Crystal Toastmasters

Ladies and Gentlemen, A quotation from Sarah Caldwell ”Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” The meeting on 28/11/2011 was a night with opportunity of learning, opportunity of growing and opportunity of sharing. Members grabbed the opportunity to learn, to grow and to excel in a public holiday. Yeo Yoke Bee, CTM grabbed the opportunity as the TME. She was impressed with the members turn up - 16 members and 4 guests. In the meeting, we had a special session. 3 new members were inducted as Crystal members. Mentors were assigned to assist them in preparing for their speech assignments. A note to all new members “do not hesitate to contact your mentor, grab the opportunity of learning, from preparing your speech to presenting on stage” To the mentors: Thank you for your contribution in serving as mentors. List of mentors and mentees as below:- Mentee         Mentor Ogy Ong    

Dear Crystal Members Five months passed this term, have you ever asked whether our club is progressing fast & furious or slow but steady? Answer: Our club is progressing fast and steady. An Internal Area Governor Report for the 6th Division B Council report for your review, all the data and info gathered spell out significant reflection, through our educational or leadership path. I am utmost delighted to share with you our club development so far. Report from Division B: Crystal TMC's membership strength increased 9.37% (ie 35 nos compared to 32 nos last term). The EXCO works very hard to maintain existing members as well as calling reinstatement of dormant members. Crystal recruited 8 new members so far that scored DCP Goal #7 & #8. The club displays very healthy membership growth. DISTINGUISHED CLUB PROPGRAM (DCP) STATUS Currently, only 1 out of 5 clubs achieved 50% & above of DCP progress for the 5-month term. Crystal TMC has achieved Select Di

It was another remarkable yearly event organised by Crystal TMC. A program involved with 34 role players and 25 students. The Organising chair was Lee Mei Foong, ACB, ALB . Despite her busy working schedule, even she was  not able to attend the program. She took up the challenge as the Organisng Chair. She ensure everything plan ahead. The Youth Leadership Program was a huge success because of her meticulous organization, detailed planning and excellent leadership in leading the team. Bravo ! Mei Foong. The special for this program was to provide an opportunity for the children:- -to learn how to overcome their nervousness when speaking before an audience -to organize and present their ideas logically and convincingly -to build up their leadership skills. The benefits ware not only for the children only, we Crystal ladies have learnt:- -to value differences -to understand ourselves and others -to put work ahead of personal likes -to ready for the team members -to achie

Dear Ogy Congratulations for having completed your Project 10 - Inspire Your Audience on the 14th November 2011 and your achievement as Competent Communicator !! We wish you a bon journey to your next level !! Signing off Linda Phoon VPPR

Dear Crystal Members Crystal Toastmasters Club has successfully hosted the 1st Advanced Communication Meeting in Bali, two days ago (13th Nov 11) Picture paints a thousand words, please refer to the attachment, done by DTM Soh Fong Wai. Well done, Serene, Linda and Joann for traveling to thousands extra miles with me, everything you did was appreciated. Our heartiest appreciations to DTM Soh Fong Wai for giving Crystal TMC this great opportunity to host this significant event. We have certainly reached to a Greater Heights... Before I end, I would like to extend my gratitude to all, who were there to support, participate and in making this a historical event in our Club. DTM Soh Fong Wai, I thank you once again for giving me this opportunity to prove my mettle. Reported by Emily Bong

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A Gethering of members of District 87 and 51... Many memorable moments... A fun learning experience....a very succeeful and rewarding meeting... I would like to thanks PDG Dunstan Chan, DTM for facilitating the meeting, Convention OC Miranda ACG for helping to book the Venue and Crystal Toastmasters Club for Hosting the event..and members of D51 and 87 who actively involve in the meeting to make the meeting a fantastic meeting Coordinator Emily did a wonderful job...I m sure all participants appreciate her hard work and contribution Attached Photos...will share more photos on Bali Trip ....many nice picture espeacially our special arrangement to visit Bali Palace and have dinner with the King. By courtesy of SOH Fong Wai

Happy Birthday to Mei Foong, Emily, Bonnie and Karen Goh Updated by Linda Phoon VPPR

Dear Crystal Ladies, friends and guests Please join us on 14th November 2011, 7.30pm at Crystal Toastmaster Club and enjoy the evening with the theme - Flat World 2.0 Our TME of the evening, Tan Saw Bee, have given us a preview for the night. In 2005 Thomas Friedman wrote ‘ The World Is Flat’ . The book set the world abuzz with excitements and apprehensions about the new platform of connectivity following the merger of globalization and IT revolution . Since then the world has become flatter . We have moved from Flat World 1.0 to Flat World 2.0 . In Flat World 1.0 we were connected with people who were previously unconnected . In Flat World 2.0 the platform for connectivity has got cheaper and mobile and we are now living in a hyper-connected world . Invocation Speaker Bonnie Ang , ACS a former IT Consultant with Andersen Consulting & IBM will talk briefly about evolution of Flat World 1.0 to Flat World 2.0 and the profound implications on politics , commerce , workplace

Dear Crystal Ladies, Toastmasters and friends Area B5 Humorous Speech Contestant from CRYSTAL TOASTMASTERS CLUB !!! The contestant at the YouTube link is non other than our Karen Goh . Please enjoy her Humorous Speech ...............   " Laughing Against All Odds " . Happy viewing !! Updated by Linda Phoon VPPR

Dear Crystal Ladies, Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish It was a night of tribute to Apple Icon Steve Jobs (1955-2011) It was night of hunger, hunger for knowledge , hunger for creativity , hunger for excellence ... It was a night where 18 Crystal members and 8 guests were invigorated, galvanized and uplifted by the overwhelming ambiance and atmosphere created by President, TME, role players and speakers. Our President, Emily Bong, CC delivered an insightful and inspiring opening speech. She spoke about her passion in toastmaster, her commitment for excellence; and her unwavering belief that Crystal would achieve the Passion Drive 1 set by District 51. That night she proudly announced that Crystal Toastmasters Club was one of the three clubs in Division B that has fulfilled all the criteria for PASSION DRIVE 1 and the reward was a new Toastmasters International banner worth US$100. Our Toastmasters for the evening was the energetic and meticulous Sharon Lum , CTM got meetin

Dear Fellow Toastmasters and friends Would like to share with all of you on a workshop organized by TTDI on "How To Mentor-First Mentoring Workshop" done by Jon Tan, on 15th October 2011. A very interesting, inspiring and intelligence workshop that brings the Mentor and Mentee together. Photos as below and a few links that wasrecommanded by Jon Tan. Happy viewing !! By courtesy of Jon Tan Personality Type Profiling: FREE psychometrics testing 1. Prior to firming up on your Core Values and Core Personality Traits, it will be immensely useful to find out your Personality TYPE/PREFERENCE. MBTI, DISC and Big-5 (OCEAN) are among the world's most popular (respected) psychometrics testing models, for this purpose. Here are 3 sites you can do FREE Testing for the above. MBTI http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm DISC http://www.tonyrobbins.com/ue/disc-profile.php Big-Five (OCEAN) http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ Happy Mentoring!

Dear Fellow Toastmasters DTM Soh Fong Wai, from ACM has appointed Crystal TMC to host the Advanced Meeting in November and December. In spite of the Advanced Meeting, Crystal will be still have our regular fortnightly meetings on the 2nd and 4th week of Monday. I shall be the coordinator for the Advance Communicator Meeting for these both months. More good news! The ACM Advanced Meeting in November will be held in Exotic Bali -- sun, surf and wind, extravagance style all the way. You get to be in the company of distinguished toastmasters/good friends and immersed in an opportunity of learning -- the Bali Convention. It will be good that you can join me to experience this meeting overseas, as I find it is a great opportunity to meet and attend at least one or two workshops, listen/and rub shoulders with some of the great speakers. Highlight of the trip as follows: 1) ADVANCED Meeting (Hosted by Crystal Toastmasters Club)- Nov 10, 2011...one day before Bali Convention 2) Bal

By courtesy of Johnson Yike Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you on the topic I'm personally passionate about. The interaction, questions and participation made the session ever so lively and I truly appreciate the experience. In order not to SPAM every one's e-mailbox with attachments, I have uploaded the Presentation Slides and Presentation Notes to the following site; http://www.theprovoices.org/2011/10/art-of-effective-evaluation.html I hope it will be helpful. Updated by Linda Phoon VPPR

D ear members and guests , It was another eventful and rewarding night . The momentum was set off by the opening address by our President Emily Bong, CC . She spoke passionately on the power of belief and the magic of Toastmasters’ Spirit and how they have helped her to venture out of her cocoon. She said “ I am moving out of the ordinary and mundane existence and will be exploring the realm of extraordinary . TME Siew Tho, CC  moved the momentum one notch up with her effervescent personality . She was an amiable host and created an atmosphere of interest and expectation for the audience. Li Xi Wen, ACG a young , handsome and vibrant, president of TTDI Toastmasters Club was our Humour Master. He entertained us with a string of jibes at infamous traffic jam, corruption and other topical issues.The laughters he garnered from the floor was a testimony that Xi Wen ‘got talent’ and his jokes were funny. In the table topics session, our Table Topics master, Carolin, ATM

Birthday wishes from All the Crystal Members .................

Pictures Courtesy by Michael and Video Presentation by Saw Bee ............. http://youtu.be/criLwM-_E0w/crystal Happy viewing !! Linda VPPR

Dear Crystal Ladies and friends On 24th September 2011, Sok Teng walk into Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus and did us proud as the 1st Runner Up for the Evaluation Contest. Congratulation !! She stand elegantly and give her evaluation to the Test Speaker - Kenneth Yee with his speech title “When I realized.” He shared with us the up and down of every human will face as they journey through their life. Sok Teng confidently evaluate the speech with constructive feedback and area for improvement. The result of the contests are as below. Evaluation Contest: Champion: Dennis Wee 1st Runner Up: Ng Sok Teng 2nd Runner Up: Ng Jean Hui Humorous Speech Contest: Champion: Dennis Wee 1st Runner Up: Johnson Yike 2nd Runner Up: Sarimah Morshidi Everyone is a winner in their own way. Congratulations to all the winners and participants !! Signing off Linda Phoon VPPR

Dear Toastmasters A Motivating Workshop byTan Saw Bee, ACG!!! We have witnessed a wonderful and motivating workshop by Tan Saw Bee on 12/9/2011. In her workshop, we have been guided by Saw Bee on “How to handle objections”? We have learnt how to respond tactfully and positively especially when our members said,” I can’t do my speech because…” I can’t take up role because…” I can’t be an Exco because…” 5 powerful steps Method:- Step 1 Restate and Clarify Step 2 Acknowledge Step 3 Any other Concerns Step 4 Get & make Commitment Step 5 Action Saw Bee, We love you so much. Your commitment to Crystal is really amazing, awesome and fabulous. The Toastmastersof the evening was Joann Gam, CC. She did her maiden role as TME. Well Done! Joann. 2 assignment speakers:- 1st Speaker, Ogy Ong: Project #6. Title: Choice She shared with us on “Life is full of Choice”. You can choose to be happy or not to be. Everything is in the state of your mind. She was evalua

Dear Toastmasters and friends Crystal Toastmaster Club will be hosting Youth Leader Program. Details as follow :- Date : 19th November 2011 to 20th November 2011 Venue : Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, Petaling Jaya Time : 9am to 5pm For further details, please refer to the brochures as below OR please contact : Emily Bong - 012-3399238 - emilylmbong@yahoo.com Tan Saw Bee - 012-2028855 -sawbee88@gmail.com Lee Mei Foong - 012-3913269 - mfoongmy@yahoo.com   Signing Off Linda Phoon

Dear Crystal ladies, Congratulations to Sok Teng and Karen Goh for carrying Crstal flag high in Area B5 HSC and EC Contest which was held on 10 September 2011. Sok Teng as the Champion of Area B 5 Evaluation Contest Else, Karen Goh as the 1st Runner up of Humorous Speech Contest. Bravo ! Well Done ! Hip hip Hooray !!!! Sok Teng will be representing Crystal to  contest in Division B EC. Else Karen will stand by as the alternate speaker. Div B HSC & EC Event will be held on Saturday 24th September 2011 at the Taylors University Lakeside Campus, Subang. Time: at 1.30pm. Let us come and support our members in the Division B EC Contest. Signing off Siew Tho VPE

Dear members and guests , It was great organization work by the Organizing Chair, Tan Saw Bee and her two Contests Chairs i.e. Linda Phoon for the Humorous Contest and Emily Bong for the Evaluation Contest . A big thank to all the role players, Chief Judge Parames, DTM and her panel team of judges, Test Speaker Dorothy, club members and guests who came up to give support and courage in making this event successful. Well done to all the contestants, just by taking part, you are a winner in your own right for the courage to step forward. Humorous Speech contestants as below:- 1. Caroline Wong 2. Ogy Ong 3. Emily Bong 4. Ng Siew Tho 5. Karen Goh Evaluation Contestants :- 1. Ng Siew Tho 2. Ng Sok Teng 3. Tan Siew eng 4. Sharon Lam Some highlight in the contest:- Carolin truly a natural speaker, She kept us in suspend, we were so curious about her first son and her second husband…… Ogy Ong spoke on her life…..her relationship with her husband…she tickled

 

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Bravo to President Emily Bong for the unique, value for money and delicious steamboat meeting on 8 August 2011. We had this special meeting at Mutiara Palace Restaurant, Bandar Utama (high class ambience, low rate ever !) Our Toastmasters of the evening was Lee Mei Foong, ACB ALB . She has waited for a long 13 months (as President is exempted from role play) to be assigned with this precious role. A job well done to Mei Foong for taking up the challenge to play 2 roles as the Organizing Chair for our 14th Installation and TME within the same week. We have 3 assignment speakers for the night:- 1) Yeo Yoke Bee, CTM tickled our funny bones with her Humorous Speech Project 4 # Keep Them Laughing with speech titled “Life is ….?” 2) Ogy Ong, TM, a determined new kids on the block, aggressively doing her CC assignments in each meeting . Bravoooooo…..Ogy. She spoke on “Echo of Life” from her CC Project #4 How To Say It. 3) Irene Lee, ACB ALB spoke to us on “Trust Planning” fro

Enjoying the thundering falls . An xtreme adventure for many especially acrophobics aka people with irrational fear of height. The blogger  relished every second of it ................. Seeing is believing ............... Signing off Linda Phoon VPPR

Our Installation Night was held in Gopeng at  Adeline's Resthouse on 6th August - 7th August 2011 . Theme : Hawaiian Nite Our meeting point was near Sharon's house at 7.30am and our journey started at 8am. The early "leng lui(s)" waiting for the arrival of our bus !! Look at the happy-go-lucky ladies !! Some of the guests and Crystal ladies getting acquaintance .............. The mother and daughter And the boyfriend and girlfriend !! On the way to Gopeng, we stopped at Tualang and had a delicious and SATIATING lunch . To me that was a gastronomical adventure   not to be missed .All I can said was "yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy".  We had -  hugefresh water prawns, fish, crabs, ho chien, kampung chicken, and many more.. Emily, good recommendation !! Photos as below. Happily posting and waiting at the lunch table  After lunch, we continued  our journey to our destination -  "Adeline's Resthouse" .