, if you are wandering who won the International Speech Contest...... is Stephen Fernando from MIHRM Club with his speech title: Lessons from my barber.
The champion Stephen Fernando with C2 Governor Robert Ram.After the contest we adjourne for a cup of teh tarik ..... a treat from Robert Tan .... because he is a CHAMPION.
