Taman Indrahana Toastmasters Club

"When you have a decision to make, choose the path that brings light, not darkness         -  Dr Devi Menon" Dr. Devi, in her elegant black punjabi suit, was our Toastmaster of the Evening on 28th October 2014. She shared the origin and the meaning of Deepavali with all of us during her session. Our Madam President, Pei Lim also dressed up to the occasion in this sweet punjabi suit :) Induction session is very vital for new members when they first join Taman Indrahana Toastmasters Club. Last Tuesday, Jee Peng, Vice President of Membership inducted Gavin Teoh ~ Gavin, welcome you to our club!  'Toastmaster wears many hats' was mentioned by Yeoh Cheng Lim during the invocation session. He is ready to take up any challenge given to him. He was our in-house general evaluator of this meeting too. He accepted the job at the eleventh hour! Thanks Yeoh! It is new to me that Japan celebrates Deepavali. I got the information from our sw...

On the last Tuesday, we have celebrate the Toastmasters' 90th Anniversary. For your information, Toastmasters International was established in 1924 ~ It was a fun and educative meeting! Toastmasters of the Evening, Yeoh Cheng Lim kick started the meeting by sharing with us the history and background of Toastmasters International. The highlight and the uniqueness of this meeting was we featured heavyweight role players to show case the strength and spirit of Indrahanians! From toastmasters of the evening, table topic evaluator, speech evaluators, table topic master, humour master, Ah ounter and timer, all roles were played by senior members such as Yeoh, Chrristine, LeAnn, Ho Fong Ming, KK Ng, Mustzah, Lim Thian Seng, Siew Peng, Alice Ong and Dr Devi (name listed in no particular order). We were honoured to have Past International President, John Lau to give us an invocation to inspire the members and guests during the meeting. There were a total of 9 past presidents of ou...

On 9 th September 2014, members and guests of Taman Indrahana Toastmasters Club turned up for the meeting in a warm manner, as everyone celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival – the theme of the meeting – together. The meeting room was decorated with lanterns with mooncakes served along with the refreshments. The meeting started off with the opening address by our president, Ting Pei Lim, CC. Before she ended her speech, Pei Lim took out her ukulele and played 月亮代表我得心 “The Moon Represents My Heart” by the late Teresa Teng, with the audience started singing along. Technology came in handy when some members took out their smartphones and searched for the lyrics of the song. Our President, Ting Pei Lim With the audience warmed up for the meeting, Toastmaster of the Evening, Karen Sze Tho, CC took charge of the meeting. TME, Karen Sze Tho Leong Jee Peng, CL, our table topics master prepared topics related to our theme, such as mid-autumn festival and mooncake. Dr Devi, Xiao...

The core values of Toastmasters International are Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence. I have truly witnessed the quality of Toastmasters at the recent International Toastmasters Convention 2014 (“ITC 2014”) held from 20th – 23rd August 2014 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. As a first timer to the ITC 2014, I was excited to experience the educational and leadership programmes in store and to meet new friends. On the second day of the convention, after a delightful shopping spree for our Taman Indrahana club's inventory at the Toastmasters Marketplace, I entered a hall to attend an educational talk. Suddenly, I realized that I had lost one of my bags (Oh no !). I remembered I left it at the Toastmasters Marketplace. I swiftly rushed back to the Marketplace (it is about 5-8 minutes’ walk from the hall). On my way there, I fervently hoped that my belongings were still there. My mind started to prepare for the worst case scenario by thinking what I should do nex...

Hurray! The result for the Humourous and Evaluation Speech Contest (HSEC) is out. For Humourous Speech Contest:- Victor as Champion for Humorous speech ~ Han as First Runner up for Humourous Speech ~ Champion: Victor Ong, DTM First Runner up: Han Lee Hwee, ACS, ALB For Evaluation Speech Contest:- Pei Lim, our president as Champion  ~ Victor as First Runner Up ~ Beng Chung as Second Runner Up ~ Champion: Ting Pei Lim, CC, CL   First Runner up: Victor Ong, DTM  Second Runner up: Ong Beng Chung, CC  Yesterday, we have a good number of people turn out to support the contestants. Thank you all for your great support! Also, a big thank you and around of applause to all contestants for participating in yesterday's contest. The contestants consist of Fabian, Han, Victor, Pei Lim, Josephine and Beng Chung.  Thank you to our Organizing Chair, Karen Cheah Contest Chair, Dr Devi Menon and committee/role ...

"I am so happy and grateful that I have a beautiful family and beautiful career" - Jade In the Toastmasters meeting last night, Jean asked us to write down what makes us feel happy and grateful about. A young and cheerful lady, at the age of 23 has unlocked the secret of happiness when she listened to the CD of The Secret, by Rhonda Bryne. She concluded her speech that the secret of happiness is  ASK, BELIEVE, RECEIVE . Her speech reminded me that how blessed I am with what I have now and that is true happiness. When we are grateful, we are at the state of happiness. I am counting and appreciate the blessing that I have. The recent flight tragedies that happened strike me with a realization that we do not know when we may face calamity. Therefore, count our blessing at every single moment of our life. “Happiness is right here, right now, in this moment."  ―  Buddha Teaching Article by Jade Lim, CC, CL ~Jade is a mother with three beau...

To those who travel back home, have a safe journey and wonderful time with your family. Sincerely from all of us, Taman Indrahana Toastmasters Club

We have just finished our toastmasters meeting today. It was an exuberant evening ignited by exciting line of table topic and prepared speech speakers, evaluators and our energetic Madam General Evaluator, Grace Tan, ACB, CL. KK Ng, CTM was our table topic master of the day. We have 5 speakers took part in the table topic session today. They are Dr Devi, DTM, Ailin, CC, Raja Mohan (guest), Karen Sze Tho, CC and Jeremy, TM. Dr Devi shared that in order to achieve our dream we need to think out of the box, Raja Mohan on the need to act on the dream to make it a reality, Ailin on seeing the dream within, Jeremy on how to plan to achieve our dream and lastly, Karen shared on living out our dream. Today we have three speakers delivering their prepared speeches. Yvonne Leong, TM  and Seow Huey, TM delivered speech CC# 2: organize your speech.  Yvonne shared on her childhood story and how her mother guided her through and teaches her to be a good person whereas Seow Huey shared ...

Toastmasters Club is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills. We aim to provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. Our president, Ting Pei Lim, CC, CL truly exemplify this spirit when she delivered her speech and presented an unique performance during our installation night on 11th July 2014. She sang 'Count on me' by Bruno Mars while playing ukelele. She conveyed her message to club members that we can count on her and vice versa in this journey of toastmastering. The lyrics goes like this:- You can count on me like 1, 2, 3 and I will be there and I know when I need it, I can count on you like 4, 3, 2, You be there Cause that what friends are suppose to do... Yes, we can count on you and you can count on us as this is what a friend suppose to do! Together, we can learn,...

We have successfully organized our installation night on 11 July 2014 to discharge outgoing officers and install incoming officers. What a great evening that we have. We have great food at Zest Cafe , great environment and most important thing, great fellowship with each other!  A big thank you note to our organizing chair, Ms Su Zhen and her team for the wonderful time that we have yesterday.  Su Zhen, Organizing chair for installation night   Immediate past president, Han and Master of Ceremony for installation night, Jade Lim Madam President, Pei Lim and her soulful performance  A round of applause for our outgoing officers for their great job for the term 2013/2014  Welcome on board to all officers for this term Kenneth Ho, the game master in action Victor asked to be nominated out from the game (no, no, noooo...we want you to stay) Simple yet challenging game - make all of us think and have a good laugh Bes...