25 September 2010, all the effort of Division B Council Members in organizing
Division B Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest had finally materialized at 2.00pm, Kolej Putra Interlek, Puchong. Hooray!!!!
Despite the wet, rainy afternoon, the ambient in Division B Humorous Speech & Evaluation contest was warmth by the arrival of our District Governor, L. Thannimalai DTM, Immediate Past District Governor Ritchie Chong DTM, Division C Governor NK Valliiammai ACG CL, Division W Governor Vincent Hor DTM, Division M Governor Koh Siew Keng CC ALB, District Club
Extension Chair Francis Ng DTM, District Club Cloach Chair Sue Ding DTM, District Pidato Coordinator Zaharah Ibrahim DTM and most importantly, all the distinguished audience, near and far, that came to support the contestants.
The whole afternoon started with our stylish Toastmasters Of The Day, G. Sivalingam DTM leading all of us into the exciting Humorous Speech Contest chaired by Christine Lum, followed by Evaluation Speech Contest chaired by Johnson Yike.
In the Humorous Speech Contest, all the five contestants never failed to tickle our funny bones; the audience never stop laughing all the way from the
Korean Drama,
how Toastmasters transformed into Transformers,
the precious Children Sex Education story,
the mother-in-law lessons and the
‘stinky’ but ‘unbelievable’ Yunnan trip experience. The judges and audience laughed so much and they decided all of them should be winners. However, being in the contests, they have to choose three winners. Congratulations to the Humorous Speech Contest Winners!! They are:
Champion:Anna Chin (Phoenix Toastmasters Club)
1st Runner-up:
Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah (Lafarge Toastmasters Club)
2nd Runner-up:Emil Anthony (MAS Mawar Toastmasters Club)
After a short break, Evaluation Contest Chair, Johnson led us through another exciting roller coaster ride. The appearance of the five contestants set a very serious mood among the audience,
everyone was patiently and attentively listening to our contestants one after another, listening to the five ‘Evaluation Kung Fu Master’, eager to learn a skill or two of their ‘Evaluation Kung Fu’. After the tough decision by the judges,
the ‘Master of The Master’ in Division B Evaluation Contest was born:
Champion:Bernard Louis (D’ Utama Advance Toastmasters Club)
1st Runner-up:
Victor Ong Ching Poh (Taman Indrahana Toastmasters Club)
2nd Runner-up:
Burney Choo (Kuantan Toastmasters Club)
Phew!! After two exciting roller coaster rides, our most respected, Simple and Humble Division Governor, Thannimalai DTM shared with us how Toastmasters come together as a family by each and everyone of us extent our helping hands to one another and make a
WONDERFUL TOASTMASTRERS JOURNEY! The whole event ended with high note from our dearest Division B Governor Irene Lee and not forgetting to remind us that our journey will continue and the big family of
Division B will meet up again in TLI 2 on 4th December 2010.
Very soon, Division B Humorous Speech And Evaluation Contest concluded at about 5pm.
All guest returned home with satisfying smiles on their face and with a pack of CAFÉ 21 in their hands. Division B would like to take this opportunity to also extend our utmost appreciation to
LAM SOON EDIBLE OILS SDN. BHD for sponsoring the CAFÉ 21 gift packs for our guest!!!! For those who stayed a little bit later, we also had a small
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for our BIRTHDAY BOY,
Area B2 Governor, Han Lee Hwee!!! Division B would also like to thank all the role players and guest for supporting Division B Humorous Speech Contest. Without your support, Division B Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest will never be SUCCESSFUL!!!
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! Wish all continue to enjoy a WONDERFUL TOASTMASTERS JOURNEY!!We shall meet again at Division B TLI 2….. Bye….
(Written by Gan Poh Lin ACB, ALB - Area B5 Governor & Organizing Chair)
