Meeting No: 149

Theme: Challenges

Word of the day: Fascinating

One of the many ways to relish challenges in life (instead of shying away from them) is to attend any Toastmaster meetings.

Not only will you learn that challenges are merely a thing of mental perception of obstacles which can be easily overcome by positive thinking, you will realize that challenges represent opportunities too.

After the arrival of guests, it was the usual routine of introduction of guests and members. Indeed, we were proud to have ACB, CL Yeow Honn acting as the General Evaluator of the meeting.

Next, it was the Table Topic Session which had seen the surge of several ready-and-up-to-challenges-members to speak off the cuff. It was indeed a fascinating sight.

Then, came the project speeches. TM Nicholas led the session by presenting a profound topic with the title ‘Go Beyond Politics’. Instead of being carried away by the negative words spewed out by the politicians, people should always first resort to reasoning and always value peace that does not come easy.

Next, it was CC, CL Yew Yi’ time to uplift the spirit of the room. With the title – Just Do It, Yew Yi gave an encouraging speech on overcoming one’s fear in Public Speaking. Novices would find that public speaking does bot really deserve that much of fear.

The session was ended by CC, CL Fatimah’s speech. The book lover shared her affair with a book which had greatly inspired her. The profound inspiration was translated in her speech which, in turn, enlightened the crowd.

After a rather hearty enlightenment, came the evaluation session led by ACB, CL Yeow Honn.

Throughout the session, not only the General Evaluator was generous with his compliments, he, too, proffered some valuable suggestions for improvement.

Audience was all ears during the meeting

Members of UMTMC were enjoying themselves in the refreshment

Yeow Honn was sharing with the crowd his tokens of advice for improvement.

Jacky was voted as Best Table Topic Speaker. Keep it up!

Yew Yi appeared as the Best Speaker for Project Speech.

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them.”

― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free