Wednesday, December 4, 2013

10th Meeting for the term 2013-2014 'From The Heart' (26.11.13)


"The Gift of True Love is putting others before yourself... 
Only the Gift of True Love can break the Frozen Ice in Your Heart."
~Olaf of Disney's Frozen


A highly recommended movie which brings you the meaning of true love; to family, friendship and to the special one :)

Fellow Toastmasters, ladies & gentlemen,

Our 10th Meeting of the Term, hosted by our very own VPE, Mr Toastmaster Vijay Panickar was simply splendid. He started off the meeting by giving treats to those who complimented his looks. And so it continued throughout the night... Whoever compliments him, gets chocolate... And did we not play along with him... Clever, Vijay, clever.... :p Hahaha.. That was fun :))

In this meeting, we witnessed 2 of our not-so-new-anymore members deliver their Speech #1 The Ice Breaker.

TM Kamilia Kamaruzaman's charming personality shone through as she told us about herself, her family, and her dreams in her speech entitled The Fairy Princess. With a few crazy and shocking acts presented in her the speech, the audience had a good laugh throughout. Keep it up Lily. I'm proud of you bebeh :)

TM Jeremiah Mojuntin literally acted out a whole scene of him and the girl of his dreams. JJ, the title Stuff About Me, was an understatement! I saw that the audience (especially the ladies :p ) really enjoyed watching you mocking us the ladies. That was a brand new idea, fresh out of the oven. Keep it up bro :)

This meeting, again, we have a big number of guests with us. Thanks to Richard A. Gontusan, DTM, Jamie Chieng, CC, CL, Fauziah Mat Noor, CTM, CL, TMAaron Subash George and TM Ananda Wong for bringing your friends / family along :)

Special thanks to the members, if I may mention a few, Christine Yap, DTM, TM Dean Yee, Abu Bakar Sheriff, DTM, Nora Ridzwan, ACB, ALB, TM Darvis Chong, who helped in making sure the meeting went on smoothly.... :)

The fun doesn't end there! 

Our 11th Meeting of the Term will be hosted by our Bubbly Queen of Animation Joanna Liew, ACB, CL. This will be a themed meeting, but I will leave it to the TME herself to announce :)) The meeting will be held as follows:

Date: 10th December 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30 pm (sharp!)
Venue: Celyn Hotel, City Mall


Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club & Kota Kinabalu Advanced Toastmasters Club will be joining hands to carry out our Christmas themed 12th Meeting of the TermPresident Gopimuniandy, looking forward to working with you ;) 

Hosting us in this Joint Meeting will be the Dual Member of KKTMC & KKATMC Abu Bakar Sheriff, DTM. Due to the fact that the 4th and 5th Tuesday of December will fall on Christmas and New Year's Eve respectively, our meeting will be moved forward to the 3rd Tuesday of December. Details are as follows:

Date: 17th December 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30 pm (sharp!)
Venue: Celyn Hotel, City Mall

This meeting, our TME will be carrying out an Exchange Gifts Session. If you'd like to join in giving and receiving gifts, do come with an RM10ish gift; and remember to tell your guests as well! 

Attached are some pictures from our recent meeting. Go ahead and look for your pretty faces :))

See you in a week! Till then, ciao~~

...from the heart

Fia binti Iskandar
President 2013-2014
Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club

Tel: +60167763622

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9th Meeting for the term 2013-2014 'From The Heart' (12.11.13)


Dedication is putting our hearts in everything we do.
~TM Dr Viknesh Jay Raj

Our Deepavali themed 9th Meeting of the Term was so BOLLYWOOD.
 I thought Shah Rukh Khan was in the room! Hahaha :D

For once (in my short Toastmasters life history), it came to realization that there were more male than female dressed to the theme.

TME Aaron Subash George, thanks for the multiple reminders on dressing to the Colours oRangoli!!!

This time, we witnessed two of our members deliver their Speech #1.

TM Ananda Wong was dressed handsomely in his suit and tie as he delivered his Ice Breaker Speech entitled Breaking the IceTM Dr Viknesh Jay Raj made me get to know him more in his speech About Me.

For Best Dressed Awards, you have voted for the following :)

Best dressed Male: TME Aaron Subash George
Best dressed Female: Joanna Liew, ACB, CL

Fellow Toastmasters, Family & Friends,

This meeting, we have another addition to our KKTMC Family. Our permanent guest, TM Jeremiah Mojuntin has now signed up to be a member! Welcome to the club bro! 

Allow me to express my gratitude to the members; Abu Bakar Sheriff, DTM, Joanna Liew, ACB, CL, TM Ananda Wong, Richard A. Gontusan, DTM, Vijay Panickar, CC, Nora Liew, CC who invited friends along to join in the fun & fellowship of our meeting. As they say, aramaitii bah :) 

Am looking forward to another session with all of you. See you at our 10th Meeting of the Term hosted by our very own VPE Vijay Panickar :)

Date: 26 November 2013
Time: 7.30 pm (sharp!)
Venue: Celyn Hotel, City Mall


Please find our handsome photos attached.

...from the heart

Fia binti Iskandar
President 2013-2014
Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club

Tel: +60167763622

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

8th Meeting for the term 2013-2014 'From The Heart' (22.10.13)


Fellow Toastmasters, family & friends,

"Sometimes in life, we just have to break things into smaller pieces, 
and take things one step at a time"
~Competent Communicator Janice Tan

Congratulations Janice Tan, CC for an inspiring speech, and for achieving your award way earlier than you initially planned. To mentor Jasmine Leong, DTM, another graduated mentee; you must be beaming with pride! :) Thank you for being the big sister who guided Janice through her journey of becoming a CC :)

In this Halloween themed Meeting; our 8th Meeting of the Term sure ROCK! Lead by our https://mail.google.com/mail/e/B60Effervescenthttps://mail.google.com/mail/e/B60 Toastmaster of the Evening Nantha Kumar, CC, our typical meeting room transformed into a scary graveyard with black spiderwebs and bloodshot walls. Good job Nantha & Nora Liew for your dedication in decorating.

We have quite a few first timer guests this time... For the first time we have Batgirl!!! (Nora Liew, CC), Pocahontas (Joanna Liew, CC), 1920's Queen (Jasmine Leong, DTM), 50 Cent (Nantha Kumar, CC), The Mummy (TM Kevin Ng), The Dead-Come-Alive Senorita (TM Kamilia Kamaruzaman), Jellicle Cat (Nora Ridzwan, ACB, ALB), The Gypsy (TM Abigail of UTC), Spiderman (Amir Iskandar, Guest), Power Rangers (Muhammad Iskandar, Guest).

And in the middle of the Table Topics Session by our Abu Bakar Sheriff, DTM, in came Wolverine I mean Werewolf (TM Aaron Subash George)! We were all stunned for a whole 1 minute, before we absorbed that it was him, and we all started laughing..... Speaking of the Entrance of the Year, Aaron!!! 

Oh, our meeting was also attended by a few dressed as Modern Zombies, and the leader of the pack was Yee That Hian, DTM in his long-sleeved shirt, necktie, and a smile.... Hehehehee... https://mail.google.com/mail/e/gtalk/329

This meeting, we welcomed 5 new members with cheers and applause:

Bryan Liau
Ching Jiun Woei (he prefers to be called J)
Kamilia Aisyah Kamaruzaman
Ananda Wong
Viknesh Raj Vijay
Isaac Voo

In his CC1, TM Ching Jiun Woei told us about his father's love of animals and how his house is like a mini zoo. We also know that, Christine Yap, DTM can't wait to get discounts from J's Jewelry Shop! :D

Also in his ice-breaker speech, TM Bryan Liau shared with us about his path in life where, things do not go his way initially, but eventually, when he set his mind to it, he becomes a Straight A's Student. Well done Bryan :)

Best Dressed Male & Female:

Since the members and guests put in so much effort to dress for the occasion, this time we have 5 gifts for the Best Dressed Male & Female. Here goes:

1st Place: TM Aaron Subash George the Wolverine
2nd Place: TM Kamilia Kamaruzaman aka Dead-Come-Alive Senorita
3rd Place: Joanna Liew, ACB, ALB our Pocahontas
4th Place: Jasmine Leong, DTM the 1920's Queen 
5th Place: Nantha Kumar, CC aka 50 Cent

Congratulations to all and everyone for dressing up, and showing up! :)

Attached are some photos taken at the meeting for your viewing :)










Our next meeting will be as follows:

9th Meeting of the Term

Date: 12th November 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Celyn Hotel, City Mall

...from the heart

Fia binti Iskandar
President 2013-2014
Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club

Tel: +60167763622

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