Opening Speeh : CELEBRATE

"CELEBRATE"

OPENING SPEECH – 2^nd April 2014-04-17

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

There are three achievements of this club that I would like to highlight.

First, on 10^th of March, we organized our own CLUB International Speech & Table Topic Contest. I am not sure about you but for me I can feel the different for sending our club member as a VOLUNTEER in Area Contest AND as a CHAMPION of our club contest. After managed to have the 1^st Runner-Up in Area A2 Contest, our Champion, Koh Meng Hock will be contesting in division level. The Division A International Speech & Table Topic Contest will be held on 6^th of April in Sunway College, Tebrau.

Second, on 17^th of March we had the Mini Evaluation Workshop, facilitated by Bin Yuen, and I believe we learn a lot to be a better speech evaluator, not only in Toastmasters meetings but also as a better person when giving feedback to others in our daily lives. Do you agree with me? So, congratulations to all of you, you make the workshop a success!

Third achievement, we have three new members in March; Norliza, old member coming member because of her believe in Toastmasters Journey, Aisyah, a tutor, an enthusiastic friend of mine, our strong supporter who make us having this comfortable meeting room, the cheerful Prof. Sarahaida. I believe, with these three new members, we will have more beneficial meeting, more fun and all of us will improve better. The more is the merrier! 

Ladies & Gentlemen, March 2014 was so special, finally it was ended by our treasurer, Dr. Zaleha successfully renewed our memberships with Toastmasters International. I believe most of us already paid Dr. Zaleha our fees. For those who haven’t, please see Dr. Zaleha later to communicate. Dr. Zaleha, thank you for taking care of our membership renewals. 

Today, we start having meeting on 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of the month. This decision was made after a survey with questionnaire created and analyzed by Meng Hock, and with cooperation from all members answering the survey. Hope this change will refresh all of us, become more enthusiastic Toastmasters.

And finally, in this special March, two beautiful creatures celebrated their birthday. 1^st, was Dr. Asiah and also myself. Hehehe..  

Again, the more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.