Future to Future

In the future moments will come when one person says to another, "That was great!"

We never know what the future holds in store for us in it's infinite wisdom - but surely you and I know of it's impending arrival.

Some believe the future holds great times ahead, some believe in a bleak fate and still others believe unborn moments hold a catastrophic end.

Me, like to think that maybe, just maybe, it will all happen at the same instance - I mean some things will be great, some bleak some beginnings and some endings.

"Great" things will only happen in the future, because of now, and that's tough enough to decipher - so I will plead, now, and leave the future to the future.

Stan Pelfrey

Meeting on 8 May 2007

Our meeting has been constantly been at a high gear now that I believe people are taking it for granted that it is should be that way. I like to thank our TME Mike Teng who inspite of his heavy duties got everything done before the meeting. One thing I like about this AG of ours is that he sends SMS just before the meeting to remind us to pack up and prepare our journey for the meeting. I salute you AG Mike Teng.

As usual we started on time and we ended up on time. First timer ASAA Dr Gan starts the meeting and surrendered the rostrum to our President Jeff who starts the session with announcement and introduction. Promptly he passed the control of the meeting to our TME who within time managed to do all he had to do and call on the Invo Presenter Mohamad. A copy of the Invocation will be published for those who are interested in such things.

The theme for the meeting was "Looking Ahead" after we look back at the last meeting; and the word for the day is PONDER. All the role players listed in the program were present but Betty.

PP Masdiana starts the Table topics session based on the theme and easily got 8 speakers participated with the best Speaker Awarded to President Jeff. The Evaluator was another PP Philip Wong a Globe Trotter who finds time to be with us. As usual he and his friendly style gave some suggestions to the participants. Our Humour master was Raja who related his personal humourous encounter and also another dedicated member who always prepare for his session.

The assignment speakers were Leong Kok Wah on "Beware The Interviewer", Dr Gan on "The End is Just the Beginning" and Mohamad on "XpectZero". Briefly, Leong trying to warn the ladies to be careful of the Interviewer, whilst Dr Gan is singing Frank Sinatra song I did it my way based on her impending retirement and of her new venture. Mohamad told us Expect the unexpected and be happy. The Best Speaker award goes to Mohamad.

Our imported GE is from Friendship James Arokiasamy ATMS CL and the speech evaluators were Adam for Leong, PP Thilo for Dr Gan and Pres Jeff for Mohamad. The Best Evaluator goes to Pres Jeff.

The other Awards went to Mike for Most Friendly and Best Role Player. He has been getting too much of this and we should not bore him with more next time. PP Thilo did the Closing Ode and Ho who appeared during the break but disappeared during the meeting was supposed to brief us on the Installation Night.

Issues seriously discussed during the meeting was about our Installation Night. After a few suggestions it was agreed that we will have a unique Installation on 2 and 3 June 2007 to be held at an Organic Farm in Negri 9, sorry I did not get the full name of the place. The program laid out was great and the Committee will look into the program for Children and other non TM who are attending the outing.

I think it is a wonderful idea generated by the Committee and we all should support it. Our contribution as a member is not more than RM150 per pax and a beautiful T Shirt will be given to each member present. Great fun and fellowship will be organised and I am sure looking forward to have a good weekend with our friends from MII and lots of prizes too. For more info call HSL - Ho Sherine Leong.

That is all folks and our next meeting will be on 22 May 2007, same time and place. Get involved it is Simply Amazing.

Meeting Report 24 April 2007

This report is under construction. Still locating my notes.

Meeting Report - 10 April 2007

To all those who religiously come and visit this blog I must apologise for the delay in producing this report. A billion apologies as time is not with me and I was under the weather for a while.

Briefly, the meeting was well conducted with the President doing his routine. He then pass the control of the meeting to our PP Philip Wong who conducted the meeting like a professional. The Invocation Presenter was Raja, and yours truly was the Table Topics Master. I worked on the theme for the meeting "Change". The Evaluator for this session was PAG Janice. To Humour us for the evening was everready Richard.

The Assingment speakers were Dr Gan Eng Meng #1 (C&L)and Levine #8 (C&L). Dr Gan tell us about herself and I am still waiting for her biodata to be posted on the net. Levine on the other hand told us about Radio frequency Identification (RFID) a new defice to tag items.

Masdiana was invited to give a talk to the members and she was focusing only on the Invocation and Table Topics. Basically she told us the history and recommends that future Invocation Presenter just read a motivational poem or quotation and not to give their own views on things as this amy be controversial and become negative. She even suggested that such Poem be printed on the Certificate of Awards to give value to it.

On the Table topics Master, she suggested the following:

1. Invite the non-role player
2. Prepare 10 Questions and depending on the time allow at least 8 topics.
3. Speakers can be at their seat to save time so that more members and guests will be given a chance to speak.
4. Brief the audience on the purpose and timing before commencing with the session.
5. Topics must be "crisp", "short" and "specific". Don't throw closed question
6. Be sensitive to guests need. Get them to speak if possible but check with them first.

The other role players for the meeting were: SAA: the backroom lady Sherine, the Evaluators for the speeches were: Guest Daniel Teh, Guest Charlie Foong, GrandMa, is Leong Kok Wah, Rolex Watch, Ho Fook Chuan, Ahcountant Monsieur and our General Evaluator was imported from Extol DTM Patricia Tan. The closing Ode was done by me.

Awards for the night went to:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Daniel Teh
Best Role Player: Leong Kok Wah as Grammarian who also gave away some prizes to Daniel Teh, Dr Gan and DTM Mohamad
Most Friendly Person : Adam Fung

Report on the Passionate Meeting 27 Mar 2007

I hope those present at the meeting would agree with me that we managed to have another great meeting on 27 Mar 2007. 17 regular members and 7 guests (including one potential member) attended the meeting and went home happy.

President Jeffrey was there to start the meeting with a round of introduction and the TME was another J; Joyce Chung. She prepared herself well and made sure that she got all the sequences perfect. I commend her for her dedication to duties. The word of the day was, "EXUBERENT".

For invocation we got a visiting TM Hanson Lye and he told us about another angle of the "Hare and Tortoise" fable. He said "don't compete with someone who is of no match to you."

Next came the Table Topic Session conducted by the ever popular AG Mike Teng and he focused on "Passion". He gave us challenging topics on the subject and surprisingly even our guest Siew Foong could respond well. Table topics speakers were Tillman, Masdiana, Hanson, Jeffrey, Siew Foong, Roger McGowan and Sam Wei Yeow. The audience gave the Award for the Best TTS to Roger McGowan. The Evaluator for this meeting was our ever hardworking SAA Leong Kok Wah.

The Humour Master for the evening was our new cub at the block another Leong. With his powerful voice he told us of South Africa joke and end up with the members guesssing what happened.

Dinner was as usual, though our guests felt it was great. I guess the members took it for granted. Even those who goes to KLGCC for their meeting don't get our kind of food huh?

There were four Assignment speakers with Levine Lee taking the lead speaking to us about "Plastic Surgery is Increasing". She said, "Even men are now concerned about their looks and goes for plastic surgery." TheN Mohamad tells us to saves lives by giving some statistics as to how many lives were lost. He suggested, "If there is no enforcement, let's scrap the law." Third speaker was J OO1, James Bond sister, Janice Ooi and he report on the High Performance Project. To end the sussion, DTM Tang Sum Chee gave us a briefing on "A Guide to the new Competent Leader".

The Evaluation session was led by the GE imported from Maisa, another J, Jessica Liew. The Evaluators for the Assignment Speakers were Sam Wei Yeow (Visiting TM) evaluating Levine and our PP Anna Hue for Mohamad. DTM Tang gave his evaluation of J 001 privately as it may be 'explosive'. The Grammarian was Roger McGowan, the Aah Counter went to Tillman and the Timer or the Rolex man Rich ard Tan. All of them gave their best and the crowd voted for Roger McGowan to be the Best Role Player for the evening.

Evaluation of the GE were very encouraging. She seemed surprise that our TTE is able to deliver the Evaluation immediately after the TTS. Food and room arrangements with the clock, whyte board, "Word of the Day", Guests names, Next Meeting Role display she gave us a good rating. She was even happy to copy our special awards, Best Role Player and also the Most Friendly Person. One of the positive comments she made was MII starts on time and ends on time. Keep it up MII TMC!

The other Award winners were Best Assignment Speaker to Mohamad, Most Friendly person goes to the ever smiling AG Mike Teng and the Best Evaluator Award was not given as there were only two Evaluators.

This meeting it was a special meeting as we introduce the "Closing Ode" done by Masdiana. She got the guests to share their views and also gave Siew Foong some assurances after our DTM Tang scares them about the heavy list of Assignments to be done. At the same time she also took the opportunity to remind the members that they ought to understand their own objectives of joining the organisation. "Just pursue what you want from TM" she said.

Our guest Rohijas from Pidato Perdana also made some commercial about his club and spoke in English as well as in Malay to get members to join them at at the same time help him conduct a survey.

The meeting ended well with every one had their share of speaking except our VPE She rine, Ho, Betty and Monsieur.

Look forward to the next meeting on 10 April 2007 where our GE will be DTM Patricia Tan from Extol TMC.

Evaluation Guides

Every member of the Toastmasters must undergo the Basic Communication and Leadership Manual which is given free when they pay their subscription. In this Manual there are 10 Projects and the member has to attempt one at a time.

The Evaluation Guides which has been reproduced here was the work of our current VPE Sherine Lim. She must have taken lots of her precious time to complete this exercise.

Our Objective of publishing this Guides are merely for the Evaluators who may no longer have their C&L Manual with them to read the objectives of the Evaluation. In this way Evaluators will be able to focus on their evaluation better.

Thanks again to Sherine for the wonderful efforts.

#10 Evaluation Guide for Inspire Your Audience

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to inspire the audience to improve personally, emotionally, professionally or spiritually, relying heavily on emotional appeal. The speech should appeal to noble motives and challenge the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement. The speaker is to use the skills learned in previous projects and not use notes. In additional to your verbal evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate column for each item. Add comments for those items where special praise is warranted, or where you can offer specific suggestions for improvement.


COULD COMMENTS /
EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY IMPROVE SUGGESTIONS


· Was the speech topic relevant to the
occasion selected? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker understand and express
the feelings and needs of the audience? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Was the speaker forceful, confident
and positive? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker effectively use stories,
anecdotes and / or quotes to help convey
his or her message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker’s words convey strong,
vivid mental image? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker’s use of body language
enhance his or her message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speech uplift the audience and
motivate them as the speaker intended? ___________ ___________ ___________



· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the speech?

#9 Evaluation Guide for Persuade with Power

Title

Evaluator Date


NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to present a persuasive speech that combines logical support for his / her viewpoint with a strong emotional appeal. The speech should focus on the self-interest of the audience. The speaker also has been asked to avoid using notes, if possible. In addition to your oral evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate column for each item. Add your comments only for those items where special praise is warranted, or where you can offer specific suggestions for improvement.


COULD COMMENTS /
EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY IMPROVE SUGGESTIONS

· Did the speaker project sincerity
and conviction? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Was the speaker a credible source of
information about this topic? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker phrase his / her appeal
in terms of the audience’s self-interest? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speech opening capture the
audience’s interest? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker use facts and logical
reasoning to support his or her views? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker properly use emotion to
persuade the audience to support his or
her views? ___________ ___________ ___________


· Was the speech organization effective? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker’s body language and
vocal variety contribute to the message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Were you persuaded to accept the
speaker’s views? ___________ ___________ ___________


· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the speech?

#8 Evaluation Guide for Get Comfortable with Visual Aids

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to present a speech that uses two or more visual aids. The visual aids selected must be appropriate for the message and audience, and be displayed correctly with ease and confidence. The speaker is to incorporate what he or she has learned in previous projects about purpose, organization, word usage, body language and vocal variety. The speaker also is to use appropriate suggestions from the evaluations received and thoroughly research the subject. Please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate column for each item. Add comments for items where special praise is warranted or where you can offer specific suggestions for improvement.

COULD COMMENTS /
EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY IMPROVE SUGGESTIONS


· Were the visual aids appropriate for
the speech and message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did each visual aid help you to understand
and remember the speaker’s point? ___________ ___________ ___________


· Was each visual aid clearly visible? ___________ ___________ ___________

· If the speaker used computer-based visuals
or overhead transparencies, was each visual
easy to read and well-designed? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker use the visual aids smoothly
and with confidence? ___________ ___________ ___________


· How clear was the speaker’s purpose? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Did the speaker use body language to
reinforce the message? ___________ ___________ ___________

· Was the speaker’s word choice effective
and appropriate? ___________ ___________ ___________


· Was the speech well-researched? ___________ ___________ ___________



· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the speech?

#7 Evaluation Guide for Research Your Topic

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to select a subject of importance to the audience that requires a large amount of research. The speaker is to collect information from numerous sources and carefully support points with specific facts, examples, and illustrations, rather than with just the speaker’s own opinions. The speaker is to incorporate what he or she has learned in previous projects about purpose, organization, word usage, body language and vocal variety, as well as use appropriate suggestions from the evaluations received. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please write answers to the questions below.

· How well did the speaker’s topic apply to the audience?



· Was the topic well researched?



· How well did the speaker support his or her main points?



· Was the support material appropriate for the point made?



· Did the speaker vary the types of support material?



· How clear was the speaker’s purpose?



· Was the speech effectively organized?



· Did the speaker take advantage of body language and vocal variety?



· What could the speaker have done differently to improve the speech?



· What did you like about the speech?

#6 Evaluation Guide for Vocal Variety

Title

Evaluator Date


NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to use a voice that is pleasing to listen to, with proper balance of volume, pitch and rate, and use pauses to enhance his or her message. The speaker’s voice should reflect and add meaning to the thoughts he or she is presenting. The speaker is to incorporate lessons learned in previous projects about purpose, organization, word usage and body language. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate space for each category. Add comments where praise is warranted or where you can offer specific suggestions for improvement.


· Topic selection: ___ Facilitated vocal variety ___ Satisfactory ___ Could improve

· Volume: ___ Excellent ___ Satisfactory ___ Too loud or soft

· Rate: ___ Excellent, varied ___ Satisfactory ___ Too fast or too slow

· Pitch: ___ Varied, conversational ___ Satisfactory ___ Monotonous, artificial

· Quality: ___ Pleasant, friendly ___ Satisfactory ___ Harsh, monotonous

· Pauses: ___ Appropriate, effective ___ Satisfactory ___ Could improve

· Expressiveness: ___ Conveyed emotion, meaning ___ Satisfactory ___ Could improve

· Vocal variety: ___ Enhanced speech ___ Satisfactory ___ Could improve

· Organization: ___ Logical flow of ideas ___ Satisfactory ___ Should improve

· Word usage: ___ Vivid, descriptive, accurate ___ Satisfactory ___ Could improve

· Body language: ___ Natural, expressive ___ Satisfactory ___ Unnatural, distracting



· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?




· What did you like about the speech?

#5 Evaluation Guide for Your Body Speaks

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to use stance, body movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact that illustrate and enhance his or her verbal message. Movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact should be smooth and natural. Body language should enhance and clarify the speaker’s words and help the audience visualize the speaker’s points and overall message. The message you see should be the same one you hear. The speech must have a clear purpose and appropriate organization. Also, the speaker must use words and arrangements of words that effectively communicate his or her message to the audience. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by checking the appropriate space for each item. Add your comments for those items deserving praise or specific suggestions for improvement.
COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS
· Topic Selection: ___ Facilitated body language
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Preparation: ___ Excellent
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Manner: ___ Confident, enthusiastic
___ Satisfactory
___ Nervous, tense

· Posture: ___ Poised, balanced
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Gestures: ___ Natural, evocative
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Body Movement: ___ Purposeful, smooth
___ Satisfactory
___ Awkward, distracting

· Eye Contact: ___ Established visual bonds
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Facial Expression: ___ Animated, friendly, genuine
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Speech Purpose: ___ Clear
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· Speech Organization: ___ Logical, clear
___ Satisfactory
___ Could improve

· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?


· What did you like about the speech?

#4 Evaluation Guide for Hot to Say it

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to use words and arrangements of words that effectively communicate his or her message to the audience. The speaker should select clear, accurate, descriptive and short words and choose verbs that convey action. Sentence and paragraph construction should be simple and short. The speaker needs to include rhetorical devices, avoid jargon and unnecessary words and use correct grammar. The speech must have a clear purpose and be appropriately organized. Please complete the evaluation form below by checking the appropriate column for each item.

COULD COMMENTS /
CATEGORY EXCELLENT SATISFACTORY IMPROVE SUGGESTIONS


· Was the speech topic appropriate for ___________ ___________ ___________
this particular assignment?

· Did the speaker use simple, short ___________ ___________ ___________
and clear words?

· Did the speaker use vivid, descriptive ___________ ___________ ___________
words that created mental images?

· Did the speaker use words that had ___________ ___________ ___________
more than one meaning or were inaccurate?

· Were the speaker’s sentences short, ___________ ___________ ___________
simple and understandable?

· Did the speaker use rhetorical devices ___________ ___________ ___________
to enhance his or her ideas?

· Did the speaker avoid jargon and ___________ ___________ ___________
unnecessary words?

· Did the speaker use proper grammar ___________ ___________ ___________
and pronunciation?

· Was the speech purpose clear? ___________ ___________ ___________


· Was the speech effectively organized? ___________ ___________ ___________


· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the speech?

#3 Evluation Guide for Get to the Point

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to prepare a speech that has a clear general purpose ( to inform, persuade, entertain or inspire ) and a specific purpose. The speech is to be organized in a manner that best achieves these purposes. The beginning, body and conclusion should all tie into and reinforce the purposes. The speaker is to project sincerity and conviction and strive not to use notes. Any nervousness displayed should be minimal. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please complete the evaluation form below by rating the speech in each category.

5 = Excellent
4 = Above average for the speaker’s experience level
3 = Satisfactory
2 = Could improve
1 = Needs attention

CATEGORY RATING COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS

· The general purpose of the speech 5 4 3 2 1
was clear.

· The specific purpose of the speech 5 4 3 2 1
was clear.

· The speech organization supported 5 4 3 2 1
the speech’s specific purpose.

· The main points and supporting 5 4 3 2 1
material contributed to the speech’s
specific purpose.

· The beginning, body and conclusion 5 4 3 2 1
reinforced the specific purpose.

· The speaker achieved the specific 5 4 3 2 1
purpose.

· The speaker appeared confident 5 4 3 2 1
and sincere, with minimal nervousness.

· The speaker did not rely on notes 5 4 3 2 1
throughout the speech.



· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the presentation?

#2 Evaluation Guide for Organise Your Speech

Title

Evaluator Date

NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: The speaker is to present a talk that is organized in a manner that leads the audience to a clearly defined goal. The speech includes a beginning, a body and a conclusion; major facts or ideas; and appropriate support material, with smooth transitions between the facts and ideas. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please complete this evaluation form by rating the speech in each category and offering comments or specific recommended action where warranted.

5 = Excellent
4 = Above average for the speaker’s experience level
3 = Satisfactory
2 = Could improve
1 = Needs attention

CATEGORY RATING COMMENTS / SUGGESTIONS

· Speech Value 5 4 3 2 1
(Interesting, meaningful to audience)


· Preparation 5 4 3 2 1
(Research, rehearsal)


· Organization 5 4 3 2 1
(Logical, clear)


· Opening 5 4 3 2 1
(Attention – getting, led into topic)


· Body 5 4 3 2 1
(Flowed smoothly, appropriate
support material)


· Conclusion 5 4 3 2 1
(Effective)


· Transitions 5 4 3 2 1
(Appropriate, helpful)


· What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?



· What did you like about the presentation?

/# 1 Evaluation Guide for The Ice Breaker

Title

Evaluator Date


NOTE TO THE EVALUATOR: In this speech the new member is to introduce himself / herself to the club and begin speaking before an audience. The speech should have a clear beginning, body and ending. The speaker has been advised to use notes if necessary and not to be concerned with body language. Be encouraging and point out the speaker’s strong points while gently and kindly mentioning areas that could be improved. Strive to have the speaker look forward to giving another speech. Your evaluation should help the speaker feel glad about joining Toastmasters and presenting this speech. In addition to your verbal evaluation, please write answer to the questions below.


· What strong points does the speaker already have?



· How well did the audience get to know the speaker?



· Did the speech reflect adequate preparation?



· Did the speaker talk clearly and audibly?



· Did the speech have a definite opening, body and conclusion?



· Please comment on the speaker’s use of notes.



· What could the speaker have done differently that would have improved the speech?



· What did you like about the presentation?

Closing Invo on 13 Mar 2007

THE PERFECT FRIEND

Today I found a friend who knew everything I felt
She knew my weakness and the problems I've been dealth.
She understood my wonders and listened to my dreams
She listened to how I felt about life and love and knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me or tell me I was wrong
She understood what I was going through and promised she'd stay long.
I reached out to this friend, to show her that I care
To pull her close and let her know how much I need her there.
I went to hold her hand to pull her a bit nearer
and I realised this perfect friend I found
was nothing but a Mirror.

Read by Masdiana Ooi Abdullah
Written by Shannen Wrass

Invocation on 13 Mar 2007 Meeting

The best of Friends

The best of friends,
can change frown,
into a smile,
when you feel down.

The best of friends,
will understand,
your little trials,
and lend a hand.

The best of friends,
will always share,
your secret dreams,
because they care.

The best of friends,
worth more than gold,
give all the love,
a heart can hold.

Presented by Masdiana Ooi Abdullah
Wriiten by Jill Wolf

Meeting on 13 March 2007 - "Friendship"

I am glad to say that we continue to have another Excellent meeting with 100% attendance from Role Players. Well done Role Players - you kept your promise.

A total of 18 people were at the meeting including 1 visiting Toastmaster DTM Ramdas Nayar, one guest brought in my Anna Ms Siew Foong and 16 loyal members.

It was a great night with lots of gifts from Kish and some kind members. Kish who was our Table Topics Master came just to carry out her role and have to rush home after the break just to take care of her family members who are sick. Thank you Kish for a good session and also for keeping your promise.

Our TME Anna Hue, as usual handled the meeting very well and also brought her school mate to come. Thank you Anna for sharing TM to others. Masdiana had researched and selected one appropriate poem and presented the Invocation based on the Theme which was well received by all. Philip the Table Topics Evaluator as usual with his smile gave some positive feedback to the speakers.

The table topics speakers for the night were:

1. Dr Gem on "A friend in need is a friend in deed."
2. Masdiana on "One loyal friend is worth more than 10,000 relatives."
3. Levine on "Slower to change friends than your thinking."
4. Mohamad on "The only unsinkable ship is Friendship."
5. Siew Foong on "To have a friend be a friend."
6. Adam on "A mirror is an old friend."

The highlight of the meeting was the induction of Dr Gan Eng Meng (GEM) introduced by Anna. She seems so excited and we were all happy to see such an enthusiastic and happy person to be in our midst. We welcome you Dr GEM. The Induction ceremony was performed perfectly by our VPE Sherine Lim. I never saw anyone conducting an Induction anywhere near her for the past 26 years. Great to have you Sherine at the helm.

The Manual assingment speakers and evaluators for the night were:

1. Leong Yip Sau on "Up Close and Personal with Yip Sau" evaluated by Joyce
2. Raja on "Who is my best friend?" evaluated by Leong Kok Wah
3. Levine on "True Beauty" evaluated by Mohamad
4. Monsieur on "an Unforgettable Experience" evaluated by Janice.

The other role players for the night were:

1. DTM Ramdas Nayar (VTM) as General Evaluator
2. Dr GEM as Grammarian
3. VPPR Ho as Timer
4. Humourous Adam as Ah's counter

As usual at the end of the meeting Acting President Sherine invited Guest Siew Foong to say a few words.

Just before we close, Masdiana read another poem on Friendship to inspire those present. I hope I am not sounding like blowing my trumpet to say that the Invocation I introduce over 20 years ago has been made a part of our District tradition and now I like to introduce that before we close our meeting we must also say a few words to the members before we part.

I wish the Exco will consider that we create a new Role which must be done by one of the Past Presidents (to give importance to it) to read an encouraging Poem before we part. I would also like to suggest that PP will also say something before we part and that something should be the same all the time which means that the PP have to memorise it or read it.

Hall of Fame:

1. Best Table Topic Speaker: Adam Fung
2. Best Project Speaker: Leong Yip Sau
3. Best Evaluator: Janice Ooi
4. Best Role Player: Adam Fung (The Aah's counter)
5. The Most Friendly Person: Mohamad Abdullah

Take care and till we see again on 27 Mar 2007.

Meeting on 27 Feb 2007 - Gong Xi Fa Cai

Another great meeting was conducted with Leong Kok Wah as our TME. The meeting started with the President Jeffrey Lee presiding at 7.05pm. Everyone was asked to introduce themselves and also to give a brief story of how they spend their CNY holidays. He later introduce our TME Leong who conducted it promptly.

The TTM was Levine Lee doing her maiden attempt at the Role. She was well prepared with questions in a Red Packet for all. The TTE was Masdiana Ooi and as ususal she gave some good commendations and recommendations to the respective speakers. She also recommended to the TTE to shorten her Table Topics so that the speakers could understand and handle.

The Assignment Speakers were Mohamad Abdullah C&L #6 with a title "Focus on F.O.C.U.S.". This speech was in preparation for the forthcoming Area Contest where he will be representing the club and members were asked to give him their Evaluation personally. Next was Monsieur Tilaka who attempted C&L #10 with the title "Get Yourself Insured". His advise to us all was prepare ourself before it is too late. There are 36 critical illnesses that insurers have identified that can be insured at a reasonable premium.

The next assignment speaker was Kishna Fitra and she spoke on "One Nation one Team" to get her CC award. She introduced the term HRC which stands for Harmony, Relationship and Cooperation to unite the people of Malaysia. Following her speech was our President of the Foo Chow Association who gave his speech to his members. this was done by PP Phillip Wong under the Advanced Manual.

Present for the meeting were: ASAA Sherine, President Jeffrey, TME Leong, TTM Levine, TTE Masdiana, HM Tilman, Evaluators Betty, Richard & Adam, Grammarian Raja, 1st time Timer Dr Gan, Aah Reporter yip Sau, GE Lay Kun.

The General Evaluator was imported from DUtama TM Club President Lim Lay Kun CTM, CL. She was very kind with her words and had full of praises for the club. She was happy with the warmth of members, the room decorations and the display of our Banner and the ribbons. She commended that we used the theme of the meeting well as many of our members came in RED, Oranges for each of them and even the Agenda and the Ballot papers were in red. Leong even had our Club's name made out of the Ang Pows sticking on the whyte board.

One of her best remarks was that ALL our members named in the Program Sheet came to handle the Role which I too am proud. Syabas MII TMC Members!

Hall of Fame for the Evening:
> Best Table Topics Speaker: Adam Fung, CTM
> Best Project Speaker: Mohamad Abdullah, DTM
> Best Evaluator: Adam Fung, CTM
> Best Role Player: Leong Kok Wah
> Most Friendly Person: Adam Fung, CTM
> Special for the Night is Best Dress Award goes to PP Phillip Wong, CTM

The Meeting was a success and recognition was given to Leong Kok Wah for his efforts in putting everything together. Salute to Leong for his untiring efforts to ensure that every detail is covered.