TMIKL's Long Week

Wow! What a week it has been for us here at TMIKL. It was a tiring and an awesome week for us. Trust me when I say its quite difficult to sum in all up in just one post.

It started off with our upbeat Merdeka meeting:



With our President with his Humourous Speech, "Taking Care of Daniel". Complete with "CHAK" action and all the jazz. He had the floor in stitches and went on to do the Club proud in winning the division level contest.


We also had Ismail Omar with a short tour de la force of the French languange using a very interesting approach. You just had to be there to listen to his speech for yourself. Genius.


We had a few guests, one of them Andy won the best Table Topics. Best of all, he WILL be joining us. Kudos to Andy!


Later in the week, we took part in the Division contest which took place in Melia Hotel to win:

Best Humourous Speech - Mas Rizal, CC
Runner Up Evaluation - Elizabeth Xavier

Both of our representatives did our Club proud by emerging as winners in their respective contests. It is our hope that the Club will breed more future champions and perhaps even do MALAYSIA proud by representing the country for International contests.

That was just the tip of the iceberg,
We had our 31st Anniversary Dinner on Saturday. Everyone dressed in their nines. It was indeed an evening to behold.


The event started with the Past Presidents Cake Cutting Ceremony



With very intesting Table Topics, from getting lost to KL, the benefits of public speaking, to bankers turned cab drivers we certainly entertained and glued to our seats. We had a lot more than food to chew on. A generous buffet spread and sinful cakes to whet our appetites and ensure that we don't starve.


In the spirit of TMIKL and everything imporntu, we had Michael and Wai Chee to perform a dance for us! Yes...it was NOT planned but I think they managed to wow the audience with their dancefloor moves. I think they brought the house down and reminded everyone on how John Trovolta brought the sexyback in Saturday Night Fever and Greese..



We even had our Guest Speaker, Loghendran who entertained us with his speech on how Toastmasters actually molded him to be the leader he is today and the importance of evaluations. I certainly benefitted greatly from his speech. Photographed below with our President, Mr Mas Rizal!





Our best Table Topics for the evening, Lorna. I certainly hope she did get a GPS in her gift. Then again, I think she rather ask for help with the friendly Malaysians and promote Toastmasters to more people.




A big kudos to the people that made it happen:

Organizing Chairperson: Elizabeth Xavier for her tireless devotion in making this event a success. It was her baby and she was a very concerned parent.


Mas Rizal, for helping her and in making sure everything is place for the final event:


And who can ever forget, the two emcees for the evening Cyril Jonas and Sandra for entertaining the crowd and ensuring that the evening was a pleasurable one.





Also, the TMIKL team who were busy selling tickets and promoting the event. Without your direct and indirect support, this event would have not been such a resounding success!

Everybody went back as a happy camper, with a full tummy, new friends met, old friends reunited, an inspirational thought in mind, the knowledge of NOT ending up in Puduraya, and of course a "lucky draw" gift. It was indeed a wonderful evening not to be forgotten.