911 Meeting!

Fret not fellow readers and toastmasters, nothing violent happened! 911 because it was 11 September 2008 yesterday and it was our first training meeting of the month.

President Norman came in during the second half of the meeting because he had to attend his friend's wedding dinner and therefore, our newly appointed VPE - Amy Hiew had done some reporting on behalf of the President. This was her first time speaking as a VPE after the departure of Janet and i've never had the chance to thank her for taking up this post unconditionally. As Margaret mentioned during the table topics session, Amy looked and sounded so different nowadays because she has had confidence in herself and i think that a person with self aplomb and self esteem will glow from within, thus, the beauty reveals.

We were glad to have Helen and Sue as our guests and we had 3 speakers last night. What made me feel happier was that the comments from the guests were so exciting because they said they loved the meeting and Toastmasters and they would consider joining! How happy is that, VPM?

Of course, it's the first meeting of the month and we had a little Birthday celebration, with the departure of Janet and Melissa and with the absence of Lawrence and Dr. Edmond, the birthday babes for last night were myself and Davina. I ordered myself (tee hee) an Apple cake and i'm glad that everyone liked it, very much.

Amy took a chance to polish her humor speech "The Evil Wind" for the Area level speech contest which will be held on 27 September 2008 in Tawau by being one of the speakers last night and there was improvement, i am sure she can present the speech better in the contest later. As for Datin Grace's speech "Daze in Twilight", i must say it sent goosebumps to me, i am not sure how about the others 0.o And so the meeting ended with laughters and er..... goosebumps.

As most of us are aware, well you should be aware that our beloved Janet had left for Seoul for soul searching (don't you just love the rythm?) But, she never forget us, she has started a blog and if you want to know what exactly she's doing there, please click here *click*

That aside, there's one more thing that you should be aware of - our Division K Semi Annual Convention that will be held in Sandakan (Yes, you heard it right, Sandakan!) on 25 & 26 October 2008 at Sabah Hotel. There'll be great speakers, great contests, great workshops and of course, great companionship! You can still sign up as an early bird for RM130 for everything (workshop, contest, fellowship dinner and getting to know more toastmasters, the last bit is priceless!) if you sign up and pay by 15 September 2008. Did you get it? Please call me, Norman or Amy if you are interested to know more.

Alright, i shall sign off by ending this post with a group photo from last night, have a great weekend ahead and do consider about the convention!