2011 KKTMC Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest

Our club level Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest was successfully held on Thursday 8th September 2011! 


Please, join me to heartily congratulate our Club Champions!

(From Left: Madame President: Joanna Liew, 2nd Runner up: Jasmine Leong, Champion: Shahar Banon, 1st Runner up: Mohd. Kamal Surin)

Evaluation Speech Contest 2011:

Champion: Shahar Banon 

1st Runner Up: Jasmine Leong

2nd Runner Up: Mohd Kamal Surin

(From Left: Madame President Joanna Liew, 1st Runner up: Nora Liew, Champion: Mohd Kamal Surin, 2nd Runner up: Rafaellia Yong)

Humorous Speech Contest 2011:

Champion: Mohd Kamal Surin (Title: "A Blind Escape")

1st Runner Up: Nora Liew (Title: "Effective Communication")

2nd Runner Up: Rafaellia Yong (Title: "Korean Drama Addict")

"Laughing all the way! All night!"

We had a great contest. The whole night was filled with laughters and chuckles as all of us were truly entertained by all the humorous speech contestants and our insightful evaluation contestants. From our speech champion, Mohd Kamal Surin's blind ('bald') date experience, to Nora Liew's Wet Market 'Ah Sum''s selling technique, to Rafaellia's interpretation of why are we addicted to Korean Drama, to Sophia's women vs beer, to Siva's bad boyfriend's theory and finally, to Kirksman's theory: Why the world is coming to an end! After all these speeches, the audience were literally rolling on the floor because the speeches were too entertaining!

Another highlight of the night is of course the Evaluation Contest. A big thank you to our test speaker, Fia Iskandar with her speech title "pet sisters". You have definitely given the contestants a hard time writing their evaluation because all of them were thinking of their pet sisters/brothers after your speech! As for the Evaluation Contestants, a job well done for being able to gather all your thoughts in just FIVE minutes! WELL DONE to all 7 contestants: Shahar Banon, Jasmine Leong, Mohd Kamal Surin, Kirksman Teo, Nanthakumar Kumaresan, Sivakumar Kumaresan & Sophia Hong, ! You guys have definitely make Fia improved 7 times better!

Last but not least, a big thank you to all the role players for making this contest a huge success! And once again, Congratulations to our champions. 

Our champions (Mohd Kamal Surin - Humorous Speech Champion and Shahar Banon - Evaluation Champion) will be representing our club to compete at a higher level, the Area K1 Contest on 7th October 2011 at Politeknik Auditorium, Sepanggar! Please support our champions. Tickets are at RM18.00 per person only.  


Till then, I hope to see you there.

KKTMC International Speech and Table Topics Contests (18th Feb 2011)

Dear Fellow Toastmasters and Guests,

Please join me to congratulate the winners of the KKTMC International Speech and Table Topics Contest held on 18^th Feb 2011:

                       

International Speech Contest:

Champion: Joanna Liew (Never Say Never)

1^st Runner-Up: Jamie Chieng (It’s the Little Things)

2^nd Runner-Up: Lily Chin (life is Unexpected)

Table Topics Contest:

Champion: Sivakumar Kumaresan

1^st Runner-Up: Lily Chin

2^nd Runner-Up: Karis Chong

A huge round of applause to all 6 International Speech contestants and 5 Table Topics contestants! Yes, indeed our speakers stirred us to prepare for the unexpected, adapt to surroundings with heart and mind, champion for world peace, never give up on our goals and while doing all that, never say never! What an inspiring evening it was for everyone present. Even the Table Topic question What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger was inspiring. Our contestants certainly proved that entering a speech contest indeed did not kill them but made them stronger! :)

So congratulations to ALL of our contestants for embracing the challenge to take one step forward, one level higher to becoming a better speaker. 

Special thanks to:

Organising Chairperson TM Christopher Shaw and his team for making this annual event another successful one.

Contest Chairs Sylvia Maten, ACS (Table Topics) and Melissa Betsy, CC (International Speech) for leading such entertaining sessions

Chief Judge Christine Yap, DTM for briefing and guiding the judges and role players

Our winners will be representing the Club to the Area K1 Level Contest on 25^th February 2011 at Ahmad Nifsu Theatre, UMS @ 7.30pm. For more information, please contact Area Governor Jasmine Leong. Be sure to be there to support our champions!

Let’s continue to Move, Express and Inspire! :)

Yours in Toastmasters,

Nora Ridzwan, CC,CL

President 2010-2011

Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club

Area K1 and K4 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests (1st October 2010)

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

The Area K1 and K4 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests were successfully held on Friday, 1st October 2010.

Please join me to heartily congratulate Area K1 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests CHAMPIONS, KKTMC's very own Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan, CTM and TM Lily Chin! :)

Winners of the Contests were:

Area K1

Humorous Speech Contest:

Champion: Lily Chin (KKTMC)

1st Runner Up: Jason William Vitales (Polytechnic)

Evaluation Contest:

Champion: Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan (KKTMC)

1st Runner Up: Jason William Vitales (Polytechnic)

Area K4:

Humorous Speech Contest:

Champion: Jess Ambrose (KK Advanced)

1st Runner Up: Ophelia Domingo (SWEPA)

Evaluation Contest:

Champion: Pamela Teng (KK Advanced)

1st Runner Up: Alice Liu (SWEPA)

Congratulations to all winners. Thank you, Dr Sivakumar and Lily for doing KKTMC proud! Also to Jess Ambrose who represented KK Advanced Toastmasters, but also a member of KKTMC. :)

Let’s support them as they advance to the Division Level Contests in Tawau on 10th October 2010.

Yours in Toastmasters,
Nora Ridzwan
President 2010-2011
Move. Express. Inspire.

KKTMC Club Level Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Indeed it was an evening full of non-stop laughter and triumphant achievements at the KKTMC’s Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests last Monday!

Please join me to congratulate our winners:

Humorous Speech

• Champion: Joanna Liew, CC

• 1st runner up: Lily Chin, TM

• 2nd runner up: Melissa Betsy, CC

Other contestants:Clive Chai and Sophia Hong

Speech Evaluation

• Champion: Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan

• 1st runner up: Melissa Betsy, CC

• 2nd runner up: Kevin Lim, ACB

Other contestants: Jamie Chieng, CC and Ronald Tang, DTM

Winners of KKTMC Club Level Humorous Speech & Speech Evaluation Contest

Our Humorous Speech contestants had us all in stitches they surprised us with humour after humour in their well-crafted and speeches. Joanna Liew stole all our hearts (especially the men’s!) as revealed secrets to understanding women and decoding the Women’s Code, adding that it is even tougher to crack than the Da Vinci Code! First-timer contestant Lily Chin ultimately surprised us (and even herself!) with her innate ability to inject humour in her speech. For someone so serious and concerned about not being funny enough for a humorous speech contest, her unassuming ‘poker face’ and strategically placed jokes had us roaring with laughter throughout her speech. Our other first-timer contestants Melissa Jilimin, Sophia Hong and Clive Chai did a splendid job braving one of Toastmasters toughest contests and showing us that they too have a funny side! We look forward to hearing more funny stories from you in the future or even Contests to come, now that you realise that nothing is impossible. There’s no stopping you now!

Evaluation Contest Test Speaker was our young ‘Professor Boy’ TM Wesley Koh, who presented his CC3 speech by role playing as a Physics teacher. Thank you, Wesley, for saying ‘yes’ to being evaluated by not one but five evaluators. I believe the person who gained most is you! Sivakumar’s calm and poised but very well rounded evaluation won the judges votes. Siva’s use of his senses eyes, ears, mind and heart proved that he can produce and evaluation that is honest, practical and encouraging. However, all other contestants Ronald Tang, Kevin Lim, Melissa Jilimin and Jamie Chieng did a brilliant job gathering their thoughts under pressure and being able to come up with such insightful evaluations in just 5 minutes.

Other snippets from the night:



Trophies



TM Johan who was the Sergeant-At-Arms

 



Florence Majanil-Liau, Contest Chair for Humorous Speech Contest





Bernie Chan, Contest Chair for Speech Evaluation



Excited yet nervous contestants

 

Group Pictures!



Well done to all our contestants! You have all Moved, Expressed and Inspired!

Lets support our champions as they advance to the Area K1 Contest on 1st October 2010(Friday) @ Sabah Ports Headquarters Building. Tickets are RM18 and can be collected from Area Governor Jasmine Leong, VPE Melissa, or myself.

Yours in Toastmasters,

Nora Ridzwan

President 2010-2011

Please click here for more pictures from the night.