The meeting started at approximately 9:35am. The guests and members were asked to introduced themselves and tell us about their wish for Chinese New Year. Most of the people wished to have more ang pows.
There are a number of new guests came to the meeting. It seems like the membership drive is working. Good job toastmasters!
Then, it was Table Topic Session which conducted by the Table Topic Master – Jee Aik a.k.a the SAA of the club. Jee Aik has prepared a few non-sense topics for the guests and members to attempt.
The table topic session for this meeting is a bit longer as there are only three assignment speeches. In total, there are six volunteers for the table topic session.
After having six volunteers giving their impromptu speeches, then, it was the table topic evaluator – Teh, from the Midvalley Toastmaster Club to evaluate the TT Speakers. Among the six TT speakers, there are 3 of them were first timer which is Kai Shen, Lavania and Sean. Congratulation to them!
It was then having the speeches from the assignment speakers. There were two ice breaker speeches from Jack Oh and Jo An.
First assignment speaker was Jack Oh with the title of “Myself”. Jack Oh is from Ipoh, Perak. Currently, he is studying Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering at University Malaya and having industrial training in Proton. He loves Chinese foods and don’t like to study but learning. Jack Oh said, learn through experience. We don’t study experience. I agree (: He has tortoise as a pet at home because it is easy to take care of.
Next, it was Jaime had her CCM #3 with the title of C’s and R’s in Anger Management. Jaime told us that anger will affect other people and will leave a wound on the person. So, how can we control our anger? Here comes the C’s and R’s Jaime introduced to us.
1st R: Relax – Take a deep breath, change a position when you’re angry
2nd R: Resolve – Find out the cause of the problem, root it and solve it.
1st C: Communicate – So as to create a fair situation, think and to say, to give time to express each other’s feeling.
2nd C: Cognitive Restructuring – Changing the negative thought to positive one and beware of the words like “Never” or “Always” used in the discussion.
The third assignment speaker was Jo An “Who am I”. Jo An is also having training at Proton with Jack Oh. Jo An told us that she loves Hong Kong dramas and dislike to stand in front of the crowd and afraid of having eye contact with the others.
After that, it was Evaluation session that conducted by the General Evaluator – Gajendran. He called for evaluations for the assignment speakers which is Jason Lim evaluating Jack Oh, Jee Aik evaluating Jaime and Qinmei evaluating Jo An.
The Best Table Topic Speaker: Sean
The Best Speech Evaluator: Jason
The Best Assignment Speaker: Jaime
Congratulations to them!!
The meeting was a successful one having members and a number of new guests to joined the meeting which added a lot of spice to the meeting. Hopefully there are new members joining!
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