This is
the season to witness the magic. Come out from your comfort zone and be part of
the Mid Valley Toastmaster Club fun!
The theme for our 259th meeting was “Outside Your Comfort Zone – Where The
Magic Happens”. The inspiration behind the theme came from that famous
quote by the American author, Neale Donald Walsch ~ “Life begins at the end of
your comfort zone.”
What magic was waiting for us that night?
Well, firstly, we had a couple of advanced
speakers delivering their advanced speeches.
We had visitors from outside the Klang Valley
– all the way from China, India, Australia, and Egypt! What an international
meeting!
“Aspire” was the word of the day, which our
Acting President Chong Carmen made
everyone use once in her introduction. Sneaky!
When the Table Topics session came around, the
international flavor burst out again as most of the speakers were our foreign
guests.
First up we had the representative from
Malaysia, our very own Kow Chee Khon.
“If you are able to morph into an animal, which animal would that be?” Kow aspired
to be a flying squirrel!
Next up was Sri, our guest from India, who spoke about a major change in his
life that made him a better person.
Pete, a visiting Toastmaster from Australia, shared with us on just how
motivated he was to make changes in his life.
Ronan, from China, gave a vivid account of what she would like to change
in her past. “I would be happier today if I had known of Toastmasters earlier
in my life!”
Next, came the Project Speakers.
I’m a fan of the table top card game “Magic
the Gathering”, and just like the card game, where different elite
magic-wielding warriors gather from different planes and dimensions to do
arcane battle, I felt the four speakers that night were pretty much like that
as well, different speakers from different backgrounds, all coming together to
delight the audience with their wondrous and magical speeches.
Christy
Chang once again shared with us an exciting
experience from her travels, with “Bungy Jump”. She brought us to the edge of a
cliff, where we fought her fears together, and in the end, we jumped with her,
on her first wet bungy jump.
Right after that courageous jump down into
cold icy waters, we had another speaker who invited us to soar into the skies. Sky Siew’s “Are You a Duck or an Eagle”
tells the story of how a shift in our perspectives helps us move from a state
of constant complaining (like the quacking of a duck), to a life where we can achieve
more by soaring without limits (like an eagle!).
Seasoned speaker Ang Chee Yong brought us back to earth with the realities of
“Appraise with Praise”. He regaled us with Mid Valley Toastmasters Club’s many
achievements and the magic of consistently having around 30 active members
throughout all our years of existence as a Toastmasters Club.
Timothy came on next, with “Women’s Beauty: The Price Of”. He started off
by warning us that while praise and compliments are good, we should avoid constantly
complimenting women on their looks, as if that was the only thing of importance
in the fairer sex. He created the hostility and challenged the audience with
his opposing idea (as part of the project requirement). At the end, he slowed
down and begun empathizing with the audience, pacifying the roaring crowd with
his convincing points.
With all four speeches delivered, we took a
refreshment break to celebrate!
The Magical Cake holding us spellbound! Mass Birthday Celebration!
Right out of tea
break and our short-lived social moment, we then moved on to the Evaluation
session, which gave us a recap of all the project speeches. Later, we sat
through the technical reports from the Ah-Counter, Timekeeper, and Grammarian,
as well as our Special Guest of the Day, our General Evaluator all the way from
Money & You TMC, Tan Yong Jue.
The Award Winners
for Mid Valley Toastmasters’ 259th Meeting!
A hearty
congratulations to all the winners!
(From the left)
Best
Table Topic Speaker: Pete
Best Project
Speaker & Best Evaluator: Timothy
Token
of Appreciation to General Evaluator: Tan Yong Jue
Here at Mid Valley Toastmasters Club, the
magic never ends. But unfortunately, the evening had to. We look forward to
your presence at our next meeting! A hearty appreciation goes out to everyone
who gave their time to be with us for our 259th meeting. May the mythical force
be with the club and bring us many more members and entertaining meetings in
the very near future.
-- William Cheong, WeeLau.
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