Meeting Notice 19 June 2012

From: VPE Chee Hoe Chor
Date: 13 June 2012 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Friendship Meeting on 19 June 2012 - Character is for Eternity

Dear Friends,
In less than a week, we will have our final meeting for the term 2011/12. I am starting to miss my VPE role but I believe the incoming VPE, Daphne Au will do a better job than me! She will inspire us in this 'Character is for Eternity' meeting with her graduation speech!

The theme of this meeting comes from the quote "Reputation is for time; character is for eternity." by J. B. Gough. The noble character of oneself will be remembered for eternity - it is timeless! Toastmasters always emphasize the importance of good character, hence one of the Toastmasters core values is respect for the individual.

We are in the Toastmasters circle to learn, to share and to help each other. Our journey in Toastmasters will only be beneficial if we have good and positive character. In this meeting, we have positive and passionate Toastmasters who take the initiative to try out something new!

- Ean will present her Ice Breaker speech, the very first prepared speech in her new journey in Toastmasters. 

- Humour Master Timothy will tickle us with his funny bones. He told me that he is not a humourous person and he has no funny bones within. However, he is passionate to give it a try!

- Our new member Wai Lik will deliver his project speech in Friendship meeting environment for his very first time.

- Nancy will be our Ah-Counter for her very first time. She has decided to do her CL assignments in parallel with her CC projects.

Let's give all these first-timers the warmest support and provide them with valuable feedback! Enjoy the FUN of the last meeting of this term!

Meeting Notice 5 June 2012

From: VPE Chee Hoe Chor
Date: 31 May 2012 9:52 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 5 June 2012 - Dream Deep, Reach High

"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal." --- Pamela Vaull Starr

Pamela Vaull Starr is one of my favourite poets. Her amazing quote is the basis of our meeting theme 'Dream Deep, Reach High'.

All of us have hidden talents and achievable dreams. With passion and insight, we are able to consummate our targets in life. How do we go beyond just knowing ourselves and not limiting ourselves to what we think we are able to do? We dream, then we use our strength to move forward and become passionate. Being passionate, we will be the consummate achiever of our reachable goals. Being passionate Toastmasters, we will accomplish our objective - to be better speakers and leaders!

In this meeting, we will have two CCs-to-be who will inspire us with their graduation speeches. Our General Evaluator, Ahmad Zakie is kind enough to say 'yes' to my invitation when DTM Faang Pyng cancelled her plan to visit our club due to district matters. Ahmad Zakie also encourages his staff to visit our club to find out more about Toastmasters. We should show our gratitude to this nice gentleman!

Besides, the team of evaluators is geared up to provide us with fruitful and constructive feedback! Where else should you go on this Tuesday night beside attending this wonderful meeting?

Meeting Notice 15 May 2012

From: Club President Angeline Lee
Date: 11 May 2012 3:08 PM
Subject: Friendship AGM on Tues 15 May 2012
To: Friendship Members

Dear Friendship Members,
In a few days' time we shall be meeting up for an important event, our club's Annual General Meeting. The nomination list as announced during our 8 May meeting is as follow:

President - Alexandra Lau
VPE - Daphne Au
VPM - Sylvia Tan
VPPR - Ian Tai
Treasurer - Vivien Kok
Secretary - Chor Chee Hoe
SAA - Sivadas

Please join us to reflect, elect and support the next generation of leaders for Friendship Toastmasters Club. We hope all members are able to attend and let your voice be heard and your vote be counted on our important club matters.

See you on 15 May!

Meeting Notice 8 May 2012

From: VPE Chor Chee Hoe 
Date: 4 May 2012 18:22
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 8 May 2012 - Self-actualisation
To: Friendship Members

My mind was overwhelmed by Dana LaMon's inspirational speech. Last Saturday, I chose to be a passionate Toastmaster by attending District 51 Annual Convention. Motivated by the speeches in the convention, I realised how to actualise my own potential and how to catalyse my personal growth. That's what our coming meeting theme is about - 'Self-actualisation'.

Besides being a responsible club treasurer, Our TME Ian Tai is also a young and talented author. His first book has received good responses in local book stores. He is now working on his second masterpiece.

Our General Evaluator is another testimony of 'Self-actualisation'. He is the current MAS Melor Toastmasters Club President and Area G4 Governor. How does he manage to take up these two important roles at the same time? How does he actualise his self-potential? You can find out more from him during the meeting. It's goint to be another enriching meeting!

Meeting Notice 17 April 2012

From: VPE Chor Chee Hoe 
Date: 6 April 2012 14:05
Subject:  Friendship Meeting on 17 April 2012 – Life Is Variable
To: Friendship Members

Dear Friends,
Life is unpredictable! Life is variable! Life is always full of surprises!

Life is a fairy tale. Daphne Au often reminds us that life is like a fairy tale. As our TME, I believe she will direct us into wonderland !

Life is about fostering friendship. It's time for all Friendship members to reunite and welcome our newest member, Nancy Soo. She will be presenting her Ice Breaker speech. Let's give her the warmest Friendship support!

Life is about aspiration and inspiration. Be prepared to be inspired by our General Evaluator, DTM Sharmini Helen. DTM Sharmini was the first lady to be appointed as the President in CIMA Malaysia Toastmasters Club. As a polished speaker and an influential leader, she was also the first CIMA member to be elected as Area Governor and Division B Governor.

Life is variable! We will have something special for you in this meeting because life is full of surprises! It will be another fun and enriching meeting!

Together let's embrace and enjoy what we have in life! C'est la vie!

Meeting Notice 3 April 2012

From: VPE Chor Chee Hoe
Date: 31 March 2012 13:27
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 3 April 2012 – Power of Imagination
To: Friendship Members

"First comes thought, then organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." --- NAPOLEON HILL

We use our powers of imagination at work, to see the possibilities, and to see how it can be done. Imagination turns possibilities into reality. In Toastmasters, we also exercise our powers of imagination during Table Topics, Project Speeches and Evaluation. You may only imagine yourself to be a future public speaker, but with the effort you put in, it will become a reality!

On 3 April, our TME Moses Wong will pilot us into a night of imagination! With Invocator Grace, Table Topics Master Sylvia, speakers Daphne, Ian and Freddie, we will definitely enjoy another awesome meeting!

We are honoured to have Area G3 Governor, Victor Ong as our General Evaluator; and also a great line-up of visiting Toastmasters as our role players. Thank you Siew Ping, Kenneth and Stefanie for your enthusiasm in helping out!

See you on 3 April!

Meeting Notice 20 March 2012

From: Club President Angeline Lee
Date: 13 March 2012 8:30 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 20 March 2012 – Beyond the Possible
To: Friendship Members

Dear Friends,
We had a fruitful Hesitation is a Loss meeting last week, with TME Freddie taking the opportunity to dazzle us with his hosting skills. We had 5 guests and 5 variations of Hesitation is a Loss Table Topics questions. We also had the opportunity to listen to 3 prepared speeches.

If you wish to know more about the happenings at the last meeting, click at this link: http://friendshiptoastmasters.blogspot.com/2012/03/club-meeting-6-march-2012.html

Having taken calculated risk and not hesitating to be a better speaker, we shall now explore to go Beyond the Possible at our 20 March meeting. Each of us have the potential (word of the day) to be better than what we were yesterday and today. Let us go beyond what was possible yesterday, to reach our full potential.

Please note that the meeting venue is at Dewan Perdana (beside the swimming pool).

See you in one week's time, on 20 March !

Meeting Notice 6 March 2012

From: Club President Angeline 
Date: 28 February 2012 12:38 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 6 March 2012 – Hesitation is a Loss
To: Friendship Members

Dear Friends,

We had a fantastic Take Calculated Risks meeting last week, helmed by the virbrant, beautiful and talented TME Grace. With 6 guests in attendance, an interesting Table Topics session with 6 speakers, as well as three prepared speeches from Daphne, Ian and Freddie, it was a memorable evening.

We have posted a meeting write-up as well as a few photos at http://friendshiptoastmasters.blogspot.com/2012/02/club-meeting-21-february-2012.html

This evening is our joint meeting with IBM Toastmasters Club at Level 19, KPMG Tower, Bandar Utama. Everyone is most welcome to join Grace, Hann, Moses, Ian, Lay Theng and I at this meeting.

Do not hesitate to attend our 6 March Hesitation is a Loss meeting! After considering and taking calculated risks at our last meeting, do not hesitate, as you continue to make strides to improve as a speaker.

I am definitely looking forward to meeting with everyone again at our 6 March meeting. We will have the lively and humorous Dorcas Aung, ACB, CL from Ireka Toastmasters Club as our General Evaluator. With 3 project speeches lined up and Past President Freddie as our TME, it will not just be an ordinary meeting !

Meeting Notice 21 February 2012

From: VPE Chee Hoe 
Date: 10 February 2012 7:29 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 21 February 2012 - Take Calculated Risks

"What I encourage people to do is picture themselves 20 years from now in the same job at the same desk and with the same people, simply to show them what will happen if they don't take any risks. The color just drains out of their faces. But if you don't make an effort to change and get what you want, then life probably won't turn out how you want it to," says psychologist Gary Leboff.

Dear Friends,
Taking risks can be both the smartest and silliest thing you can do with your life. That risky decision may elevate you to a greater height. That risky decision may relegate you into a deeper valley. No worries! You will learn the most through that deep fall and soar high again by taking accurately calculated risks!

Our amazing Grace Tan as the TME will definitely ignite the excitement of the meeting, with the enlightenment from 2 project speeches by Daphne and Ian. They will share with you well-researched and visually stimulating topics!

With the company of DTM G Sivalingam as our GE and the experienced team of evaluators, this meeting is never at risk. I can assure that it will be another fun and fruitful meeting!

We will be meeting up in Dewan Berjaya, a different ballroom that may uplift our creativity! Do put your new found creativity into test by trying out the Table Topics. Please bring your guests and have a great time with friends!

Meeting Notice 31 January 2012

From: VPE Chee Hoe
To: Friendship Members
Date: 5 January 2012 10:09 PM
Subject: Friendship International Speech Contest & Table Topics Contest - 31 January 2012

Dear Friendship Members,
The annual International Speech and Table Topics Contests will be held on 31 January 2012, one week after our joyous Chinese New Year.

Thank you very much for those who have signed up to be contestants!
Personally, I think that participating in a contest is not about winning. It's the golden opportunity to practice and polish your speaking and thinking skills. It offers you the valuable experience that may transform you to be a better speaker and listener!

If you haven't sign up as a contestant, all you have to do is prepare a 5 to 7 minutes speech for the International Speech Contest. You may speak on any topic, but try not to touch on politics, sex and religion. There is a minimum qualification for the International Speech Contest - you must complete the first six speeches in the Competent Communication manual.

For the Table Topics Contest, it is similar to our regular Table Topics Session. You will be given 2 minutes to speak on an impromptu topic. As the Organising Chair, I promise that I will prepare speaker-friendly topics. So what are you waiting for? Quickly, hastily and rapidly sign up for this Table Topics Contest!

The winners will represent Friendship and proceed to our Area W3 Contest to be held on Saturday 25 February 2012. As the Organising Chair for both Friendship and Area W3 Contests, I'm still looking for role players Ballot-counter, Timer and SAA. Looking forward to your kind reply and helpful support!

An early wish of Happy Chinese New Year to you !

Meeting Notice 17 January 2012

From: VPE Chee Hoe
To: FTMC Members
Date: 9 January 2012 8:33 AM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 17 January 2012 - Words of Wisdom

Dear Friends,
We are often inspired by words of wisdom. Those words sometimes take us into deep thoughts and sometimes they brightened up our days!

Wisdom is the quality of being wise. Let me share with you a quote, or rather words of wisdom.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
William James, American psychologist and philosopher

This quote is easy to understand but it's hard to put into practice.

As Toastmasters, we become wiser after completing the tasks that we volunteer to take up, either leadership roles or speaking opportunities. We grow as we complete the task. Although the completed task may not be a masterpiece, it is definitely good training ground for us to learn, grow and improve.

In this meeting, many members and visiting Toastmasters are taking up various meeting roles to learn, grow and improve. Through learning and improving, we become wiser and smarter.

Attend the meeting with your guests and you will be amazed by the assertiveness of our members Sivadas, Alexandra, Sylvia, Daphne, Andy, Ben, Zaiton, Kim, Lay Theng and Ian! Thank you to our amazing Grace, for helping me to invite dedicated Toastmasters from other clubs to make our meeting merrier !

Meeting Notice

From: VPE Chee Hoe
To: FTMC members
Date: 28 December 2011 5:51 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 3 January 2012 - Overcome the Barriers

Dear Friends,

We are stepping into a brand new year! Happy New Year 2012! Have you set your new year resolution? Do you have barriers that you wish to overcome?

Kieren John Perkins, a former Australian professional swimmer says, "Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals."

Overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves - easier said than done! A lot of effort are required to overcome these barriers. Friendship Toastmasters Club offer us the best environment to overcome our barriers in communication and leadership. We have the opportunity to participate in every club meeting, event or contest to demolish the barriers that we place in front of ourselves.

In our upcoming meeting on 3 January, we will discover ways to overcome our barriers with this great line-up - GE DTM Devikamani Menon, TME Lay Theng; Project Speakers Daphne, Susan and Kwok Hung; Table Topics Evaluator Sivadas & Evaluators Ian, Zaiton and Angeline.

May this new year bring great success to all of us!

Meeting Notice

From: VPE Chor Chee Hoe 
Date: 7 December 2011 2:12 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 20 December 2011 - Merry Christmas
To: Friendship members and guests

Dear Friends,
HO...HO...HO! Christmas is around the corner !

In our Merry Christmas meeting, we have a very special guest speaker bringing along his Christmas gift - valuable evaluation tips ! This guest speaker has served as Club President, Area Governor, Assistant Division Governor and District 51 Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) Chairman. He is the current District 51 Evaluation 1st runner-up and has won Humorous, Table Topics and International speech contests at Division level. He is none other than Dennis Wee, DTM.

In celebration of our tropical Christmas, we will be enlightened by Andy and Grace Tan's entertaining speeches ! Ben will be offering us interesting Christmas Table Topics. I have also prepared a few Christmas gifts for lucky draw. 

Have you invited your friends, family members and colleagues to our wonderful, blissful and cheerful Christmas meeting ?

Let's have a massive gathering with all our friends ! The MORE the MERRIER !
See you at Bukit Kiara !

Meeting Notice

From: Chor Chee Hoe
Date: Mon 21 November 2011 08:40 AM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 6 December 2011 - Esprit de Corps
To: Friendship members & guests

Dear Friends,
You may be wondering: why did we choose Esprit de Corps as our meeting theme ?

This term, originating from France, means a sense of inspiration, enthusiasm, devotion and honour among the members of a group.

In my opinion, esprit de corps is the foundation of Friendship Toastmasters Club. Our teamwork is the secret of our success in achieving President Distinguished Club award for 7 consecutive years. The enthusiastic and devoted spirit found in Friendship members is the true definition of esprit de corps.

Past President Ben Fong will be our genial host, as our TME. With the services of Low Yat Seow DTM, District 51 Governor 2005/2006 as our General Evaluator, we will have yet another fruitful meeting.

We have three speakers, Daphne, Kwok Hung and Lay Theng to enlighten and entertain us with their project speeches !

Our hardworking VPM Alexandra has officially launched her Membership Campaign. It’s time for us to do our part and bring as many guests as you can to our meetings. Let’s have a massive gathering of Friendship members and ‘uncountable’ guests!

With your presence, we will have a perfect Esprit de Corps meeting !

Best Regards,
Chor Chee Hoe
VPE 2011/2012

Meeting Notice

From: Chor Chee Hoe
Date: 9 November 2011 09:07 AM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 15 November 2011 - Where Leaders Are Made
To: Friendship members & guests

Dear Friends,
To embrace the true meaning of Where Leaders Are Made, we have a great line up of role players, just for you.

Our Immediate Past President Zaiton has taken the initiative to be the TME after her refreshing break in Europe. We are also honoured to have our Division W Governor, Marian Lee as our General Evaluator.

What else can you expect ?

Treasurer Ian Tai will a step forward to be a speech evaluator for the very first time. Leong Kwok Hung, a fantastic speaker, is back to deliver his first advanced speech from The Entertaining Speaker manual.

Our Amazing Grace will be our Grammarian, a rare opportunity for her, since it has been 2 years since her last foray as a Grammarian. And a visiting Toastmaster will be our Table Topics Evaluator. 
 

Do join us at our next meeting on 15 November !


Best Regards,
Chor Chee Hoe
VPE 2011/2012

Meeting Notice

From: VPE Chee Hoe
To: Friendship Members & Guests
Date: 24 October 2011 7:24 PM
Subject: Friendship Meeting on 1 November 2011 - Initiate the Transformation

After embracing the past and envisioning the future, it's time to Initiate the Transformation! Transformation is never about a simple change. Transformation is as dramatic as the caterpillar that becomes the butterfly.

We are fortunate to have Assistant Division W Governor Vincent Soon as our General Evaluator. He is a member of Shaklee Dynamic Family Toastmasters Club.

After joining Friendship a few months ago, Sylvia decides to take up the TME role for the very first time. May all of us experience a night of transformation with her!

In this meeting of transformation, Past President Tony Lim will be conducting the Table Topics session. Our regular visitor, Victor Ong, who is a Table Topics expert will share with us tips for mastering Table Topics during his evaluation.

We have another visiting Toastmaster, who is a polished speaker and one of District 51 Humourous Speech Contest 2011 finalists! Who is he? Come to our meeting and find out!

What's more? We have four great speakers who will present their project speeches. We will have three advanced speeches and one CC speech! Truly a meeting of variety!

Together, we will witness how the Toastmasters educational programme revolutionise (word of the day) our communication and leadership skills, from caterpillar to butterfly!

See you on next Tuesday, 1 November.

Best Regards,
Chor Chee Hoe
VPE 2011/2012



Meeting Notice

VPE Chor Chee Hoe

Still thinking of what to wear on 4 Oct? No worries, you will still have a week's time to make your decision. 

While you are thinking of your outfits, our graceful Grace Tan has already given me her speech title. She even helps me to invite external role players for our meeting. Thank you very much for her amazing effort! 

In this coming meeting, we are lucky to have Zaharah Ibrahim, DTM as our General Evaluator. This lovely lady is the Past Division B Governor and the Immediate Past President of Shah Alam Toastmasters Club. She is also a member of various Toastmasters Clubs like Kelab Pidato and Phoenix. She is also known as the 'Mother of East Coast (Peninsula)', for her efforts in chartering clubs and her immense contributions towards Toastmasters Clubs in East Peninsula Malaysia such as Lekor TMC (Terengganu), Penapisan TMC (Terengganu), Kertih TMC (Terengganu), Kuantan TMC (Kuantan) and FPG TMC (Kuantan). 

To have another great meeting, our hardworking Secretary Daphne Au has taken the initiative to challenge herself to be the TME for the very first time. Besides that, our newest member Hann Gan has requested a speaking slot for his very first speech - The Ice Breaker. Sylvia Tan who was the Best Project Speaker and the Best Table Topics Speaker of the last meeting is taking up the Ah Counter role for the first time to improve her listening skills.

All of us are thankful to have so many helpful members who are willing to take up any meeting roles. They are our Past Presidents - Kim Chow, Tony Lim, Freddie Yap and Ben Fong; our VPM Alexandra; and our loyal member Sivadas. 

Let's Embrace the Past with great people, in a great and lively atmosphere of FRIENDSHIP! 

See you (in fancy outfits) on 4 October! 

Best Regards, 

Chee Hoe 

VPE 2011/12 

Meeting Notice

VPE Chor Chee Hoe

Hey friends, 

After the successful Humorous Speech Contest & Evaluation Contest, I believe all of you are still in high spirits. Our coming meeting carries the theme Serve with Passion. We will have an author and also a global personal branding strategist as our General Evaluator. He is none other than Jon Tan, ACG, ALB, from TTDI Toastmasters Club.

We are going to celebrate the 54th year of independence very soon. Since 31 August 1957, our country's  leaders have served the nation with passion! In Toastmasters, we develop our leadership skills by taking up various roles and responsibilities at the club level, area level, division level, district level and even at the international level. 

We have four speakers who are eager to improve their public speaking skills. They are Daphne, Andy, Ian and Grace. I believe all of you have waited a long time to hear Grace's speech. So have I. 

We also have a lot of passionate members who are willing to taking up meeting roles. Thanks to Sivadas, Sylvia, Ben, Zaiton, Freddie, Lay Theng, Kim, Alex, Wai Yee and Sean for saying "Yes" to serving with passion. 

Our President and Humorous Speech Contest Champion, Angeline Lee, will enlighten us on the rebranding of Toastmasters and an exciting campaign called Passion Drive. 

See you all on 22 August and may each of you bring a guest to our meeting!

Best Regards, 

Chee Hoe 

Vice President Education 2011/2012

Notice_Speech Contests on 02 August 2011

VPM Alexandra Lau

From: Alexandra Lau [mailto:alexandra.lau@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: Friendship Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests on 2 August 7PM

Dear Members,

In the midst of your stressful and busy schedule, treat yourself to a break. Join us at our Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests!

Come not only to laugh but also to learn. Do you know that many outstanding public speakers are humorous? Not only can they tickle your funny bones but also speak with substance.

There is more for you if you participate. Why is it important to participate in the contest and experienced it yourself? It is a great opportunity to go beyond your comfort zone and you never know; you might be the next world champion!

If you have thought about it, then just do it. How to do it? Just sign up as a contestant with yours truly, the Organising Chair. Next, prepare and practice your humorous speech. Finally, just do your best in the contest.

Here are our members who have taken the courage to compete in this contest. We are welcoming you to join them .

Humorous Speech Contestants:

1. Angeline 
2. James 
3. Sivadas 
4. Sylvia 

Evaluation Contestants:

1. Angeline 
2. Freddie 
3. Tony 
4. Zaiton 

Your participation, as a contestant, a role player or as a member of the audience, will definitely contribute to the success of the Contests. We look forward to seeing you on 2 August.

All the best to our potential club champions!

Regards,

Alexandra
Organising Chair

Meeting Notice

Angeline Lee
President 2011/2012

Dear Friendship Members

Our next meeting on 19 July is all about Evaluate to Motivate !

 

DTM Sue Ding, a much sought after General Evaluator, will be joining us for this meeting. She is a member of two clubs, Shaklee Dynamic and Phoenix Toastmasters Club and is also known as "Mother of Division B". Last term she was also District 51 Club Coach Chair. Please do grab the opportunity to talk to Sue Ding, if you want to know more about her two leadership roles as Division B Governor and Club Coach Chair. If you are wondering, yes, there are more leadership opportunities available for all of you other than aspiring to be the future Club President of Friendship.

 

Our newest member, Sean, will be presenting his Ice Breaker speech. Susan, Andy and Ian will also be presenting their project speeches from the Competent Communication manual. I think we will have a tough job deciding who will be the Best Project Speaker while our speech evalutors Freddie, Kim, Grace and Ben, will be doing their best to Evaluate to Motivate.

 

Joining our illustrious cast of roleplayers for 19 July are

 

Table Topics Master Wai Yee

Table Topics Evaluator James

Grammarian Sivadas

Ah Counter Daphne

Timer Sylvia

helmed by TME Alexandra

 

Ladies & gentlemen, the stage is ready for Friendship's next performance. Join us and learn from our evaluators on how toEvaluate to Motivate, to go beyond the challenge of presenting project speeches.

 

We look forward to meeting up with everyone on 19 July !

 

Best regards,

Angeline