Tuesday 25 August 2015

Meeting #765 Charity Begins at Home Post Mortem


What was your highlight for meeting #765. What do you have to say to 3 new members in TMIKL? Membership had now rocketing to a strong three zero, 30! That is if everyone renews their membership, and yes, it is due now my dear members.

New blood in TMIKL, bring down the average age of members in the oldest club in D51
Some people don't believe in slow and steady. This rising star in TMIKL impressed us from the very beginning! Glad you joined us Kenny!

Kenny delivered his icebreaker speech like a pro!
DTM Cyril Jonas delivered "Is personal branding crucial to success?" from the advanced communicator manual which received the full participation from everyone. If the chairs and tables could talk, they would have to give their 30s opinions too!

Now, how do you facilitate a room of 30 people and summarized everyone's opinion into just 3 key points? If you miss the 1st half of the speech this time, don't miss the 2nd half of the speech, coming to you very soon!

Our own TMIKL brand
Can you emulate the achievements of these gentlemen? Congratulations to DTM Ismail Omar and DTM Cyril Jonas for attaining the Distinguished Toastmaster Award! Both are men of wit, grit, and always in high spirit! Even the highest education award in Toastmasters will not deter them to outdo themselves over and again!

Distinguished men in TMIKL
I am sure the guests wouldn't object if we were to rate ourselves 8.5/10 for this meeting?

Leave us a message and let us know what you think we should do more in a meeting to make your 3 hours spent with us worthwhile. It's our pleasure to have you in our meeting, till we meet next time!

Monday 24 August 2015

Area P1 & P2 present to you all the happenings in September 2015:-

September is going to be a busy month, let me share with you, "why so"...

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Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest:
1st September 2015 (Tuesday): P1 Allianz TMC
2nd September 2015 (Wednesday): P2 MAXIS Speakers TMC
8th September 2015 (Tuesday): P1 TMIKL TMC, Organizing Chair: Richard Toh
9th September 2015 (Wednesday): P2 BIB TMC, Organizing Chair: JCe' Yong
10th September 2015 (Thursday): P2 Metro TMC, Organizing Chair: Nazaruddin Nicky Abdullah


Joint Contest for Area P1&P2 (Tuesday): 15th September 2015 at Wisma Allianz, Jalan Gereja.
Organizing Chair: Ismail Omar

Culminating in Division P Contest: 3rd October 2015 (Saturday)

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From our neighbor in Area P:
Area P6 HSSE contest: 9th September 2015 (Wednesday) at KLCC. Organizing Chair: Nazaruddin Nicky Abdullah

From other friendly TMCs in Division D:
17th September 2015 (Thursday): D1 Sunway University TMC

We are looking for various role players, judges, test speakers, ballot counters, timers, please, we need you to decide your worthy champions!

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Thursday 13 August 2015

Meeting #765 Charity begins at home

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In the past month, we welcomed the news of a generous anonymous donor from Aladdin land who deposited a huge sum of money into the personal bank account of our Prime Minister. As we are told, the Prime Minister is just the trustee and the donation money had or will trickle down to people of all walks of life in Malaysia, nothing for personal gain, oh yeah baby!

Mr Prime Minister is just a man with big power and burdened with bigger responsibilities. I say, in the prime minister we trust. Meanwhile, TMIKL's treasurer, DTM Ismail Omar will be checking TMIKL's bank account very frequently in hope to find generous donation from a good Samaritan. Are you our good Samaritan?

Anyway, TMIKL's half yearly membership fee is due NOW. Thank you very much.  

In line with the talk of the town, our theme is Charity begins at home. Charity or service, is one of the four core values of TMI. the other 3 being, integrity, excellence and respect. It is also charity or service by all dedicated toastmasters who want to give back and to pay it forward that keep TMIKL going, 37 years on, stronger with each passing year. Past president Shawn Kwong, Sandra Ghouse, Cyril Jonas can certainly confirm that. 

Thank you DTM Cosy Amar for sharing this 
In terms of monetary charity, only a miracle of cosmic proportion can emulate the 2.6 Billion dollar "fallen durian". However, there is no stopping us from practicing the simple virtue of giving, whether it is a sincere thank you to show your gratitude, go going the extra mile to lend a helping hand to someone in need. 

They say, "Charity begins at home and home is where the heart is". How do we define home? A place where we return to at the end of the day? A place where we could freely travel freely without a passport? Or just any place where the sun shines. That is up to us to define.

While we don't have to be dreamers to try to end all wars to bring about war peace, can we at least remind ourselves that charity starts now and here. Remember to say thank you to show gratitude, clap hands to show appreciate, reciprocate to help people and help pave a highway in their toastmasters journey? Yes, the power is in your hands! Can i hear you sing, "I have got the power," please? 

With that, the future of President Distinguished Club, TMIKL lies in you, the life of a fellow toastmasters depends on you (sorry, sounded too serious here)! Over to you my fellow TMIKL-ites.

Saturday 8 August 2015

COT1 at Sunway University, 1st August 2015



And you thought COT is always about getting the 1 DCP point (maybe your president begged you to go). For some of us, it is only a 10% bonus, and this is my personal breakdown. 

20%- To meet beautiful people who can't stop talking...


This is just an example only

20%- To listen to really hilarious DTMs, free summore!
We thought DTM Muthukumaran Kodiappen was competing for Humorous Speech Contest
 20%- To feel young again, yey back to University!

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 20%- To feel good after being told how important you are as a club officer

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10%- To find out how you can make strangers join Toastmasters and make all toastmasters stay



and finally...

10%- DCP point, the meehoon, the kueh are really only a bonus.



Tell us what do you think? The great, the mediocre and the meh moments in COT1!

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