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.
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.
