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Report by Angeline Lee
We had a historic evening with ten Past Presidents of Friendship Toastmasters Club (FTMC), attending our 20 April “Be The Change” meeting.
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The 10 Past Presidents are
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1998/1999 - Wuan Thong Lok aka TL Wuan (Last president of ACCA Toastmasters Club before the club name is changed to Friendship Toastmasters Club)
1999/2000 - Kim Chow (1st president of Friendship Toastmasters Club)
2000/2001 - Teresa Choong
2001/2002 - Tony Lim
2002/2003 - Khoo Nee Wern aka KNW
2003/2004 - Katherine Mah aka Kat Mah
2004/2005 - James Arokiasamy
2005/2006 - Lim Kien Chai @ KC Lim
2006/2007 - Freddie Yap
2008/2009 - Tan Lay Theng
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(Note: President 2007/2008 - Kwong Choong Mun was not at the meeting)
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L-R: Ben Fong, Tan Lay Theng, Freddie Yap, KC Lim, James Arokiasamy, Kat Mah, KNW, Tony Lim, Teresa Choong, Kim Chow, TL Wuan
We would not be where we are today, a club with President’s Distinguished Club status 5 times in the past, without their commitment to change, to change for the better. Thank you, Past Presidents!
It was only fitting that we have Thomas Chen, Table Topics Champion for Area W7 Contest, to be the host for this historic presidential evening.
Our Toastmaster of the Evening Thomas Chen
In his invocation speech, KC Lim gave us this inspiring quote by Mahatma Gandhi - Be the change you want to see in the world.
Zaiton, our Table Topics Master, came up with interesting titles consisting of 3 words such as
You - Change - People
Static - Change – Movement
Thoughts – Change – World
Control – Change – Release
Opportunity – Change - Threat
Not surprisingly, two Past Presidents were joint Best Table Topics Speakers. True to the Word of the Day - EVOLVE - their performances proved that they have evolved into excellent speakers!
Best Joint Table Topics Speaker Kat Mah
Joint Best Table Topics Speaker Khoo Nee Wern aka KNW
For project speeches, we had 4 speakers who spoke on 4 different educational topics.
Chor Chee Hoe presented “The Hot Topic”. He spoke about an environmental issue close to his heart - how to reduce the effects of global warming.
Kent Ho in “Discovering Black Gold” told us of how the death of his beloved pet fish back in 1997 lead to his discovery of the benefits of composting and gardening.
Roslyn Tan with “When You Think You Know Someone”, told us of different leadership styles such as impoverished leadership and country club leadership.
For his Storytelling “Bringing History to Life” project speech, Freddie presented a heart-rending story of a father who lost his son during China’s historic day of “Oct 15 1905”.
In completing this project speech, Freddie has completed the 10 speeches required for his Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB) award. Congratulations, Freddie!
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Past President Freddie Yap is Best Project Speaker
Our General Evaluator, Meyyappa Manickam, DTM, from Deloitte Kassim Chan Toastmasters Club, displayed his formidable evaluation skills. One of the youngest DTM in District 51, he is also the Best Evaluator for our “Be The Change” meeting. Coincidentally, he was the evaluator for our Best Project Speaker, Freddie Yap.
Our GE is Meyyappa, DTM, who is also the Best Evaluator of the evening
We are hoping 10 years will not pass by before our next Past Presidents’ Night. Thank you to Freddie and James, for gathering all 10 past presidents under one roof, for one night. It was a memorable evening and thank you, Past Presidents, for taking time off from your busy schedules to be with us.
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