Happy Father's Day!

Hands Are a Bond Between Father and Son

Hands are a bond between father and son,
A tool that one teaches the other to use,
Needing to pass on the passion, or lose
Doing what long generations have done:
Sowing the seeds of what they have begun.

Happy International Children's Day!

Meeting Review (27th May, 2007)

The meeting on 29^th May 2007 was an extra-ordinary meeting as it took place on a 5^th Tuesday, it being a practice of Bangsar Toastmasters Club to utilize the 5^th Tuesday of a month, if any, to have a meeting.

What a turn-out we had for the meeting! I can’t help but to mention it. We had a total of 7 guests. Suria Kumar did a good job in bringing in the guests. The Club thanks you, Suria Kumar, for that. In total the attendance for the meeting was 19, of which 12 were clubs members.

Attendance :

Members :
Chandran
Ivan Fong
Loke Kah Sing
Lourdes
Lucky
Maureen
Michelle
Muhendaran
Parimala
Rema
Sham Sunder
Shanmugam

Guests :
Suria Kumar
Ernest
Ewern
Felicia
Jancy
Jee A.G
Shu Wei

Of the 7 guests, 4 were Toastmasters from Help University College.

We had a very interesting agenda for the meeting, prepared by our VPE, with 3 good speeches delivered by our members.

The first speech was by our latest addition to the club, Loke Kah Sing who delivered his first speech (the first step in his long Toastmasters journey), titled "Me & Myself".

Second was by Rema Paul (a veteran in Toastmasters) titled “Ageless” from the Humorously Speaking Manual.

The 3^rd speech was delivered by Shanmugam from the Storytelling manual, titled “What happens next”. All the speakers did very well and received thorough and constructive evaluations.

Evaluators: Ivan Fong, Lourdes and Lucky.

Awards: there was a stiff competition!
Awards for the day are:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Suria Kumar

Best Speaker: Rema Paul

Best Evalautor: Lourdes

The table topics session for the day is worthy of a special mention. It was conducted by Parimala. The members and guests had a crash course in English literature, with interesting quotes.

The assigned role players played their roles very well and ensured that the meeting ran smoothly and above all it benefited all who attended it.

by: Muhendaran ATMG

Meeting Review (15th May, 2007)

Role Players

ASA - Shanmugam, CTM
Invocation - Rema Paul, ATMS
TME - Chandran, CTM (before the Break) / Muhendaran, ATMG (after the Break)
TTM - Shanmugam, CTM
TTE - Muhendaran, ATMG
GE - Lourdes, DTM
AH - Michelle, Ong
Grammarian - Ivan Fong, CTM
Timer - Maureen, Ong

What an enchanting and cozy spot we have moved to! The theme (New Environment) as well as the Word-of-the-day (Refreshing) reflected the move accordingly. Though space was limited, the new venue certainly retains a very dynamic ambiance by literally bringing the members “closer” together.

The meeting started off with the President’s, Lakhmichand, ATMB, speech. He brought us down memory lane by detailing the history of the Bangsar Toastmasters Club and the various changes in venue the Club has had over the years.

This was followed by a very touching invocation delivered by the colorful and exuberant Rema Paul, ATMS.

The Table Topics session was conducted by Shanmugam, CTM, and true to his mettle; he delighted us with his choice of topics. Mary Barton, CTM spoke on “Words being Sharper than a Spear”. Shandini, CTM thought the grass always seems to be greener elsewhere when she spoke on “One Man’s loss, Another’s Gain”. Our newest member Malini spoke eloquently on why she thought that “Technology Is For Idiots”. Parimala went on to say why she thought “A Man’s Worst Enemy is His Own Brain”. Not to be outdone, the lone male speaker Ranjit, ATMB kept us in stitches with his humorous take on “All Good Men Live Forever”. Muhendaran, ATMG concluded the Table Topics session with his concise and crisp evaluation.

The second part of the meeting was none less than exciting where we had two good speeches from Sham Sunder, CC and Ranjit, ATMB. An interesting fact to note is that Sham Sunder has with that speech completed his basic 10 speeches and will now move on to the advance speeches. Sham has also rightfully earned the title of “Competent Communicator – CC”. Well Done Sham. Sham’s speech was evaluated by our veteran in Toastmasters, Rema Paul, ATMS, who weaved ideas for improvement very well in her evaluation.

The second and final speech of the day was done by Ranjit, ATMB, who was assisted by Lourdes, DTM in the role play. Ranjit’s speech was evaluated by Mary Barton, CTM, who was critical in her thorough evaluation, apart from which, Ranjit also received open feedback on the role-play section from the audience.

The General Evaluator for the day, Lourdes, DTM, commented on the good standards in Bangsar meetings and reminded the members not to take it for granted or be complacent about the club’s standards.

The Club Exco election took place immediately after the meeting where the new team of office bearers where elected by the members.

By: V Chandran, CTM / Muhendaran, ATMG

Election of 2007-2008 Club Officers...

CONGRATULATIONS
Club Officers 2007-2008

President
Raqnjit Singh, ATMB

V/P(E)
Shanmugam Ganesan, CTM

V/P(M)
Sham Sunder, CTM

V/P(PR)
Malini Sundaram

Secretary
Parimala Thevi Sundram

Treasurer
Loke Kah Sing

SAA
Muhendaran Suppiah, ATMG

IPP
Lakhmichand M.A., ATMB

We have moved...

We have moved to:
No. 16, Jalan KEMUJA, off Jalan Bangsar,
59000 Kuala Lumpur.

Our First Meeing - 15th May, 2007

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Happy Mother's Day!

Dear Toastmasters & Friends
Let me simply wish you
Happy Mother's Day!

"God could not be everywhere
and therefore he made mothers."
~Jewish proverb~



"Of all the rights of women,
the greatest is to be a mother."
~By Lin Yutang~



"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always
find forgiveness."
~By Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850)~



"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
~By Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)~



"Youth fades; love droops,
the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
~By Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)~



"The joys of motherhood
are never fully experienced
until the children are in bed."
~~Author Unknown.~~

Meeting Review (17th April, 2007)

The meeting was attended by 12 members and 5 guests.

It was heartening to see 2 old members making a comeback. Welcome Tiru and Parimala!

One of the guests, Rohijas, ATMB is a member of KL Advanced, UEM and Club Pidato. The other guests (non-toastmasters) were: Joanna and partner, Kasantra and Malini.

Toastmaster of the evening was CTM Ivan Fong.

The meeting started with a great welcoming address by the President, Lakhmichand, ATMB, followed by an uplifting invocation by Muhendaran, ATMS, related to the theme “service”.

Role players: Chandran, CTM - AH Counter, Parimala - Grammarian and Loke (our newest member) the Timer.

First-timer, Hooi Bien, did a very good job in the Table Topics, by giving topics related to the day’s theme, “service”. There were six speakers with 3 guests participating and guess what! Our guest Malini put our toastmasters to shame by being selected as the best table topics speaker! Table Topics evaluation was very well covered by Ranjit Singh, ARMB

Kudos to the first-timers, Hooi Bien and Loke.

We had a dash of humour presented by Lakhmichand. As usual his one joke was enough to evoke laughter.

After the break, there were 2 assignment speeches. First speaker, Sham Sunder, delivered a very emphatic speech entitled “Stand up and be counted”. He persuaded the audience to stand up for their rights in some of the current hot issues in the country. Second speaker, Rema Paul, ATMB, enlightened us on the subject of “misunderstandings” and we were humorously entertained. Sham Sunder was evaluated by Chandran, CTM, and Rema was evaluated by Rohijas, ATMB. Both evaluations were helpful and encouraging.

General evaluation was handled by Muhendaran, ATMS. As usual, he reminded us of some of our shortcomings that need to be corrected.

The guests gave very positive feedback regarding the meeting.

Congratulations and Welcome to Loke & Malini who signed up as members!

The President ended another very fruitful and enjoyable meeting by reminding us that we have to move on which is characteristic of Bangsar Toastmasters periodically. We will be leaving our ‘artistic’ venue for yet another new environment in our next meeting.

See you guys!

by Ivan Fong, CTM