HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

Merry Christmas !!!!

Dear All,

UM TMC would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas !!!!

13 000 HITS !!!!!

We have reached

13000 hits !!!!!!

since the opening of the blog

Thank you for your support. :)

Well, anyway Mark Zuckerberg has done it in one evening with FaceMash.....haha.....

First Meeting of the new semester

First Meeting of the new semester

Dear Members,

Here are the details of the first meeting in the second semester. Details as of the following:

Date : 5th January 2011
Time : 5.30pm
Venue: UWA Room, University House, UM.

Theme: Renewal

Word of the Day: Hope

Do join us on our fun and exciting first meeting of the semester .

HELP TMC's Christmas Special Meeting

Dear Members,

HELP University College Toastmasters Club will be having their Christmas Special Meeting. The details are as the following:


Venue: Wisma HELP level 5 Department of Student Affairs (DSA)
Time: 9:30am ~ 12:30pm (extended break for merry-making)
Date: 18th December 2010


What's special in this meeting?

1) More Chirstmas-themed FOOD than usual

2) YOU should try your best to wear Christmas-themed attire (red/green/any christmas
themed shirt... there will be a best-dress award!)

3) A gift exchange session (You will be required to bring a mini gift of less
than RM10, (or possibly hand-made if you have the time)


For more details, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com


So let's join our HELP UC friends!!!! See you there!!!


UM TMC.

Good Luck in Your Exams

New Link Added

Hi Members,

We have added another link of students' club - the

TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB

http://www.taylorstoastmasters.blogspot.com/

Happy Diwali !!!!!

Tall Tales Contest

Please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com for assistance of ticketing.

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Final Meeting of the Semester

Dear Members,

We will be having our final meeting of the semester this Wednesday. Details as following:

Date : 27th October 2010
Time : 5.15pm
Venue: UWA Room, University House, UM.


Do join us on our fun and exciting final meeting of the semester to reduce the stress of upcoming final exams.


UM TMC.

18th Semi Annual Convention - District 51

Dear Members,

For more information on the 18th Semi Annual Convention of District 51, please go to



http://tm51connects.blogspot.com

Postponed : Joint Meeting with HELP UC Toastmasters Club

Dear Members,

Please be informed that the Joint Meeting with HELP University College Toastmasters Club has been postponed to


Date : 6th November 2010
Time : 9.30 am
Venue : HELP University College


The exact location will be informed later. For more information, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com



UM TMC.

Halloween Meeting from Area B1

Please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com as soon as possible for RSVP.


UM TMC.

Joint Meeting with HELP Toastmasters Club

Dear All,

HELP University College Toastmasters Club is organizing a joint-meeting with us.


Date: 23 October 2010
Time: 9.30 am
Venue: HELP University College

Let's go to the meeting together and we can learn from each other. Please reply to VPE at jingyi_heng@hotmail.com for confirmation by 29 September 2010.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

Invitation to Stamford College Toastsmasters Club

Date: 28 September 2010, Tuesday

Time: 6.15pm

Venue: Wisma MCIS Annexe, Jln Barat, PJ

Theme: Chocolate Theme

Bring some chocolate and a joke to share!

To visit the meeting or play role, please contact P. Bushraа at 017-345 0059 or Siew Ming (VPE) at 014-221 2302.

From UMTMC

Division W Contest Result

Congratulations to Nishaline ACB ALB for winning the third place in the humorous speech contest. Well done!

Nishaline receiving her prizes from the division governor, DTM Vincent Hor

From:

UM TMC

Division W Contest

18th September 2010, Saturday


Battleground :
IJM Corporation, 3rd Floor, Jalan Yong Shook Lin, Section 7, Petaling Jaya.


The duel is set at :
1.30pm - 5.30pm


Ticket Price :
Flat rate of only RM20. Lunch is provided~ (60% sold!)


Ticketing Counter :
A mobile counter - a phone call away from any Division W's Area Governors



UM TMC.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI!!!

From,

UM TMC.

Leadership Effectiveness Workshop

We all join Toastmasters to become better public speakers, but a lot of us forget that the Toastmasters vision has two parts – ‘improve their communication and leadership skills’ – we focus on communication and vaguely recall, or overlook leadership.

This mini-workshop is intended for Toastmasters, both new and experienced, who want to have an overview of learning aspects other than project speeches. It’s for all the Toastmasters who ever cried out:

· What’s the Competent Leader programme?
· What does it mean to be an Advanced Leader?
· How do I become a DTM?
· How can I share my skills and experiences in Toastmasters with baby Clubs?
· Why can’t I just stick to my project speeches?

No Meetings on 8th and 15th Sept 2010

Dear All,

There would not be any meetings on 8th and 15th September 2010 due to the 2 weeks mid semester break.


Have a nice break!!!


UM TMC.

Dear All,

The Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest details of Division W and B are out. If you are looking for an opportunity to know how the contests are being conducted and to see the experts in action, then you can contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com to assist on the ticketing.

As you know, we are in Division W. Thus, our very own member, Nishaline Priya, will be contesting in the Division W, for Area W1. So don't miss the chance and let us give support to her!!!

UM TMC.

Division W Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest

Division B Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest

Area G3 HS & EC

Dear All,

Area G3 will be having their Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest. Details as following:

Date : 4th Sept 2010
Time : 9.00am to 12.30pm
Venue : Wisma HELP (HELP University College).

Please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com for more information.


UM TMC.

UniRazak Toastmasters Club Contest

Dear All,

UniRazak Toastmasters Club will be having their Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest. Details as following:

Date : 25th August 2010

Time : 5.00 - 7.00 pm

Venue :
Level 3, Block C, Leisure Commerce Square,
No.09, Jalan PJS 08/09,
46150 Petaling Jaya.


For more info, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com

Thank you.


UM TMC.

Meeting Cancelled

Dear All,

The meeting on 25th August 2010 will be cancelled due to mid-semester tests and assignments.

Meetings will proceed as usual from 1st Sept 2010 onwards.


Thank you.


UM TMC.

Fee Dues

Dear Members,

Please pay up your renewal fees as soon as possible to our Treasurer since it's almost the end of August.


Thank you.


UM TMC.

Sixth Meeting and AGM

Dear All,

We will be having our normal meeting and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 18th August 2010. The AGM will start after the Table Topics Session.

The theme of the meeting is The Month of Ramadhan in conjunction with Puasa Month. The three project speeches will be continued after the AGM.


Date : 18th August 2010
Time : 5.15pm
Venue : UWA Room, University House, UM.


All are invited.


UM TMC.

D'Utama Advanced Toastmasters Club HS & EC

Dear All,

D'Utama Advanced Toastmasters Club will be having their Humourous Speech & Evaluation Contest. Details as follows:

Date : 20 August 2010 (Friday)
Time : 7.30pm onwards
Venue : Room 1.08, Kolej Damansara Utama
Door Fee : RM 10


UM TMC.

HS & EC Area W1 Contest

Dear All,



On the Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest for Area W1 (since UM TMC is now in Area W1), we have sent to of our best members - Nisha and Kimmy.





YES!!! We have won again for the Humorous Speech Contest!!!





CONGRATS, NISHA - CHAMPION OF AREA W1!!!





And we are still proud of our very special member who has also been our past president - Kimmy Foo for showing her talent as an evaluator in the Evaluation Contest. You are still the champion for us!!!





That's the update on Area Contest and Nisha will be representing Area W1 to Division W Contest. It will be somewhere in the middle of next month and we will update on that later on.







UM TMC.

Fourth Meeting - Convocation

The fourth meeting was held on the 4th August 2010. It was fourth in fourth. The theme was Convocation.

I know it's a bit late to update on the fourth meeting, the next meeting details and all other happenings in Toastmasters Division W. The blog updates are getting slower now and there were some mistakes earlier. The Area Contest has just finished yesterday and the UM TMC standings will be updated soon. Maybe it's time for the blogger of UM TMC to retire due the inefficiency. The blog needs someone who's closer to the club now.

Now let us go back to the fourth meeting. The meeting was started at exactly 5.30pm. The President gave a welcoming speech and the Toastmaster of the Evening was CC Ivy Lau. The Table Topics Master was CC Ras Hadi. Well, all of us obtained the chance to participate in the session, except for the Table Topics Evaluator - DTM Dr Devi. The topics were related to convocation.

There were two project speeches as the following:

(a) CC Project #4 - Your Body Speaks - Someone That I Look Up On - TM Sook Ching

(b) CC Project #6 - Vocal Variety - Dreams - TM Hui Xin

The General Evaluator was DTM Dr. Devi and the project speech evaluators are

(a) CC Jing Yi

(b) CC Ras Hadi

The role players were as the following:

(a) Ah Counter - CC Jing Yi

(b) Grammarian - TM Hui Xin

(c) Time Keeper - TM Rishi

Usually pictures describes better than words. So here are three pictures of the fourth meeting. Oh boy, it sure took me a long time to upload these pictures even when I reduced the quality. If you need the original pics, please don't hesitate to contact our President for the zip file format.

The AGM will be held next week. Will post more details on that soon.


That's all for me,



XOXO.

(will be retiring from the blog soon)

Division W Workshop

Dear Members,

Below is the attachment on the information about Division W Workshop. Please click on the image for a better view.

For RSVP, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com .



UM TMC.

MAICSA Toastmasters Club Workshop

Dear All

Do you have the urge to know, how to break the ice when you have to be in a
group of strangers?

Would you like to know how to react when a stranger post you a question?
Especially, if that person is a job interviewer or someone who is in high
level position in an organisation?

Knowing the art of impromptu speaking is definitely an advantage for us.
And, in this coming MAICSA meeting (beside Midvalley), 19 August 2010,

we shall learn from our DTM Vincent Hor on this 'art'. Aside from having

our normal meeting agenda, we shall also have a 30 minutes mini workshop

on "How to speak to ANYONE at ANYTIME and ANYWHERE".

The gate fee for guest is RM10 only.

Please contact us at e-mail: umtoastmaster@gmail.com for RSVP as soon as possible.

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Our Next Meeting Details

Dear All,

We will be having our meeting tomorrow. Details as the following:

Date : 11th August 2010
Time : 5.15pm
Venue : UWA Room, University House, UM. (beside Examination Hall)

The theme for this week is - Development. See you all there.


UM TMC.

We Will Proceed with the 4th August Meeting

Dear all,

Since we are on the high spirit of convocation, we have decided to make full use of it in our upcoming meeting with the theme 'Convocation'.

YES!!!, the meeting this week is still on!!!

Date : 4th August 2010
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA Room, University House, UM. (beside Examination Hall and opposite Dewan Tunku Canselor)

So see you there!


UM TMC.

Convocation Ceremony 2010

Dear All,

University of Malaya (UM) will be having convocation ceremony from 2nd August 2010 till 7th August 2010 at Dewan Tunku Canselor (DTC).


Some of our past excos and members will also be graduating from UM.

UM TMC would like to take this opportunity to wish - CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to all our members who has successfully completed their courses.

We will always welcome you to our meeting.


UM TMC.

Meeting Cancelled on 4th August 2010

Dear Members,

We will be cancelling the meeting on 4th August 2010 to give way for the convocation ceremony which involves our friends and members.

Thus, we hope that you will utilize the time to congratulate your friends who will be going to the working world.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

Third Meeting: Knowledge is Power

CC Jing Yi was the acting President and the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The Table Topics Session was conducted by TM Kah Fai and the Table Topics Evaluation was done by DTM Dr Devi. The Table Topics were as follows:

(a) A brilliant idea
(b) Great inventions
(c) Imagination is more important

The project speeches were as the following:

(a) CC Project #6- Vocal Variety - Title: UM Student
(b) Speaking to inform #1- The Speech to inform- Title: Computer Addiction

The General Evaluator was DTM Dr Devi. The speech evaluators were



(a) CC Ivy
(b) DTM Dr Devi

The role players were

(a) CC Jing Yi - Ah Counter
(b) TM Kah Fai - Grammarian
(c) TM Siew Peng - Time Keeper

Meeting adjourned at 6: 43pm.

Second Meeting - Achievement

We had our second meeting on 21st July 2010 with the theme 'Achievement'. Each and everyone of us must have some kind of goal to achieve, right? Well, if you don't have a goal, then maybe you should find one as soon as possible - could be a short term or long term goal. Talking about goals, it's the end of World Cup 2010.

Other than that, the word of the day was 'Goal'.

Meaning : The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed: an objective. Example : He managed to achieve his ultimate goal of conquering Mount Everest by the age of twenty. Seriously? I wonder who is he?

The meeting was started at 5.40 pm, I know, I know, we are always 'on time'. President, TM Ras Hadi, no, CC Ras Hadi, gave a welcoming speech. The Toastmaster of the Evening was CC Ras Hadi who took over from the President CC Ras Hadi and both CC Ras Hadi's are the same. CC Ras Hadi also did a speech later on. And we got to stop with CC Ras Hadi...

The Table Topics Session was conducted by CC Jing Yi and the Table Topics Evaluation was done by TM, I repeat, TM Rishi. The topics and the Table Topics Speakers were as follows:

(a) Experience is the Best Teacher - TM Kah Fai

(b) The Goal of Life - TM Ivy

(c) Football - Dr Devi

The project speeches were as the following:

(a) CC Project #4 - How to say it - Title : Money - TM Kah Fai

(b) Speeches by Management#1 - The Briefing - Title : Introducing Prime Tourism - CC Ras Hadi

Sounds complicated? I agree - from one of the toughest advance manual. TM Kah Fai stressed that money doesn't make the world go round. On the other hand, CC Ras Hadi needed some employees for his tourism business. So he got us to listen to his speech and to be employed....ya!!

The General Evaluator was DTM Dr Devi. The speech evaluators were

(a) CC Jing Yi for the first speech

(b) DTM Dr Devi for the second speech

The role players were

(a) Chee Teng - Ah Counter

(b) CC Ivy - Grammarian

(c)ACB CL Nisha - Time Keeper

As you can see below, there are new columns on reactions. You can click on it if you find this post cool, funny or interesting. Other than that, you can click somewhere else...haha...

Ok, that's all from me....

XOXO.

Our Second Meeting of the New Semester

Dear All,

We will be having our second meeting of the new semester this Wednesday. Details as the following:

Date : 21st July 2010
Time : 5.30 pm
Venue : Room UWA, University House (beside Examination Building).


Please join in the fun, no door fee!!!!

UM TMC.

Our First Meeting of the New Semester

Dear members,

We will be having our first meeting at the following:


Date : 14th July 2010
Time : 5.30pm
Venue : UWA Room, University House (near Examination Building)


Non-members are more than welcome to attend.


UM TMC.

Mantissa Toastmasters Club HS & EC

Dear Members,

Mantissa Toastmasters Club (MCTM) is a students' member club and we will be taking the first approach of interaction between UMTMC - MCTM.

Mantissa Toastmasters Club will be having their Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest. Following are the details:


Date : 14th July 2010

Time : 7.00 pm

Venue : Mantissa's College Main Campus (at TTDI).


Please contact us by 6th July 2010 at umtoastmaster@gmail.com for RSVP . No door fee will be charged.


Thank you.


UM TMC.

The World Cup Balls

From this

to this

to this

to this

to this

and finally - the Jabulani.

FIFA World Cup 2010 Highlights

Since there's no post for now as we are still in the semester break, which will be finishing soon, allow me to write something on the World Cup 2010.

To date, 56 matches have been completed. From 32 countries to 16 countries and now to 8 finalists. The two main surprises that hit this World Cup were the defeats of France and Italy. No one would have expected this to happen - France being the champs in 1998 and Italy in 2006. It is known that France team has some internal misunderstandings which lead to the defeat. But how Italy get into that position too? I have no idea. It can be the influence of overconfidence. Italy going off in the first round was a big loss. Both France and Italy teams came down to the last standing in their respective groups.

It can be clearly seen that most Malaysians support Brazil and England. England, being the origin of world class football, shows some difficulties in their own England team. A lot of stars in their team, but still fails to proceed to top 8. Germany, on the other hand, looks strong with their brand new players and with some experienced ones. The difference between these two teams - one likes to play as individual, the other plays as a team. That makes a lot of difference. Holland and Spain still yet to show their real skills and it was unfortunate for Portugal to meet Spain in round 16.

Now, we go to African teams. South Africa found it hard to proceed to next round due to the red card issuance to their main goalkeeper. It's a big risk of not allowing the main goalkeeper to play in any matches. Ivory Coast initially looks good when they draw with Portugal, but the main drama happens during the match with Brazil, when one of the Brazil player was awarded red card due to an Emmy Award acting by an Ivory Coast player. As you can see, it was also the desperate minute for them to enter the next round. Maybe they were 'too' desperate. Ghana, on the other hand, is still having lucks since they don't have to play with the 'giants' yet. Cameroon was confirmed eliminated when they lost in the second game during the group match. A few years ago, Cameroon was one of the well played African football team in the World Cups, except in the year 1994 where they were defeated 6-0 by Russia.

Asian was not bad in this World Cup with a lot of improvements, especially Japan. South Korea and Japan managed to enter the top 16. Japan was the final Asian country to be eliminated from World Cup. I would say that Japan did play well indeed. Losing with penalty kicks with Paraguay was an unlucky defeat. I could see the tears flowing profusely from the players, fans and their coach. They really want to win the game. But their future will be different. Some of Japanese and South Korean players might have the chance to play for some prestigious clubs soon. This will indirectly change the standards of football in their country. Who knows, they could be the top 8 in the next World Cup!!

South American teams? I have nothing to say, they are just too good. Good luck for Europe vs South American matches - Brazil vs. Holland and Argentina vs. Germany. As the octopus says, Germany may win the match. :)

That's all from me...

XOXO.

UniRazak Toastmasters Club AGM

Dear Members,

UniRazak Toastmasters Club will be having their AGM meeting and regular meeting. Following are the details:

Date : 23rd June 2010 (Wednesday)

Time : 6.30pm

Venue : Kelana Mall (to be confirmed)

Please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com for more details and RSVP.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

On Break

We are still under the semester break.

No meetings until new semester begins.

Do enjoy your semester break!!!

We will update on the schedule of the first meeting

in the new semester soon.

Division W in Facebook !!!

Dear Members,

Division W has established its own Facebook group. As you all know, our club is in the Area W5, under Division W.

And yes!!! We are members of Division W.

So, go to the link below and join the group now.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124342250919284

UM TMC.

Need More Time

Unfortunately, the transformation process need to be delayed since there are some problems with the website regarding username and passwords.

Anyway, this blog seems to be doing well. So let's just keep it until further improvement.


UM TMC.

Transformation Process

It's time for us to go on into an upgrading process in order to communicate with our members and to keep in line with the move of other clubs in UM which are starting to have their own club websites.

Thus, we will be opening soon our own website as the new semester begins.

UM TMC.

Division W Contest Tomorrow

FUN MUN WAH is contesting

tomorrow for the


Table Topics Contest representing


Area W5.

ALL THE BEST, FUN!!!!

In The Process of Electing New Excos

Dear Members,

We are in the process of electing new excos to keep our club going for the new incoming Session 2010/2011.

It means that we are on our way to the fourth year of UM TMC.

As you can see, stated at the right-hand side of the blog, under the officers section, are the names of all the excos who have contributed to the growth of UM TMC. We will keep it there as long as this blog is still active.

It is also as a rememberance that one has studied in UM before.

After the election, we will put in the names of the new excos who will be leading the club for the year 2010 and 2011.

UM TMC.

Now It's Exam Week

No intention to scare off anyone...but YES, IT'S EXAM WEEK!!!!

GOOD LUCK in your exams...

We hope that you will be doing great in your exams and score with flying colours...

In the meantime, the update on this blog will be slower than before so that you WON'T leave your studies and surf the blog!!!! Hahahaa...


UM TMC.

It's Revision Week

It's revision week again and I'm sure all of you must be studying very hard for your exams. But make sure you don't stress yourself.

Give some time for yourself to relax and enjoy life while studying for your exams. You could absorb the lecture notes better when you are not in stress...

So good luck in your revision...and be happy always. :)

UM TMC.

Ninth Meeting - Sports

This will be the report on the final meeting of the semester 2, Session 2009/2010. The meeting was held on 31st March 2010. The theme was 'Sports' and the Word of the Day was 'Play'. Example : She plays badminton every Saturday. I wonder who plays badminton on Saturdays. Is it you, Arissa?

TM Fun Mun Wah started out the meeting with the welcoming speech. Then, it was the invocation session by DTM Dr Devi Menon. It was about determination that was written by a Law Faculty student of UM. It was inspiring too.

The Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Arissa for the first time. A bit of struggle in the initial, but later on, she has managed to run the meeting very well. The Table Topics Master was TM Fun, with topics related to sports. The Table Topics Speakers were as follows:

1) Hadi

2) Yu He

3) Arissa

4) Rishi

Yes, all of us had the chance to participate in the session. The Table Topics Evalutor was DTM Dr Devi. Next was the Project Speeches Session. The Project Speakers were as follows:

1) TM Yu He - CC Project#7 - Dream

2) TM Arissa - CC Project#9 - Martial Arts

I think you can learn various types of martial arts with the demonstrations if you come to our meetings. Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Karate,.....So, it's 2 in 1 - public speaking + martial arts.

The General Evaluator was DTM Dr Devi. The Project Speech Evaluator was TM Fun. The role players were as follows:

1) Ah Counter - TM Yu He

2) Grammarian - TM Hadi

3) Time Keeper - TM Rishi

Last but not least, it was the closing ceremony of the meetings for the whole semester. Our club advisor, DTM Dr Devi gave a short speech highlighting that the club is doing perfect with the involvement of dedicated members. TM Fun Mun Wah, our Vice President of Membership gave the closing presidential speech of the semester with the summary explaining about the club's performance in the semester and it's path towards the new semester.

With the closing speech, the final meeting of the semester was officially adjourned.

Following the previous years, some of our members would be graduating soon because this semester would be their final. So all those who are graduating soon, a new life will be waiting out there - the working life. Do come to our meeting in the next semester if you have the time to make it and you want to get back the sweet moments of the university life. The club will always be here to welcome you.

See you in the next semester!!!

Signing off,

XOXO.

for UM TMC.

Eighth Meeting - Healthy Living

The meeting was held on 24th March 2010. I know it's a bit late to write a report on the meeting, but XOXO has been quite busy for the past few days. It's 6.00 in the morning now and XOXO woke up just to complete this report, as the responsibility to the club. I can already see tears appearing from the eyes who are reading this now.

Just kidding around....ahaha...let's go back to our 'business'.

The theme of the meeting was 'Healthy Living' and the word of the day was - Healthy. Meaning : A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Example: Everybody needs a good diet to be healthy.

TM Ras Hadi gave a welcoming speech as the VPE and TM Fun was the Toastmaster of the Evening. For the first time, the Table Topics Master was CC Heng Jing Yi...*I could hear claps*. Hold on...suddenly I feel that it was her third time. Well, I have no idea.

The Table Topics Speakers were:

1) Ivy Lau

2) Ng Lay Choo

3) Khairul Nizam

4) Fun Mun Wah

5) Rishi

Guess who won the session? Yes, it was Fun....our very own member who will be competing on the Division W contest, the Champion of Table Topics Area W5. * I could hear claps...again...*

I hope your are ok with the informal writing of this report...

The Table Topics Evaluator was DTM Dr Devi Menon. Next was the Project Speech session. The Project Speech Speakers were as follows:

1) CC Project#7 - Petronas Twin Tower - TM Arissa

2) CC Project#10 - It Has Been a Journey - TM Ras Hadi

3) CC Project #10 - Homestay - TM Khairul Nizam

4) Entertaining Speaker Project#4 - It's a Dog Bite Dog World - ACB CL Ng Lay Choo

Our General Evaluator was ACS CL Vijaya. The Project Speech Evaluators were as follows:

1) CC Heng Jing Yi

2) DTM Dr Devi Menon

3) ACB CL Ng Lay Choo

4) ACS CL Vijaya

The role players were:

1) Ah Counter - TM Arissa

2) Grammarian - TM Rishi

3) Time Keeper - CC Ivy Lau

There was something special in this meeting. Our TM Ras Hadi is now

CC RAS HADI

Congrats!!!!! It's our fourth CC of the semester.

We also had two guests in this meeting - ACS CL Vijaya and ACB CL Ng Lay Choo. Yeah, we are lucky to have all the high ranking Toastmasters in our club, including DTM Dr Devi. But we are still waiting for DTM Vincent to come to our meeting too. DTM Vincent is now concentrating on a new chartered club, in which their meetings also falls on Wednesday. And not forgetting Miss Christine Khoo and Miss Christine Ong.

I will be sending in the report on the final meeting of the semester soon. So keep an eye on the blog.

Signing off,

The only Toastmaster who wakes up at 6 am to write the meeting report (I think),

XOXO.

The Division Contests' Schedules

Division B
International Speech & Table Topics Contests
17th April 2010 (Saturday)
2.00pmUniRazak, Kelana Jaya.


Division C
International Speech & Table Topics Contests
03rd April 2010 (Saturday)
1.00pm ~ 6.00pmRoom 1,
UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya.


Division P
International Speech & Table Topics Contests
10th April 2010 (Saturday)
1.30pm ~ 5.30pm
Uptown Conference Centre,
Level 12, Tower A,Uptown 5, Jalan SS 21/39, Damansara Uptown.


Division W
International Speech & Table Topics Contests
24th April 2010 (Saturday)
1.00pm ~ 6.00pmRoom 1.01, KDU College, Damansara Utama.

No Meetings During Revision and Exam Week

Dear Members,

There will be no meetings from this week onwards to give way for the revision and exam week. The meeting that we had on 31st March 2010 was the final meeting of the Semester 2, Session 2009/2010. The closing speech and presidential speech have been presented in that final meeting.

There are still 2 meeting reports pending and will be on its way soon. So keep surfing our blog for more updates. We will be back with more meetings as soon as the new semester begins.


UM TMC.

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our eighth meeting of the semester this Wednesday.

The details are as follows:

Date : 31st March 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

Entrance is free and all are invited.

Hope to see you all there!!!

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Job Advertisement

Dear Members,

The job advertisement below came in to one of our member. They are looking for UM students, preferably Toastmasters members due to good English speaking skills.

___________________________________________________________________

We are an organisation with competence in state of the art best practices in a broad spectrum of environmental turnkey services based in Selangor and we are interested in recruiting graduates from Universiti Malaya for potential employment with our organisation.

Please find below our details:

Gunung-Ganang Corporation Sdn Bhd
53-2, Jalan SP 2/1, Seksyen 2 Taman Serdang Perdana
43300 Seri Kembangan Selangor Darul Ehsan


Our framework of services stress on the characteristics of the environment, its stability and risk to development. Our services include the following:
· Environmental Audit and Surveillance
· Social and Economics Assessment
· Occupational Safety and Health
· Community Health and Safety
· Environmental Performance Monitoring
· Environmental Assessment and Management
· Natural Resources Management
· Ecological Assessment
· Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building
· Environmental Advisory Services

We are currently seeking applicants for the position of Research Officer which entails the following responsibilities:
· Compile, analyse and interpret data
· Conduct desktop research
· Support project management and business development
· Assist in field works

Candidates are required to have a degree in the related fields of Environmental Science/ Biology/ Chemistry/ Natural Resources/ Green Technology/ Solid Waste Management or its equivalent. Candidates should ideally:

· Have proficient command of English and Bahasa Malaysia.
· Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Have excellent report writing skill in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
· Be committed and passionate to work for a better environment.
· Be able to work independently and under pressure.
· Be willing to be relocated for regional projects.
· Be computer literate.

Dateline for applications will be on the 15th April 2010.

The graduates are welcome to contact us with any enquiries or requests for more information. Alternatively, we would be glad to contact the students directly should you be able to provide us with their telephone number or email address. Thank you for your consideration.

____________________________________________________________________


If you are interested, please e-mail us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com before 28th March 2010.


UM TMC.

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our seventh meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 24th March 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

All are invited and entrance is free.

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Our New CC's

The list of CC's goes on for UM TMC. For this term, the following are the new CC's :

1) CC Heng Jing Yi
2) CC Ivy Lau
3) CC Khairil Nizam


We still have TM Ras Hadi and TM Fun Mun Wah on the way to go for CC soon. Don't ask about TM Rishi because he's the 'slow' type of person....hehe...

Congrats to all new CC's!!!!


UM TMC.

Seventh Meeting - Relaxation

Definitely we were all relaxed when we attended the meeting with the theme - Relaxation. The word of the day was 'Holiday'. Before I go on, I need to highlight here that this meeting was held on 10th March 2010. Unfortunately, I could not make it to the 17th March meeting. Thus, there will be no report on that meeting.

Yes, it's more than a week after the meeting and I'm trying my best to catch up on the report. Since there will be no report on the 17th March meeting, then I think I have fully updated the blog by completing this report.

The welcoming speech and the Table Topics Session were presented by our VPE, TM Ras Hadi. The Table Topics evaluator was TM Rishi. Hmmm...didn't all of you realize that it was the first time of TM Rishi took up the Table Topics Evaluator role in UM TMC?!!! I'm the only one realized it...haha...

The Project Speeches were as follows:

1) CC Project#5 - Your Body Speaks - 'Self Defense' - TM Arissa

2) CC Project#8 - Visual Aids - 'Food Versus Body Organs' - TM Ivy

3) CC Project#9 - Persuade with Power - 'Short Hair' - TM Khairil Nizam

4) CC Project#6 - Vocal Variety - 'A Little Woman' - TM Yu He

The Speech Evaluators were:

1) TM Ras Hadi

2) DTM Dr Devi

3) ACB CL Kimmy - came back to us after missing in action for quite some time :)

The role players were:

1) Ah Counter - CC Heng Jing Yi

2) Grammarian - TM Wynlyn

3) Time Keeper - TM Hadi - our most expert time keeper...very detailed report...

And our General Evaluator was :

ACS CL Vijaya - all the way from Santa Monica, California, to evaluate us....

If you want to get our expert timer for your meetings, then you should bank in some money to our UM TMC account for RM XXX....Just kidding!!!!

That's all from me,

XOXO.

International Speech & Table Topics Contest Area P4

Dear Members,

Another invitation came in as follows:

Hey you enthusiastic toastmasters (and guests),
Do you want to make the best INVESTMENT this Thursday?

Come and book a seat at the Area P4 contest, with 6 contestants (of each contest) from the very BEST of various clubs in the area.

It would be an event not to be missed. Admission is free and to book your free seat, please reply at this page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=397593440451&ref=mf )


Area P4 International Speech & Table Topic Contest

Location:Bankers Club, Amoda Building (opposite Berjaya Times Square)
Time: 6.30PM Thursday, March 18th

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our seventh meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 17th March 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

All are invited and entrance is free.


Thank you.


UM TMC.

International Speech & Table Topic Contest Area P1

Dear Members,

Below is the invitation that we have received from Telekom Malaysia Toastmasters Club :

Ladies & gentlemen,

On behalf of Telekom Malaysia Toastmaster Club, we are please to inform that on Wednesday, 17 th March 2010 our club is hosting Area P1 contest for International Speech and Table Topic Contest! Please come and give your utmost support to your toastmaster friends!! Bring your friends and family too.

Venue : 50th Floor, Menara TM,Jalan Pantai Baru Time : 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm

TM Toastmasters Club.

Table Topics Contest

Table Topics Contest cum sixth meeting of the semester was held on 3rd March 2010. The meeting was started by the Sergeant-of-Arms, TM Sui Peng, on time as per scheduled - 5.30pm.

After the welcoming speech from our President, the Table Topics Contest was started. The judges were

1) DTM Dr Devi
2) ACS CL Vijaya
3) ACB CL Nisha

Let me introduce to you our guest. ACS CL Vijaya is the visiting Toastmaster all the way from California. She will be staying in UM until approximately 15th April. We would definitely like her to come to all of our meetings, it's a previlige for us.

The participants were (random order)

1) Hadi
2) Arissa
3) Wynlyn
4) Deborah
5) Khairil Nizam
6) Sui Peng

I would say that all the participants were not nervous at all. Right? Each of the participants were given different questions so that everyone can see their friends' performance.

Here are the results....drum roll....drum roll...

1) Deborah Chow - Champion
2) Wynlyn - 1st runner up
3) Khairil Nizam - 2nd runner up

Next was the project speeches as follows:

1) CC Project #4 - My Favourite Artiste by TM Arissa
2) CC Project #4 - Cap Trade by TM Sook Ching
3) CC Project #8 - Origamy by TM Khairil Nizam

Our General Evaluator was DTM Dr Devi and the project speech evaluators were as follows:

1) TM Fun
2) ACB CL Deborah Chow

Our other role players were:

1) Ah Counter - TM Sui Peng
2) Grammarian - TM Rishi
3) Time Keeper = TM Hadi

Thus, congrats to Deborah Chow. She will be representing our UM TMC to the Area Contest of Area W5. The photos will be posted soon, if we still have it, hopefully...

xoxo.

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our seventh meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 10th March 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

All are invited and entrance is free. For members who did not pay their renewal fees yet, please do so during the meeting.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

Young Toastmasters Outing Trip

Dear Members,

Young Toastmasters Outing Trip to Pulau Ketam will be held on

Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 7:00pm

It's a jointly organized activity by Unitar Toastmasters Club and HELP UC Toastmasters Club. The requirement - you just have to be ready to have fun!!!

If you are interested, it is a must that you drop an e-mail to umtoastmaster@gmail.com with your name and handphone number before this Saturday at 5pm. We will contact you to confirm the attendance so that we wouldn't miss you out on the day of trip.

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Phoenix Toastmasters Speech Contest

Dear Members,

Phoenix Toastmasters Club will be having their International Speech and Table Topics Contest next Monday. The following are the details of the contest:

Date : 08 March 2010 (Monday)

Time : 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Venue : Uptown Conference Centre Level 12 Tower A Uptown 5 No. 5 Jalan SS21/39, Damansara Uptown 47400 Petaling Jaya.

(Fee: RM10.00 per pax and refreshments will be provided. For Judges and Roleplayers are waived)

The role player as timer is still available. If you are interested to be the timer, please e-mail us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com before Sunday night.

Thank you.

UM TMC.

Fifth Meeting - Valentine

Since it has been quite some time (more than a week) after the meeting has been held, I need to admit that I have forgotten on certain things. So, shall I make the report a little short?

Certainly not!!! Why should I do that when the theme of the day is Valentine. The word of the day is 'love' - Emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The meeting started at exactly 5.30 pm with our SAA, TM Sui Peng calling the meeting to order. Did the President came to the meeting? Let me think for a while...Yes!! She came and she gave the presidential welcoming speech.


The Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Khairulnizam, for the first time. Yes, a little bit struggle here and there and there you go - a smooth flow soon. The Table Topics Master, ACB CL, Deborah Chow, gave questions related to the theme. The Table Topics participants are :

(a) Rishi

(b) Heng Jing Yi

(c) Levine

(d) Sui Peng


Before I go on, I better introduce to you to of our guests who came to the meeting that day - ACB CL Ng Lay Choo (Sai Toastmasters Club) and CC CL Levine (MII Toastmasters Club).


Next were the project speeches. The speakers were as the following :

(a) TM Arissa - CC Project#3 - Brain Differences

(b) TM Khairulnizam - CC Project#7 - Muay Thai

(c) TM Ras Hadi - CC Project#8 - Migration

(d) TM Jing YI - CC Project#8 - sorry forgotten your title, but something about recycle bins.

and a superb speech by our guest

(e) ACB CL Ng Lay Choo - Advanced Speech#3 - Habits of Highly Effective People.



Arissa talked about the difference in men's and women's thinking and I really enjoyed it for a reason - she praises men...haha...Khairulnizam showed a new defense tool called Muay Thai. Ras Hadi talked about migration of people and I think Jing Yi should have brought the recycle bins to show it to us. I know it's heavy.


The evaluators were as follows:

(a) TM Ras Hadi - first time

(b) TM Rishi as usual

(c) ACB CL Deborah

(d) DTM Dr Devi

(e) CC CL Levine


The General Evaluator was ACB CL Ng Lay Choo and the role players were:


(a) TM Hadi - Ah Counter

(b) TM Fun - Grammarian

(c) TM Sagacious - Time Keeper



There is one important thing that I need to mention. Someone has got her Competent Communicator - guess who?

HENG JING YI

Congrats, Jing Yi!!!!





That's all from me,

XOXO.

UM TMC's Table Topics Contest

Dear members and guests,

UM Toastmasters club will be having a table topics contest (TTC) as part of the International Speech and Table Topics Contest . Every member is welcome to participate in the table topics contest.

The contest provides a wonderful chance and opportunity for members to shine at table topics. We welcome everyone to showcase their speaking talents and capabilities. Everyone who takes part is already a winner by showcasing determination and courage. The contest also provide a wonderful opportunities for members to learn from the best.

Guests who are not Toastmaster members are also more than welcome to attend the contest, as it provides a wonderful insight into the Toastmasters club.

The following are the details of the contest:

Date : 3rd March 2010 (Wednesday)

Time : 5.15 pm

Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

Those interested in participating are required to provide their full name and contact number and submit direct to rhr_2004_1988@hotmail.com .

There will be no door fee - entrance is free.

The report on the previous meeting is still pending. But do not worry, it will be posted by the end of this week.

UM TMC.

HELP UC TMC's Speech Contest

Dear Members,

HELP University College Toastmasters Club will be having their International Speech and Table Topics Contest. Following are the details:

Date : 27th February 2010 (this Saturday)
Time : 9.30am to 1.00pm
Venue : Level 5, Wisma HELP (in Damansara)
Door Fee : RM 10

For more information, please contact us at umtoastmaster@gmail.com


UM TMC.

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our fifth meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 24th February 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

All are invited and entrance is free. For members who did not pay their renewal fees yet (RM100), please do so during the meeting.


Thank you.


UM TMC.

No Meetings on 17th February 2010

Dear All,

There will be no meetings on 17th February 2010 since we having the semester break and we are still in the CNY mood.

Hopefully, we will be getting our own room for the meetings soon. From there, we shall move up our publicity portfolio.

We will be having meeting next week. So keep an eye on our blog for more updated information on the meeting.

Thank you.


UM TMC.

GONG XI FA CAI !!!! Xin Nian Kuai Le !!!!

We would like to wish you a Happy Chinese New Year!!! Let's look for more angpows this year. ROAR!!!!

Click at the right below of the card to catch the three tigers.


UM TMC.

No Report for Our Fourth Meeting

There will be no report for our fourth meeting since our 'XOXO' reporter has missed the meeting due to some other commitments.

But if you have attended the meeting, do write a report and send it in to our club e-mail

E-mail : umtoastmaster@gmail.com

so that we can post it on the blog.

You will realize that you can really improve your English vocabulary by just writing out the report.


UM TMC.

Our Next Meeting Details

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our fourth meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 10th February 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

All are invited and entrance is free. Our theme would be "Chinese New Year", if we are not mistaken. :)



UM TMC.

UNITAR TMC's Speech Contest

The UNITAR TMC'S International Speech and Table Topics Contest is here!

The contestants will strut their stuff, walk the talk and stand on their own feet

By hook or by crook

to deliver their best speech!

So, make yourself available for that exciting Tuesday,9 February 2010 at Ground Floor, TR1, Block B, UNITAR Kelana Jaya.

Here's a taste of what the contest sounds like.

We love to be on time and so do you, so do us both a favour and be there at
6pm for registration

6.30pm the contest will be roLLing!

Third Meeting - Speech Marathon

Our third meeting was started at 5.39 pm by our Sergeant-at-Arms, TM Siew Peng., by calling the meeting to order. President's welcoming was presented by our VPM, TM Fun Mun Wah, who was also the acting President of the meeting.

Guess who was the Toastmaster of the Evening....it was TM Fun too...There were no Table Topics Session in this meeting since it was a speech marathon. The following the Project Speech Speakers :

1) CC Project#1 - The Ice Breaker - "About Myself" by TM Arissa

2) CC Project#5 - Your Body Speaks - "Accident" by TM Khairulnizam

3) CC Project# 9 - Persuade with Power - "The Benefits of Being a Vegetarian" by TM Ivy Lau

4) CC Project#9 - Persuade with Power - "Hybrid Car - Get It Now!!!" by TM Rishi

The Project Speech Evaluators were:

1) TM Rishi

2) TM Fun

3) DTM Dr Devi Menon

Arissa took the first step in Toastmasters with her Ice Breaker speech. She explained all about her name, Arissa. Khairulnizam explained his experience with accident, while, Ivy explained about the needs to be a vegetarian. We don't want to harm or kill cute little things, right?

General Evaluator of the meeting was Dr. Devi Menon. The role players were

1) Ah Counter - Wan Hooi - our new guest

2) Grammarian - TM Siew Peng - first timer for this role

3) Timer - TM Arissa - first timer too for this role

Wan Hooi, if you are reading this, thank you and we hope you will be coming to the next meeting. We welcome guests with open heart.

Anyone has a camera phone? I think we should take pictures for the upcoming meetings.

Signing off,

XOXO.

Our Next Meeting Detail

Dear Members and Guests,


We will be having our third meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 3rd February 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).


All are invited and entrance is free.


UM TMC.

CONGRATULATIONS UM TMC!!!

OUR CLUB HAS BEEN AWARDED AS THE

HIGHEST RECRUITMENT RECORD

OF

NEW MEMBERS

IN AREA W5

FOR THE SESSION 2008/2009

Second Meeting - Acronyms

It was our second meeting on 27th January 2010 with the theme 'Acronyms'. The word of the day was 'LOL!!!' which means 'Laugh Out Loud'.

There were a lot of VIP's in this meeting - the Area W5 Governor, ACB CL Christine Khoo, DTM Vincent Hor (our club 'daddy') and DTM Dr Devi (our club advisor).

The Toastmaster of the Evening was CC Nyuk Jet with her laugh all the way through the meeting and the Table Topics Master was ACB, CL Deborah Chow with questions on acronyms.

The Table Topics Speakers were

1) Jeremy - DIY
2) Hadi Saboohi - SMS
3) Ras Hadi - LOL
4) Arissa - MIA


The Project Speakers were

1) CC Project #3 - TM Khairulnizam - Brain Exercise
2) CC Project #5 - TM Yuhe - My Sports Life
3) CC Project #7 - TM Ivy - Tsunami
4) CC Project #9 - TM Jing Yi - Global Warming

Too many techinical stuff in this meeting....hahaha....because we are students, of course.

The Project Speech Evaluators were

1) DTM Vincent Hor
2) DTM Dr Devi Menon
3) TM Fun Mun Wah - our very own strict and constructive evaluator
4) ACB CL Christine Khoo

So, if you need an evaluator who is very strict and constructive, you should look for TM Fun. We welcome members from other clubs too....hehe...

The other role players were

1) Ah Counter - TM Hadi Saboohi
2) Grammarian - TM Rishi
3) Time Keeper - Sagacious Eagle

We wish to thank all our external evaluator for coming to our meeting. It meant a lot to us.


Signing off,

XOXO.

Our Next Meeting Details

You are cordially invited to the University of Malaya Toastmasters Club's next meeting as follows:

Date : 27th January 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15pm
Venue : UWA room (first floor of Rumah Universiti/beside Bgn Peperiksaan).

Come join us for a time of fun and learning, listening as well as participating in speeches.

Entrance is free and refreshments will be served. Looking forward to seeing you there!


UM TMC.

First Meeting - 13th January 2010

It was our first meeting of the semester and we had it in the open space of Dataran Sastera. The attendance of members was very encouraging and the meeting worked out well.

We didn't expect anyone would come, clap and cheer for the speakers in the open space where other students would be wondering what we were doing in the public. At least we made them thinking that this is a club of public speaking.

The Project Speech Speakers were:

1) TM Khairul Nizam - CC Project #2 - World Cup

2) TM Hui Xin - CC Project #5 - OBS Experience

3) TM Ras Hadi - CC Project #6 - The Quarrel of the Cat and Dog

4) TM Yu He - CC Project # (missed out that one) - The Dating Game

From football to camping, to wolves and finally, Earth.

The Speech Evaluators were:

1) TM Fun Mun Wah

2) ACS CL Deborah Chow and

3) XXX Rishi (you may not want to know the XXX)

Not forgetting our Toastmaster of the Evening, TM Heng Jing Yi.

Perhaps we should have meetings at all the 'dataran' in UM. It can be our UM TMC road show and real public speaking event where the speakers have no choice but to speak in front of the members and public. That could be fun.

Special Officer 3,

UM TMC.

Our First Meeting of the Semester

Dear Members and Guests,

We will be having our first meeting of the semester this Wednesday. The details are as follows:

Date : 13th January 2010 (Wednesday)
Time : 5.15 pm
Venue : Dataran Sastera, UM.

We will be having our meeting in a different way - in an open space. Thus, come and join us for our first meeting in the open space. There will be no doors and windows to be opened and no door fees. Everyone is invited.

Our theme is of course - open space.

UM TMC.

No Meetings This Week

Dear Members,

We are facing some difficulties to get the official venue for our meetings. We will try to solve it as soon as possible. Thus we have no choice but to cancel the meetings until further notice.

We will try to replace this week's meeting in future.

In the meantime, please keep on surfing our blog for more information on the details of meetings that hopefully we will post it soon.

Thank you.


UM TMC.