Meeting #814 "The Slate is Clean Again"

It was the first meeting of our new term today. Usually, that would have been a special occasion itself, but more so this time. Today we also have a new place to call home! From today onwards, we will conduct our meetings at:

Level 21, Menara Centara
360 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman
50100 Kuala Lumpur

It has been a while since TMIKL moved our home. From a quick research, yours truly found that the last time it happened was circa 1994. 23 years ago!

And what better way to start our new meeting, of the new term, at a new location, than an induction of new members. We were honoured to welcome 6 new members into our club today, and wish for this to be start of something special for all of them.

You would think that there could only be so many new things one could announce in a single blog post. Usually, that would be the end of it, but this is a special occasion.

Our meeting proceeded with the installation of new Club Officers for the 2017/18 term. It would be a crass act to thank oneself, but yours truly would like to extend gratitude to the rest of the club officers for taking the role:

President: Rhoda Omar, ACB, ALB
V-P Education: Mohd Ehsan Ahmad Fami
V-P Membership: Shaheen J. Syed
V-P Public Relations: Razwan I. Rashidi
Secretary: Kimberly Teh
Treasurer: Ismail Omar, DTM
Sergeant-At-Arms: Cyril Jonas, DTM
Immediate Past President: Jeremy Teo, ACS, CL

All the best in performing your duties and maintaining the high standards set by the previous Club Officers!

All that formality doesn't come with any drawback though. As a result, our meeting agenda was cut shorter than usual. We had to do away with table topics this week.

With only the bare essentials (some of our properties were yet to be moved), DTM Ismail Omar took the role as TME and proved that you don't need much to make a Toastmasters meeting exciting. Like how Lionel Messi would be if bare-footed, still world class!

Special mention goes to TM Marko Chong for completing his Ice-breaker Speech today. TM Marko took the stage and inspired us all with stories about what drove him to take this journey. Congratulations on your ice-breaker TM Marko, and thank you for reminding us about why we're all on this journey together.

The following project speakers were no less impressive either. One would think we have seen all the faces of TM Ehsan, but he proved the exact opposite with a special speech on masks which showed a kaleidoscope of emotions. TM Kai Xuan gripped us with tales of his (mis)adventures in Barcelona that went like an Agatha Christie classic. TM Kimberly took on the often avoided topic of what our choices would be at the end of life, and made it insightful in the way that only she could.

We also had the pleasure of having ACG CL Gerard Peter (as General Evaluator), DTM Victor Ong, ACB ALB Ong Mei Lin, and TM Madhu Krishnamurthy. Safe to say, all of us left the meeting slightly a better person than when we came in.

If you're interested in improving yourself through public speaking, we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us a line or come to our next meeting on 25 July 2017.