Good
morning HTMs (OMG it’s that pesky VPE again…;-P)!
Here
is my take on our club’s Malaysia Day themed meeting on 19.9.2014.
We
had a fun time (When is our club’s meeting ever not fun?) from the moment the
TMM said “Good morning TMs!”.
Even
though there were only 8 of us with some doubling up on roles, the meeting went
smoothly and the Malaysian flag fluttered proudly, although there was
no wind blowing in Lestari other than the air conditioning.
TM
Syaiful held us captive with
his onslaught of table topics in his first ever role as the TTM. Here are some
of the TTS highlights…
After
being caught taking pictures when the TTS started, I was asked to speak first on
the topic of a place in Malaysia that is a must visit. Piras CC, CL also
contributed with his thoughts on going for a gastronomical
adventure in Penang.
Thankfully, all of us just had our fill of breakfast grub. TM Kamala very much
later joined in on this by referring to Penang as a treasure trove of Malaysian
history.
The
next round of topics in the TTS was about local movies, Mus ATMB, CL talked
about classic P Ramlee movies & TM Rhyrita also followed suit with her take
on P Ramlee’s “Tiga Abdul” and the family values that we can take home from
that movie. TM Muazmir also contributed to the same topic and told us how he
was ambushed, during his golf game on Sunday, to go watch “Ribbit’ by KRU
Productions with his family. If he had to write about that experience, TM Muazmir said his
essay would be filled with “ZZzzzzzzz…”. The final topic in the TTS
was about the advice you would give to your 10 year old self.
Happy to take that trip, TM Kamala said she would tell her 10 year old self to
get her hair straightened and TM Rhyrita would advise her 10 year old self, to
stop reading books with poor lighting so that glasses would not be part of her
adult self.
We
had the privilege of hearing TM Kamala’s 6th Project Speech and she
filled us in on all the extraordinary moments and people in her life leaving us
to conclude whether TM Kamala is indeed extraordinary…
TM
Muazmir, in his 5th Project Speech, shared with us his recent
episode with bladder stones and made us all cringe listening to the graphic details
of the pain he
had to endure…no more TM Muazmir…no more please…
The
meeting came to a close with reports from the GE and his team & some wise
words from Mr President, Piras CC CL.
Some
highlights from the report of the GE, Mus ATMB, CL –
1.
Anchor yourself when
you are delivering a speech. Only move with a purpose.
2.
A nice number for a
meeting would be between 10 – 12 HTMs.
3.
Familiarise yourself
with the requirements in the CC Manual for each Project Speech before
delivering one.
4.
Have blind Table
Topics!
Some
highlights from what Mr President, Piras CC CL shared with us –
1.
Remarkable
improvements seen in TM Kamala & TM Rhyrita are the results of attending HTM club meetings regularly.
2.
Do not fall into the
trap that it is alright to speak English good enough to transmit what you need.
We must aim to speak English proficiently.
Awesome
meeting! Thank you to the 7 that attended!
Please
see attachment for full meeting log. Thanks for reading till here.
At your service,
N.Juliana Ismail
2014 – 2015 VPE
HASiL Toastmasters Club
