tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16678419318512726812024-02-06T18:53:14.856-08:00Ain's Journey as a ToastmasterI am a Toastmaster since June 2011, and here I share my speeches, my experiences & my thought. I am having fun! ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-89996816712563434232015-01-11T01:44:00.002-08:002015-01-11T01:44:39.897-08:00Our FIRST DATE!Congratulations to all of you for participating in the FIRST's gathering of UTM Toastmasters Club of the year 2015 last Wednesday! Thank you for rockin' the day!<br /><br />The theme ; First Time. Therefore, I would like to share all of the FIRST TIME moments we created together!<br /><br />It was my FIRST time applying the particular body wash, body lotion and perfume combination on that <br />day. Haha, it didn't affect the gathering but at least, it was something I did for the FIRST time! :P<br /><br />My day was started with a big smile after Dr Asiah told me that the word of the day is EXUBERANT. It <br />was my FIRST time feeling energetic and freshened up by just looking at the meaning of a word! Before <br />the meeting started, Nina, my guest said, "I wanna come even I need to leave early. Because I am <br />attracted to the word of the day!" It was my FIRST time having a guest because of the word of the day! <br /><br />It was the FIRST time for UTM Toastmasters Club members listening to Deshon's (Sacred Heart TMC) <br />speech evaluation. His evaluation make me believe more that it is not a must for a good communicator to be shameless (like me, hahaha..) but a shy and soft person like Dr. Zaleha can be a very good communicator & leader. Because we are Toastmasters!<br /><br />It was Fadzly (CIMA TMC) FIRST visit and helping us as ah-counter. And he said, it was his FIRST time seeing a compact with information agenda of a Toastmasters club meeting.<br /><br />It was the FIRST time Ayu performing as Competent Communicator with her very creative and motivating Table Topic session & compact speech evaluation!! It was my FIRST time thinking about, say no to iron-man's-house for my dream house after listening to Bachan's speech about smart house. Ops!<br />
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*I know I want a house like Hansel And Gretel. Not the smart house. hehehe..*</div>
<br />After few visits to UTM Toastmasters Club and other clubs, it was Rachel's FIRST time receiving the Best Table Topics Speaker ribbon! Congratulations!<br />
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<br />It was my FIRST time witnessing Dr Raja as a theater actor during his Table Topics session. After missing Prof Sarah for few months, she attended the gathering and I had a big and tight hug from her, and for the FIRST time people hug me and said, "bestnya!! macam Dunlop!" I take it as a compliment! ahahahaha...<br /><br />It was our club's FIRST time having a cute hello kitty box for ah-counter collection. Thank you Ayu! Happy MEOW year!<br /><br />And Helmy helped the meeting a lot by being an effective SAA for the minimum-prepared-TME, a busy Ain cantik with the thesis. Hehehe.. So it was my FIRST time as a TME with minimum (or I can say zero) reminder needed to any role players during the meeting because everybody were effective!<br />
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<br /><br />ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-40331310564698494032014-06-17T07:37:00.001-07:002014-06-17T08:10:26.340-07:00A Not So Close Friend<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Do you believe that people, who are in coma, can really hear
you?</div>
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Ladies & Gentlemen,</div>
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Back in 2002, I spent two years with the same classmates. For
both years, sitting in the front line of the classroom was a friend, named Ahadiah.
We call her, Ahad.<br />
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She was a soft spoken, fair and pretty girl. She didn’t talk
so much but once she spoke, she spoke firmly. I like seeing her walk, talk or
even sit. It is because I saw her as an elegantly beautiful girl. In contra, even I am also beautiful, but I was noisy and
naughty in the class, in the dorm or everywhere. My close friends and I enjoyed
breaking the rules and having fun. So, Ahad and I were not well clicked, she
was ONLY my classmate.<br />
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After SPM, I continued my study in UTM, here in Skudai but
all of my classmates were in KL, Selangor or overseas. I didn’t keep in touch
with so many friends, including Ahad because she was not so close to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Until one day, I received a phone call from one of my
classmates. Telling me, that Ahad was involved in a car accident in Selangor,but
then she was transferred to Hospital Sultanah Aminah, HSA, since her family was
in Johor. As the classmate who was staying in Johor, I felt the
responsibility of visiting her. So I took the cab, going to HSA that afternoon.<br />
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From Ahad’s mother, I knew that Ahad <span class="null">was
sitting </span><span class="null"><span class="null"> in the middle </span>at the back seat</span> during the car accident. So when
the car crashed, she was thrown out of the car, which cause the bad
injury to her head. To be specific, her brain. Visiting Ahad that afternoon made
me speechless. The pretty and elegant Ahad I knew, lying on the bed, with
bruises on her face and no hair. I can see the stitches. She was in coma for
few days after two surgeries.<br />
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Coma is a state of deep, prolonged unconsciousness, which an
individual is incapable of sensing or responding to external stimuli and
internal needs, from which it is impossible to rouse a person. Visiting Ahad only
made me talked a lot to her mom. Ahad’s mom was so calm and patienly taking
care of Ahad, her youngest child. By visiting Ahad, I hope that I can at least
accompany her mother. Her very strong mother.<br />
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When I visited Ahad, from times to times I recalled more
memories with her. Actually, I remembered what we did together. I remember her
laugh in the class, I remember we played during our class BBQ, I remember we
took photos, lying down on the field, and I remember we elegantly pose for camera during the final year dinner. But in front of my eyes at that time, I
saw her with all of the tubes on her chest, head, hands, she was not like what she
used to be. She became so skinny, her fair and glowing skin became dull and of
course, I cannot see her big beautiful eyes and wide smile at that time.<br />
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One day, one of our classmates, Zati came to JB from
Selangor. We visited Ahad in the ICU. After took a chair and sit, Zati started
talking to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahad like talking to a friend
in a café.<br />
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“Hey, Ahad! I come from far, taking bus for 5 hours, staying in Ain’s small and
messy hostel in UTM to see you, and you are so lazy, just lying on the bed like
this?”<br />
I was only looking at Zati, shocked. What she was doing was really like in a
movie, talking to a person in coma, which look irrelevant to me at that time. <br />
“Next time I see you, you must treat me with.. a lunch.. and movie.. right,
Ain?”<br />
Zati tried to include me in her conversation. One way conversation. I replied monotonously,<br />
“Yes, pity Zati.. and pity me too.. wake up, we talk, we go out, we have fun”<br />
With Zati playing the role together, it was easier for me ‘talk’ to Ahad. At
least, I was not feeling so stupid with the ‘conversation’.<br />
“I can play guitar now, Ahad”, Zati told another story. “I can play the guitar,
and you must sing, Ahad. I don’t want Ain to sing.. haha”, Zati continue. We
talked a lot. I still remember, that evening, it was really a fun and lively conversation,
between Zati, Ahad and me.<br />
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Usually, if I visited Ahad, I only went to see her for a
while, talked to her mother, and then left. But that evening, with Zati, I
enjoyed talking to Ahad so much. I kept coming to the room more than 4 times. I
went out, and came in again. I felt like not wanting to leave.<br />
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Until the visiting period was almost over that evening, I
was with Ahad’s mum in the room. Her mom was sitting on a chair, on Ahad’s left
while I was standing next to her bed, on her right. <br />
“Ahad, remember we don’t want to see you sick anymore, we want to see you healthy,
and we can go out, haveing fun together outside, okay? We miss you. See, you mom
loves you.”<br />
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I wanted to tell her that I love her, but I felt awkward, we
were not close, remember? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In silent, I
only heard the machine that represent her heart beat, tiitt… tiitt.. tiiiit.. I
just smiled, and then I turned to pick up my bag which I put on another chair, I
was ready to leave. Suddenly I heard the machine’s beat change.. become faster…
tit.. tit.. tit..</div>
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I quickly turned back to Ahad, but I saw her mom was calmly holding
a tissue, going closer to Ahad <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then
wiping Ahad’s face. She looked at me, smiling, and said, <br />
“Ahad is crying…”<br />
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Yes, I saw Ahad’s tears. The tears were running through her cheeks, from her
closed eyes.</div>
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Did she hear me? That evening, I felt satisfied, because
I know she heard me. Happy, worry, I didn’t know. It was a mixed feeling.<br />
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The next day, around 6 in the morning, Ahad’s mother called
me. Which then I called a cab, to go the hospital. That morning, I was heading
to the hospital. I was not going to the ward, or the ICU, but.. I was going to
the mortuary.<br />
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Yes, Ahad had passed away.<br />
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Then I realized, maybe Ahad’s tears, was a good bye. That
evening was my last visit. And that was our last conversation.Sometimes it takes losing something to realize what you've
had, right?<br />
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Honestly, I miss Ahad, a friend who I called ONLY as an ex classmate.
We were never so close before. But when she’s gone, I felt sad.I just cannot imagine how will I feel, if I lost a friend,
who is closer to me.<br />
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Ladies & Gentlemen,</div>
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Ahad not only make me believe that a person who is in coma
can really hear us. But she also make me to take a moment, see around me, and feel
the love from true friends.<br /><br />**********************************************************************************</div>
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In 2003, we were having fun at the field. Number 2 from top and left was <i>arwah</i> Ahad. White veil, shirt & shoes, gray tracksuits. Pretty. I was the 'backbone' of the photo.</div>
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Preparing the props for an English project. <i>Arwah </i>Ahad and I were wearing black veils.I was holding the paint brush and she was smiling beautifully at the back there, close to the green chair.<br />
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Al-Fatihah for Ahad. May Allah bless her.</div>
ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-478025880814532662014-06-09T03:12:00.002-07:002014-06-09T03:39:24.617-07:00Opening Speech : LESS IS MOREIn 2012, I stayed in US for 6 months to do a part of my research. It was in North Carolina. At the end of my stay, one of my friends from our department, Physics Department, asked me if I will organize any farewell party. I answered, "No, I am not organizing one"<br />
With guilty face, he replied, "owh, maybe your housemate is planning one for you"<br />
"Hurm, actually, nope.."<br />
Then I remembered something so I quickly told him, that I will not have a farewell party but we have lunch and dinner dates. For example, two days before, my housemate and I invited our Singaporean friend to our apartment. We cooked and had dinner together. <br />
"That is how we celebrate! Some of my friends also brought me to an Indian restaurant for lunch last week!"<br />
"I see... So, you and your friends choose to have small groups of friends eating together instead of a party with many people!"<br />
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Yes, he was right. It is not about how many friends come to you to say Good Bye and wish you all the best for your future that make you happy, but how much quality time we spent with our friends is more important. At least, for me.<br />
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So then, I invited him to our apartment that weekend. Can you imagine, myself, cooking in the kitchen with a handsome Dutch guy? Uhuurmm.. We cooked together, had dinner together and talked about many things. We, including my housemates, smart and fun Chinese & Vietnamese girls had fun that evening. Even it was only four of us.<br />
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Same like this evening's meeting. Yes, not so many people are here. Only, 1, 2, 3, and yes, 4 members of UTM Toastmasters Club. But a large number of attendance is not important for me now. I still can feel the fun. I don't think number matters. Why? It is not about how many 'human bodies' inside this meeting room, but I am sure, very sure that all 'human bodies' here have SINCERE HEARTS, to attend, to support, to contribute and to learn while having fun together. That is more important, right?<br />
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Yes, all of you, coming here with sincere hearts, congratulations and thank you. Please give a big hand to all of us.<br />
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People say, the more is the merrier. But for this evening, I choose to believe,<b> less is more.</b><br />
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Here are some photos, capturing beautiful moments with friends when I was in US.</div>
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The Dutch guy I mentioned, Joshua. We're making karipap.</div>
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With one of my housemate, Thanh (from Vietnam) while Lan (from China) was taking the photo.</div>
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Karipap in progress.</div>
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Melissa, from Singapore, eating Karipap (the next day) while playing<i> batu seremban</i> I made. She said she miss that game (I cannot remember how Singaporean call that game)</div>
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Lan's labmate, finishing all the prawn cooked by Lan.</div>
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Beef & pineapple, prepared by Lan. Lovely!</div>
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I miss this dish, also by Lan.</div>
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One of the dishes I had in an Indian restaurant there. </div>
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Huh, I can keep posting because I have more photos and have more to share. But, next post, okay?<br />
BYE!</div>
ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-7062494494821693582014-06-09T00:57:00.003-07:002014-06-09T00:59:20.535-07:00Cinderella and Me<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cinderella and Me - 4th June 2014<br />Advanced Project (Storytelling #1) : The Folk Tale<br /><br />Objectives :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To tell a folk tale that is entertaining and enjoyable for a specific age group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To use vivid imagery and voice to enhance the tale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(7 - 9 minutes)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During my primary school time, my teachers and friends knew me as a quite and shy girl. One day when I was in standard 1, a trainee teacher announced, "Today, I am not going to teach. So, what would you like to do?". The whole class was so excited. "We play game! Girls vs boys!", "Storytelling!"<br />"Okay, I choose, storytelling!", the teacher decided.<br />At first, I thought the teacher will tell us a story, but she said, "So... who is going to come in front of the class, and tell a story?"<br />"Ain, teacher!" a friend, sitting next to me shouted.<br />"What? Why me?" I was shocked.<br />"Ain, what story will you tell us?", our teacher asked, looking and smiling at me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Teacher, she is good in telling stories. Last time she told me the story of Cinderella!" my friend was so excited. "Ain, just tell the same story, I like it.. Go!", she continue, whispering to me. Trying to make me confident.<br /><br />Then, that walked in front of the class. That was my first public speaking, in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Once upon a time there lived an unhappy
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daughters. Her stepmother didn't like her one little bit. All her kind thoughts
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dresses, shoes, delicious food, soft beds, and every home comfort. But, for the
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used to spend long hours all alone talking to the cat. The cat said, “Miaow“,
which really meant, “Cheer up! You have something neither of your stepsisters
has and that is beauty.” It was quite true. Cinderella, even dressed in old
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elegant their clothes, were still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be.</span></span></div>
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palace and the stepsisters were getting ready to go. Cinderella didn't even
dare ask if she could go too. She knew very well what the answer would be:
“You? You're staying at home to wash the dishes, scrub the floors and turn down
the beds for your stepsisters.” They will come home tired and very sleepy.
Cinderella sighed, “Oh dear, I'm so unhappy!” and the cat murmured “Miaow.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Suddenly
something amazing happened. As Cinderella was sitting all alone, there was a
burst of light and a fairy appeared. “Don't be alarmed, Cinderella,” said the
fairy. “I know you would love to go to the ball. And so you shall!” “How can I,
dressed in rags?” Cinderella replied. “The servants will turn me away!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
fairy smiled. With a flick of her magic wand Cinderella found herself wearing
the most beautiful dress she had ever seen. “Now for your coach,” said the
fairy; "A real lady would never go to a ball on foot! Quick! Get me a
pumpkin!” “Oh of course,” said Cinderella, rushing away. Then the fairy turned
to the cat. “You, bring me seven mice, and, remember they must be alive!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Cinderella
soon returned with the pumpkin and the cat with seven mice he had caught in the
cellar. With a flick of the magic wand the pumpkin turned into a sparkling
coach and the mice became six white horses, while the seventh mouse turned into
a coachman in a smart uniform and carrying a whip. Cinderella could hardly
believe her eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“You
shall go to the ball Cinderella. But remember! You must leave at midnight. That
is when my spell ends. Your coach will turn back into a pumpkin and the horses
will become mice again. You will be dressed in rags and wearing clogs instead
of these glass slippers! Do you understand?” Cinderella smiled and said, “Yes,
I understand!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Cinderella
had a wonderful time at the ball until she heard the first stroke of midnight!
She remembered what the fairy had said, and without a word of goodbye she
slipped from the Prince’s arms and ran down the steps. As she ran she lost one
of her slippers, but not for a moment did she dream of stopping to pick it up!
If the last stroke of midnight were to sound... oh... what a disaster that would
be! Out she fled and vanished into the night.</span></span></div>
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Prince, who was now madly in love with her, picked up the slipper and said to
his ministers, “Go and search everywhere for the girl whose foot this slipper
fits. I will never be content until I find her!” So the ministers tried the
slipper on the foot of every girl in the land until only Cinderella was left.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“That
awful untidy girl simply cannot have been at the ball,” snapped the stepmother.
“Tell the Prince he ought to marry one of my two daughters! Can't you see how
ugly Cinderella is?”</span></span></div>
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to everyone’s amazement, the shoe fitted perfectly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Suddenly
the fairy appeared and waved her magic wand. In a flash, Cinderella appeared in
a splendid dress, shining with youth and beauty. Her stepmother and stepsisters
gaped at her in amazement, and the ministers said, “Come with us Cinderella!
The Prince is waiting for you.“ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So
Cinderella married the Prince and lived happily ever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ladies and gentlemen, I still remember, after I finished the story, the whole class gave me a big hand. That was my first storytelling in front of the class, but not the last. When I was in standard 2, the same thing happen again. A friend requested me, to come in front of the classroom and tell a story. Which story? Again, Cinderella. And the same thing happen when I was in standard 3 too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My first three years in school telling the story of Cinderella in front of the class. It is one of the sweet memories. Even I was still known as a quite and shy girl during my school time. That is why, Cinderella story means a lot to me.<br /><br />First, as the story I used to start public speaking.<br />Second, it was also the first story I read from my first story book.<br />And finally, Cinderella story taught me about the beauty of patience. It make me believe that patience leads a life with happy ending.</span></div>
ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-38141286325416742282014-04-22T04:33:00.003-07:002014-04-23T00:33:26.375-07:00Opening Speech : LEADERSLEADERS <br />
<i>Opening Speech for 16/4/2014</i><br />
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*This is my first opening speech with PowerPoint slide presentation. So photos I put here were in the slide* <br />
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<br />
Do you know where this photo was taken?<br />
<br />
Yes,
you are right! Klebang, Melaka. Few hours before this photo taken, 3 of
us, together with another 5 more toastmasters were in KotaPharma
company.<br />
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Toastmasters from Johor, Melaka & Seremban in KotaPharma, Melaka, on 4th of April 2014.<br />
<br />
We
did a one hour and half demo meeting for around 80 exec of the company.
Demo meeting means, we run a meeting like we are having right now and
at the same time, being observed by them; for them to know more about
Toastmasters and how a regular meeting is run.<br />
<br />
During
the Q&A session, an audience asked a very interesting question. He
said, “By having this kind of meeting, we speak; so we can become a
better speaker. But how this meeting can make you a better leader? Since
Toastmasters International’s motto is, ‘Where Leaders Are Made’?”<br />
<br />
Haaa.. so ladies & gentlemen. Why you think the motto is where leaders are made, not SPEAKERS are made?<br />
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From
this photo, in a group of ducks, usually we see it has ONE leader. In
this club, only ONE president, it is me. Only ONE Area Governor, only
ONE Division Governor. These are leaders, but how about the rest?<br />
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<br />
I am the leader of this club since I am the president, but in a regular meeting like we are having now, who is the leader?<br />
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Toastmaster of the…. Evening. TME.<br />
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Let me share with you another two Toastmasters meetings I attended last week.<br />
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<br />
This
photo shows the few minutes before the Triple Joint Meeting started.
This meeting consisted of Malacca Toastmasters Club, Advanced Premier
Toastmasters Club from KL, and Singapore Recreation Club from Singapore.
For this big event, it must have only ONE leader and the leader of this
special meeting was, the Toastmaster of the Day, our Area Governor,
Debra Watters.<br />
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I
learn a lot by observing the meeting and by working with her, since I
was the Sergeant-at-Arms (SAA) of the meeting too. More than two weeks
before the meeting, she already sent the email, asking & finalizing
speakers and role players. Not enough by emails, she called and sending
SMS for better communication. 15 minutes before the meeting started, she
came to me and asked, “Ain, you are the SAA, and you know what you need
to do, right?” Feeling nervous, I summarized my understanding, “Welcome
them, start the meeting, ask them to silent the phone, and invite
President for Opening Speech, right?”. And she proved it by adding,
“make sure you use the gavel and knock it ONCE. Only ONCE”, by
demonstrated it too. That was what she briefed me. I am sure she did the
same thing to ALL role players BEFORE the meeting started.<br />
<br />
She
controlled the meeting and everyone. And the meeting run smoothly. With
6 project speakers, 6 speech evaluators, and 10 table topic speakers,
the meeting was a success, led by the TMD.<br />
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We
might say, “Of course she can do this, she is an experienced
Toastmasters. Advanced Communicator Gold & Advanced Leader Bronze,
few years in Toastmasters, visited a number of Toastmasters clubs, and
an Area Governor too.<br />
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Ladies
and Gentlemen, it is not about EXPERIENCE, it is about how much you put
your effort to lead as TMD of the meeting. How structured your work is
and how well you communicate as a leader.<br />
<br />
Let me share
with you the second meeting I attend the next day. It was in Kolej
Vokasional Perdagangan, in Larkin, Johor. This cheerful meeting, with so
many people, actually was their 5th meeting. Only 5th! It is a new
club, VComm Toastmasters Club. Of course they have less EXPERIENCE but
the meeting run smoothly. It was started on time and ended on time, and
the leader, their Toastmaster of the Day controlled the meeting
efficiently. He introduced the speakers and role players briefly, not
taking so much time but still full of excitement. He played the role as
TMD following the standard practice of a TME, and that is why, the
meeting was also a success.<br />
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So,
ladies & gentlemen, we don’t need to be an experienced Toastmaster
to become a good TME or TMD, or leader. We are here to practice the
essence of leadership by taking up the role in every single meeting.
This is the place for us to do mistake, learn and improve.<br />
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<br />
Today I talk about the leader of the meeting, TME. How about the rest?<br />
<br />
• Speakers – you lead others with the message in your speech<br />
• Table Topic Master – you lead others by encouraging them to practice impromptu speaking<br />
•
General, Speech & Language Evaluators – you lead others by
motivating and offering suggestion for improvement. You inspire people
to become a better person.<br />
• Timer – you control the
meeting. When you tell others, they need to stop talking, they need to
stop. You are the KING! (The timer’s name was Raja, means ‘king’ in
Malay”)<br />
• Ah-Counter – when you say, “you had 5 time fillers”, people believe that they had 5 time fillers<br />
• Members – Aristotle said, “Who cannot be a good follower, cannot be a good leader”<br />
•
Guests – Ladies & Gentlemen, we need leadership in our daily life.
Talking to our kids, our friends and our colleagues, we need any
component of leadership.<br />
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So WE ARE LEADERS!</div>
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Ladies
& Gentlemen, Now I would like to call upon the LEADER of today's
meeting, our Toastmaster of the Evening. He is not only can speak Malay,
English, Punjab, but also Thai! Please help me to welcome, our
Toastmasters of the Evening, ACB Bachan Singh!<br />
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<u><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Beauty of
Forgiveness </span></b></u></div>
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<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Project 10 (Competent Communication Manual)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> ; 8th May 2013</span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></span></b><br />
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I asked my younger sister, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Iqa, why do you forgive someone?”<br />
She answered; “Because I might make the same mistake and need the forgiveness. ”<br />
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<span class="quotation">“Forgiveness is man's deepest need.”</span></div>
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TME, Mr Presidents, fellow TM, & guest, good evening.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Personally,
I feel easy to forgive is a noble value. </span></span></div>
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But yes, not all mistakes can be easily forgiven. If people
said that “sorry seems to be the hardest word….”, for me, the harder part is to
reply “okay, I forgive you”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone
says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive. </div>
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Before you agree more, let me share with you, some stories
that make me learn to try my best, to forgive easier.</div>
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1<sup>st</sup> story, One day, I met a salesperson who tried
to promote the scratch and win contest to me. After scratching, believe it or
not, I won! BUT .. with some terms and conditions. Since, it was my first experience,
I was excited and called my father to ask for his opinion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I spoke in few seconds, he responded,
“Ain!!! How could you be fooled!!! HAHAHA! Don’t trust him, just leave him..
HAHAHA… Ain.. how could you.…” I then ended the call abruptly. I was so angry
because he laughed at me like I am the silliest person in the world! I had my
phone switched off until the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The following day, I called my father. I felt guilty for being rude to him. To
my surprise, he sounded like nothing happen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew then he had forgiven me for my behavior. What <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can make he easily forgave
me? </div>
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“He forgave for who I am… Because he loves me…” </div>
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As quoted from Darren L Johnson, “Forgiveness leads to love
and love leads to forgiveness”</div>
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L&G,</div>
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2<sup>nd</sup> story, One day, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I volunteered in an old folk home and had a
number of interesting conversations. One of them was with an old Malay lady. She
told me that she had lived with her brother when all her children abandoned
her. But then, her brother left her at the old folk home. He promised her that
he will pick her up later but. Unfortunately, he was never come back. She
shared her story with teary eyes, full with frustration. I noticed her
activities were limited to her bed and she was looking scruffy. I felt sorry for
her.<br />
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Things were different with an old Chinese man at the same old folk home, who
looked very happy and had so much fun. He said that he travelled a lot; he was
a chef in many restaurants before. We talked about food and enjoyable
experiences he had. “I have 3 children” he sayd. “ All of them are good, have
their own families, have good jobs, very successful. They make me proud
although they hardly come to see me” Then I asked him, ”Don’t you feel sad?” “No!
I am happy here with friends! My children enjoy their own lives and I enjoy
mine!!!” </div>
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Compared the two stories, the lady live with anger and
sadness but the old man decided to forgive his children and enjoy his life. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">As Gandhi
said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
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L&G,</div>
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So here comes my 3<sup>rd</sup> story.</div>
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Two years ago, I broke up with my ex-fiance. I believe that
feeling sad or angry is normal; feeling frustrated for the unfulfilled dreams
and angry with broken promises. When anytime anyone asked me about us, I will
answered them with full of dissatisfaction. </div>
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A friend asked, </div>
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“Ain, will you attending his wedding? “<br />
“Why should I go? Who cares if he is getting married?”</div>
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Realizing my anger, my friend changed the topic.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">I realized that I still cannot forgive
him or anyone related to our failed relationship</span>.</span> The conversation happened
last week.</div>
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Other than blaming others, I also sometimes shifted the
blame on myself. It is like, “Why I was so stupid, fell for that guy! Why I
believed the relationship! Why did not I choose a different word when we were
arguing?”</div>
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After slowly agreeing that every cloud has a silver lining,
I took all the anger that I was feeling and I channeled it into forgiveness
and understanding. I have forgiven him and because of that, I can be happier
today. But more than that, a self-worth increased Ain was then realized the he
was not the one that I cannot forgive for months before. Actually I cannot
forgive MYSELF. I cannot forgive myself for the mistakes I did and for spending
my time with him and then regretting it.</div>
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Forgive others but most importantly is, forgive myself. <i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Forgiveness</span></i><span class="st"> is choosing to </span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">love</span></i><span class="st">. It is the first skill of </span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">self</span></i><span class="st">-</span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">giving
love</span></i><span class="quotation">. I cannot change my past that has him
in it. I cannot deny the fact that the guy called my ex- fiancé was married last
Friday. I can forgive but I am not willing to forget since I believe that my
past is the one that shape a better me today. Forgiveness does not change the
past, but it does enlarge the future.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">The
stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise
forgive but do not forget. </span></b></div>
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I want to be a wise person. And I believe that all of you,
Ladies and Gentlemen, will live with the fullest if we choose to be that wise
person.</div>
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When someone hurts us, let us try to meet their oppression
with kindness and forgive them, even if they are not sorry. As I mentioned,
forgiving leads to pure love, make us stronger and happier and we forgive
ourselves at the same time. If we say “HUH! I will never forgive you!”, we will
only stop spreading and gaining love, limited the happiness in our lives and
treat ourselves badly.</div>
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ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-37450219648029874812014-04-22T04:18:00.001-07:002014-04-22T04:32:50.725-07:00Opening Speech : TIME<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><span class="usercontent">Opening Speech - 22nd October 2013</span></i></div>
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<span class="usercontent">L&G (Ladies and Gentlemen)</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Have you ever think, “I wish I have
more than 24 hours per day”?</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Had you ask, “Why Friday only happen
once in 7 days?”?</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">After meeting a deadline for
example, I always feel like, “I can do this task better if I have more time”.
Did you experience this feeling before?</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">So, I am not alone.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Those entire situations happen when
we feel like we need more time. I am reading a book, Time Keeper, anyone read
this book before?</span><br />
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<span class="usercontent">In the introduction of this book, it
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<span class="usercontent">"There is a clock in our walls or the
dashboards of our car. We have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner date,
or a movie. Yet, all around us, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late, a
dog doesn not check its watch, deer do not fret over passing birthdays.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Man alone measures time. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Man alone chimes the hour.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">And because of this, man alone
suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">A fear of time running out."</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">But then, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a quote, that make me feel like
actually we don’t need extra hours in our day or extra day in a week. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span class="usercontent">“There is a reason why God limits
our days. Why? To make each one precious”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="usercontent">It is like a limited edition
product. It becomes so special and the demand is high because it is limited.
And for those who have the limited product, they feel so satisfied, “Yes, I
manage to collect all the limited edition toys from Mc D, the minions!”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="usercontent">Please allow me to read some
sentences from Quran,</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">By TIME, </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Indeed mankind is in lost.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Except for those who have believe and done righteous deeds</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">And advice each others to thruth</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">And advice each others to patience</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Therefore, to make sure that we are
not included as a person that having a MEANINGLESS life, we must keep reminding
ourselves or others, especially our beloved one about kindness,+ve things, and
we need to be patient about this because it is not always easy. Reminding about
good things is including, remind about the importance of saving, of reading, or
being nice to others and in our case, remind members about preparing and
playing an effective role in Toastmasters. And, we need to be patient when
people answer, “I have no time”. And the biggest challenge when we remind a
friend, not a TM yet about visiting UTM TMC and they say, “I give lecture
everyday, so why should I learn public speaking?”. Remember, we need to remind
about good things, patiently, to make our life MORE MEANINGFUL TO OURSELVES AND
OTHERS</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
With the limited of time, eerrm.. let me correct this. To
save our precious time, let me proce<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ed by announcing our new SAA. Our club needs new SAA, who will be responsible with the club properties. When I first
asked this person to take up the role, I was rejected. This person is a
softspoken person but at that time, I see him as very cruel. But then I feel
like I have a hope when after he rejected my proposal, he asked me, “Ain, where
is our club properties? Like the gavel. And, I feel like I want to buy and fix
the light for timer.” I was saying to myself, “He rejected to be the SAA but he
actually asking Q showing that he is doing the SAA’s jobs.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So then, I did not
give up and ask again, “Please.. be the SAA of our club.. please.. help us…”<br />
“Haaa.. I don’t like this face.. okay la.. okay la.."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"></span><br />
And he is, our new SAA, CC Koh Meng Hock!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Today, our new SAA is
the Toastmaster of the Evening. I will now pass the control of the meeting to the Toastmasters of the Evening, CC Meng</span>
Hock!</div>
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<span class="usercontent">"CELEBRATE"</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="usercontent">OPENING SPEECH – 2<sup>nd</sup>
April 2014-04-17</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="usercontent">The more you praise and celebrate
your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="usercontent">There are three achievements of this
club that I would like to highlight.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span class="usercontent">First, on 10<sup>th</sup> 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<sup>st</sup> 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<sup>th</sup>
of April in Sunway College, Tebrau.</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Second, on 17<sup>th</sup> 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!</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">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! </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">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. </span></div>
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<span class="usercontent">Today, we start having meeting on 1<sup>st</sup>
and 3<sup>rd</sup> 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.</span></div>
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beautiful creatures celebrated their birthday. 1<sup>st</sup>, was Dr. Asiah
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Advanced Project 2 : Moral of the
Story (Storytelling Manual)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever felt that God has been so hard on you? Too much
sufferings? Let me tell you a story about Zulik. Her full name is Siti Zulikha.
Zulik is a very cute, petite and cheerful friend. She loves to go for karaoke
and usually, we will sing Ziana Zain’s song together. </span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sekebun cinta nan berbunga…</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She is not just all
fun – a brilliant Engineering student in UTM; sponsored by TELEKOM. To top that
up, she is also an active facilitator in motivational camps, that is where I
met her. To me, she is perfect! Brains and fun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One day, she told a story in front of 80 school students
about her schooling days. At that time,
I was one of the facilitators too. She shared with us the dark side of her
life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When she was in her primary school, she has no friend. No
students wanted to play, study or sit beside her; because she was the daughter
of a drug addict.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Being the 1<sup>st</sup> child of 4 siblings, she faced a tough
childhood. Her father couldn’t support the family; leaving her moneyless to
school most of the time. Not enough food made her and her siblings look skinny
and sick. The title of ‘drug addict family’ had isolated her entire family from
friends, neighbours and even relatives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At that tender age; not only she had to work to help her
family, but they also lived in fear; running from the loan sharks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Hey! Where’s your father! We want our money NOW!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “We don’t know, we
don’t know!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But she kept herself strong, helped her mother to survive
with all her siblings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It gets worse. One day they were warned by the loan-sharks
with letters and they drove by in front of their house a few times. Terrified,
she and her siblings ran away from home for few days, and stayed under a
bridge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was asking myself what did she do to deserve this? Why?</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Listening to her story made me feel like I was watching a movie. I never
thought this was happening to Zulik before. What impressed me more, she told
the story with steady emotion, no tears at all. She is really a strong girl. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She told all the students in front of her about her days
under the dirty and scary bridge while making fun of it. She said, it was like
in the game, ‘survivor’!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I remember she said, “Please don’t tell your teacher that you did not do your
homework because of not having reference book, not having internet, have no
time, helping your mother, having a lot of school programs. Don’t give excuses!
Do you know, when I was staying under the horrific bridge, I still went to
school?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> “And I did ALL the
homework. ”</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“But, I never hated my father. One day, before I entered
UTM, I heard my father told his friend “I am a failed father. I never provide
to my family. Can you imagine? She had to go to UTM with her own money? How can
a brilliant girl like that have a useless father like me?” Hearing that, I will
never hate my father. Never!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She finally cried; and hugged me. I know she was very
emotional inside, but she said she will keep going to inspire people. In fact,
she inspired me too. Zulik graduated from UTM as a first class student. She is
now a successful well-paid engineer. I am proud for knowing her. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I carefully asked her, “Can I know, how is your father now?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Do you know what happen to her father?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her father is fully recovered from drug addiction, and not
only that! Today, he is an officer of National Anti Drug Agency (Agensi Anti
Dadah Kebangsaan).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That impressed me the most. I smiled because I just found
the answer to my question. She suffered because God was training her to be
excellent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ladies & gentlemen,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Olives are pressed to get oil. Fruits are squeezed for juice.
Flowers are crushed for perfume.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So if you feel pressured, it is just God trying to get the
best out of you! And for Zulik, she didn’t only survived the hardship, she
succeeded and… she changed her father!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As quoted from Quran, “verily, with every hardship there is
ease”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ladies & gentlemen, <u>suffering is a gift , in it is hidden
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ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-80604818311290506952014-04-21T09:47:00.002-07:002014-04-21T09:47:19.782-07:001...2...3... Go!I wrote a lot for my Toastmasters speeches. Become the president of UTM Toastmasters Club this term also make me have more speeches, because of the opening addresses. Having ugly handwriting, I prefer to type the speeches using my laptop and save them. Therefore, I can easily post all speeches in this blog, as I wish.<br />
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I kept postponing to put all of the speeches I prepared in this blog, but only today, I have the strength to do it. But I cannot post all of them quickly, because not all speeches are well typed. Some of them have a lot of dot dot dot. "Aaarrghh.. It is an excuse, Ain! It is an excuse!" I told myself.<br />
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It is a beautiful journey for me as a Toastmaster, so posting the speeches here is like reminding myself the steps had been taken. Reminding the history doesn't mean someone is stuck in the past, but it will deepen the appreciation of today's achievement. <br />
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<br />And inspire me to do more.<br /><br />I am starting to share my speeches. 1... 2... 3.... GO!<br /><br />ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-44782935181134391472013-07-23T03:04:00.000-07:002013-07-23T03:06:26.806-07:00A non-CC Toastmaster was Evaluating an Advanced Project<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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I wrote this on May 2, 2012. Enjoy....<br />
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I am a member of Toastmaster International club since last June (2011), and I
join a club in Johor Jaya. Now, since I am currently working in Duke
University, Durham, North Carolina, I transfer my membership
(temporarily) to PRATTically Speaking Toastmaster Club, here. (PRATT is
the name of the faculty)<br />
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Today, I took the speech evaluator role. I evaluated a speaker; a
Professor while I am a girl who is struggling with my PhD. He was
delivering an Advanced Project while I am still working on my basic
speech projects (7 out of 10 from Competent Communication manual ; this
is what I meant by 'A non-CC Toastmaster'). Enough evidences to show
that he has more experiences in many aspects and I have enough reasons
to feel more worry. Can you feel that? Can you feel that??!!
Wuuuaaaa!!!! <br />
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At first I thought I will be dropped as an evaluator (here, members sign
up to take a role online) because my first speaker (evaluatee) was
sick, so she cannot attend the meeting. So I didn't think that I will
evaluate the professor. But one hour before the meeting, I contacted the
secretary of the club (because I receive an email from her, so it
reminded me to ask), she told me that;<br />
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"Actually, you are more than qualified to do Zbigniew's evaluation!!
Since we are a new group, we still give feedback to more advanced
speakers. Even though we may not have the experience, we still have
valuable information as a listener and can give
them positive feedback and even words of improvement." Ah ha...! A very encouraging email. Toastmasters always encourage, motivate and inspire others. </div>
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I only manage to find a beautiful sentence before the meeting as my preparation;</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"Feedback is a breakfast for a champion" </span>on
the Toastmasters International website. Okay, that is beautiful enough
for my speech evaluation. At least I have some preparation!<br />
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I arrived 5 minutes before the meeting, and my evaluatee still not
there. I don't have his manual so... How can I know what I will
evaluate...? Okay, take it easy, Ain... I sat and inhale as much oxygen
as I can. I managed to have his manual 10 minutes after the meeting was started. I
cannot read with full concentration because people were speaking in front. The
president, the Toastmaster, the Word Master and the other speakers.
Huh.. I started to prepared my table (two sections) on my notepad, one
with a smiley, one with a sad face, to symbolize the good things and the
need to be improved aspects. While keep reading maybe 30% from his
manual, the 1st project of Technical Presentation.<br />
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I believe that the General Evaluator can feel how cold my hand was. Huhu..<br />
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When I was at the podium, "owh oh.. how can I give feedback for a
professor!! an advanced project! Mommy!! Help!!!", I spoke to myself.<br />
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"I am so happy because madam General Evaluator pronounced my name perfectly!"</div>
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It was my first sentence. Then people laughed. And, yes, I felt better.
(One important tips from my mentor, Ajan. Make the audience laugh to feel less nervous)<br />
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I read the objectives of the speech to the audience.. Errr.. I believe, I
am not sure how to pronounce few words. I think I wasted few seconds
there. And I didn't greet. Zzz...<br />
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I gave my evaluation according to his speech. Starting from the title,
the introduction, the objectives and the details in his speech. My
mistake was....<br />
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I didn't choose what I will share and what I won't. So I keep talking
6-7 points written on my paper. Hahaha.. so greedy! I talked in
chronological way. When suddenly I saw the orange card! From 4, I manage
to tell only 2 suggestions. And... I was speaking for 4 minutes 13
seconds. The timer said, "this make you walk on the red carpet" ah
ha...!<br />
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I was upset because I describe so much on one or two points, until I
have no chance to share one interesting suggestion (at least, for me).
Practice more,
Ain! I believe that I
only need to choose less points @ strengths, not all I observed. Don't
be so greedy. (For your information, this is my 2nd speech evaluation in
my life)<br />
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And feedback from others to my evaluation?</div>
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1- Over the time limit... yes</div>
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2- I spoke fast... I always get this feedback. So some words were not clear.</div>
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3- I used present tense when it should be past tense.</div>
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4- only 4 uhm.. (time filler). yes! hehehe.. </div>
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5- I used an interesting closing (hahaha, luckily I found that 40
minutes before the meeting) and I can see the professor smiled widely!!!</div>
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6- I was not judgemental and honest.. hehehehe.. *blushing* I used, "I
feel... I think..." instead of, "we cannot see.. we feel bad.." or "you
cannot.. it was bad.." (actually this is an email I received from the Mr
President.. hee....)<br />
7- One important point, I told that my evaluatee looked at his laptop's
screen while talking to the audience at one particular time. I suggested
that it is better if he talk (and look) to the audience first telling
what he is going to do (he wanted to change a setting on the software : a
demonstration) before facing the laptop. So, he will not lost the
connection (eyes) with the audience. But I said "... so you will not
lost one @ all" referring to the audience.<br />
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Good try and I am happy!</div>
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ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-4877028560586889782013-07-23T02:56:00.001-07:002013-07-23T03:07:22.208-07:00Love Weakness, Ignore Strength<div class="MsoNormal">
Love weakness and ignore strength. In other word, some
people love to know and highlight more about someone’s weakness than
highlighting and appreciating someone’s strength. And it is not only happened in
one way. When people give others feedback, the feedback ONLY will be heard and
appreciated more on weakness or things need to be improved while the strength
or good things included in the feedback will be ignored by replying with only simple
‘thank you’ or silent smile.<br />
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I feel something is wrong here. In a regular meeting of
Toastmasters, we heard feedbacks during speech evaluations and general
evaluations that including language evaluations. How many of you leave your
notebook blank and save your ink when it comes to “…the things I like the most
about you are…”? But ONLY pick up your pen to write (read as “pay attention,
feel like it is important, and want to remember”) when it comes to “… suggestions
for improvement…”?<br />
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I witnessed several time, when people show me their blank
notebooks or papers with dissatisfied faces, “I have no weakness that I need to
improve?” when their evaluators ‘failed’ to spot their ‘weakness’. Not only
evaluation by others, one day I was voluntarily giving feedback to someone,
when I feel like I can offer him more than his speech evaluator gave him. I gave
him three (3) things I like the most about his speech. However, after I
finished and said ‘all the best for his future speeches’, he replied “aik? You
only wanna say good things about my speech? No suggestion ha?”<br />
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I actually could leave the room since the meeting already
over and go home as early as I can, no need to waste my time sharing my thought
with him, right? Huh…!!!<br />
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Do you know, we are not paid to give evaluations in
Toastmasters? And do you aware we spend a lot of time and attention to give our
best in listening, digesting and give feedback to you? And do you know the
meaning of word ‘grateful’?<br />
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I don’t feel this is wrong and feel hurt when comes to me giving
evaluations; because I always have ‘weakness’ to offer in my feedbacks (the
formal @ assigned evaluations). But I feel unhappy when I see my friends,
Toastmasters family, don’t feel grateful when they received feedback, as I am,
INCLUDING their strength highlighted by others.<br />
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When people give me feedback, I am not only jotting down the
‘weakness’ but also the strength. For me, it is MY ASSETS and who will
appreciate your assets and gifts more than yourselves?<br />
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When people highlight my strength or things I did well, I
feel motivated and happy. And I always want to really remember and understand
it, so (1) I know when and how I can use that strength again in future. And
sometimes, the good things they appreciated were done without my intention. So
telling me that kind of strength will be very helpful because then (2) I know,
I will need to use the strength again. The more important thing for knowing our
strength is, I then start thinking, how I could have that strength. Is it by
practice? Someone told me to do so? Or from a reading? So then, (3) when I meet
someone else in future that needs that same skill, I can offer him/her how I
have that skill. </div>
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So, I appreciated people when they acknowledge things I did well. Not listening
to them and act like I gain nothing, like ‘those’ people.
I have no idea, how can I ignore all praises (pujian) given to me. And I have no
idea how people can ignore all praises given to them too.<br />
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Please, be happy when your ‘weakness’ highlighted to help
you stay hunger of improvement. At the same time, please be grateful when your strength and
skill appreciated by others to help you stay hunger of giving to others.
Toastmasters are humble, willing to serve for others and happy to improve
themselves. We have no space for arrogant people.<br />
<br />ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-62586586867670166682013-07-23T02:51:00.001-07:002013-07-23T02:51:07.676-07:00Wrong English? So, WHAT?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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“She said curry chicken? Should be chicken curry, right?”<br />
“What she said? Rusume? It should be pronounce as RE-SU-ME, right? Hahaha…”</div>
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Hello…..!!! At least, they were speaking on stage in front of you and
delivering a message and values to you .. and you get benefit from what they
said, right? What have you done? You only sitting and have no loud sound? And
if you were on the stage, would you successfully delivering the message as they
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I don’t believe Toastmasters clubs are the best place to
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I agree with this more, firstly, when I could happily
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weeks for my industrial training, last 2006. Why? They were from India and I
cannot communicate with them in English or Malay. They only knew Tamil. But
after few weeks, I felt happier to go to work when I knew a group of people
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efficiently. When we became closer, some aunts gave me food too. Who said you
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Secondly, when I knew in a Toastmasters speech contest that out
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IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH or your language, but I am writing this to tell you,
“DON’T LAUGH AT OTHERS WHEN THEY USED WRONG ENGLISH!” because language is not
more important than our communicating skills. Language is the tool, but to live
with human, we need HUMAN SKILLS. </span>ayen =Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04343290675580469487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667841931851272681.post-92165367822464547252013-07-23T02:49:00.002-07:002013-07-23T02:49:28.710-07:00Best Moment = First Time<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In one regular meeting of UTM TMC, the table topics master
prepared the theme, “The Best Moment”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some of the table topic speakers talked about “The Best Moment of My
Life is, during the wedding of my first child…”, “The best moment of my life is
when I first delivered my baby..”, “…when I first came to UTM to do my first
degree…” and few more..</div>
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Then the table topic master, Dr. Raja ended the session by , “Can I also share
my best moment of my life?” and he shared about his “…when I first reported
working in UTM…”. <br />
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He then continued, “This is the first time the table topic master also the table topic speaker,
hahahaha…!!”</div>
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One of us then realize, “eh, all of our best moment in our
lives are when we were doing something for the first time!”.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Yes, FIRST TIME always be the most memorable ones, and most
probably be the best one, like first love, ehem ehem… </div>
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As the president of UTM TMC for this term, 2013/2014, I also
have my first time experience. First time deliver the opening speech as madam
president last few weeks. Fuuuhhhh…..!!!! And I believe, that is one of the best moments of my
live too.</div>
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I am happy to be elected, trusted and supported to be the
president, even I never be in executive committee before. Less experience in
managing a Toastmasters Club is one of the challenges for me. But I believe
that experience and knowledge can be gained in our journeys, and everybody
has our own unique journeys. I hope that my journey will be as beautiful as I wish
it will be.</div>
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I shared in my
opening speech I delivered, while wearing a shocking pink scarf and purple and
pink blouse, that I watched the White House Down movie few days back. In the
movie, we can see how a girl love and admire her president so much and at the
same time, how an antagonist character in the movie hate the president so much
too. So then, while taking the responsibility, I believe that a leader has two
options; to be loved or to be hated. And I choose to be loved. I am afraid to
be hated or ignored. I don't want it to be happened.</div>
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I believe, we must respect to be respected and love to be loved.
Hurm, I feel like I know what I need to do. I must respect and love. Then I will serve
as best as I can :)</div>
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*Thank you very much for all my close friends and
Toastmasters friend that gave opinion about taking the president role. Pros and
Cons, I really appreciate it. Thank you for UTM TMC members that trusting me,
and supporting and will always supporting me, together we serve for our club.
Special thanks to my father with his saying, <i>“reject the offer and you will do
nothing, but take that chance and at least you will do something”</i></div>
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